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Mathias S, Sears P. Direct analysis in real-time mass spectrometry: Observations of helium, nitrogen and argon as ionisation gas for the detection of small molecules using a single quadrupole instrument. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2023; 37:e9521. [PMID: 37055933 PMCID: PMC10909476 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
Abstract
RATIONALE Direct analysis in real time is typically performed using helium as the ionisation gas for the detection of analytes by mass spectrometry (MS). Nitrogen and argon are found with abundance in the air and provide a cheaper and greener alternative to the use of helium as ionisation gas. This study explores the use of helium, nitrogen and argon as ionisation gas for the detection of organic compounds. METHODS Four illicit drugs, two amino acids and five explosives were chosen as target analytes to understand selectivity, sensitivity and linearity when helium, nitrogen or argon was used as the ionisation gas with the direct analysis in real time (DART) source. Analysis was carried out on a Waters Acquity QDa single quadrupole mass spectrometer. RESULTS Calibration curves over the range of 5-100 ng were produced for each analyte using the different ionisation gases to assess the instrument response. Nitrogen gave a higher response to concentration than helium or argon; however, the lowest limits of detection were observed when helium was used. CONCLUSIONS All the target analytes were detected using DART-MS with helium, nitrogen or argon as the ionisation gas. Whereas helium provided the highest sensitivity, nitrogen produced reasonable limits of detection and had good linearity across the concentration range explored, suggesting it provides a greener and cheaper alternative to helium.
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- Simone Mathias
- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringUniversity of SurreyGuildfordUK
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringUniversity of SurreyGuildfordUK
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Geballa-Koukoula A, Ross G, Bosman A, Zhao Y, Zhou H, Nielen M, Rafferty K, Elliott C, Salentijn G. Best practices and current implementation of emerging smartphone-based (bio)sensors - Part 2: Development, validation, and social impact. Trends Analyt Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2023.116986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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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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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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Jafari S, Guercetti J, Geballa-Koukoula A, Tsagkaris AS, Nelis JLD, Marco MP, Salvador JP, Gerssen A, Hajslova J, Elliott C, Campbell K, Migliorelli D, Burr L, Generelli S, Nielen MWF, Sturla SJ. ASSURED Point-of-Need Food Safety Screening: A Critical Assessment of Portable Food Analyzers. Foods 2021; 10:1399. [PMID: 34204284 PMCID: PMC8235511 DOI: 10.3390/foods10061399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Standard methods for chemical food safety testing in official laboratories rely largely on liquid or gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. Although these methods are considered the gold standard for quantitative confirmatory analysis, they require sampling, transferring the samples to a central laboratory to be tested by highly trained personnel, and the use of expensive equipment. Therefore, there is an increasing demand for portable and handheld devices to provide rapid, efficient, and on-site screening of food contaminants. Recent technological advancements in the field include smartphone-based, microfluidic chip-based, and paper-based devices integrated with electrochemical and optical biosensing platforms. Furthermore, the potential application of portable mass spectrometers in food testing might bring the confirmatory analysis from the laboratory to the field in the future. Although such systems open new promising possibilities for portable food testing, few of these devices are commercially available. To understand why barriers remain, portable food analyzers reported in the literature over the last ten years were reviewed. To this end, the analytical performance of these devices and the extent they match the World Health Organization benchmark for diagnostic tests, i.e., the Affordable, Sensitive, Specific, User-friendly, Rapid and Robust, Equipment-free, and Deliverable to end-users (ASSURED) criteria, was evaluated critically. A five-star scoring system was used to assess their potential to be implemented as food safety testing systems. The main findings highlight the need for concentrated efforts towards combining the best features of different technologies, to bridge technological gaps and meet commercialization requirements.
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- Safiye Jafari
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Schmelzbergstrasse 9, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland;
- CSEM SA, Center Landquart, Bahnhofstrasse 1, 7302 Landquart, Switzerland; (D.M.); (L.B.)
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- Nanobiotechnology for Diagnostics (Nb4D), Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC) of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; (J.G.); (M.-P.M.); (J.-P.S.)
- CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands; (A.G.-K.); (A.G.); (M.W.N.F.)
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- Department of Food Analysis and Nutrition, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, Dejvice, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic; (A.S.T.); (J.H.)
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast BT9 5DL, UK; (J.L.D.N.); (C.E.); (K.C.)
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- Nanobiotechnology for Diagnostics (Nb4D), Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC) of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; (J.G.); (M.-P.M.); (J.-P.S.)
- CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Nanobiotechnology for Diagnostics (Nb4D), Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC) of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; (J.G.); (M.-P.M.); (J.-P.S.)
- CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands; (A.G.-K.); (A.G.); (M.W.N.F.)
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- Department of Food Analysis and Nutrition, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, Dejvice, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic; (A.S.T.); (J.H.)
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast BT9 5DL, UK; (J.L.D.N.); (C.E.); (K.C.)
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast BT9 5DL, UK; (J.L.D.N.); (C.E.); (K.C.)
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- CSEM SA, Center Landquart, Bahnhofstrasse 1, 7302 Landquart, Switzerland; (D.M.); (L.B.)
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- CSEM SA, Center Landquart, Bahnhofstrasse 1, 7302 Landquart, Switzerland; (D.M.); (L.B.)
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- CSEM SA, Center Landquart, Bahnhofstrasse 1, 7302 Landquart, Switzerland; (D.M.); (L.B.)
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- Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands; (A.G.-K.); (A.G.); (M.W.N.F.)
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Schmelzbergstrasse 9, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland;
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