Sensitive Immunoassay for Detection and Quantification of the Neurotoxin, Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine
| Autor: | Amy A. Rand, Bruce D. Hammock, Shirley J. Gee, Bora Inceoglu, Natalia Vasylieva, Bogdan Barnych |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Bridged-Ring Compounds
medicine.medical_treatment Neurotoxins 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Article Antibodies Analytical Chemistry Vaccine Related Mice chemistry.chemical_compound Limit of Detection medicine Animals Humans Neurotoxin Antidote Analysis method 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Immunoassay Detection limit Chromatography medicine.diagnostic_test Chemistry 010401 analytical chemistry Ms analysis biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition 0104 chemical sciences Other Chemical Sciences Tetramine Haptens Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine |
| Zdroj: | Analytical chemistry, vol 89, iss 10 |
| ISSN: | 1520-6882 0003-2700 |
| Popis: | Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine (TETS, tetramine) is a formerly used and highly neurotoxic rodenticide. Its lethality, recent history of intentional use for mass poisoning, and the absence of a known antidote raise public health concerns. Therefore, rapid, high throughput, and sensitive methods for detection and quantification of TETS are critical. Instrumental analysis method such as GC/MS is sensitive but not rapid or high throughput. Therefore, an immunoassay selective to TETS was developed. The assay shows an IC50 of 4.5 ± 1.2 ng/mL, with a limit of detection of 0.2 ng/mL, comparable to GC/MS. Performance of the immunoassay was demonstrated by a recovery study using known concentrations of TETS spiked into buffer and human and mouse serum matrices giving recoveries in the range of 80-120%. The assay demonstrated good correlation in TETS recovery with established GC/MS analysis. The immunoassay was then used to quantify TETS concentration in the serum of mice exposed to 2× LD50 dose of TETS and to monitor kinetics of TETS clearance from blood over a short period of time. TETS concentration in the serum reached 150 ng/mL without significant change over 4 h post-treatment. Results obtained with the immunoassay had good correlation with GC/MS analysis. Overall, this immunoassay is an important tool to rapidly detect and quantify levels of TETS from biological samples with high sensitivity. The assay can be adapted to multiple formats including field or hospital use. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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