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A novel high-sensitive indirect competitive chemiluminescence enzyme immunoassay based on monoclonal antibody for tenuazonic acid (TeA) detection

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Tenuazonic acid (TeA), as a naturally occurring mycotoxin found in sorghum, corn, wheat, oat, tomato, apple, rapeseed and their products, has attracted increasing attention due to its wide contamination and high dietary exposure of infants and toddlers. Traditional methods usually require large instruments and high working conditions but are not suitable for low-cost large-scale screening. Thus, a rapid, sensitive and inexpensive method for TeA detection is required. Using the highly specific TeA monoclonal antibody (McAb), a novel indirect competitive chemiluminiscence enzyme immunoassay (icCLEIA) of tenuazonic acid (TeA) detection was developed. Based on the chemiluminescence system of bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)oxalate-urea peroxide-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid (TCPO–CH4N2O·H2O2–PHPPA) dimer, the enhancement of luminescence intensity for TeA determination was achieved. Under the optimal conditions, this method displayed a good linear range (0.06–1.62 ng mL−1) with lower IC50 (0.16 ng mL−1) and LOD (0.01 ng mL−1/7.5 μg kg−1) compared with other assays. Besides, the recoveries of spiked wheat flour and oat samples tested were 76.24–88.95% and 85.34–93.28%, respectively. The results manifested that the newly developed method with the advantages of fast and high sensitivity can be used for the trace detection of TeA in foodstuffs.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [No. 32001810], the Chongqing Research Program of Basic Research and Frontier Technology [No. cstc2019jcyj-msxmX0278], and the Venture and Innovation Support Program for Chongqing Overseas Returnees [No. cx2018032]. We are very grateful to the people who gave us any advice and help.

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    Hongxia Tan, Yulian Yang, Ting Guo, Yuhao Zhang & Liang Ma

  2. Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400715, China

    Hongyuan Zhou, Yuhao Zhang & Liang Ma

  3. SGS–CSTC Standards Technical Services Co., Ltd., Chongqing Branch, Chongqing, 400715, China

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Zhou, H., Pan, S., Tan, H. et al. A novel high-sensitive indirect competitive chemiluminescence enzyme immunoassay based on monoclonal antibody for tenuazonic acid (TeA) detection. Eur Food Res Technol 248, 577–587 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-021-03905-9

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