Development of a solid-phase extraction coupling chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay for determination of organophosphorus pesticides in environmental water samples

J Agric Food Chem. 2012 Mar 7;60(9):2069-75. doi: 10.1021/jf300225b. Epub 2012 Feb 27.

Abstract

Solid-phase extraction (SPE) and direct competitive chemiluminescence enzyme immunoassay (dcCL-EIA) were combined for the detection of organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) in environmental water samples. dcCL-EIA based on horseradish peroxidase labeled with a broad-specificity monoclonal antibody against OPs was developed, and the effects of several physicochemical parameters on dcCL-EIA performance were studied. SPE was used for the pretreatment of water samples to remove interfering substances and to concentrate the OP analytes. The coupling of SPE and dcCL-EIA can detect seven OPs (parathion, coumaphos, phoxim, quinalphos, triazophos, dichlofenthion, and azinphos-ethyl) with the limit of quantitation below 0.1 ng/mL. The recoveries of OPs from spiked water samples ranged from 62.5% to 131.7% by SPE-dcCL-EIA and 69.5% to 112.3% by SPE-HPLC-MS/MS. The screening of OP residues in real-world environmental water samples by the developed SPE-dcCL-EIA and their confirmatory analysis using SPE-HPLC-MS/MS demonstrated that the assay is ideally suited as a monitoring method for OP residues prior to chromatographic analysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology
  • Antibody Specificity
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Female
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques / methods*
  • Luminescent Measurements / methods*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Organophosphorus Compounds / analysis*
  • Pesticides / analysis*
  • Solid Phase Extraction / methods*
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • Water / analysis
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Organophosphorus Compounds
  • Pesticides
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Water