Method for improving detection sensitivity of exhaled propofol
Technical Field
The method is based on the photoionization ion mobility spectrometry, combines with an enrichment analysis membrane sample feeding device, further eliminates the interference of humidity in the exhaled breath, improves the sensitivity of exhaled breath propofol detection, and can be used for detecting other components in the exhaled breath and high-humidity samples in the environment.
Background
The ion mobility spectrometry has high detection speed and high sensitivity, can be used for on-site rapid detection and analysis, but is easily interfered by other substances when complex matrix components are analyzed, such as humidity in exhaled breath, high-humidity environmental gas and the like. The concentration of the anesthetic propofol in the exhaled breath has certain correlation with the concentration of the anesthetic propofol in blood, and the online monitoring of the propofol in the exhaled breath anesthetic has important clinical significance for the depth monitoring of the anesthesia in the operation.
Penliking et al developed a method for simultaneously detecting NO and propofol in exhaled breath, and the collected exhaled breath and carrier gas were mixed in a mixed mode and then transferred to a sample injection port through a tetrafluoro tube without effective separation and removal of water molecules in exhaled breath, and detection of ion mobility spectrometry was complicated.
Zhouqinghua et al developed an ion mobility spectrometer that simultaneously monitored propofol and sulfur hexafluoride in exhaled breath, and continuously pumped the exhaled breath of a patient into the ion mobility spectrometer for real-time monitoring by sampling with an air pump. The expired air sample is not effectively enriched and processed, so that the signal intensity of propofol is only dozens of mV.
Therefore, the optical-electric ion mobility spectrometry of the enrichment analysis membrane sample injection is developed, the interference of humidity is eliminated, and the sensitivity of propofol detection in exhaled breath is improved.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention develops a method for improving the detection sensitivity of exhaled propofol by combining semiconductor refrigeration low-temperature enrichment sampling and high-temperature thermal desorption sample injection with reagent molecule-assisted photoionization ion mobility spectrometry.
The technical problem to be solved by the invention is as follows: eliminating the interference of humidity in the exhaled breath and improving the sensitivity of propofol detection in the exhaled breath.
The specific content comprises the following steps: a method for improving detection sensitivity of exhaled propofol adopts a membrane sample injection device as a hollow closed cavity, a PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) membrane is arranged in the cavity and divides the cavity into two areas which are not communicated with each other, one area is a semiconductor refrigeration low-temperature enrichment sampling area, the other area is a high-temperature heating analysis membrane sample injection area, and a semiconductor refrigeration sheet for cooling the sampling area is arranged on the side wall surface of the cavity of the sampling area; an electric heating element for heating the sample injection region is arranged on the side wall surface of the cavity of the sample injection region;
a propofol sample gas inlet and a gas outlet connected with a sampling pump are arranged on the side wall surface of the cavity of the sampling area; a carrier gas inlet and a carrier gas outlet connected with the ion mobility spectrometry sample inlet are arranged on the side wall surface of the cavity of the sample injection region;
the detection specific process comprises two processes of semiconductor refrigeration low-temperature enrichment sampling and high-temperature heating analysis membrane sample introduction;
in the sampling process, the sampling area is maintained at a lower temperature, the sample gas continuously flows through the membrane sample injection device under the action of the sampling pump, and at the moment, propofol molecules are adsorbed and dissolved on the PDMS membrane, so that the enrichment effect is achieved; simultaneously, carrier gas directly enters the ion mobility spectrometry from a sample inlet;
in the membrane sample injection process, a sampling flow path of a sampling pump is cut off, the sampling pump stops working, and meanwhile, the temperature of a sample injection area of a membrane sample injection device is rapidly increased, so that propofol molecules in a PDMS membrane can be rapidly analyzed; and after the thermal desorption process is finished, switching the carrier gas to enter a sample injection area of the membrane sample injection device, and sending the desorbed propofol molecules into the IMS from a sample inlet for detection.
And after one detection period is finished, starting a semiconductor refrigerating device near the membrane sample introduction device to cool the sampling area so as to start the next detection.
The expired air enters the sampling area through a port on one side of the membrane sample introduction, and then is connected with one port of the two-position one-way electromagnetic valve through the other port on the same side, and the other port of the two-position one-way electromagnetic valve is connected with an air suction port of the sampling pump; the carrier gas flows in through one port of the three-position two-way electromagnetic valve, two ports on the other side of the three-position two-way electromagnetic valve are respectively connected with the sample inlet of the ion mobility spectrometry and one port of the sample inlet area of the membrane sample inlet device, and the other port of the membrane sample inlet area is connected with the sample inlet of the ion mobility spectrometry.
The refrigeration time of the sampling area is 100-200s, and the temperature of the sampling area is controlled to be 30-50 ℃.
The thermal analysis time is 30-60s, the temperature of the thermal analysis control sample injection region is 120 ℃, and the time of the sample injection process after the thermal analysis is 30-60 s.
The gas outlet of the ion mobility spectrometry is positioned at one end close to the reaction zone between the reaction zone and the migration zone, the flow meter of the gas outlet of the sampling pump is arranged at 600ml/min for 200-.
Drawings
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the method relates to an ion mobility spectrometer with enriched desorption membrane sampling, wherein 1 is a membrane sampling device, 2 is an electric heating element for raising the temperature of a sampling area, 3 is a semiconductor refrigeration sheet for lowering the temperature of the sampling area, 4 is an exhalation gas, 5 is a sample carrier gas, 6 is a three-way two-position electromagnetic valve, 7 is a two-way one-position electromagnetic valve, 8 is a sampling pump, 9 is a mass flow meter, 10 is a reagent molecule carrier gas, 11 is an anisole reagent molecule, 12 is a drift gas flow inlet, and 13 is a gas outlet; wherein, fig. 1 is a semiconductor refrigeration low-temperature enrichment sampling mode, which enriches and samples propofol in exhaled breath into a sampling region in a membrane device; FIG. 2 is a thermal desorption sample injection mode, wherein a sample in a membrane sample injection cavity is purged into an ion mobility spectrometry for detection;
FIG. 3 is an ion mobility spectrum of 100% RH propofol;
FIG. 4 is a 100% RH propofol continuous trace spectrum;
FIG. 5 is a quantitative standard curve for 100% RH propofol.
Detailed Description
The invention discloses a method for improving the detection sensitivity of exhaled propofol, which is a reagent molecule-assisted photoionization ion mobility spectrometer adopting enrichment and analytic membrane for sample injection.
In the sampling process, the sampling area is maintained at a lower temperature, the sample gas continuously flows through the membrane sample injection device under the action of the sampling pump, and at the moment, propofol molecules are adsorbed and dissolved on the PDMS membrane, so that the enrichment effect is achieved; simultaneously, carrier gas directly enters the ion mobility spectrometry from a sample inlet; in the membrane sample injection process, a sampling flow path of a sampling pump is cut off, the sampling pump stops working, and meanwhile, the temperature of a sample injection area of a membrane sample injection device is rapidly increased, so that propofol molecules in a PDMS membrane can be rapidly analyzed; and after the thermal desorption process is finished, switching the carrier gas to enter a sample injection area of the membrane sample injection device, and sending the desorbed propofol molecules into the IMS from a sample inlet for detection. And after one detection period is finished, starting a semiconductor refrigerating device near the membrane sample introduction device to cool the sampling area so as to start the next detection.
Example 1
Detecting propofol in exhaled breath by utilizing a semiconductor refrigeration low-temperature enrichment and high-temperature thermal desorption membrane sample injection device combined with a reagent molecule auxiliary photoionization technology, wherein fig. 1 shows that the exhaled breath is sampled by semiconductor refrigeration low-temperature enrichment, the propofol in the exhaled breath is enriched on a PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) membrane, thermal desorption sample injection is carried out after the enrichment is finished, the propofol enriched on the membrane is thermally analyzed and isolated, and the propofol is swept by carrier gas to enter an ion mobility spectrum for detection, as shown in fig. 3, an ion mobility spectrogram for detecting the exhaled breath propofol by enriching the desorption membrane sample injection, the migration time of anisole reagent molecules is 4.80ms, and the reduction mobility is 2.00cm2V-1s-1The migration time of the propofol obtained by detection is 6.36ms, and the reduced mobility is 1.50cm2V-1s-1. In the whole process, the product ion peak and the reagent ion peak of propofol are tracked to obtain a dynamic tracking curve as shown in fig. 4, propofol with different concentrations is detected to obtain a quantitative standard curve of 100% RH standard gas, the quantitative equation is that y is 49.13+10.12x, and the correlation coefficient is R2=0.99。