title: Complex toxin profile of Mytilus galloprovincialis from the Adriatic sea revealed by LC-MS.
abstract: This paper reports on the determination of toxin profile of mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) collected in November-December 2003 along the Emilia Romagna coasts (Italy) when a high concentration of Alexandrium ostenfeldii cells was detected in seawater. Detailed liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analyses were performed on the crude extracts in both selected ion monitoring (SIM) and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) modes. They revealed that M. galloprovincialis had accumulated the three major spirolides produced by the alga, namely 13-desMethyl spirolide C, 13,19-didesMethyl spirolide C and 27-hydroxy-13,19-didesMethyl spirolide C, which fully accounted for toxicity of lipophilic extracts shown in mouse bioassay. Interestingly, yessotoxin (YTX) and its analogues were still present in mussel polar extracts but YTX itself was not the major toxin contained in mussels. The presence of pectenotoxin-2 seco acid (PTX-2sa) and its putative epimer was also assessed. The presence of azaspiracids, never reported from the Adriatic sea, as well as of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning toxins (okadaic acid, dinophysistoxins and OA esters) and domoic acid, long known as contaminants of Adriatic mussels, was also investigated.
authors: Dipartimento di Chimica delle Sostanze Naturali, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
authors: Patrizia
authors: P
authors: Ciminiello
authors: Carmela
authors: C
authors: Dell'Aversano
authors: Ernesto
authors: E
authors: Fattorusso
authors: Martino
authors: M
authors: Forino
authors: Luciana
authors: L
authors: Tartaglione
authors: Lari
authors: L
authors: Boschetti
authors: Silva
authors: S
authors: Rubini
authors: Monica
authors: M
authors: Cangini
authors: Silvia
authors: S
authors: Pigozzi
authors: Roberto
authors: R
authors: Poletti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005068:Eutrophication; D005663:Furans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007558:Italy; D018942:Macrolides; D008387:Marine Toxins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D051379:Mice; D008978:Mollusk Venoms; D049878:Mytilus / Q000737:chemistry*; D019319:Okadaic Acid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D035964:Oxocins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D010839:Phytoplankton / Q000737:chemistry; D011714:Pyrans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D012621:Seasons; D012997:Solvents; D013141:Spiro Compounds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D000095702:Polyether Toxins
chemical_list: D005663:Furans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D018942:Macrolides; D008387:Marine Toxins; D008978:Mollusk Venoms; D019319:Okadaic Acid; D035964:Oxocins; D011714:Pyrans; D012997:Solvents; D013141:Spiro Compounds; C098380:pectenotoxin 2; D000095702:Polyether Toxins; C066632:yessotoxin