Multiplexed detection of mycotoxins in foods with a regenerable array

J Food Prot. 2006 Dec;69(12):3047-51. doi: 10.4315/0362-028x-69.12.3047.

Abstract

The occurrence of different mycotoxins in cereal products calls for the development of a rapid, sensitive, and reliable detection method that is capable of analyzing samples for multiple toxins simultaneously. In this study, we report the development and application of a multiplexed competitive assay for the simultaneous detection of ochratoxin A (OTA) and deoxynivalenol (DON) in spiked barley, cornmeal, and wheat, as well as in naturally contaminated maize samples. Fluoroimmunoassays were performed with the Naval Research Laboratory array biosensor, by both a manual and an automated version of the system. This system employs evanescent-wave fluorescence excitation to probe binding events as they occur on the surface of a waveguide. Methanolic extracts of the samples were diluted threefold with buffer containing a mixture of fluorescent antibodies and were then passed over the arrays of mycotoxins immobilized on a waveguide. Fluorescent signals of the surface-bound antibody-antigen complexes decreased with increasing concentrations of free mycotoxins in the extract. After sample analysis was completed, surfaces were regenerated with 6 M guanidine hydrochloride in 50 mM glycine, pH 2.0. The limits of detection determined by the manual biosensor system were as follows: 1, 180, and 65 ng/g for DON and 1, 60, and 85 ng/g for OTA in cornmeal, wheat, and barley, respectively. The limits of detection in cornmeal determined with the automated array biosensor were 15 and 150 ng/g for OTA and DON, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques / methods*
  • Biosensing Techniques / standards
  • Consumer Product Safety
  • Edible Grain / chemistry*
  • Food Analysis
  • Food Contamination / analysis*
  • Humans
  • Mycotoxins / analysis
  • Mycotoxins / isolation & purification*
  • Ochratoxins / analysis
  • Ochratoxins / isolation & purification
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / methods
  • Trichothecenes / analysis
  • Trichothecenes / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Mycotoxins
  • Ochratoxins
  • Trichothecenes
  • deoxynivalenol