Preparation and characterization of an aptamer-functionalized solid-phase microextraction fiber and its application in the selective monitoring of adenosine phosphates with liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry

Abstract

An aptamer with adenosine triphosphate as a ligand was immobilized onto the surface of a porous-polymer-coated fiber to obtain an aptamer-functionalized porous-polymer-coated solid-phase microextraction fiber. The fiber was observed with a crosslinked and porous morphological surface structure. It shows specific selectivity to adenosine triphosphate with a selectivity coefficient of 22.1 compared to the scrambled oligonucleotide functionalized fiber, and the selectivity factors over other analogues and reference compounds were from 6.1 to 77.5. When the fiber-based solid-phase microextraction was coupled with liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry, detection limits of 2.7, 29, and 34 μg/L were achieved for adenosine triphosphate, adenosine diphosphate, and adenosine monophosphate, respectively. The spiking recoveries of 77.6-91.9% were achieved for trace adenosine phosphates in human serum sample. Furthermore, the fibers showed high stability and good reusability and could be used over 50 times for the real serum sample pretreatment without remarkable performance reduction.

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