1. Detection of Gymnodimine-A and 13-Desmethyl C Spirolide Phycotoxins by Fluorescence Polarization
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Rómulo Aráoz, Eva S. Fonfría, Jordi Molgó, Natalia Vilariño, Luis M. Botana, Departamento de Farmacologia Facultad de Veterianaria, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela [Spain] (USC), Laboratoire de neurobiologie cellulaire et moléculaire (NBCM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Institut de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard (INAF)
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Time Factors ,Fluorescence spectrometry ,Analytical chemistry ,Hydrocarbons, Cyclic ,Fluorescence Polarization ,Receptors, Nicotinic ,Torpedo ,medicine.disease_cause ,MESH: Electric Organ ,01 natural sciences ,Analytical Chemistry ,Lactones ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,MESH: Bungarotoxins ,medicine ,Animals ,MESH: Animals ,14. Life underwater ,Shellfish ,030304 developmental biology ,Acetylcholine receptor ,MESH: Shellfish ,MESH: Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring ,Electric Organ ,0303 health sciences ,MESH: Fluorescence Polarization ,Chromatography ,Toxin ,010401 analytical chemistry ,MESH: Time Factors ,Okadaic acid ,Bungarotoxins ,0104 chemical sciences ,MESH: Imines ,Nicotinic agonist ,MESH: Hydrocarbons, Cyclic ,chemistry ,MESH: Torpedo ,MESH: Receptors, Nicotinic ,[SDV.NEU]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC] ,Imines ,Yessotoxin ,Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring ,Marine toxin ,Acetylcholine ,MESH: Lactones ,medicine.drug - Abstract
International audience; The gymnodimines and spirolides are phycotoxins classified into a heterogeneous group of marine biocompounds called cyclic imines. Although there is no clear evidence of their toxicity to humans, gymnodimines and spirolides are highly toxic to rodents and constitute a source of false positives in lipophilic toxin detection by the mouse bioassay. Using nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-enriched membranes of Torpedo, and fluorescent alpha-bungarotoxin, we developed a fluorescence polarization assay to detect and quantify gymnodimine-A and 13-desmethyl C spirolide. The presence of these cyclic imines in solution inhibited the interaction of fluorescent-labeled alpha-bungarotoxin with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in a concentration-dependent manner. The sensitivity of the assay is in the order of nanomolar concentrations of gymnodimine and 13-desmethyl C spirolide. Okadaic acid, yessotoxin, and brevetoxin-2, three lipophilic marine toxins, did not interfere with this assay. A suitable extraction method in shellfish was also developed. The gymnodimine-A and 13-desmethyl C spirolide recovery rates of mussel matrix extraction with acetone/chloroform were 63.6% +/- 3.5% and 87.4% +/- 5.3%, respectively. In summary, this inhibition assay is capable of gymnodimine-A and 13-desmethyl C spirolide detection in mussel extracts with enough sensitivity and specificity to quantify these toxins in the range of 50-2000 microg/kg and 70-700 microg/kg of shellfish meat, respectively.
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- 2009
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