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ArticleToxins2019

Comparative Analysis of Microcystin Prevalence in Michigan Lakes by Online Concentration LC/MS/MS and ELISA.

Johnna A Birbeck, Judy A Westrick, Grace M O'Neill, Brian Spies, David C Szlag

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Article in Toxins, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Johnna A BirbeckDepartment of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. jbirbeck@chem.wayne.edu.
Judy A WestrickDepartment of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. westrick@chem.wayne.edu.
Grace M O'NeillDepartment of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. goneill04@gmail.com.
Brian SpiesDepartment of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309, USA. brspies@oakland.edu.
David C SzlagDepartment of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309, USA. szlag@oakland.edu.

Funding

Pilot Project ProgramP30ES020957 · NIEHS · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI RUDEN, DOUGLAS M · 2014 to 2021
$10.1M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES020957
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fast and reliable workflows are needed to quantitate microcystins (MCs), a ubiquitous class of hepatotoxic cyanotoxins, so that the impact of human and environmental exposure is assessed quickly and minimized. Our goal was to develop a high-throughput online concentration liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) workflow to quantitate the 12 commercially available MCs and nodularin in surface and drinking waters. The method run time was 8.5 min with detection limits in the low ng/L range and minimum reporting levels between 5 and 10 ng/L. This workflow was benchmarked by determining the prevalence of MCs and comparing the Adda-ELISA quantitation to our new workflow from 122 samples representing 31 waterbodies throughout Michigan. The frequency of MC occurrence was MC-LA > LR > RR > D-Asp³-LR > YR > HilR > WR > D-Asp³-RR > HtyR > LY = LW = LF, while MC-RR had the highest concentrations. MCs were detected in 33 samples and 13 of these samples had more than 20% of their total MC concentration from MCs not present in US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Method 544. Furthermore, seasonal deviations between the LC/MS/MS and Adda-ELISA data suggest Adda-ELISA cross-reacts with MC degradation products. This workflow provides less than 24-h turnaround for quantification and also identified key differences between LC/MS/MS and ELISA quantitation that should be investigated further.

Indexed as

Biological MonitoringChromatography, LiquidEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayLakesMichiganMicrocystinsOnline SystemsSpectrometry, Mass, Electrospray IonizationTandem Mass SpectrometryWater Pollutants, ChemicalMicrocystinsWater Pollutants, ChemicalAdda-ELISAcyanotoxinsLC/MS/MSMichigan lakesmicrocystinonline concentration

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PMID30609666
PMCPMC6356304

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