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Strynar M, McCord J, Newton S, Washington J, Barzen-Hanson K, Trier X, Liu Y, Dimzon IK, Bugsel B, Zwiener C, Munoz G. Practical application guide for the discovery of novel PFAS in environmental samples using high resolution mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 2023; 33:575-588. [PMID: 37516787 PMCID: PMC10561087 DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00578-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/31/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The intersection of the topics of high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) bring together two disparate and complex subjects. Recently non-targeted analysis (NTA) for the discovery of novel PFAS in environmental and biological media has been shown to be valuable in multiple applications. Classical targeted analysis for PFAS using LC-MS/MS, though growing in compound coverage, is still unable to inform a holistic understanding of the PFAS burden in most samples. NTA fills at least a portion of this data gap. OBJECTIVES Entrance into the study of novel PFAS discovery requires identification techniques such as HRMS (e.g., QTOF and Orbitrap) instrumentation. This requires practical knowledge of best approaches depending on the purpose of the analyses. The utility of HRMS applications for PFAS discovery is unquestioned and will likely play a significant role in many future environmental and human exposure studies. METHODS/RESULTS PFAS have some characteristics that make them standout from most other chemicals present in samples. Through a series of tell-tale PFAS characteristics (e.g., characteristic mass defect range, homologous series and characteristic fragmentation patterns), and case studies different approaches and remaining challenges are demonstrated. IMPACT STATEMENT The identification of novel PFAS via non-targeted analysis using high resolution mass spectrometry is an important and difficult endeavor. This synopsis document will hopefully make current and future efforts on this topic easier to perform for novice and experienced alike. The typical time devoted to NTA PFAS investigations (weeks to months or more) may benefit from these practical steps employed.
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- Mark Strynar
- USEPA Office of Research and Development Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Durham, NC and Athens, GA, USA.
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- USEPA Office of Research and Development Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Durham, NC and Athens, GA, USA
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- USEPA Office of Research and Development Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Durham, NC and Athens, GA, USA
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- USEPA Office of Research and Development Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Durham, NC and Athens, GA, USA
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- Section of Environmental Chemistry and Physics, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences (PLEN), University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100085, Beijing, China
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- Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines
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- Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Schnarrenbergstr. 94-96, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Schnarrenbergstr. 94-96, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
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Geballa-Koukoula A, Gerssen A, Blokland MH, Nielen MWF. Immunoaffinity Plastic Blade Spray Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Confirmatory Analysis of Food Contaminants. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2022; 33:2038-2045. [PMID: 36223493 PMCID: PMC9634800 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.2c00149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Revised: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The lack of chromatographic separation in ambient and direct mass spectrometry (MS) ionization techniques jeopardizes the overall selectivity of the developed methods. Incorporating a biosensing element at the ionization source could compensate for that inherent lack of selectivity. Thus, a simplified immunoaffinity-direct MS technique was developed, immunoaffinity blade spray (iBS), featuring a conductive polystyrene blade material. In iBS, the generic coating used in conventional coated blade spray is replaced with a layer of highly specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), while the stainless steel is replaced with conductive polystyrene to allow for simple ELISA platelike hydrophobic immobilization of mAbs. Because of its high relevance for climate change-induced food safety issues, the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) was chosen as a model substance. Following a rapid extraction from wheat flour, DON is immuno-captured, and the blade is positioned in front of the MS for direct iBS-MS/MS analysis. The method's applicability was demonstrated by analyzing spiked and incurred wheat flour samples, omitting the need for time-consuming chromatographic separation. Apart from DON, cross-reacting DON conjugates could be successfully analyzed as well. The direct iBS-MS/MS method is generic and adaptable to detecting any analyte in sample extracts, provided that specific mAbs are available.
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- Ariadni Geballa-Koukoula
- Wageningen
Food Safety Research, Wageningen University
& Research, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen
Food Safety Research, Wageningen University
& Research, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen
Food Safety Research, Wageningen University
& Research, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory
of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Jongedijk E, Fifeik M, Arrizabalaga-Larrañaga A, Polzer J, Blokland M, Sterk S. Use of high-resolution mass spectrometry for veterinary drug multi-residue analysis. Food Control 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Geballa-Koukoula A, Gerssen A, Blokland MH, Elliott CT, Pawliszyn J, Nielen MWF. Immuno-Enriched Microspheres - Magnetic Blade Spray-Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Domoic Acid in Mussels. Anal Chem 2021; 93:15736-15743. [PMID: 34726384 PMCID: PMC8637537 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c03816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Paramagnetic microspheres can be used in planar array fluorescence immunoassays for single or multiplex screening of food contaminants. However, no confirmation of the molecular identity is obtained. Coated blade spray (CBS) is a direct ionization mass spectrometry (MS) technique, and when combined with triple quadrupole MS/MS, it allows for rapid confirmation of food contaminants. The lack of chromatography in CBS, though, compromises the specificity of the measurement for unequivocal identification of contaminants, based on the European Union (EU) regulation. Therefore, a rapid and easy-to-use immuno-magnetic blade spray (iMBS) method was developed in which immuno-enriched paramagnetic microspheres replace the coating of CBS. The iMBS-MS/MS method was fully optimized, validated in-house following the EU 2021/808 regulation, and benchmarked against a commercial lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) for on-site screening of DA. The applicability of iMBS-MS/MS was further demonstrated by analyzing incurred mussel samples. The combination of immunorecognition and MS/MS detection in iMBS-MS/MS enhances the measurement's selectivity, which is demonstrated by the rapid differentiation between the marine toxin domoic acid (DA) and its structural analog kainic acid (KA), which cannot be achieved with the LFIA alone. Interestingly, this first-ever reported iMBS-MS/MS method is generic and can be adapted to include any other immuno-captured food contaminant, provided that monoclonal antibodies are available, thus offering a complementary confirmatory analysis approach to multiplex immunoassay screening methods. Moreover, thanks to its speed of analysis, iMBS-MS/MS can bridge the logistics gap between future large-scale on-site testings using LFIAs and classical time-consuming confirmatory MS analysis performed in official control laboratories.
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- Ariadni Geballa-Koukoula
- Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- ASSET Technology Centre, Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast BT9 5DL, Northern Ireland, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands.,Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Jager J, Gerssen A, Pawliszyn J, Sterk SS, Nielen MWF, Blokland MH. USB-Powered Coated Blade Spray Ion Source for On-Site Testing Using Transportable Mass Spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 31:2243-2249. [PMID: 33086002 PMCID: PMC7659368 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Revised: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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On-site testing in food analysis using mass spectrometry (MS) requires miniaturization of vacuum systems, mass analyzers, sample cleanup, and ionization sources. In this study, a simple coated blade spray (CBS) ion source was developed that enables high voltage generation on the blade by ubiquitous certified (micro-)USB On-The-Go devices like smartphones, tablets, and power banks. CBS is capable of performing both analyte enrichment by solid-phase microextraction (SPME) material coated on the metal substrate and direct-spray ionization. The USB-CBS device was used on two different MS systems, a transportable single-quadrupole and a benchtop triple-quadrupole tandem MS. Various characteristics of the USB-CBS device, including high voltage generation and angular positioning, were studied. The potential of the newly developed device for food safety applications is demonstrated by banned and regulated veterinary drugs such as β-agonists and sulfonamide antibiotics, covering a wide range of molecular weights and polarities. The results highlight the potential of the developed, simplified, inexpensive (less than 10 USD), and universal vendor-independent USB-powered CBS ion source coupled with MS(/MS) systems for semiquantitative applications, in laboratories, and in future on-site food quality and safety testing. Apart from that, most likely on-site environmental, biomedical, and forensic testing will also benefit from this USB-CBS instrumental development that is compatible with any atmospheric inlet MS system.
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- Josha Jager
- Wageningen
Food Safety Research (WFSR), Part of Wageningen
University & Research, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen
Food Safety Research (WFSR), Part of Wageningen
University & Research, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L3G1, Canada
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- Wageningen
Food Safety Research (WFSR), Part of Wageningen
University & Research, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen
Food Safety Research (WFSR), Part of Wageningen
University & Research, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Wageningen
University, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen
Food Safety Research (WFSR), Part of Wageningen
University & Research, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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The use of UHPLC, IMS, and HRMS in multiresidue analytical methods: A critical review. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2020; 1158:122369. [PMID: 33091675 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2020.122369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Residue chemists who analyse pesticides in vegetables or veterinary drugs in animal-based food are currently facing a situation where there is a requirement to detect more and more compounds at lower and lower concentrations. Conventional tandem quadrupole instruments provide sufficient sensitivity, but speed and selectivity appear as future limitations. This will become an even larger issue when there is a need to not only detect active compounds but also their degradation products and metabolites. This will likely lead to a situation in which the conventional targeted approach must be expanded or augmented by a certain non-targeted strategy. High-resolution mass spectrometry provides such capabilities, but it frequently requires an additional degree of selectivity for the unequivocal confirmation of analytes present at trace levels in highly complex and variable food matrices. The hyphenation of ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography with ion mobility and high-resolution mass spectrometry provides analytical chemists with a new tool for performing such a demanding multiresidue analysis. The objective of this paper is to investigate the benefits of the added ion mobility dimension as well as to critically discuss the current limitations of this commercially available technology.
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Kaufmann A. High-resolution mass spectrometry for bioanalytical applications: Is this the new gold standard? JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2020; 55:e4533. [PMID: 32559824 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Revised: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-based tandem mass spectrometry (QqQ) is termed the "gold standard" for bioanalytical applications because of its unpreceded selectivity, sensitivity, and the ruggedness of the technology. More recently, however, high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) has become increasingly popular for bioanalytical applications. Nonetheless, this technique is still viewed, either as a screening technology or as a research tool. Although HRMS is actively discussed during scientific conferences, it is yet to be widely utilised in routine laboratory settings and there remains a reluctance to use HRMS for quantitative measurements in regulated environments. This paper does not aim to comprehensively describe the potential of the latest HRMS technology, but rather, it focuses on what results can be obtained and outlines the author's experiences over a period of many years of the routine application of various forms of HRMS instrumentation. Fifteen years ago, some nine different QqQ methods were used in the author's laboratory to analyse a variety of different veterinary drug resides. Today, many more analytes are quantified by seven HRMS methods and just three QqQ methods remain in use for the analysis of a small set of compounds yet to be upgraded to HRMS analysis. This continual upgrading and migration of analytical methods were accompanied by regularly participating in laboratory proficiency tests (PTs). The PT reports (covering a range of analytes and analytical methods) were used to compare the accuracy of HRMS- versus QqQ-based measurements. In the second part of this paper, the particular strengths and limitations of HRMS for both method development and routine measurements are critically discussed. This also includes some anecdotal experiences encountered when replacing QqQ assays with HRMS methods.
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- Anton Kaufmann
- Official Food Control Authority of the Canton of Zürich, Fehrenstrasse 15, Zürich, 8032, Switzerland
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Berendsen B, Lakraoui F, Leenders L, van Leeuwen S. The analysis of perfluoroalkyl substances at ppt level in milk and egg using UHPLC-MS/MS. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess 2020; 37:1707-1718. [DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2020.1794053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- B.J.A. Berendsen
- Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Potential of Recent Ambient Ionization Techniques for Future Food Contaminant Analysis Using (Trans)Portable Mass Spectrometry. FOOD ANAL METHOD 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s12161-019-01666-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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AbstractIn food analysis, a trend towards on-site testing of quality and safety parameters is emerging. So far, on-site testing has been mainly explored by miniaturized optical spectroscopy and ligand-binding assay approaches such as lateral flow immunoassays and biosensors. However, for the analysis of multiple parameters at regulatory levels, mass spectrometry (MS) is the method of choice in food testing laboratories. Thanks to recent developments in ambient ionization and upcoming miniaturization of mass analyzers, (trans)portable mass spectrometry may be added to the toolkit for on-site testing and eventually compete with multiplex immunoassays in mixture analysis. In this study, we preliminary evaluated a selection of recent ambient ionization techniques for their potential in simplified testing of selected food contaminants such as pesticides, veterinary drugs, and natural toxins, aiming for a minimum in sample preparation while maintaining acceptable sensitivity and robustness. Matrix-assisted inlet ionization (MAI), handheld desorption atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (DAPCI), transmission-mode direct analysis in real time (TM-DART), and coated blade spray (CBS) were coupled to both benchtop Orbitrap and compact quadrupole single-stage mass analyzers, while CBS was also briefly studied on a benchtop triple-quadrupole MS. From the results, it can be concluded that for solid and liquid sample transmission configurations provide the highest sensitivity while upon addition of a stationary phase, such as in CBS, even low μg/L levels in urine samples can be achieved provided the additional selectivity of tandem mass spectrometry is exploited.
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Stastny K, Stepanova H, Hlavova K, Faldyna M. Identification and determination of deoxynivalenol (DON) and deepoxy-deoxynivalenol (DOM-1) in pig colostrum and serum using liquid chromatography in combination with high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS (HR)). J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2019; 1126-1127:121735. [PMID: 31394401 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2019.121735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Revised: 07/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Deoxynivalenol (DON) is one of the most common mycotoxins produced by field fungi (especially Fusarium). Contamination of livestock feed is a significant risk factor, especially for pigs that are highly susceptible to the toxic effects of deoxynivalenol. In this study, validated ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (U-HPLC) combined with a HR-Orbitrap-MS analysis method is described for the identification and quantitative determination of the mycotoxin compounds (DON and deepoxy-deoxynivalenol (DOM-1)) in pig colostrum (milk) and serum. Pre-treatment of the samples involved a deproteinisation step with methanol followed by a purification step by solid phase extraction (HLB cartridges). The chromatographic separation was performed on a C18 column with 1.7 μm-particle size using a water-methanol mobile phase. Detection of analytes was achieved on the tandem hybrid mass spectrometer Q Exactive, with a heated electrospray ionisation probe measured in positive mode (H-ESI+). For the confirmation of identification, a mass spectrometer was utilized in the full scan mode with resolving power (PR) = 140,000 (FWHM) and for quantification analysis, it was utilized in the parallel reaction monitoring mode (PRM). The method has been fully validated according to the requirements of Commission Decision 2002/657/EC for confirmatory analyses, plus the addition of a mass accuracy (MA) parameter. For the confirmation of the presence of these analytes in pig colostrum and serum, matching of the retention time with mass accuracy for the precursor ion from MS and product ions from MS/MS was used. A deuterium isotopically labelled internal standard and a matrix-matched calibration curve were employed for quantification. The linear range of quantification was 0.5-20 μg L-1 and the correlation coefficient (R2) was >0.999 for all calibrations. The limit of detection for DON and DOM-1 in colostrum was 0.48 μg L-1 and 0.54 μg L-1, respectively, and in serum 0.24 μg L-1 and 0.36 μg L-1, respectively. The limit of quantification for DON and DOM-1 in colostrum was 0.80 μg L-1 and 0.89 μg L-1, respectively, and in serum 0.39 μg L-1 and 0.60 μg L-1, respectively. The method was successfully evaluated using the obtained samples of pig colostrum and serum.
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- Kamil Stastny
- Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, Brno 62100, Czech Republic.
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- Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, Brno 62100, Czech Republic
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- Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, Brno 62100, Czech Republic
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- Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, Brno 62100, Czech Republic
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Jansen LJM, van de Schans MGM, de Boer D, Bongers IEA, Schmitt H, Hoeksma P, Berendsen BJA. A new extraction procedure to abate the burden of non-extractable antibiotic residues in manure. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 224:544-553. [PMID: 30836250 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.02.166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Revised: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Through agricultural soil fertilization using organic manure, antibiotic residues can accumulate in the environment. In order to assess the risks of environmental pollution by veterinary drugs, monitoring of manure for antibiotic residues is necessary. As manure is a complex matrix, extraction of antibiotics proved to be challenging. In this study, 24 extraction solvents were assessed for the extraction of residues from manure representing ten antibiotics from the antibiotic classes tetracyclines, quinolones, macrolides, lincosamides and sulfonamides. Especially for the tetracyclines and quinolones the extraction solvent selection is critical, due to high fractions of non-extractable residues especially when using aqueous solvents (62-77% and 90-95% respectively when using milli-Q water). In contrast, sulfonamides can effectively be extracted with aqueous solvents. Overall, 0.125% trifluoroacetic acid in acetonitrile in combination with McIlvain-EDTA buffer proved to be the most effective extraction solvent. A longitudinal study pointed out that most antibiotics bind to solid manure particles instantaneously after addition. Trimethoprim is an exception, but because by using the optimal extraction solvent, the optimum fraction of bound residues is desorbed, this does not hamper quantitative analysis when using spiked manure quality control samples. Based on these new insights, the current in-house multi-residue LC-MS/MS method for manure analysis, containing 48 antibiotics, was revised, additionally validated and applied to 34 incurred manure samples.
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- Larissa J M Jansen
- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Wageningen Livestock Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Mooney D, Coxon C, Richards KG, Gill L, Mellander PE, Danaher M. Development and Optimisation of a Multiresidue Method for the Determination of 40 Anthelmintic Compounds in Environmental Water Samples by Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) with LC-MS/MS Detection. Molecules 2019; 24:E1978. [PMID: 31121991 PMCID: PMC6572551 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24101978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Revised: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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A comprehensive multiresidue method was developed and validated for the determination of 40 anthelmintic compounds, including 13 transformation products, in surface and groundwater samples at sub nanogram per litre (ng L-1) levels. Anthelmintic residues were extracted from unfiltered water samples using polymeric divinylbenzene solid phase extraction (SPE) cartridges, and eluted with methanol: acetone (50:50, v/v). Purified extracts were concentrated, filtered and injected for UHPLC-MS/MS determination. The method recovery (at a concentration representative of realistic expected environmental water levels based on literature review) ranged from 83-113%. The method was validated, at three concentration levels, in accordance to Commission Decision 2002/657/EC and SANTE/11813/2017 guidelines. Trueness and precision, under within-laboratory reproducibility conditions, ranged from 88-114% and 1.1-19.4%, respectively. The applicability of the method was assessed in a pilot study whereby 72 different surface and groundwater samples were collected and analysed for the determination of these 40 compounds for the first time in Ireland. This is the most comprehensive method available for the investigation of the occurrence of both anthelmintic parent compounds and their transformation products in raw, unfiltered environmental waters.
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- Damien Mooney
- School of Natural Sciences, Geology Department, Trinity College Dublin, D02PN40 Dublin, Ireland.
- Food Safety Department, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, D15KN3K Dublin 15, Ireland.
- Groundwater spoke, Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences (iCRAG), D04N2E5 Dublin, Ireland.
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- School of Natural Sciences, Geology Department, Trinity College Dublin, D02PN40 Dublin, Ireland.
- Groundwater spoke, Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences (iCRAG), D04N2E5 Dublin, Ireland.
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- Groundwater spoke, Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences (iCRAG), D04N2E5 Dublin, Ireland.
- Environment, Soils and Land-Use Department, Environment Research Centre, Teagasc, Johnstown Castle, Y35TC97 Wexford, Ireland.
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- Groundwater spoke, Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences (iCRAG), D04N2E5 Dublin, Ireland.
- Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, D02PN40 Dublin, Ireland.
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- Environment, Soils and Land-Use Department, Environment Research Centre, Teagasc, Johnstown Castle, Y35TC97 Wexford, Ireland.
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- Food Safety Department, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, D15KN3K Dublin 15, Ireland.
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Kaufmann A. Analytical performance of the various acquisition modes in Orbitrap MS and MS/MS. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2018; 53:725-738. [PMID: 29708288 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Revised: 03/16/2018] [Accepted: 04/14/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Quadrupole Orbitrap instruments (Q Orbitrap) permit high-resolution mass spectrometry-based full scan acquisitions and have a number of acquisition modes where the quadrupole isolates a particular mass range prior to a possible fragmentation and high-resolution mass spectrometry-based acquisition. Selecting the proper acquisition mode(s) is essential if trace analytes are to be quantified in complex matrix extracts. Depending on the particular requirements, such as sensitivity, selectivity of detection, linear dynamic range, and speed of analysis, different acquisition modes may have to be chosen. This is particularly important in the field of multi-residue analysis (eg, pesticides or veterinary drugs in food samples) where a large number of analytes within a complex matrix have to be detected and reliably quantified. Meeting the specific detection and quantification performance criteria for every targeted compound may be challenging. It is the aim of this paper to describe the strengths and the limitations of the currently available Q Orbitrap acquisition modes. In addition, the incorporation of targeted acquisitions between full scan experiments is discussed. This approach is intended to integrate compounds that require an additional degree of sensitivity or selectivity into multi-residue methods.
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- Anton Kaufmann
- TAM, Official Food Contol Authority of the Canton of Zurich, Fehrenstrasse, Zürich, Switzerland, 8030
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A Fast Quantitative Multi-analyte Method for Growth Promoters in Bovine Meat Using Bead-Disruption, 96-well SPE Clean-up and Narrow-Bore UHPLC-MS/MS Analysis. FOOD ANAL METHOD 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s12161-018-1164-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Teunissen SF, Fedick PW, Berendsen BJA, Nielen MWF, Eberlin MN, Graham Cooks R, van Asten AC. Novel Selectivity-Based Forensic Toxicological Validation of a Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry Method for the Quantitative Determination of Eight Amphetamines in Whole Blood. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2017; 28:2665-2676. [PMID: 28879579 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-017-1790-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Revised: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Paper spray tandem mass spectrometry is used to identify and quantify eight individual amphetamines in whole blood in 1.3 min. The method has been optimized and fully validated according to forensic toxicology guidelines, for the quantification of amphetamine, methamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine (MDMA), 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine (MDEA), para-methoxyamphetamine (PMA), para-methoxymethamphetamine (PMMA), and 4-fluoroamphetamine (4-FA). Additionally, a new concept of intrinsic and application-based selectivity is discussed, featuring increased confidence in the power to discriminate the amphetamines from other chemically similar compounds when applying an ambient mass spectrometric method without chromatographic separation. Accuracy was within ±15% and average precision was better than 15%, and better than 20% at the LLOQ. Detection limits between 15 and 50 ng/mL were obtained using only 12 μL of whole blood. Graphical abstract ᅟ.
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- Sebastiaan F Teunissen
- ThoMSon Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Analytical Instrumentation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Analytical Instrumentation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- RIKILT, Wageningen Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT, Wageningen Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- ThoMSon Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Analytical Instrumentation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Netherlands Forensic Institute, P.O. Box 24044, 2490 AA, The Hague, The Netherlands.
- Faculty of Science, Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94157, 1090 GD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- CLHC, Amsterdam Center for Forensic Science and Medicine, P.O. Box 94157, 1090 GD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Jansen LJM, Bolck YJC, Rademaker J, Zuidema T, Berendsen BJA. The analysis of tetracyclines, quinolones, macrolides, lincosamides, pleuromutilins, and sulfonamides in chicken feathers using UHPLC-MS/MS in order to monitor antibiotic use in the poultry sector. Anal Bioanal Chem 2017; 409:4927-4941. [PMID: 28674821 PMCID: PMC5534202 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-017-0445-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Revised: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In The Netherlands, all antibiotic treatments should be registered at the farm and in a central database. To enforce correct antibiotic use and registration, and to enforce prudent use of antibiotics, there is a need for methods that are able to detect antibiotic treatments. Ideally, such a method is able to detect antibiotic applications during the entire lifespan of an animal, including treatments administered during the first days of the animals' lives. Monitoring tissue, as is common practice, only provides a limited window of opportunity, as residue levels in tissue soon drop below measurable quantities. The analysis of feathers proves to be a promising tool in this respect. Furthermore, a qualitative confirmatory method was developed for the analyses of six major groups of antibiotics in ground chicken feathers, aiming for a detection limit as low as reasonably possible. The method was validated according to Commission Decision 2002/657/EC. All compounds comply with the criteria and, as a matter of fact, 58% of the compounds could also be quantified according to regulations. Additionally, we demonstrated that a less laborious method, in which whole feathers were analyzed, proved successful in the detection of applied antibiotics. Most compounds could be detected at levels of 2 μg kg-1 or below with the exception of sulfachloropyridazine, tylosin, and tylvalosin. This demonstrates the effectiveness of feather analysis to detect antibiotic use to allow effective enforcement of antibiotic use and prevent the illegal, off-label, and nonregistered use of antibiotics.
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- Larissa J M Jansen
- RIKILT, Wageningen University and Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- RIKILT, Wageningen University and Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT, Wageningen University and Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT, Wageningen University and Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT, Wageningen University and Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Pieke EN, Granby K, Trier X, Smedsgaard J. A framework to estimate concentrations of potentially unknown substances by semi-quantification in liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 2017; 975:30-41. [PMID: 28552304 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2017.03.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Revised: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Risk assessment of exposure to chemicals from food and other sources rely on quantitative information of the occurrence of these chemicals. As screening analysis is increasingly used, a strategy to semi-quantify unknown or untargeted analytes is required. A proof of concept strategy to semi-quantifying unknown substances in LC-MS was investigated by studying the responses of a chemically diverse marker set of 17 analytes using an experimental design study. Optimal conditions were established using two optimization parameters related to weak-responding compounds and to the overall response. All the 17 selected analytes were semi-quantified using a different analyte to assess the quantification performance under various conditions. It was found that source conditions had strong effects on the responses, with the range of low-response signals varying from -80% to over +300% compared to centerpoints. Positive electrospray (ESI+) was found to have more complex source interactions than negative electrospray (ESI-). Choice of quantification marker resulted in better quantification if the retention time difference was minimized (12 out of 12 cases error factor < 4.0) rather than if the accurate mass difference was minimized (7 out of 12 cases error factor < 4.0). Using optimal conditions and retention time selection, semi-quantification in ESI+ (70% quantified, average prediction error factor 2.08) and ESI- (100% quantified, average prediction error factor 1.74) yielded acceptable results for untargeted screening. The method was successfully applied to an extract of food contact material containing over 300 unknown substances. Without identification and authentic standards, the method was able to estimate the concentration of a virtually unlimited number of compounds thereby providing valuable data to prioritize compounds in risk assessment studies.
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- Eelco N Pieke
- Research Group for Analytical Food Chemistry, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet Building 202, Kgs. Lyngby, DK-2800, Denmark.
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- Research Group for Analytical Food Chemistry, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet Building 202, Kgs. Lyngby, DK-2800, Denmark.
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- Research Group for Analytical Food Chemistry, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet Building 202, Kgs. Lyngby, DK-2800, Denmark.
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- Research Group for Analytical Food Chemistry, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet Building 202, Kgs. Lyngby, DK-2800, Denmark.
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Renaud JB, Sabourin L, Topp E, Sumarah MW. Spectral Counting Approach to Measure Selectivity of High-Resolution LC–MS Methods for Environmental Analysis. Anal Chem 2017; 89:2747-2754. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b03475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Justin B. Renaud
- London Research and Development
Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada, N5 V 4T3
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- London Research and Development
Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada, N5 V 4T3
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- London Research and Development
Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada, N5 V 4T3
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- London Research and Development
Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada, N5 V 4T3
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Berendsen BJA, Meijer T, Mol HGJ, van Ginkel L, Nielen MWF. A global inter-laboratory study to assess acquisition modes for multi-compound confirmatory analysis of veterinary drugs using liquid chromatography coupled to triple quadrupole, time of flight and orbitrap mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 2017; 962:60-72. [PMID: 28231881 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2017.01.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2016] [Revised: 01/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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According to EU legislation a confirmatory method used for residue analysis should be able to confirm the identity of a compound beyond reasonable doubt. To provide an adequate instrumental set-up, Commission Decision 2002/657/EC introduced the concept of "identification points". A second aspect to assure unequivocal confirmation, is the establishment of ion ratio and retention time criteria. Currently, the gold standard for confirmatory analysis of most veterinary drug residues is liquid chromatography (LC) coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) in selected reaction monitoring (SRM) acquisition mode, isolating one precursor ion and monitoring two a priori selected product ions, yielding 4 identification points. We comprehensively evaluated the use of different low and high resolution LC-MS(/MS) techniques and acquisition modes with respect to the selectivity of 100 veterinary drugs in liver, muscle and urine extracts aiming to critically review the currently established identification points system. A comparison among MS/MS in SRM mode with high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) in full scan, all ion fragmentation and targeted MS/MS was made based on a unique inter-laboratory study, which comprises 21 laboratories from four different continents and equipment from all major vendors. In total 186 samples were analysed yielding results for 9282 analyte/matrix combinations. It was observed that the false positive rate approximately doubles if no ion ratio criterion is applied indicating that this criterion is important to prevent false positive results. Full scan HRMS analysis, only monitoring the molecular ion and allowing a ±5 ppm mass tolerance is, in general, less selective than low resolution MS/MS using SRM, and thus full scan alone is considered not sufficient for confirmatory analysis. Furthermore, even though the number of data on all ion fragmentation and targeted MS/MS at high resolution was limited, based on the data obtained, it was observed that the acquisition mode as well as the mass resolution needed, very much depend on the matrix and the compound itself. For complex matrix extracts and non-selective compounds (worst-case situation), only targeted MS/MS, monitoring the precursor ion and a single product ion in HR-MS using a maximum of ±5 ppm mass deviation, leads to comparable selectivity and false positive and negative rate as SRM monitoring two product ions in LR-MS. We conclude that the currently applied identification point system as established in commission decision 2002/657/EC should be revised with respect to the allocation of identification points.
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- Bjorn J A Berendsen
- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700AE, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700AE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700AE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700AE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT Wageningen University & Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700AE, Wageningen, The Netherlands; Wageningen University & Research, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Woldegebriel M, Derks E. Artificial Neural Network for Probabilistic Feature Recognition in Liquid Chromatography Coupled to High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2016; 89:1212-1221. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b03678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Michael Woldegebriel
- Analytical
Chemistry, Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular
Sciences, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94720, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Analytics and Statistics, DSM Resolve, 6167 RD Geleen, The Netherlands
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Duvivier WF, van Beek TA, Nielen MWF. Critical comparison of mass analyzers for forensic hair analysis by ambient ionization mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2016; 30:2331-2340. [PMID: 27528453 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Revised: 06/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/11/2016] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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RATIONALE Recently, several direct and/or ambient mass spectrometry (MS) approaches have been suggested for drugs of abuse imaging in hair. The use of mass spectrometers with insufficient selectivity could result in false-positive measurements due to isobaric interferences. Different mass analyzers have been evaluated regarding their selectivity and sensitivity for the detection of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) from intact hair samples using direct analysis in real time (DART) ionization. METHODS Four different mass analyzers, namely (1) an orbitrap, (2) a quadrupole orbitrap, (3) a triple quadrupole, and (4) a quadrupole time-of-flight (QTOF), were evaluated. Selectivity and sensitivity were assessed by analyzing secondary THC standard dilutions on stainless steel mesh screens and blank hair samples, and by the analysis of authentic cannabis user hair samples. Additionally, separation of isobaric ions by use of travelling wave ion mobility (TWIM) was investigated. RESULTS The use of a triple quadrupole instrument resulted in the highest sensitivity; however, transitions used for multiple reaction monitoring were only found to be specific when using high mass resolution product ion measurements. A mass resolution of at least 30,000 FWHM at m/z 315 was necessary to avoid overlap of THC with isobaric ions originating from the hair matrix. Even though selectivity was enhanced by use of TWIM, the QTOF instrument in resolution mode could not indisputably differentiate THC from endogenous isobaric ions in drug user hair samples. CONCLUSIONS Only the high resolution of the (quadrupole) orbitrap instruments and the QTOF instrument in high-resolution mode distinguished THC in hair samples from endogenous isobaric interferences. As expected, enhanced selectivity compromises sensitivity and THC was only detectable in hair from heavy users. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Wilco F Duvivier
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenplein 8, 6703, HB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenplein 8, 6703, HB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenplein 8, 6703, HB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- RIKILT Wageningen UR, P.O. Box 230, 6700, AE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Woldegebriel M, Vivó-Truyols G. A New Bayesian Approach for Estimating the Presence of a Suspected Compound in Routine Screening Analysis. Anal Chem 2016; 88:9843-9849. [PMID: 27584087 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b03026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A novel method for compound identification in liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) is proposed. The method, based on Bayesian statistics, accommodates all possible uncertainties involved, from instrumentation up to data analysis into a single model yielding the probability of the compound of interest being present/absent in the sample. This approach differs from the classical methods in two ways. First, it is probabilistic (instead of deterministic); hence, it computes the probability that the compound is (or is not) present in a sample. Second, it answers the hypothesis "the compound is present", opposed to answering the question "the compound feature is present". This second difference implies a shift in the way data analysis is tackled, since the probability of interfering compounds (i.e., isomers and isobaric compounds) is also taken into account.
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- Michael Woldegebriel
- Analytical Chemistry, Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam , P.O. Box 94720, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Analytical Chemistry, Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam , P.O. Box 94720, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Berendsen BJ, Meijer T, Wegh R, Mol HG, Smyth WG, Armstrong Hewitt S, van Ginkel L, Nielen MW. A critical assessment of the performance criteria in confirmatory analysis for veterinary drug residue analysis using mass spectrometric detection in selected reaction monitoring mode. Drug Test Anal 2016; 8:477-90. [DOI: 10.1002/dta.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Revised: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Bjorn J.A. Berendsen
- RIKILT, Wageningen UR; Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230 6700AE Wageningen the Netherlands
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- RIKILT, Wageningen UR; Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230 6700AE Wageningen the Netherlands
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- RIKILT, Wageningen UR; Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230 6700AE Wageningen the Netherlands
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- RIKILT, Wageningen UR; Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230 6700AE Wageningen the Netherlands
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- Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute; Stoney Road, Stormont, Belfast BT4 3SD. Stormont Northern Ireland UK
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- Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute; Stoney Road, Stormont, Belfast BT4 3SD. Stormont Northern Ireland UK
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- RIKILT, Wageningen UR; Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230 6700AE Wageningen the Netherlands
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- RIKILT, Wageningen UR; Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230 6700AE Wageningen the Netherlands
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry; Wageningen University; Dreijenplein 8 6703 HB Wageningen the Netherlands
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Woldegebriel M, Zomer P, Mol HGJ, Vivó-Truyols G. Application of Fragment Ion Information as Further Evidence in Probabilistic Compound Screening Using Bayesian Statistics and Machine Learning: A Leap Toward Automation. Anal Chem 2016; 88:7705-14. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b01630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Michael Woldegebriel
- Analytical
Chemistry, Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam P.O. Box 94720, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT Wageningen UR, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT Wageningen UR, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Analytical
Chemistry, Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam P.O. Box 94720, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Data independent acquisition-digital archiving mass spectrometry: application to single kernel mycotoxin analysis of Fusarium graminearum infected maize. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 408:3083-91. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-9391-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Revised: 01/25/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Correa DN, Santos JM, Eberlin LS, Eberlin MN, Teunissen SF. Forensic Chemistry and Ambient Mass Spectrometry: A Perfect Couple Destined for a Happy Marriage? Anal Chem 2016; 88:2515-26. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Deleon N. Correa
- ThoMSon
Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, University of Campinas—UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil
- Technical-Scientific Police Superintendence—IC-SPTC-SP, São Paulo, São Paulo 05507-06, Brazil
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- ThoMSon
Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, University of Campinas—UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712 United States
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- ThoMSon
Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, University of Campinas—UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil
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- ThoMSon
Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, University of Campinas—UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil
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Woldegebriel M. Novel Method for Calculating a Nonsubjective Informative Prior for a Bayesian Model in Toxicology Screening: A Theoretical Framework. Anal Chem 2015; 87:11398-406. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Michael Woldegebriel
- Analytical Chemistry, Van’t
Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam P.O. Box 94720, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Chen J, Cheng XL, Wei F, Zhang QQ, Li MH, Ma SC. Detection of Gelatin Adulteration in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Analysis of Deer-Horn Glue by Rapid-Resolution Liquid Chromatography-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL METHODS IN CHEMISTRY 2015; 2015:259757. [PMID: 26504613 PMCID: PMC4609468 DOI: 10.1155/2015/259757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2014] [Revised: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Simultaneous identification of donkey-hide gelatin and bovine-hide gelatin in deer-horn glue was established by rapid-resolution liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry. Water containing 1% NH4HCO3 was used for sample dissolution and trypsin was used for hydrolysis of the gelatins. After separation by a SB-C18 reversed-phase analytical column, collagen marker peptides were detected by mass spectrometry in positive electrospray ionization mode with multiple reaction monitoring. The method was specific, precise and reliable, and suitable for detection of adulterants derived from donkey-hide gelatin and bovine-hide gelatin in deer-horn glue.
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- Jia Chen
- National Institute for Food and Drug Control, State Food and Drug Administration, 2 Tiantan Xili, Beijing 100050, China
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- National Institute for Food and Drug Control, State Food and Drug Administration, 2 Tiantan Xili, Beijing 100050, China
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- National Institute for Food and Drug Control, State Food and Drug Administration, 2 Tiantan Xili, Beijing 100050, China
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- National Institute for Food and Drug Control, State Food and Drug Administration, 2 Tiantan Xili, Beijing 100050, China
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- National Institute for Food and Drug Control, State Food and Drug Administration, 2 Tiantan Xili, Beijing 100050, China
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- National Institute for Food and Drug Control, State Food and Drug Administration, 2 Tiantan Xili, Beijing 100050, China
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Sumner LW, Lei Z, Nikolau BJ, Saito K. Modern plant metabolomics: advanced natural product gene discoveries, improved technologies, and future prospects. Nat Prod Rep 2015; 32:212-29. [PMID: 25342293 DOI: 10.1039/c4np00072b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Plant metabolomics has matured and modern plant metabolomics has accelerated gene discoveries and the elucidation of a variety of plant natural product biosynthetic pathways. This review covers the approximate period of 2000 to 2014, and highlights specific examples of the discovery and characterization of novel genes and enzymes associated with the biosynthesis of natural products such as flavonoids, glucosinolates, terpenoids, and alkaloids. Additional examples of the integration of metabolomics with genome-based functional characterizations of plant natural products that are important to modern pharmaceutical technology are also reviewed. This article also provides a substantial review of recent technical advances in mass spectrometry imaging, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, integrated LC-MS-SPE-NMR for metabolite identifications, and X-ray crystallography of microgram quantities for structural determinations. The review closes with a discussion on the future prospects of metabolomics related to crop species and herbal medicine.
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- Lloyd W Sumner
- The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Plant Biology Division, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK, USA.
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Lehotay SJ, Sapozhnikova Y, Mol HG. Current issues involving screening and identification of chemical contaminants in foods by mass spectrometry. Trends Analyt Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2015.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Dubey R, Hill DW, Lai S, Ming-Hui C, Grant DF. Correction of precursor and product ion relative abundances in order to standardize CID spectra and improve Ecom 50 accuracy for non-targeted metabolomics. Metabolomics 2015; 11:753-763. [PMID: 25960696 PMCID: PMC4422648 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-014-0732-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Quantitative biases in the abundance of precursor and product ions due to mass discrimination in RF-only ion guides results in inaccurate collision induced dissociation (CID) spectra. We evaluated the effects of collision cell RF voltage and collision energy on CID spectra using ten singly protonated compounds (46-854 Da) in an orthogonal acceleration time-of-flight mass spectrometer. The relative ion transfer efficiency, i.e. the relative amount of ions transferred through the ion guide at any particular RF voltage was shown to be dependent on the ion's m/z. We developed an algorithm to correct for the mass discriminating effects of RF voltage on CID spectra. The algorithm was tested for both precursor and product ions at multiple RF voltages and collision energies in order to ensure reliability. Our results suggest that compounds that generate major product ions with m/z values <150 have peak intensities that deviate substantially from their actual abundance. This has implications for small molecule metabolomics research, particularly for studies that rely on CID spectra matching methods for structure identification.
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- Ritvik Dubey
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, 69 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269 USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, 69 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269 USA
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- Waters Corporation, 100 Cummings Center, Beverly, MA 01915, USA
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- Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut, 215 Glenbrook Road, Storrs, CT 06269 USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, 69 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269 USA
- Address reprint requests to: David F. Grant, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, 69 North Eagleville Rd, Storrs, CT 06269 USA.
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Berendsen BJA, Wegh RS, Meijer T, Nielen MWF. The assessment of selectivity in different Quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometry acquisition modes. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2015; 26:337-346. [PMID: 25391727 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-014-1021-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2014] [Revised: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Selectivity of the confirmation of identity in liquid chromatography (tandem) mass spectrometry using Q-Orbitrap instrumentation was assessed using different acquisition modes based on a representative experimental data set constructed from 108 samples, including six different matrix extracts and containing over 100 analytes each. Single stage full scan, all ion fragmentation, and product ion scanning were applied. By generating reconstructed ion chromatograms using unit mass window in targeted MS(2), selected reaction monitoring (SRM), regularly applied using triple-quadrupole instruments, was mimicked. This facilitated the comparison of single stage full scan, all ion fragmentation, (mimicked) SRM, and product ion scanning applying a mass window down to 1 ppm. Single factor Analysis of Variance was carried out on the variance (s(2)) of the mass error to determine which factors and interactions are significant parameters with respect to selectivity. We conclude that selectivity is related to the target compound (mainly the mass defect), the matrix, sample clean-up, concentration, and mass resolution. Selectivity of the different instrumental configurations was quantified by counting the number of interfering peaks observed in the chromatograms. We conclude that precursor ion selection significantly contributes to selectivity: monitoring of a single product ion at high mass accuracy with a 1 Da precursor ion window proved to be equally selective or better to monitoring two transition products in mimicked SRM. In contrast, monitoring a single fragment in all ion fragmentation mode results in significantly lower selectivity versus mimicked SRM. After a thorough inter-laboratory evaluation study, the results of this study can be used for a critical reassessment of the current identification points system and contribute to the next generation of evidence-based and robust performance criteria in residue analysis and sports doping.
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- Bjorn J A Berendsen
- RIKILT, Wageningen UR, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700AE, Wageningen, The Netherlands,
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Kaufmann A. Combining UHPLC and high-resolution MS: A viable approach for the analysis of complex samples? Trends Analyt Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2014.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Kaufmann A, Butcher P, Maden K, Walker S, Widmer M. Reliability of veterinary drug residue confirmation: high resolution mass spectrometry versus tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 2014; 856:54-67. [PMID: 25542358 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.11.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Revised: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 11/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Confirmation of suspected residues has been a long time domain of tandem triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (QqQ). The currently most widely used confirmation strategy relies on the use of two selected reaction monitoring signals (SRM). The details of this confirmation procedure are described in detail in the Commission Decision 93/256/EC (CD). On the other hand, high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) is nowadays increasingly used for trace analysis. Yet its utility for confirmatory purposes has not been well explored and utilized, since established confirmation strategies like the CD do not yet include rules for modern HRMS technologies. It is the focus of this paper to evaluate the likelihood of false positive and false negative confirmation results, when using a variety of HRMS based measurement modes as compared to conventional QqQ mass spectrometry. The experimental strategy relies on the chromatographic separation of a complex blank sample (bovine liver extract) and the subsequent monitoring of a number of dummy transitions respectively dummy accurate masses. The term "dummy" refers to precursor and derived product ions (based on a realistic neutral loss) whose elemental compositions (CxHyNzOdCle) were produced by a random number generator. Monitoring a large number of such hypothetical SRM's, or accurate masses inevitably produces a number of mass traces containing chromatographic peaks (false detects) which are caused by eluting matrix compounds. The number and intensity of these peaks were recorded and standardized to permit a comparison among the two employed MS technologies. QqQ performance (compounds which happen to produce a response in two SRM traces at identical retention time) was compared with a number of different HRMS(1) and HRMS(2) detection based modes. A HRMS confirmation criterion based on two full scans (an unfragmented and an all ion fragmented) was proposed. Compared to the CD criteria, a significantly lower probability of false positive and false negative findings is obtained by utilizing this criterion.
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- A Kaufmann
- Official Food Control Authority of the Canton of Zurich, Fehrenstrasse 15, 8032 Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Official Food Control Authority of the Canton of Zurich, Fehrenstrasse 15, 8032 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Official Food Control Authority of the Canton of Zurich, Fehrenstrasse 15, 8032 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Official Food Control Authority of the Canton of Zurich, Fehrenstrasse 15, 8032 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Official Food Control Authority of the Canton of Zurich, Fehrenstrasse 15, 8032 Zürich, Switzerland
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Ma Y, Kind T, Yang D, Leon C, Fiehn O. MS2Analyzer: A software for small molecule substructure annotations from accurate tandem mass spectra. Anal Chem 2014; 86:10724-31. [PMID: 25263576 PMCID: PMC4222628 DOI: 10.1021/ac502818e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2014] [Accepted: 09/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Systematic analysis and interpretation of the large number of tandem mass spectra (MS/MS) obtained in metabolomics experiments is a bottleneck in discovery-driven research. MS/MS mass spectral libraries are small compared to all known small molecule structures and are often not freely available. MS2Analyzer was therefore developed to enable user-defined searches of thousands of spectra for mass spectral features such as neutral losses, m/z differences, and product and precursor ions from MS/MS spectra in MSP/MGF files. The software is freely available at http://fiehnlab.ucdavis.edu/projects/MS2Analyzer/ . As the reference query set, 147 literature-reported neutral losses and their corresponding substructures were collected. This set was tested for accuracy of linking neutral loss analysis to substructure annotations using 19 329 accurate mass tandem mass spectra of structurally known compounds from the NIST11 MS/MS library. Validation studies showed that 92.1 ± 6.4% of 13 typical neutral losses such as acetylations, cysteine conjugates, or glycosylations are correct annotating the associated substructures, while the absence of mass spectra features does not necessarily imply the absence of such substructures. Use of this tool has been successfully demonstrated for complex lipids in microalgae.
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- Yan Ma
- UC
Davis Genome Center−Metabolomics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- UC
Davis Genome Center−Metabolomics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- UC
Davis Genome Center−Metabolomics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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and Central Laboratory, Zhong Yuan Academy of Biological Medicine, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng People’s Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, P. R. China
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- UC
Davis Genome Center−Metabolomics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Engineering School, Carlos III University, Avda Universidad 30, 28911, Leganes, Madrid, Spain
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- UC
Davis Genome Center−Metabolomics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Berendsen BJA, Wegh RS, Memelink J, Zuidema T, Stolker LAM. The analysis of animal faeces as a tool to monitor antibiotic usage. Talanta 2014; 132:258-68. [PMID: 25476307 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2014.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2014] [Revised: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The analysis of antibiotics in animal faeces is important to obtain more insight in the possible formation of bacterial resistance in the animals׳ gut, to learn about the dissemination of antibiotics to the environment, to monitor trends in antibiotic usage and to detect the illegal and off-label use of antibiotics. To facilitate these studies a comprehensive method for the analysis of trace levels of 44 antibiotic compounds including tetracyclines, quinolones, macrolides and sulfonamides in animal faeces by liquid chromatography in combination with tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) detection is reported. The method is fully validated according to European regulation and showed satisfactory quantitative performance according to the stringent criteria adopted, with the exception of some of the macrolide compounds, which can be analysed with somewhat high measurement uncertainty. A large survey was carried out monitoring swine and cattle faeces and the outcomes were striking. In 55% of the swines, originating from 80% of the swine farms and in 75% of the calves, originating from 95% of the cattle farms, antibiotics were detected. Oxytetracycline, doxycycline and sulfadiazine were the most detected antibiotics, followed by tetracycline, flumequine, lincomycin and tylosin. Over 34% of the faeces samples contained two or more different antibiotics with a maximum of eight. Possible explanations for these findings are given and the effects are discussed.
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- Bjorn J A Berendsen
- RIKILT, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700AE Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- RIKILT, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708WB, P.O. Box 230, 6700AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Hird SJ, Lau BPY, Schuhmacher R, Krska R. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for the determination of chemical contaminants in food. Trends Analyt Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2014.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Kaufmann A, Widmer M, Maden K. Signal suppression can bias selected reaction monitoring ratios. Implications for the confirmation of positive findings in residue testing. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2014; 28:899-907. [PMID: 24623694 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2013] [Revised: 01/29/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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RATIONALE Selected reaction monitoring (SRM) ratios based on two or more transitions are commonly used to confirm the identity of a suspected finding in residue testing. International norms like the EU directive commission decision 2002/657/EC (CD) require the use of such ratios to prove the unequivocal identification of a particular compound detected at trace level (confirmation of a suspected residue). METHODS In this study, the relative abundances of different precursor ions (e.g. protonated molecule, solvent adducts, characteristic fragment ions or multiply charged ions) derived from the same analyte molecule were found to be differently (asymmetrically) affected by matrix-related signal suppression effects. This observation was made when analyzing veterinary drug residues (colistin and amoxicillin) in animal tissue extracts. RESULTS The term 'asymmetric signal suppression' was coined since different ionic species produced from the same analyte molecule are differently (asymmetrically) suppressed by co-eluting matrix compounds. In the case of the colistin assay, the extent of asymmetric signal suppression is such that the measured SRM ratios lie beyond the defined (CD) tolerances. Hence, the compound present in a sample cannot be confirmed. CONCLUSIONS The [M+H](+) ion may be the most commonly used precursor ion in liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray operated in the positive ionization mode. However, the absence of a sufficiently intensive confirmation transition frequently leads to the selection of another precursor ion to be utilized for the confirmation transition. The SRM ratio derived from such transitions should not be compared to the SRM ratio derived from pure standard solutions but spiked blank matrix extracts.
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- Anton Kaufmann
- Official Food Control Authority, Fehrenstrasse 15, 8032, Zürich, Switzerland
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de Nijs M, Elbers IJ, Mulder PP. Inter-laboratory comparison study for pyrrolizidine alkaloids in animal feed using spiked and incurred material. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess 2014; 31:288-99. [DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2013.871757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Tsugawa H, Arita M, Kanazawa M, Ogiwara A, Bamba T, Fukusaki E. MRMPROBS: A Data Assessment and Metabolite Identification Tool for Large-Scale Multiple Reaction Monitoring Based Widely Targeted Metabolomics. Anal Chem 2013; 85:5191-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ac400515s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Hiroshi Tsugawa
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
- Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Reifycs Incorporated, 1-6-12 Nishishinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0003, Japan
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- Reifycs Incorporated, 1-6-12 Nishishinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0003, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Comprehensive analysis of ß-lactam antibiotics including penicillins, cephalosporins, and carbapenems in poultry muscle using liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2013; 405:7859-74. [PMID: 23430185 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-6804-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2013] [Revised: 01/29/2013] [Accepted: 01/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A comprehensive method for the quantitative residue analysis of trace levels of 22 ß-lactam antibiotics, including penicillins, cephalosporins, and carbapenems, in poultry muscle by liquid chromatography in combination with tandem mass spectrometric detection is reported. The samples analyzed for ß-lactam residues are hydrolyzed using piperidine in order to improve compound stability and to include the total residue content of the cephalosporin ceftifour. The reaction procedure was optimized using a full experimental design. Following detailed isotope labeling, tandem mass spectrometry studies and exact mass measurements using high-resolution mass spectrometry reaction schemes could be proposed for all ß-lactams studied. The main reaction occurring is the hydrolysis of the ß-lactam ring under formation of the piperidine substituted amide. For some ß-lactams, multiple isobaric hydrolysis reaction products are obtained, in accordance with expectations, but this did not hamper quantitative analysis. The final method was fully validated as a quantitative confirmatory residue analysis method according to Commission Decision 2002/657/EC and showed satisfactory quantitative performance for all compounds with trueness between 80 and 110% and within-laboratory reproducibility below 22% at target level, except for biapenem. For biapenem, the method proved to be suitable for qualitative analysis only.
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