液晶型非标记免疫传感器检测天蚕素B

制备了一种基于液晶取向变化的非标记液晶型免疫传感器,用于检测天蚕素B。首先采用硅烷化试剂自组装膜法构建基底敏感膜诱导液晶分子呈均一垂直排列,再通过戊二醛交联法将天蚕素B固定到基底表面,当天蚕素B抗体与天蚕素B特异性结合后扰乱了液晶分子的取向,使液晶膜的颜色和亮度发生变化,以此实现对天蚕素B的检测,检测限可达0.1 ng/m L。本方法具有灵敏度高、特异性好、非标记和操作简单等优点。     

含氟光敏单体的液晶光控取向研究

制备了系列含氟光敏单体材料, 六氟双酚A双肉桂酸酯(6F-BADE)与含二氟亚甲基结构的肉桂酸酯(FDE-n, n=2, 3, 4). 材料在线性偏振紫外光辐照下均可发生定向光交联反应, 通过红外光谱和凝胶渗透色谱跟踪检测, 表明光交联类型为[2+2]环加成. 单体光聚后形成的取向膜对液晶分子排列效果不同, 6F-BADE取向膜诱导液晶分子垂直排列, FDE-n取向膜诱导液晶分子平行排列. 用原子力显微镜对取向膜表面进行表征, 均未观察到明显的各向异性分布现象. 应用量子力学半经验方法AM1分析发现单体分子极性有较大差异, 认为分子极性的差异是诱导液晶取向不同的主要原因.     

液晶型化学传感器检测甲基膦酸二甲酯的研究

液晶型化学传感器是利用传感器检测目标化合物前后,液晶分子在敏感膜表面的取向发生变化,改变液晶折射光线的能力,导致传感器的颜色和光亮度发生变化,实现对生物分子、有害化学物质的检测。本实验报道了一种以μm级沟槽状金膜为基底的液晶型化学传感器,通过在具有μm级沟槽(一个沟槽周期5μm)的玻璃基底上进行平面镀金,制备了具有相同沟槽周期的金膜,并在金膜上制备Cu2 修饰的巯基十一酸自组装敏感膜。通过检测甲基膦酸二甲酯时液晶织构的变化,阐明了液晶型化学传感器的作用机理,并证实微米级沟槽状金膜为基底制作的液晶型化学传感器可以用于检测目标化合物。传感器对甲基膦酸二甲酯检测的线性范围0.03~1.00g/m3;线性方程Y=0.14X 0.0035,相关系数r=0.9957。     

光致取向调控偶氮苯侧链液晶聚合物的阻隔特性研究

研究了液晶分子的排列方式对聚合物膜阻隔特性的影响,采用473 nm线偏振光照无定形偶氮液晶聚合物,使其介晶基元发生从无序到有序的取向排列.用膜透射率变化和锥光干涉图表征了分子的取向,其锥光干涉图为粗黑十字,说明在线偏振光下作用下液晶分子取向形成了单相畴沿面内排列的有序态.用金属表面氧化法进一步研究了取向态聚合物膜的阻隔...     

表面增强拉曼光谱研究基于轴向配位键结合的金属卟啉自组装膜

选择一种金属卟啉有机物(5-对-烷氧基苯基-10,15,20-三苯基卟啉羟基稀土化合物, HoOH)和4,4'-联吡啶(44BPY)作为自组装膜的基本构筑单元, 利用金属配位作用, 成功地将HoOH单分子膜组装到44BPY修饰的银表面. 采用紫外-可见吸收光谱、表面增强拉曼光谱研究了金属卟啉自组装膜的形成并且探索其结构和取向的变化. 结果表明, 底层的44BPY通过4位的N原子垂直吸附到银表面, 另一端的吡啶环上的N原子与HoOH的金属中心配位形成化学键. 从而在44BPY长轴向方向上将HoOH连接到44BPY自组装膜上, 并形成了新的交替膜. 之后, 底层的44BPY取向发生变化, 更向基底倾斜, 而上层的HoOH的分子平面则近乎平行于基底.     

磺化双酞菁钴自组装膜结构的表面增强拉曼光谱

采用自组装的方法构建了双核磺化酞菁钴轴向配位有序排列的膜层结构. 结合双核磺化酞菁钴分子体系自身所具有的性质及其和桥联分子四巯基吡啶之间相互作用的信息, 对其自组装膜的表面增强拉曼光谱进行了分析, 探讨了其自组装行为, 合理地解释了本自组装体系的膜层结构. 研究结果表明, 双核磺化酞菁钴分子(Bi-CoPc)在这种自组装膜中是以与基底平面存在一定夹角的倾斜的方式排列的.     

激光诱导的对-叔丁基苯甲硫醇分子表面增强拉曼光谱变化

报道了对-叔丁基苯甲硫醇分子的表面增强拉曼光谱随激光照射时间增加而发生渐变的现象. 某些特征散射峰的相对强度按照一定的趋势发生渐变. 通过比较不同条件下光谱变化的速率, 认为激光的热效应是导致光谱发生变化的主要原因. 在对-叔丁基苯甲硫醇分子自组装形成单分子膜的过程中, 由于末端基团的空间位阻效应, 分子的排列和取向不易达到最佳状态, 激光的热效应使其发生进一步重排而趋于稳定.     

基于液晶取向变化检测有机胺化合物的方法

采用旋涂法在玻璃基底表面制备4-三乙氧基硅基丁腈有机膜.有机膜表面采用丝绒布进行摩擦和5％乙酸水溶液改性处理后成为特异敏感膜.将此敏感膜的载玻片面对面贴合后,在其间组装液晶E7分子膜,表征液晶分子排列状态;采用挥发法在敏感膜表面组装液晶膜,制备成了检测目标物的复合材料.采用此种材料对甲胺、乙胺和二乙胺等有机胺化合物及实验室常见干扰气体进行检测,发现只有有机胺化合物会对材料的液晶分子排列状态产生影响,导致液晶膜的亮度发生改变,从而实现对目标物的特异检测.对有机胺化合物检测过程中,其响应速率为V甲胺＜V乙胺＜V二乙胺,恢复速率为:V乙胺＜V乙胺＜V甲胺;刘乙胺的检出限为0.46 mg/m3.本方法具有较高的检测灵敏度,抗干扰能力较强且操作简单,可发展为现场检测有机胺化合物的新技术.     

取代苯基硫脲在Au表面的自组装

制备了对甲苯基硫脲、对氯苯基硫脲和2，4，6-三溴苯基硫脲在Au表面的自组装单分子膜（SAMs），用润湿角测量仪、椭圆偏振仪、X-射线光电子能谱仪（XPS）和原子力显微镜（AFM）对单分子膜进行了分析表征。结果表明取代苯基硫脲分子的S原子与Au形成Au-S键而诱导吸附分子形成取向排列的单分子膜。由于Au表面本身具有一定的缺陷和吸附的可逆性，使得所形成的单分子膜具有一定的缺陷。     

锥光干涉法表征偶氮苯侧链液晶聚合物的光致取向

采用偏光显微镜在平行光和锥光条件下对液晶聚合物膜内分子的取向排列状态进行了研究,不同取向状态的膜由线偏振光或圆偏振光照射偶氮苯侧链液晶聚合物得到。结果表明,液晶聚合物膜采用线偏振光照射时,偶氮苯介晶基元沿面排列,形成单相畴面内取向态。该取向态的锥光干涉图为位于视场中心的粗黑十字,旋转载物台小于10°,该干涉图即完全退出...     

An electrochemical immunosensor for ochratoxin A determination in wines based on a monoclonal antibody and paramagnetic microbeads

We report a direct competitive immunosensor for the rapid determination of ochratoxin A (OTA) in wine samples. Magnetic beads (1 ± 0.5 μm diameter) covered with streptavidin were functionalized with a monoclonal antibody against OTA, and then left to incubate in a solution of tracer (ochratoxin conjugated to the enzyme peroxidase) and a range of OTA concentrations (10(-4) to 1,000 ng mL(-1)). After washing and separation steps helped with a magnetic field, a volume of the dispersion was put on screen-printed electrodes under a magnet, and after adding the substrate the p-benzoquinone generated enzymatically was detected by differential-pulse voltammetry. Wine samples (2 mL) were easily prepared simply by adjusting to pH = 7.5 with diluted NaOH and by adding polyvinylpyrrolidone for complexing polyphenols, without any other clean-up or preconcentration steps. The limit of detection for detecting OTA in wines was of 0.11 ± 0.01 ng L(-1), well below the permitted content of the mycotoxin by the European Union (<2 ng mL(-1)). Spiked wines were subjected to immunosensor calibrations to study the matrix effects. OTA concentrations measured with the immunosensor were compared with those obtained by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to fluorescence detection (AOAC official method 2001.01). The OTA levels from two red wines of "Campo de Borja", Spain, ranged from about 0.027 to 0.033 ng mL(-1) of OTA.     

Exposure assessment to ochratoxin A from the consumption of Italian and Hungarian wines

A total of 267 wine samples including 19 dessert, 186 red, 11 rosé and 51 white produced mostly in the years 1997–2002 in Italian and Hungarian regions were analyzed for ochratoxin A (OTA) using inmunoaffinity column (IAC) clean-up and HPLC with fluorimetric detection. None of Hungarian wine samples were contaminated with this mycotoxin. For Italian red wines, 84% of the samples were positive for OTA ranged from 0.01 to 4.00 ng/mL. Furthermore, OTA was detected in 63% of dessert, in 56% of rosé and in 19% of white wine samples ranged from 0.01 to 1.64, from 0.01 to 1.04 and from 0.01 to 0.21 ng/mL, respectively. A study of OTA daily exposure assessment in Italian wines was also carried out outlining a quite low contribution to the overall daily intake.     

A label-free fluorescence immunoassay system for the sensitive detection of the mycotoxin, ochratoxin A

A label-free fluorescence immunoassay system relying on fluorescence from the dianionic form of ochratoxin A (OTA) in the OTA/anti-OTA complex was developed. With an optimized system, the fluorescence immunoassay can be used to detect OTA in a highly specific manner with a detection limit of 0.5 ng mL(-1).     

Immunochromatographic assay for the detection of ochratoxin A

The detection of mycotoxins—toxic contaminants of fungal origin—is an important problem in the food and feed quality control. An immunochromatographic system was developed for the detection of ochratoxin A (OTA), which is one of the priority contaminants in grain. Monoclonal antibodies against OTA and their conjugates with colloidal gold nanoparticles were prepared. The detection is based on the competition of OTA in a sample and an OTA-protein conjugate immobilized on a test strip for the binding to anti-bodies on the colloidal particle surface. The method was tested in the analysis of plant extracts (maize and barley extracts). It was shown that OTA can be detected in a medium with a high content of an organic solvent (up to 35% of methanol). The disappearance of the line in the test zone is visually detected at OTA concentrations starting from 50 ng/mL. In the case of the video-digital detection of changes in the color intensity of the test zone, the limit of detection of OTA is 5 ng/mL. The duration of the assay is 10 min.     

Determination of ochratoxin A in meat products by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionisation sequential mass spectrometry

A method based on liquid chromatography with electrospray ionisation ion trap mass spectrometry, for the determination of ochratoxin A (OTA) in meat products using ochratoxin B (OTB) as an internal standard, is described. Fragmentation patterns of OTA and OTB were studied by sequential mass spectrometry. Trace determination was then accomplished by consecutive reaction monitoring (CRM) of a fragment obtained by MS(3) experiments. This led to a better signal-to-noise ratio and to a higher specificity of the technique. The response to OTA was linear over at least one concentration decade with a limit of detection of 0.6 ng/g. The method was applied to pig tissue samples naturally contaminated by OTA.     

QCM‐Based Immunosensor for the Determination of Ochratoxin A

Abstract

A piezoelectric immunosensor based on a competitive format was developed for determination of ochratoxin A (OTA) concentration. Surface modifications via two self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs) were investigated respectively and a better result was obtained with the SAM of 16‐mercaptohexadecanoic acid (16‐MHDA). The quartz crystal microbalance (QCM)‐based immunosensor was fabricated by immobilizing anti‐OTA antibodies onto the surface of the 16‐MHDA‐modified electrode, and allowing competition between free OTA and that conjugated with BSA to occur. The assay exhibited a working range of 50–1000 ng/mL and a detection limit of 16.1 ng/mL. Studies of interference and matrix effects were performed to evaluate the feasibility of the developed immunosensor for the direct analysis of OTA in real samples. Recoveries were conducted at 50, 200, and 1000 ng/g and were determined to be in the range of 142%–76%. The OTA assay is specific. No cross‐reactivates were observed with citrinin.     

Determination of Ochratoxin A in Human Blood Serum by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography: Method Validation and Comparison of Extraction Procedures

Abstract

A high-performance liquid chromatography method for determination of ochratoxin A (OTA) in human blood serum has been validated. A liquid-liquid partition, solid-phase extraction and immunoaffinity cleanup was applied for OTA extraction from 0.5 mL of serum. Significant correlation (r = 0.998) was found over the range from 0.1 to 8 ng/mL, with better performance in terms of accuracy, precision, and selectivity. Validation was made with human serum spiked at two levels, 0.5 and 2.0 ng/mL,26 and natural contaminated serum. Average recoveries of OTA using different extraction methods ranged from 58.48 ± 4.56 to 94.85 ± 3.52%. Immunoaffinity cleanup showed a better recovery rate, with a lower detection limit validated at 0.1 ng/mL. The cited method can be used as a rapid and noninvasive tool to assess human and animal exposure to OTA.     

Validation of a liquid chromatography method for the simultaneous quantification of ochratoxin A and its analogues in red wines

A validated high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method with fluorescence detection for the simultaneous quantification of ochratoxin A (OTA) and its analogues (ochratoxin B (OTB), ochratoxin C (OTC) and methyl ochratoxin A (MeOTA)) in red wine at trace levels is described. Before their analysis by HPLC-FLD, ochratoxins were extracted and purified with immunoaffinity columns from 50 mL of red wine at pH 7.2. Validation of the analytical method was based on the following parameters: selectivity, linearity, robustness, limits of detection and quantification, precision (within-day and between-day variability), recovery and stability. The limits of detection (LOD) in red wine were established at 0.16, 0.32, 0.27 and 0.17 ng L(-1) for OTA, OTB, MeOTA and OTC, respectively. The limit of quantification (LOQ) was established as 0.50 ng L(-1) for all of the ochratoxins. The LOD and LOQ obtained are the lowest found for OTA in the reference literature up to now. Recovery values were 93.5, 81.7, 76.0 and 73.4% for OTA, OTB, MeOTA and OTC, respectively. For the first time, this validated method permits the investigation of the co-occurrence of ochratoxins A, B, C and methyl ochratoxin A in 20 red wine samples from Spain.     

Molecularly imprinted polymer‐based solid phase clean‐up for analysis of ochratoxin A in beer,red wine,and grape juice

A simple, reliable, and low‐cost method based on molecularly imprinted polymer as a selective sorbent of SPE was proposed for the determination of ochratoxin A (OTA) in beer, red wine, and grape juice by HPLC coupled with fluorescence detection (HPLC‐FLD). Samples were diluted with water and cleaned up with an AFFINIMIP® SPE OTA column. After washing and eluting, the analyte was analyzed by HPLC‐FLD. Under the optimized conditions, LOD and LOQ for OTA were 0.025 and 0.08 ng/mL, respectively. The recoveries of OTA from beer, red wine, and grape spiked at 0.1, 2, and 5 ng/mL ranged from 91.6 to 101.7%. Furthermore, after a simple regenerated procedure, the molecularly imprinted polymer based SPE column could be reused at least 14 times to achieve more than 80% recoveries of OTA in real samples. The developed method was applied to the detection of 30 beer, red wine, and grape juice samples and only four samples were contaminated by OTA with levels below the legal limits.     

Automated high-throughput method using solid-phase microextraction-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for the determination of ochratoxin A in human urine

A new automated, high-throughput method for the determination of ochratoxin A (OTA) in human urine samples has been optimized and validated using solid-phase microextraction coupled to liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (SPME-LC-MS/MS). High-throughput was achieved by simultaneous preparation of up to 96 samples using multi-fiber SPME device and multi-well plates. A carbon-tape coating was chosen for the first time as the best extracting phase for this contaminant. The proposed method required only minimal sample pre-treatment to adjust sample pH to 3.0 using a dilution (1:1) with 0.5M phosphate-buffered saline. A simple gradient guaranteed a good chromatographic separation from matrix interferences in only 8min. Relative recovery (%), precision and linearity validation results met Food and Drug Administration acceptance criteria at three concentration levels (1, 10, and 50ng/mL), indicating excellent performance of the proposed method. Limits of detection and quantitation were 0.3 and 0.7ng/mL in urine, respectively. OTA determination in urine is a good marker for human exposure to this mycotoxin. It is also less invasive than blood analysis. This method is fully automated and the SPME technique is simpler, less time-consuming and cheaper compared with most widely adopted clean-up procedures for OTA extraction from urine.