title: Development of a fast and selective UHPLC-DAD-QTOF-MS/MS method for the qualitative and quantitative assessment of destruxin profiles.
abstract: A fast and selective ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography diode array detector (UHPLC-DAD) method combined with an off-line solid phase extraction (SPE) protocol was established to monitor destruxins (dtxs), a secondary metabolite class of highly bioactive cyclic depsipeptides. Sample purification via SPE was tailored to remove both more polar and apolar matrix constituents by applying analyte class-selective washing and elution conditions. To separate and detect destruxin congeners an UHPLC-DAD system hyphenated to a quadrupole-time-of-flight (Q-TOF) hybrid mass spectrometer was utilized. Analyses were performed on a sub-2-μm-particle-size RP-18 column with an acidified (0.02% acetic acid) 12 min water/acetonitrile solvent gradient. In the dtx congener elution zone 22 chromatographic peaks were separated. Four of these were identified by comparison with reference materials as dtx A, dtx B, dtx E, and dtx E-diol; 16 were tentatively assigned as known or novel dtx congeners by the analysis of high resolution UHPLC-DAD-QTOF-MS/MS data recorded in the positive electrospray ionization (ESI) mode. The applicability of the UHPLC-DAD assay to investigate biological materials in a qualitative and quantitative manner was proven by the application of the platform to monitor the dtx production profile of three Metarhizium brunneum strain fungal culture broths.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, CCB-Centrum of Chemistry and Biomedicine, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80/82, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taibon
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sturm
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seger
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parth
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Strasser
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stuppner
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D047630:Depsipeptides / Q000032:analysis*; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D052981:Metarhizium / Q000737:chemistry*; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D047630:Depsipeptides; D009183:Mycotoxins