Abstract
Okadaic acid (OA) is a type of marine biotoxin produced by some species of dinoflagellates in marine environments. Consumption of shellfish contaminated with OA can cause diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) in humans with symptoms that typically include abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting. In this study, we developed an affinity peptide-based direct competition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (dc-ELISA) for the detection of OA in real samples. The OA-specific peptide was successfully identified via M13 biopanning and a series of peptides were chemically synthesized and characterized their recognition activities. The dc-ELISA system showed good sensitivity and selectivity with a half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 148.7ng/mL and a limit of detection (LOD) of 5.41ng/mL (equivalent, 21.52ng/g). Moreover, the effectiveness of the developed dc-ELISA was validated using OA-spiked shellfish samples, and the developed dc-ELISA showed a high recovery rate. These results suggest that the affinity peptide-based dc-ELISA can be a promising tool for detecting OA in shellfish samples.
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