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Bio Analysis Flashcards

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What is quantitative analysis

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Disease

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• Dysregulation of the cell cycle is common during tumorigenesis (cancer display uncontrolled growth)

• Increased levels of CDK molecules and cyclins are sometimes found in human tumours, such breast cancer and brain tumours

• Inhibition of certain CDKs has been shown to inhibit tumour cell growth, induce apoptosis and cause tumour regressions in animal models

• CDKs are potential targets for new anticancer therapy

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Analytical chemistry

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a branch of chemistry that deals with the identification of compounds and mixtures (qualitative analysis) or the determination of the proportions of the constituents (quantitative analysis): techniques commonly used are titration, precipitation, spectroscopy, chromatography, etc. 1

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Biochemical analysis:

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characterisation of biological components within a sample using appropriate laboratory techniques

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Qualitative Analysis

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indicate whether a particular substance (analyte) is present above a threshold level

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Marquis test

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presence of alkaloids

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Trinder spot test

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presence of salicylates (aspirin)

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hCG

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human chorionic gonadotrophin

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Quantitative Analysis:

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determines the amount of a particular analyte present in the sample (e.g. the concentration of a drug in blood serum).

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Accuracy

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Closeness of a measured or derived data value to its true value

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Precision

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Closeness of values with repeated measurements

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Sensitivity

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• ability to detect small amounts of analyte in a sample
• OR the percentage of patients with the disease that will be correctly
identified as disease positive

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Specificity:

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• ability to detect only the analyte of interest in a sample
• OR the percentage of patients without the disease that receive a negative result

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Why measure biological molecules?

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Medicine:
• Blood hormone levels • Enzyme activity
• Drug levels
• Metabolites
• Clinical trials

Toxicology:
• Xenobiotics
• Drugs / metabolites
• Pharmacokinetics
• Anti-doping testing in sports

Forensics:
• Xenobiotics
• Drugs / metabolites
• Environmental toxins
• Other toxic compounds

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Typical analytical scheme

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Sample
Sub-sample
Extraction ; the test substance or remove the interfering substance before analysis can proceed
Separation; Separation procedures depend on physical or chemical characteristic of the compound
Detection
Result
Interpretation

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Separation technique for polar molecules that are volatile,soluble,and absorbable

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Gas-liquid chromatography Liquid-liquid chromatography
Liquid-gas chromatography

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Separation technique for ionic molecules that are charged

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Ion-exchange chromatography
Electrophoresis

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Separating technique for molecules with a mass that have the physical property are diffusion and sedimentation

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Gel filtration chromatography
Dialysis Ultracentrifugation

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Separating technique for molecules with a shape that have the physical property of ligand binding

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Affinity chromatography

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Chromatography

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-developed by a Russian botanist

-Technique that allows the resolution of a mixture of compounds as a consequence of the different rates at which they move through a stationary phase, under the influence of a mobile phase

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Planar chromatography

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The stationary phase is supported on a flat plate or in the fibres of a paper.
The mobile phase moves through the stationary phase by capillary action or by gravity.
• Paper chromatography
• Thin layer chromatography (TLC)

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Column Chromatography:

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The stationary phase is held in a tube through which the mobile phase is forced either by pressure or by gravity.
• Simple column chromatography
• High pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) • Gas chromatography (GC)

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Thin layer chromatography

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-TLC plate (stationary phase): a sheet of glass, metal, or plastic coated with a thin layer of a solid adsorbent (usually silica or alumina)
-Samples are “spotted” at the base of the sheet and dried.
-Sheet is placed in the tank containing a shallow layer of solvent (mobile phase)

-Substances reacting to the stationary phase more strongly will have retarded migration.

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Rf

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distance travelled by substance /distance travelled by solvent

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Gel Filtration (Column) Chromatography

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-Separates proteins, peptides and oligonucleotides on the basis of size
-The stationary phase (gel) consists of beads (e.g. Sephadex)
-The mobile phase (buffer) is used to elute the analytes from the gel matrix based on their size

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Gel Filtration Chromatography: the Column

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Gel matrix: Sephadex (separation Pharmacia dextran) a cross-linked dextran gel

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Parts of the gel filtration column in chromatography

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Vo: volume required to elute molecules bigger than the pore size of the column gel
Vt=Vs+VI +Vo
VI= volume of solvent in the pores
Ve: elution volume of a particular solute

Partition coefficient: Kav =(Ve-Vo)/(Vt-Vo)

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Partition coefficient:

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Kav =(Ve-Vo)/(Vt-Vo)

29
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Gel Filtration Chromatography

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Relative molecular weight (Mr) of analyte can be estimated by plotting the partition coefficient Kav against the logarithm of the molecular weight of standard protein samples

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Typical analytical scheme 2

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Sample
Sub-sample
Extraction
Separation
Detection ; Liquid chromatography detectors: • UV / visible
• Fluorescence
• Electrochemical
Result Interpretation

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Detection and Analysis
Spectroscopy

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Measures the absorption and emission of electromagnetic radiation by atoms and molecules in solution
Isaac Newton (1666):
uses a glass prism to split sunlight into a monochrome spectrum

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Io

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intensity of light striking a substance

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I

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intensity of light transmitted through the substance

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Spectroscopy: Beer-Lambert law

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-Describes the absorbance of monochromatic light as it passes through a solution

-log10(io/I)=A=ECL

-I/io=10 -ecl.

l = the distance travelled by the light through the substance [in m]
ε = molar extinction coefficient of the substance c = concentration of the substance [mol/l]
A= absorbance

A=ecl Absorbance is linearly related to the concentration of the analyte
With known ε and l the concentration of a substance can be estimated using a standard plot – Abs against concentration

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How do spectrophotometers work

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-light source
-collimator(lens)
-monochromator(prism or grating|)
-wavelength selector
-sample collation in a cuvette
-detector (photocell)
-digital display or meter

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