Heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs)
are potential human mutagens
and carcinogens mainly generated in heat-treated meat. In this work,
a broad-spectrum HAAs antibody was prepared and used to develop an
indirect competitive ELISA (ic-ELISA) for simultaneous determination
of eight HAAs, including 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (IQ), 2-amino-3,4-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f] quinoline (MeIQ), 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline (IQx), 2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline (MeIQx), 2-amino-3,4,8-trimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline (4,8-DiMeIQx), 2-amino-3,7,8-trimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline (7,8-DiMeIQx), 2-amino-3,4,7,8-tetramethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline (4,7,8-TriMeIQx), and 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) in grilled and fried meat samples. The
limit of detection (LOD, calculated as IC10) and 50% inhibition
concentration (IC50) of ic-ELISA were 5.29 μg/L and
99.08 μg/L, respectively. The detection results of this ic-ELISA
were in good agreement with the detection results of UPLC-MS/MS in
real samples, which indicated that this ic-ELISA can be applied to
detect the total content of eight HAAs in heat processed meat. Use
of a broad-spectrum antibody is an efficient strategy in developing
immunoassay for simultaneous measuring food risk factors with similar
structure.