Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Technology Center of Qinhuangdao Customs, Qinhuangdao 066004, China.
Biosensors (Basel). 2021 Jun 20;11(6):200. doi: 10.3390/bios11060200.
Aflatoxin B (AFB), a mycotoxin, is hepatotoxic, carcinogenic, and nephrotoxic in humans and animals, and contaminate a wide range of maize. In this study, an immunochromatographic assay (ICA) based on polystyrene microspheres (PMs) was developed for sensitive and quantitative detection of AFB in maize. The amounts of PMs, the condition for activating carboxyl groups of PMs, the amount of monoclonal antibody (mAb), and the volume of the immune probe were optimized to enhance the performance PMs-ICA for point-of-care testing of AFB in maize. The PMs-ICA showed the cut-off value of 1 ng/mL in phosphate buffer (PB) and 6 µg/kg in maize samples, respectively. The quantitative limit of detection (qLOD) was 0.27 and 1.43 µg/kg in PB and maize samples, respectively. The accuracy and precision of the PMs-ICA were evaluated by analysis of spiked maize samples with recoveries of 96.0% to 107.6% with coefficients of variation below 10%. In addition, the reliability of PMs-ICA was confirmed by the liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method. The results indicated that the PMs-ICA could be used as a sensitive, simple, rapid point-of-care testing of AFB in maize.
黄曲霉毒素 B(AFB)是一种真菌毒素,对人类和动物具有肝毒性、致癌性和肾毒性,并污染了广泛的玉米。在这项研究中,开发了一种基于聚苯乙烯微球(PMs)的免疫层析分析(ICA),用于敏感和定量检测玉米中的 AFB。优化了 PMs 的用量、PMs 中羧基基团的活化条件、单克隆抗体(mAb)的用量和免疫探针的体积,以提高用于玉米中 AFB 的即时检测的 PMs-ICA 的性能。PMs-ICA 在磷酸盐缓冲液(PB)和玉米样品中的截止值分别为 1ng/mL 和 6μg/kg。在 PB 和玉米样品中的定量检测限(qLOD)分别为 0.27 和 1.43μg/kg。通过用回收率为 96.0%至 107.6%、变异系数低于 10%的玉米样品进行加标分析,评估了 PMs-ICA 的准确性和精密度。此外,通过液相色谱-串联质谱法验证了 PMs-ICA 的可靠性。结果表明,PMs-ICA 可用于玉米中 AFB 的敏感、简单、快速的即时检测。