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Measurement of paralytic shellfish toxins in molluscan extracts: comparison of the microtitre plate saxiphilin and sodium channel radioreceptor assays with mouse bioassay, HPLC analysis and a commercially available cell culture assay.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11665738     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This study compared five methods of measuring paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) including the long-used mouse lethality bioassay, a commercially available cell culture test (MIST Quantification kit), HPLC analysis, and two newly developed radioreceptor assays utilizing mammalian sodium channels and saxiphilin. Methods were challenged with toxic shellfish extracts prepared according to the AOAC official method. The best correlations between predicted toxicity values being 0.9 or better, were those between HPLC analysis when compared with both radioreceptor assays and the mouse lethality bioassay, as well as that between the saxiphilin and the sodium channel radioreceptor assays. In all cases, statistically significant correlations existed between the toxicity measurements of the same extracts. The ratios between some methods were not unitary as measured by the slopes of the regression lines used for correlation analyses. HPLC analysis predicted more toxicity than all of the bioassays. The saxiphilin assay underestimated toxicity relative to the mouse bioassay, the MIST kit determinations and the sodium channel assay. The sodium channel assay predicted there to be less toxicity than the mouse bioassay and the MIST kit. Of all of the techniques used, the MIST kit correlation with the mouse bioassay was nearest to one. Each method possesses differentt virtues and it may be that a multi-method approach would harness the benefits of each method for various aspects of a shellfish testing regime.
Authors:
L E Llewellyn; J Doyle; J Jellett; R Barrett; C Alison; C Bentz; M Quilliam
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Food additives and contaminants     Volume:  18     ISSN:  0265-203X     ISO Abbreviation:  Food Addit Contam     Publication Date:  2001 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-10-22     Completed Date:  2001-12-04     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8500474     Medline TA:  Food Addit Contam     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  970-80     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3, Townsville MC, Qld. L.Llewellyn@aims.gov.au
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amphibian Proteins
Animals
Biological Assay / methods,  standards
Carrier Proteins
Cell Culture Techniques / methods,  standards
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
Marine Toxins / analysis*
Mice
Mollusca*
Radioligand Assay / methods,  standards
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Shellfish*
Sodium Channels
Titrimetry / methods,  standards
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Amphibian Proteins; 0/Carrier Proteins; 0/Marine Toxins; 0/Sodium Channels; 0/saxitoxin-binding protein, Rana catesbeiana

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