TY - JOUR A1 - Calisto, V. A1 - Bahlmann, Arnold A1 - Schneider, Rudolf A1 - Esteves, V.I. T1 - Application of an ELISA to the quantification of carbamazepine in ground, surface and wastewaters and validation with LC-MS/MS N2 - Carbamazepine is a psychiatric pharmaceutical widely detected in aquatic environments. Due to its generalized occurrence and environmental persistence it might be considered as an anthropogenic pollution indicator. In this research, a previously developed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), based on a commercial monoclonal antibody, was applied to the quantification of carbamazepine in ground, surface and wastewaters and results were validated by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS). The performance of the applied ELISA methodology was tested in the presence of high concentrations of sodium chloride and dissolved organic matter. The method was not significantly affected by matrix effects, being adequate for the quantification of carbamazepine in environmental samples, even without sample pre-treatment. This method allows the quantification of carbamazepine in the range of 0.03–10 µg L-1, with a relative error lower than 30%. Due to a pH dependent cross-reactivity with cetirizine, an antihistaminic drug, the assay also enabled the quantification of cetirizine in the samples. The application of the developed method to the quantification of carbamazepine was performed by using environmental samples with very different matrices, collected in the geographical area of Ria de Aveiro, an estuarine system located in the North of Portugal. Carbamazepine was detected in all analyzed wastewater samples and in one surface water with concentrations between 0.1 and 0.7 µg L-1. Validation with LC–MS/MS revealed that results obtained by ELISA are 2–28% overestimated, which was considered highly satisfactory due to the absence of sample pre-treatments. KW - Immunoassay KW - Pharmaceuticals KW - Environment KW - Wastewater treatment plants KW - Matrix effects KW - Cetirizine PY - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.04.072 SN - 0045-6535 SN - 0366-7111 VL - 84 IS - 11 SP - 1708 EP - 1715 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Kidlington, Oxford AN - OPUS4-24306 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Almeida, Ângela A1 - Calisto, V. A1 - Esteves, V.I. A1 - Schneider, Rudolf A1 - Soares, A.M.V.M. A1 - Figueira, E. A1 - Freitas, R. T1 - Presence of the pharmaceutical drug carbamazepine in coastal systems: Effects on bivalves N2 - Carbamazepine (CBZ), an antiepileptic drug, is one of the most commonly detected pharmaceutical drugs in aquatic ecosystems, and is used as a marker of urban pollution. Since CBZ is designed to exert a biological effect, when it reaches aquatic environment high probability exist for toxic effects on non-target organisms. The present study evaluated the acute toxicity of environmentally relevant concentrations of CBZ (0.00, 0.03, 0.30, 3.00, 9.00 µg/L) in the edible clams Venerupis decussata (a native species) and Venerupis philippinarum (an invasive species) collected from the Ria de Aveiro. The effects on both species were assessed through the use of a battery of biomarkers mainly related with health status and oxidative stress. Furthermore, in this work an alternative and promising tool, the direct competitive immunoassay ELISA, for the direct CBZ quantification in clam's tissues, was applied. The results of the present work showed that CBZ in clam's tissues increased with the exposure concentration and V. decussata gave slightly higher values than V. philippinarum. Although the clams accumulated lower levels of CBZ than the concentration of exposure, these concentrations were enough to impair the health status and induce oxidative stress. However, a different response to CBZ was observed in the two species. While in V. philippinarum the lipid peroxidation levels increased at the highest CBZ concentration (9.00 µg/L), in V. decussata a significant decrease was seen. Moreover, glutathionse S-transferase activity was stimulated in V. decussata and decreased in V. philippinarum. Nevertheless, an induction of glutathione reductase, superoxide dismutase and cytochrome P450 3A4 activities was found in both species as a result of the exposure. The results indicate that, probably, V. philippinarum have a less efficient antioxidant system than V. decussata, and are therefore less capable to neutralize oxidative stress and consequently more sensitive to CBZ. The risk quotient determined for the Ria de Aveiro was higher than 1 indicating that a ecotoxicological risk is suspected. Furthermore, bioaccumulation of CBZ in clams should be taken into consideration since this chemical might be transferred along the food chain and affect non-target organisms. KW - Acute toxicity KW - Biomarkers KW - ELISA immunoassay KW - Pharmaceuticals KW - Clams KW - Carbamazepin KW - Toxikologie KW - Toxicology PY - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.08.002 SN - 0166-445x SN - 1879-1514 VL - 156 SP - 74 EP - 87 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-31336 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -