Effective Extraction of Domoic Acid from Seafood Based on Postsynthetic-Modified Magnetic Zeolite Imidazolate Framework-8 Particles

Anal Chem. 2019 Feb 5;91(3):2418-2424. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b05202. Epub 2019 Jan 11.

Abstract

Domoic acid (DA) is a naturally occurring neurotoxin known to bioaccumulate in marine products. Despite its hypertoxicity, the enrichment and analysis of trace DA in complex marine organisms remains a challenge. We describe herein the fabrication of a postsynthetic-modified magnetic zeolite imidazolate framework-8 (Fe3O4 SPs@ZIF-8/Zn2+), based on Fe3O4 superparticles, for the adsorption of DA from complex biological matrices. The adsorption of DA is rapid (∼5 min) and occurs through strong electrostatic interactions and chelation with coordinatively unsaturated zinc sites on the surface of Fe3O4 SPs@ZIF-8/Zn2+. Employing our Fe3O4 SPs@ZIF-8/Zn2+ sorbent in a magnetic solid-phase extraction, followed by liquid chromatographic separation and tandem mass spectrometric detection, resulted in a facile, rapid, efficient, and sensitive method for the enrichment and detection of trace DA in marine products. After optimization, this method yielded satisfactory precision (relative standard deviation ≤3.4%; n = 5) with a high degree of linearity from 1.0 to 1000.0 pg mL-1 ( r2 = 0.9997) and a detection limit of 0.2 pg mL-1 (S/N = 3). Recoveries of 93.1-102.3% were obtained in spiked aquatic products. In addition, trace levels of DA (49.2 pg mL-1) were found in shellfish samples, confirming the applicability of our Fe3O4 SPs@ZIF-8/Zn2+ adsorbent for the detection of DA in seafood.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Animals
  • Astacoidea
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Ferrosoferric Oxide / chemistry
  • Fishes
  • Food Contamination / analysis
  • Imidazoles / chemistry*
  • Kainic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Kainic Acid / analysis
  • Kainic Acid / chemistry
  • Kainic Acid / isolation & purification
  • Limit of Detection
  • Magnetic Phenomena
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks / chemistry
  • Microspheres
  • Neurotoxins / analysis*
  • Neurotoxins / chemistry
  • Neurotoxins / isolation & purification
  • Seafood / analysis*
  • Solid Phase Extraction / methods*
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • Zeolites / chemistry*
  • Zinc / chemistry

Substances

  • Imidazoles
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks
  • Neurotoxins
  • Zeolites
  • Zinc
  • domoic acid
  • Kainic Acid
  • Ferrosoferric Oxide