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Produzieren Sie schon oder kalibrieren Sie noch? – Online-NMR-Spektrometer als Smarte Feldgeräte
(2018)
Der Übergang von der aktuellen Automatisierungslandschaft zur nächsten Generation von Automatisierungskonzepten für die Prozessindustrie hat bereits begonnen. Intelligente Funktionen der Sensoren vereinfachen ihre Anwendung und ermöglichen eine Plug-and-Play-Integration, auch wenn sie auf den ersten Blick komplexer erscheinen mögen. Dies ist die Basis für die Digitalisierung der Prozessindustrie und hilft uns, komplexere Prozesse schneller umzusetzen.
Der Vortrag fasst die derzeit diskutierten allgemeinen Anforderungen an „Smarte Feldgeräte“ zusammen und diskutiert dieses am Beispiel eines smarten Online-NMR-Sensors. NMR-Spektroskopie bietet sich durch den Vorteil der direkten Vergleichsmethode (ohne Kalibrierung) für die Prozess-Steuerung an und verringert somit die Rüstzeiten. Zudem basiert der Sensor auf physikalisch motivierten Modellen (Indirect Hard Modeling, IHM), die sich modular kombinieren lassen. Die Methoden wurden anhand eines vorgegebenen pharmazeutischen Reaktionsschrittes im Rahmen des „Horizon 2020“-Projekts CONSENS der Europäischen Union demonstriert und validiert.
Zuletzt werden Anforderungen an die Weiterentwicklung der Datenauswertemethoden diskutiert, um letztlich die semantische Information aus den Messdaten herauszulesen oder das in der Industrie 4.0 geforderte „durchgehende Engineering“ für die Automatisierungskomponenten zu ermöglichen.
Atherosklerotische Läsionen können durch Magnetresonanztomographie (MRT) unter Verwendung von sehr kleinen Eisenoxidnanopartikeln (VSOP) sichtbar gemacht werden. VSOP akkumulieren in atherosklerotischen Plaques und dienen somit als Atherosklerosesonde.
Das Ziel dieses Projektes war die Abbildung der Verteilung von Europium-dotierten VSOP (Eu-VSOP) durch Laserablation ICP-MS in histologischen Dünnschnitten der Aortenwurzelregion des ApoE-Knockout-Mausmodells, das reich an atherosklerotischen Plaques ist. Darüber hinaus wurde untersucht, ob die VSOP-Akkumulation in den Plaques mit anderen Biomarkern der Entzündung wie Makrophagen und verändertem Endothel korreliert. Somit wäre eine Beurteilung, ob es sich hierbei um instabile bzw. vulnerable Plaque-Regionen handelt möglich. Zu diesem Zweck wurden Antikörper mit verschiedenen Lanthaniden markiert und mit der Eu-VSOP-Verteilung unter Verwendung von LA-ICP-MS in einem Multiplex-Messmodus korreliert.
Eine mögliche Korrelation von reaktiven Stickstoffspezies (RNS) mit endogenem Eisen oder Eu-VSOP kann ebenfalls durch LA-ICP-MS nachgewiesen werden. Zu diesem Zweck wurden RNS-spezifische Antikörper auch mit Lanthaniden markiert.
Analysis of single cells via LA-ICP-MS is a technique with great potential, however manual targeting of single cells is laborious and therefore microarraying of cells looks promising. In this work, we investigate the potential of a commercial non-contact piezo dispenser arraying system (S3, Scienion AG, Berlin), equipped with a novel technology for single-cell isolation called CellenONE™ (Cellenion, Lyon). Usually if one aims to create a microarray of single cells via spotting a suitably diluted cell suspension, one will observe a Poisson-distributed cell number per spot. CellenONE™ overcomes this problem by controlling the number of cells optically in the piezo dispense capillary (PDC) via image recognition to obtain true single cell arrays. The figures of merit of the customized and optimized setup will be presented. In a proof of concept experiment we investigated the trace elemental fingerprint of THP-1 cells by LA-ICP-TOF-MS (Analyte G2, Teledyne Cetac; icpTOF, TOFWERK) and quantified two metal cell dyes, mDOTA-Ho (CheMatech, Dijon), and Ir-DNA intercalator (Fluidigm, San Francisco). For that, matrix matched calibration standards after Wang et al. were successfully prepared using the same arraying system. We believe that this novel approach opens new ways for automated quantitative single cell LA-ICP-MS.
In chemical elements with three or more stable isotopes, mass-dependent stable isotope fractionation yields correlated isotope ratios, m2/m1 and m3/m1. In three-isotope space, i.e. in a δ’m2/δ’m1 vs. δ’m3/δ’m1 plot, data align along a slope θ, the so called ‘triple isotope fractionation exponent’ that scales the two isotope ratios. Theoretical calculations predict small differences in θ for kinetic- and equilibrium isotope fractionation (Young et al. 2002) and thus the precise measurement of θ allows constraining the reaction mechanism. However, due to an apparent lack of precision of stable isotope analysis by MC-ICP-MS, θ is merely used as analytical quality control, i.e. for demonstration that samples and standards plot within their analytical precision in the range of theoretical θ-values originating in δ-zero.
We show how θ can be determined precisely enough by MC-ICP-MS to distinguish kinetic- and equilibrium isotope fractionation, even when isotopic differences between samples are low. For low magnitudes of isotope fractionation, we exploit new, isotopically fractionated isotope standard materials (Vogl et al. 2016). We determine quality norms regarding interferences and measurement conditions to warrant trueness and to maximize precision. We exemplary explore the measurement of the three-isotope composition of Mg stable isotopes, budget the uncertainty of θ-values, and report the first θ-values of carbonate-water pairs and bioapatite. Our measurement approach adds a new dimension to isotope data beyond the δ-scale that has a high potential to reveal different modes of (bio)mineral precipitation in the sedimentary and biological record and thus to contribute solving conundrums in the Earth and Life Sciences.
Mass spectrometric methods (MC-ICP-MS and TIMS) are without doubt the working horse of stable isotope analysis. However, drawbacks of these methods include the high costs for instruments and their operation, experienced operators and elaborate chromatographic sample preparation which are time consuming.
We propose a lower-cost and faster optical alternative for the analysis of isotope ratios of selected elements: high-resolution continuum source molecular absorption spectrometry (HR-CS-MAS). Stable isotope amount compositions of boron (B) and magnesium (Mg) were determined based on the absorption spectra of in-situ generated mono-hydrides and halide (MH and MX) using graphite furnace HR-CS-MAS. The use of a modular simultaneous echelle spectrograph (MOSES) helps to find the maximal isotope shift in the diatomic molecular spectra produced in a graphite furnace by using isotopic spike solutions. Isotopes of boron (10B and 11B) were studied via their hydrides for the electronic transition X 1Σ+ → A 1Π. The spectrum of a given sample is a linear combination of the 10BH molecule and its isotopologue 11BH. Therefore, the isotopic composition of samples can be calculated by a partial least square regression (PLS). For this, a spectral library was built by using samples and spikes with known isotope composition. Boron isotope ratios measured by HR-CS-MAS are identical with those measured by mass spectrometric methods at the 0.15 ‰ level. Similar results were obtained for a multiple isotope system like Mg (24Mg, 25Mg, and 26Mg), where isotope shifts of their isotopologues can be resolved in the MgF molecule for the electronic transition X 2Σ → A 2 Πi. The extension of this methodology to other elements like Li, Ca, Cu, and Sr is discussed.
In der klinischen Diagnostik werden für zytometrische Messverfahren bereits eine Reihe von Reagenzien eingesetzt zur Markierung von Antikörper eingesetzt, um die Detektion von Biomarkern mittels Fluoreszenz- oder Flugzeitmassenspektrometrie zu ermöglichen.
Seit kurzem ist auch eine Imaging Mass Cytometry Kombination direkt erhältlich, wodurch der Nachweis von Biomarkern in Gewebeschnitten erreicht werden kann. Dazu wird eine Kopplung von Laser Ablation und induktiv gekoppeltem Plasma Massenspektrometrie eingesetzt, wobei ähnlich der Massenzytometrie, zuvor Antikörper mit Metallen markiert, und im Anschluss mit dem Gewebeschnitt inkubiert werden. Durch die hohe Ortsauflösung können die Biomarker lokalisiert, und zukünftig vielleicht auch quantifiziert werden.
Insbesondere Lanthanide eignen sich als Markierungsmetalle, da sie einen niedrigen Untergrund und chemisch ähnliches Verhalten zueinander aufweisen. Allein durch diese Elemente können bereits etwa 15 Parameter unterschieden werden, was durch isotopenreine Standards weiter gesteigert werden kann.
Vom Markierungsgrad abhängig werden unterschiedlich viele Metalle am Antikörper gebunden, und beeinflussen so die Sichtbarkeit im ICP-MS. Nanopartikel könnten daher eine deutliche Steigerung der Sensitivität bewirken. GdVO4 Nanokristalle scheinen bisher sehr vielversprechend und bieten neben multiparametrischen Anwendungen auch Multimodalität.
Die Synthese der Nanokristalle zeigte hohe Homogenität und Reproduzierbarkeit in Partikelgröße in der Zusammensetzung. Ein erstes Experiment mit einer Zellkultur konnte bereits die effiziente Markierung der Zellen unter Beweis stellen, wobei durch hohe Signalstärke auch subzelluläre Auflösung in der LA-ICP-MS erreicht werden konnte.
Small variations in the isotopic composition of some elements have been used as proof of provenance of mineral and biological samples, to describe geological processes, and to estimate a contamination source. Routinely, isotope compositions are measured by mass spectrometry; the working horse of the isotope analysis. However, mass spectrometric methods are expensive, time-consuming and they require a high qualified analyst.
Here, an alternative faster and low-cost optical method for isotope ratio determination is investigated: high-resolution continuum source molecular absorption spectrometry (HR-CS-MAS). Stable isotope amount composition of X = Li, B, Mg, Ca and Sr have been determined by monitoring the absorption spectra of their in situ generated hydrides (XH) in graphite furnace HR-CS-MAS. For example, the system of two stable isotopes of boron (10B and 11B) was studied via its hydride for the electronic transition X1Σ+ → A1Π (Fig. 1a). The spectrum of a given sample is a linear combination of the 10BH molecule and its isotopologue 11BH. Therefore, isotopic composition of samples and reference materials are calculated by a partial least square regression (PLS). For this, a spectral library is built by using samples with known isotope composition. Results are metrologically compatible with those reported by mass spectrometric methods. [1] Similar results are obtained for n isotope systems like Mg (24Mg, 25Mg, and 26Mg), where isotope shift of their isotopologues can be resolved as shown in Fig.1 b. The extension of this methodology to other elements like Li, Ca and Sr is discussed [2].
References:
[1] C. Abad, S. Florek, H. Becker-Ross, M.-D. Huang, H.-J. Heinrich, S. Recknagel, J. Vogl, N. Jakubowski, U. Panne, Determination of boron isotope ratios by high-resolution continuum source molecular absorption spectrometry using graphite furnace vaporizers, Spectrochim. Acta, Part B, 136 (2017) 116-122.
[2] C. Abad et al., unpublished results, 2018.
Following fluorinated drugs by molecular absorption spectrometry – from cancer cells to body fluids
(2018)
Fluorine has been widely introduced into pharmaceutical drugs. Due to the high C-F bond strength, a single atom substitution with fluorine produces drastic desirable and tunable changes in the molecular properties. However, the clinical monitoring of these drugs is not straightforward.
Organofluorine compounds are elusive for a non-targeted analysis; a significant problem in fluorine determination is the lack of suitable detection techniques. Standard atomic absorption and emission spectrometers cannot access fluorine, because their resonance lines lie in the VUV spectral range below 100 nm. In the case of conventional inductively coupled argon plasmas (ICP), the plasma energy is too low to generate a significant population of excited fluorine atoms. Recently, our group introduces high-resolution continuum source absorption spectrometry (HR-CS MAS) as a new way for the indirect monitoring of fluorinated compounds. Main benefits of HR-CS-MAS includes low limits of detection, complete analyte recovery, simple to no sample preparation, and short time analysis.
Common approaches to improve the optical properties of semiconductor quantum dots and lanthanide doped nanophosphors present core/shell structures as radiationless deactivation at the particle surface is usually the main energy loss mechanism. This has led to increasingly sophisticated particle architectures using multishell systems with shells of different chemical composition and thickness and initiated an increasing number of quantitative spectroscopic studies focusing on the key performance parameter photoluminescence quantum yield to identify optimum particle structures. This is particularly challenging in the long wavelength region > 1000 nm and for nonlinear emitters like upconversion nanocrystals. Here, we present suitable absolute methods to quantify the photoluminescence of these different emitters in the vis/NIR/IR and as function of excitation power density and underline the impact of such measurements on a profound mechanistic understanding of the nonradiative deactivation pathways in semiconductor and upconversion nanocrystals of different size and particle architecture in different environments.
Molecularly Imprinted Polymers with Integrated Fluorescence as Versatile Biomimetic Sensing Matrices
(2018)
Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are an established, versatile and high-performance matrix for the selective separation or enrichment of (bio)chemical species, especially small molecules of biochemical or environmental relevance. MIPs are prepared through the polymerization of a mixture of functional monomers and cross-linkers in the presence of the template with subsequent extraction of the latter. Conceptionally, this process can be seen as mimicking in a strongly accelerated, though single-step manner a biological process such as antibody formation. Because the resulting MIPs contain cavities in their matrix that are complementary in size, shape and electronic/ electrostatic or hydrogen bonding demand to the imprinted target molecule or template, these polymers are frequently termed “artificial antibodies”. Compared to natural antibodies, they are chemically and physically much more robust. Regarding sensitivity and selectivity, however, there is still a gap to bridge before MIPs can fully compete with antibodies.
Another favorable aspect that distinguishes MIPs from antibodies is that they can be endowed with an explicit function, allowing the use of MIPs in applications that require more than only an efficient binder. For instance, if specifically designed and polymerizable fluorescent indicators are integrated as functional monomers into a MIP, direct fluorescence sensing can be accomplished. Because MIPs can be prepared in a variety of different formats, their combination with miniaturized or other specific analytical techniques or sensory devices is possible, especially when the transduction mode is light. This presentation will introduce basic design considerations, challenges, limitations and the potential that lies with such sensor materials with some recent examples of our group, targeting various organic oxoanions as analytes.
Contamination of natural bodies of water with oil and lubricants (or generally, hydrocarbon derivatives such as petrol, fuel and others) is a commonly found phenomenon around the world due to the extensive production, transfer and use of fossil fuels. The timely identification of these contaminants is of utmost importance, since they directly affect water quality and represent a risk for wildlife and human health even in trace amounts.
In this work, we develop a simple system for the on-field detection of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in water and soil, the "Spectrocube". The test is based on the measurement of the fluorescence signal emitted by the molecular rotor 4-DNS-OH dye. This dye is embedded in a hydrophobic polymeric matrix (PVDF), avoiding interactions of water with the dye and providing a robust support for use in test-strip fashion. The test-strip’s fluorescence intensity increases linearly at low concentrations of TPH, reaching a saturation value at higher concentrations.
For excitation and evaluation of the test-strip fluorescence, a simple miniature optical system was designed. The system works semi-quantitatively as solvent-free TPH detection kit, as well as quantitatively when using a simple cyclopentane extraction step. To simplify the fluorescence read-out, the device is coupled to a tablet computer via Bluetooth, running a self-programmed software ("app").
Nanoparticles (NPs) have found a wide range of applications in research and industry. Thereby the interaction of NPs with biological systems like cells has become a major field of interest, ranging from medical applications to nanotoxicology. Size, shape and surface modification of the nanomaterials determine the uptake rate and pathway into the cells, and therefore impact specific cell components and processes.
In recent years, elemental imaging of biological samples using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is gaining more and more importance. Improvements concerning both spatial resolution (down to 1 µm) and signal-to-background ratio due to low-dispersion LA chambers make LA-ICP-MS particularly interesting for single cell analysis.
Here LA-ICP-MS was applied for the imaging of individual cells to study the uptake and intracellular processing of metal-containing nanostructures. The cells were incubated with different NPs under varying experimental conditions and afterwards fixed with para-formaldehyde and dried for LA analysis. High-spatial resolution LA-ICP-MS was achieved by careful optimisation of the laser ablation parameters.
Our findings show, that LA-ICP-MS is applicable to localize NP aggregates within cellular compartments. The uptake efficiency depends strongly on the physicochemical properties of the nanostructures as well as on the incubation conditions like concentration and incubation time.
The results demonstrate the potential of LA-ICP-MS providing insight into nanoparticle-cell interaction dependent on experimental parameters.
Statistic process control as well as process capability demand for calibrated determination of layer thicknesses in various industries, e.g. automotive, aerospace, microelectronics manufacturing. Calibration requires well know and well characterized samples. A calibration laboratory accredited according to DIN EN ISO 17025 has the objective to distribute standards traceable to SI units to industrial laboratories for quality control of manufacturing of various products. Especially, the thickness determination of thin metallic coatings e.g. from galvanic processes or layer deposition using X-Ray Fluorescence can be significantly improved by customized calibration samples. This is essential as the measurement uncertainty directly correlates to the capability performing reliable control of processes with high yield. For calibration laboratories, the validation of results using round robins and the direct comparison to national metrology institutes is a prerequisite to demonstrate the competence to perform calibration services.
In this paper a strategy to obtain traceability and validation for thin alloy layers as well as first results are presented. The combined use of the accredited method for determination of mass per area from measurement of mass and area combined with standard free X-Ray Fluorescence as well as chemical analysis of dissolved samples with thin layers is deployed for material systems as NixZn1-x as well as NixP1-x. The obtained results are compared to reference free X-Ray Fluorescence at the BESSY II laboratories of Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt. An excellent agreement of the obtained measured values as mass per unit area and alloy concentrations from the different applied methods within the measurement uncertainty was observed for NixP1-x showing the successful performed traceability of the calibration samples to SI units in combination with a validation of results by national metrology institutes and the round robin approach.
Die ehemals wegen komplexer Technik und vergleichsweise hohen Wartungskosten beim Anwender ungeliebte Prozessanalysentechnik (PAT) erfährt sich mittlerweile immer mehr als etablierender Bereich mit einem großen Zuwachs und Dynamik. Die Prozesskontrolle und -steuerung über physikalische Kenngrößen wie Druck und Temperatur lässt eine weitere Optimierung der Anlagen kaum mehr zu. Nur mittels stoffspezifischer Analysen lassen sich Rohstoffschwankungen, Ausbeuten und Energieeinsatz konsequent optimieren.
Der systematische Einsatz der Prozessanalysentechnik verändert Prozesse und Produktionsumgebungen und hat damit die Chance, Kernstück dezentral automatisierter Produktionseinheiten zu werden. Ein neuer Arbeitskreis der NAMUR AK 3.7 „Smarte Sensorik, Aktorik und Kommunikation“ wird diesem verstärkt Rechnung tragen. Es werden reale Anwendungsbeispiele aufgezeigt, die eine schnelle Amortisation von PAT im Prozess untermauern.
To keep up with emerging mycotoxins and their transformation products fast and reliable toxicity tests are needed. Toxicity testing of mycotoxins is carried out usually by performing in vitro assays or is evaluated by using laboratory animals like mice, rats or chicken in in vivo studies.
Settled between classical in vitro approaches and in vivo studies with higher animals are tests with the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Since Sydney Brenner described 1974 the cultivation and handling of C. elegans, this worm is widely used as model organism in developmental biology and neurology. Due to many benefits like easy and cheap cultivation, a completely sequenced genome and short generation time, it also plays an important role in toxicological research. Finally, the high number of conserved genes between human and C. elegans make the worm an ideal candidate for toxicological investigations.
In this study we used C. elegans to assess the toxic effects of the relevant food mycotoxin citrinin (CIT), the mycoestrogen zearalenone (ZEN) and the modified mycotoxin ZEN-14-sulfate (ZEN-14-S) on different lifetable parameters including reproduction, thermal and oxidative stress tolerance and lifespan. All tested mycotoxins significantly decreased the amount of offspring. In case of ZEN and CIT also significant negative effects on stress tolerance and lifespan were observed compared to the control group.
Moreover, metabolization of mycotoxins in the worms was investigated by using LC MS/MS. Extraction of the worms treated 5 days with mycotoxin-containing and UVC-killed bacteria showed metabolization of ZEN to α-ZEL and β-ZEL (ZEL = zearalenol, ratio about 3:2). ZEN 14-S was reduced to ZEL 14-S and CIT was metabolized to mono hydroxylated CIT.
An overview about different analytical approaches will be presented of how to detect metals in individual biological cells by use of ICP-MS. For this purpose, we are using different sample introduction systems for ICP-MS for detection, imaging and quantification of metals at cellular levels.
By use of laser ablation, we have studied the up-take by and distribution of nanoparticles in single cells. Recently we have developed staining techniques to measure protein and DNA content of cells and identifying the cell status by immunoassays using metal-tagging of antibodies. New research based on cell arrays will be shortly discussed.
Using pneumatic nebulization and microdroplet generation, we have also studied the up-take of nanoparticles and toxic metals as well as essential elements in single cells using different ICP-MS mass spectrometric concepts (sector field instrument, triple-quad instrument, time of flight (CyTOF) instrument).
The different ICP-MS based methods will be compared concerning their analytical figures of merit and their strengths and weaknesses will be evaluated.
We are using LA-ICP-MS to quantify metals in biological cells and thin cuts of tissues from varies organs. Different applications will be presented to demonstrate the state of the art of bioimaging to visualize the elemental distribution pattern in soft bio-materials (tissue, single cells) of metals, metal containing stains and metal-tagged antibodies. For this purpose, different strategies for metal tagging will be presented and will be compared in terms of analytical figures of merit. First applications for detection of biomarkers in animal and human tissue samples will be presented.
In a first example, we have applied LA-ICP-MS to visualize the local distribution of proteins, which are used as bio-markers for neurodegenerative diseases. For this purpose, brain tissues from mice experiments have been stained by metal-tagged antibodies. House-keeping proteins have been investigated as internal cellular standards. Additionally, ink-jet printing of metal doped inks onto the surface of tissue samples has been applied for drift corrections and quantification. Validation of our results are achieved in comparison to immune-histochemical staining and optical microscopy.
In a second example, we used specific metal-tagged antibodies for detection of biomarker specific for prostate cancer. For this purpose, micro tissue arrays are incubated with metal-tagged antibodies for bioimaging of samples from many patients using simultaneous detection of all relevant biomarkers and their tags.
For improvement of sensitivity in the next example application nanoparticle tagged antibodies for detection of metallothionines in eye lens tissue samples will be discussed.
Recently we have used our tagging and staining strategies to determine the cell cycle of single cells, which is of future interest for toxicological studies.
Finally, future trends in elemental microscopy and mass cytometry imaging will be discussed.
Die Spurenfeuchte ist eine wichtige Messgröße bei der Qualitätsbeurteilung von technischen und medizinischen Gasen und muss daher zuverlässig gemessen werden. Der Spurenbereich ist definiert durch einen Wasserdampf-Stoffmengenanteil kleiner als 2600 µmol/mol bzw. einer Frostpunkttemperatur kleiner -10 °C. Eine geeignete Methode für die kontinuierliche Spurenfeuchtemessung stellt das Elektrolyseverfahren bzw. coulometrische Messprinzip dar. Bei diesem Prinzip strömt ein feuchtes Gas über eine hygroskopische Phosphorpentoxid-Schicht, welche kontinuierlich Wasserdampf absorbiert. Durch das Anlegen einer Zersetzungsspannung wird das absorbierte Wasser elektrolysiert und der resultierende Elektrolysestrom korreliert zum Feuchtegehalt im Gas. Neben dem Einfluss von unterschiedlichen Gasen auf das Messverfahren, wurde der Einfluss der Druckfeuchte im Druckbereich von 2 bis 15 bar untersucht. Des Weiteren wurde eine neuartige Sensorbeschichtung basierend auf einer ionischen Flüssigkeit getestet und es wurde ein Prototyp für die abgestufte Bestimmung der Wasseraktivität und der Materialfeuchte aufgebaut.
The interaction of nanoparticles (NPs) with cells has become a major field of interest, ranging from medical applications to nanotoxicology. Size, shape and surface modification of the NPs determine the uptake rate and pathway into the cells, and therefore impact specific cell components and processes.
Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is an established quantitative multi-elemental analysis and mapping technique. In recent years, it was shown that LA-ICP-MS can provide quantitative as well as distribution information of NPs in cell samples.
Here LA-ICP-MS was applied for the imaging of individual cells to study the uptake and intracellular processing of metal-containing nanostructures. Additionally, the local distribution of naturally occurring elements in cells like P was measured to indicate cell morphology. The cells were incubated with different types of NPs under varying experimental conditions. For LA analysis, the cells were fixed and dried.
Our findings show, that LA-ICP-MS is suitable for the localisation of nanoparticle aggregates within cellular compartments. The studied NPs accumulate in the perinuclear region in the course of intracellular processing, but do not enter the cell nucleus. The uptake efficiency depends strongly on the physicochemical properties of the nanostructures as well as on the incubation conditions like concentration and incubation time.
The results demonstrate the potential of LA-ICP-MS providing insight into NP uptake, intracellular distribution and cell-to-cell variation dependent on experimental parameters.