Analysis of Tetracycline,Oxytetracycline and Chlortetracycline in Plasma Extracts by Electrospray Tandem Mass-Spectrometry and by Liquid Chromatography

Abstract

Pure standards of tetracyclines (tetracycline, oxytetracycline and chlortetracycline) have been analyzed on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer with Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization (APCI) and Electrospray Ionization (ESI). ESI appeared to be considerably more sensitive than APCI. Collisional activation of the MH⁺ ions gave fragment ions at m/z values equal to MH⁺ - 35 which corresponds to loss of both H₂O and NH₃. The collisionally induced loss of 35 from MH⁺ was used in developing a mass spectrometric method based on loop injection and selected reaction monitoring (SRM) as the final analytical step. The method was tested on extracts from fortified plasma and the measurements from the MS-MS analysis were compared with results from High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) analysis of the same samples. The fortified plasma (from pig) samples were purified by chelate affinity chromatography (amberlite XAD columns). After filtration and evaporation of the solvent the redissolved residues were analyzed by HPLC and by MS-MS with ESI. The HPLC eluates (gradient of 0.01 M aqueous oxalic acid and CH₃CN) were monitored at 356 and 369 nm. The signal to noise ratio in the analyses of extracts from plasma fortified to 20 ppb suggests a detection limit for the MS-MS method below 10 ppb of tetracylines in plasma.     

Highly luminescent water-dispersed silicon quantum dots for fluorometric determination of oxytetracycline in milk samples

A fluorescent probe based on silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) was developed for the selective and sensitive detection of oxytetracycline (OTC) via the inner filter effect (IFE). The water-soluble fluorescent SiQD was synthesized based on the reaction of 3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) and sodium citrate as precursors by the one-pot hydrothermal process. The strong fluorescence emission of quantum dots (QDs) was obtained at 440 nm when excited at 350 nm and OTC had a broad absorption band between 200 and 400 nm. The excitation spectrum of SiQDs was completely overlapped with the absorption spectrum of OTC. The light at an excitation wavelength of QDs absorbed by OTC caused a decrease in fluorescence intensity with an increase in the concentration of OTC. Under optimal conditions, the linear concentration range was 0.92–9.2 µg mL1 with a detection limit (LOD; S/N = 3) of 0.19 µg mL ^-1 . The proposed method was applied to the determination of OTC in milk samples and satisfactory recoveries (98.8–100.5%) with low RSD % values (0.93–2.31%) were achieved. This simple, selective, sensitive, rapid, and cheap method can be used as a promising tool for OTC analysis in food safety.     

Encapsulation of Viable Aerobic Microorganisms in Silica Gels

The aim of this study was to develop techniques to sterilise the surface of silica gels containing encapsulated cells and the liquid broth they were immersed in, so that the observed metabolic activities could be unambiguously assigned to fully encapsulated cells. Gel surfaces were sterilised by UV-irradiation daily. The surfaces of the gels and the overlaying medium remained sterile for 20 days following irradiation, as demonstrated by the lack of visible surface growth and viable cells in the medium. We report the encapsulation of a viable, metabolically active, aerobic fungus Penicillium chrysogenum, and the aerobic Gram-positive bacterium Streptomyces rimosus in gels derived from aqueous silica sols. Carbohydrate consumption (catabolism) and antibiotic biosynthesis (penicillin or oxytetracycline) (anabolism) were monitored in both cultures, demonstrating that the encapsulated cells remained viable within the gel matrix. This demonstrates that the silica gels are sufficiently porous to sustain metabolic activities of aerobic cells, which require the diffusion of oxygen and other substrates within the gels nanopore network.     

“Grafting” of Coordination Complex Modified Polyoxometalate on Ethylenediamine Planted Polyvinylidene Fluoride: Superhydrophilic Composite Membrane for Oxytetracycline Treatment

Under the guide of chemical bonding, a composite membrane had been fabricated successfully through grafting of a coordination complex modified polyoxometalate to an ethylenediamine planted polyvinylidene fluoride. Compared with neat polyvinylidene fluoride membrane, the oxytetracycline adsorption capacity of the polyoxometalate grafted composite membrane has been improved to a great extent. In addition, this polyoxometalate grafted composite membrane also exhibits excellent hydrophilicity, which leads to a clear enhancement in its antifouling properties. Besides oxytetracycline, its performances in the removal of other tetracycline‐type antibiotics, such as tetracycline and doxycycline, also looks outstanding. Furthermore, after successive adsorption and desorption experiments, the pollutant removal activity and antifouling property of this composite membrane are well retained, which suggests it is stable for removing tetracycline‐type antibiotics in waste water treatment processes.     

Highly Sensitive Spectrofluorimetric Determination of Trace Amounts of Folic Acid using a Oxytetracycline-Terbium(III) Probe

Abstract

A new spectrofluorimetric method was developed for the determination of trace amounts of folic acid using oxytetracycline–terbium ion complex as a fluorescent probe. In the buffer solution of pH 6.00, folic acid remarkably reduced the fluorescence intensity of the oxytetracycline–terbium complex at λ = 545 nm. The reduced fluorescence intensity of the Tb³⁺ ion was proportional to the concentration of folic acid. Optimum conditions for the determination of folic acid were investigated. This method was simple, practical, and relatively free of interference from coexisting substances. Furthermore, it was successfully applied to assess folic acid in tablet, injection, and urine samples.     

新型反相限进材料及其性能

以溴代硅胶为引发剂,CuBr/2,2-联吡啶为催化体系,在改性硅胶上经二步表面引发原子转移自由基聚合(SIATRP)制备内表面接枝甲基丙烯酸十八烷基酯(C18)、外表面接枝甲基丙烯酸环氧丙酯(GMA)、水解得到表面含大量二醇基的新型反相限进材料。使用傅里叶变换红外光谱(FT-IR)、元素分析和热重分析(TGA)对其表征,采用静态吸附实验研究反相限进材料的吸附性能,其对磺胺二甲氧嘧啶和土霉素的最大吸附量分别为18.02和4.80mg/g。结合固相萃取(SPE)评价其对大分子蛋白质的排阻性能,以牛血清白蛋白(BSA)作为排阻大分子模型,排阻能力达90%。将其用于牛奶中土霉素的分离富集,经高效液相色谱(HPLC)检测,土霉素的平均加标回收率为89.19%,相对标准偏差为3.03%。有望将新型反相限进材料和HPLC或液相色谱-质谱(LC-MS)等分析系统结合应用于生物样品的处理和检测。     

间接竞争酶联适配体检测食品中土霉素

研究建立了一种间接竞争酶联适配体检测食品中土霉素(OTC)的分析方法。通过方阵滴定法和单因素实验优化了检测条件。在最佳实验条件下,方法的半抑制浓度(IC50)为6.3 ng/m L,对OTC的检测线性范围为0.5~50 ng/m L;与结构类似物有较低的交叉反应;对牛奶、奶粉、鸡肉、水产品和蜂蜜样品中土霉素的加标回收率为62.1%~102%,相对标准偏差(RSD)小于15%。将建立的方法用于实际样品检测,并与国标方法进行对比,两者获得较高的相关性(r2=0.979)。本方法可实现对实际样品中土霉素的快速、高灵敏和高通量检测。     

基于CdS@ZnS量子点与罗丹明B能量转移荧光猝灭法检测牛奶中土霉素

在吐温40存在下的pH 7.6 PBS缓冲溶液中,核壳型量子点CdS@ZnS与染料罗丹明B(RhB)能够发生有效的荧光共振能量转移,使能量给体CdS@ZnS的荧光猝灭,能量受体RhB的荧光增强。当加入土霉素(OTC)后,发现体系中RhB的荧光发生猝灭,且体系荧光猝灭的程度与土霉素浓度在4×10-8~60×10-8mol/L范围内呈良好的线性关系,相关系数r为0.999 0,检出限为1.13×10-9mol/L,以此建立了利用CdS@ZnS-RhB能量转移荧光猝灭法测定土霉素的新方法。方法具有稳定性好、灵敏度高、选择性好等特点,应用于牛奶中土霉素含量的测定,回收率为97.5%~103.7%,相对标准偏差(n=6)不大于2.0%。     

Analysis of antibiotics from liquid sample using electrospray ionization-ion mobility spectrometry

The recent findings of antibiotic residues in aquatic environment at trace level have gained much concern for the detrimental effect on ecological and human health due to bacterial resistance. Here, the feasibility of using electrospray ionization ion mobility spectrometry (ESI-IMS) for analysis antibiotics in liquid sample is demonstrated. Reduced mobilities and collision cross sections of 18 antibiotics are experimentally measured and compared with theoretical values according to mass-mobility correlation. Gentamicin is used as an example to investigate the capability of ESI-IMS for multi-component analysis of antibiotics. Mixtures of antibiotics at different concentrations are analyzed. The estimated detection limit for amoxicillin is 0.7 mg L⁻¹ (70 pg) and the linear range of response maintains over two orders. This method will be a potential technique for the analysis of antibiotics in aquatic environment.     

钐、铕-四环素类抗生素络合物荧光性能的研究及其在荧光分析中的应用

本文探讨了钐、铕-四环素、强力霉素、土霉素、金霉素络合物的荧光性能及利用该体系以荧光分析光度法测定痕量钐和铕的可能性与最佳测定条件.结果表明:在高碱度条件下(pH12～1.0mol/L NaOH),以四环素体系的稳定性、灵敏性最好,钐和铕的检测限分别为38.2和0.09ng/mL.