Determination of okadaic acid related toxins from shellfish (sinonovacula constricta) by high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Hai-qi Zhang, Weicheng Liu, Xin He, Li-jun Liang, Wenyong Ding, Zhong-yang He

1Zhejiang Fisheries Quality Testing Centre, Hangzhou, China; 2College of life science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
College of Food Science and Biotechnology Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China.
Zhejiang Fisheries Quality Testing Centre, Hangzhou, China.
Zhejiang Mariculture Research Institute, Wenzhou, China.

DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.45B001                

Abstract

Consumption of shellfish contaminated with algal toxins produced by marine dinoflagellates can lead to diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP). It was therefore essential that there are analytical techniques to identify and quantify DSP toxins in shellfish. This new methodology could facilitate DSP monitoring and create a means of rapidly responding to incidents threatening public health. In the last years there were different analytical methods for DSP, such as mouse bioassay and LC-FLD. With the development of instrument, Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry was substituted for other analytical methods with its good sensitivity and selectivity and without derivatization for the determination of DSP. In this report, a high performance liquid chromatogra-phytandem mass spectrometric（HPLC-MS/MS）method was developed for the simultaneous determination of okadaic acid (OA) and dinophysistoxins(DTX1) in Sinonovacula constricta. Optimization of pretreatment experiment was carried out to maximize recoveries and the effectiveness. The analytes were determined under multi-reactions monitoring (MRM) scan type with tandem mass analyzer using negative ion electrospray ionization (-ESI) mode .Finally, the detection and identification of OA and DTX-1 were based upon their retention times (RT) and the fragmentation patterns of their mass spectra. The method of LOQ for the two poisons was 0.02 mg·kg^-1.The real sample test showed that this method could be used for sensitive, fast, and accurate determination of the two diarrheic shellfish poisons in shellfish.

Keywords

Sinonovacula Constricta; High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Okadaic Acid; Dinophysistoxins-1

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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