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Mc lf

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The MC-LF is a laboratory instrument designed for the detection and quantification of microcystin-LF (MC-LF), a cyanotoxin commonly found in freshwater environments. The core function of this product is to provide accurate and reliable measurement of MC-LF levels, enabling researchers and environmental monitoring agencies to assess water quality and potential health risks.

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Microcystin Exposure Effects on Spirodela

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Separate tests were carried out for three MC variants (MC-RR, MC-LR, and MC-LF, Enzo Life Science, Lausen, Switzerland). Tap water sourced from underground intakes and filtered through a bacteriological filter (0.2 µm; Millipore, Cork, Ireland) was used as a medium both in controls and experimental variants containing S. polyrhiza. The tests were performed in three replicates in multi-well plates. MC-RR, MC-LR, and MC-LF were added respectively to each plate-well containing 2 mL of tap water to obtain the final concentration equal to 1000 ng/mL for each MC. The final concentration was controlled by HPLC analysis. Each three-week-old plant used in the experiments was randomly picked from the flask, gently rinsed three times with the experimental tap water, and placed into plates (one plant per one plate-well) containing MC-RR, MC-LR, and MC-LF, respectively. The plates were incubated in the cabinet for the following four and nine days at 20 °C with a light:dark cycle of 12:12 h (6000 lux). Controls with MCs and the tap water were set up in three replicates in a separate plate and incubated in the conditions described above.
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HPLC-Photodiode Array for Microcystin Analysis

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The HPLC-photodiode array detection system (Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan) was used for the detection and identification of MCs and their degradation products. The UV detection range was 200–300 nm. MC-RR, MC-LR, and MC-LF (Enzo Life Science, Lausen, Switzerland) were used as the standards. Separation of supernatant components was performed using a Purosphere column (125 × 3 mm, dp 5 µm, Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) with the mobile phase composed of acetonitrile (Merck, Burlington, VT, USA) and gradient-grade water for HPLC acidified with 0.05% trifluoroacetic acid (gradient 30–100%), at a flow rate 0.7 mL/min. MCs and their biodegradation products were identified on the basis of specific spectra and the time of elution compared with the spectra and elution times of standards. Each fresh MC standard used in the experiment, to prepare a calibration curve, and to identify MCs and their degradation products had one specific peak and spectrum.
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Microcystin Toxin Analysis in Water Samples

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In triplicate, 200 mL of water sample was filtered (CFC, Whatman, Maidstone, UK), filter papers were wrapped individually in aluminium foil and preserved at −80 °C. On analysis, filter papers were subjected to three cycles of freeze-thawing before submersion in 10 mL of 80% aqueous methanol. Samples were left in the dark at 4–6 °C for 24 h, before ~0.5 mL was aliquoted into a LCMS certified vial. Toxin analysis was carried by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) (Acquity, Waters, Manchester, UK) coupled to a tandem quadruple mass spectrometer (Xevo TQ, Waters, Manchester, UK). All instrument solvents and chemicals were of LC-MS-grade (Fisher Optima, Thermo Fisher, Manchester, UK). Reference toxins used for the detection method included the microcystin analogues MC-RR, MC-LA, MC-LY, MC-LF, MC-LW, MC-YR, MC-WR, MC-HilR, MC-HtyR, MC-LR & Asp3-MC-LR (Enzo Life Sciences, Exeter, UK) and [Dha7]-MC-LR and matrix reference material of blue-green algae (RM-BGA, Lot 201301) containing a range of microcystins (Institute of Biotoxin Metrology, National Research Council Canada). Analysis of microcystins was conducted following the method by Turner et al. [50 (link)].
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Quantitative Analysis of Cyanotoxin Standards

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Mobile phases were prepared from LC-MS-grade acetonitrile (Fisher Optima, ThermoFisher, Greater London, UK) and water used for LC-MS was obtained in-house. Sample preparation reagents were HPLC grade. Toxin standards used for preparation of calibration solutions (MC-RR, MC-LA, MC-LY, MC-LF, MC-LW, MC-YR, MC-WR, MC-HilR, MC-HtyR, MC-LR, [Asp3] MC-LR and Nodularin) were all obtained from Enzo Life Sciences, Exeter, UK. A certified standard of [Dha7] MC-LR was obtained from the Institute of Biotoxin Metrology, National Research Council Canada (NRCC, Halifax, NS, Canada). Reference standards received as solid films were dissolved in 50% aqueous methanol, to form stock solutions. A mixed stock solution was subsequently prepared by combining aliquots of each stock, followed by further dilutions to create seven-level suite of working calibration standards between 0.33 ng/mL to 327 ng/mL per toxin.
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Comprehensive Microcystin Analytical Protocol

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MC-LR, MC-RR, and MC-LA were purchased from Cayman Chemical (Ann Arbor, MI, USA). MC-YR, MC-LF, and MC-LW were purchased from Enzo Life Sciences (Farmingdale, NY, USA). C2D5 MC-LR was purchased from Cambridge Isotope Laboratories (Tewksbury, MA, USA). MC-LR-Cys was synthesized by the Westrick group (Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA) [46 (link)]. ACS-grade zinc sulfate (ZnSO4) and HPLC-grade water, methanol (CH3OH), and acetonitrile (CH3CN) were purchased from Fisher Scientific (Pittsburgh, PA, USA). Reagent-grade formic acid (FA) was purchased from Sigma (St. Louis, MO, USA).
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Selectivity Assessment of MC10E7 for Microcystins

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To investigate the selectivity of MC10E7 for other microcystins, standard dilutions of MC‐LW, MC‐LF and MC‐RR (all microcystins were purchased from Enzo Life Sciences, Lörrach, Germany) were prepared in methanol/water (1/10, v/v) to final concentrations in the range 0.001–1000 μg/L. Cross‐reactivities were calculated using the quotient of the IC50 values (concentration giving 50% inhibition) relative to MC‐LR in per cent.
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Quantitative Analysis of Cyanotoxins

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MCs (MC-LR, MC-YR, MC-RR, MC-LA, MC-LY and MC-LF) and NOD standards were purchased from Enzo Life Sciences, Ltd. (UK), CYN was obtained from n’Tox (France) and ATX-A was purchased from the National Research Council, Canada. MMPB was purchased from Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Japan). CYN N15-labelled internal standard (N14 → N15) was a gift from the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany. Acetonitrile and methanol, LC-MS Chromasolv grade, dichloromethane, formic acid, trifluoroacetic acid, potassium permanganate, sodium (meta) periodate and sodium bisulfite were all purchased from Sigma-Aldrich, UK, as were the ENVI-Carb solid-phase extraction (SPE) cartridges (250 mg, 3 cm3). Oasis HLB and PRiME SPE cartridges (60 mg, 3 cm3) were purchased from Waters, Ireland. The water used was supplied from an in-house Milli-Q water system (Millipore, Ltd., UK), with conductivity and total organic content (TOC) of the water being 18 MΩ and 3 ppb, respectively.
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Extraction and Preparation of Cyanotoxin Standards

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The solvents for the extraction and for the basis of the mobile phase were UHPLC-MS grade. All toxin standards for MCs (MC-LR, MC-RR, MC-LA, MC-LY, MC-LF, MC-LW, MC-YR, MC-WR) and NOD came from Enzo Life Sciences® (Antwerp, Belgium) and were received under the form of a solid powder. After dilution in 100% methanol (MeOH), mixed stock solutions were prepared in 50% methanol (MeOH) (50% Milli-Q water with 1% acetic acid (v/v)). The stock and the intermediate solutions were stored at −20 °C.
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Quantitative Analysis of Microcystins

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MC-LR and MC-RR certified standards, the anti-adda antibody (AD4G2), and the assay kit for detection of MCs/NOD in water by PP2A were purchased from Abraxis, Inc (Warminster, PA, USA). MC-LF, NOD, cantharidin, okadaic acid, and calyculin A standard were purchased from Enzo (Farmingdale, NY, USA). Norcantharidin and phosphate buffered saline, pH 7.4 with Tween 20 (PBS-T) were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). All MCs and other PP2A inhibitors were stored at −20 °C. The antibody was stored at 4 °C. Acetonitrile was from Pharmaco (Dawsonville, GA, USA). Methanol and formic acid were obtained from Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA, USA). Life Technologies Corporation (Grand Island, NY, USA) supplied the Dynabeads MyOne Streptavidin T1, Zebaspin 7K molecular weight cut off, 0.5 mL desalting columns, and EZ-link NHS-PEG4-biotin. The Thermomixer C, Protein LoBind 2 mL microcentrifuge tubes, Protein LoBind 1 mL deep well plates, and TwinTec Lo-Bind PCR plates were purchased from Eppendorf (Hauppage, NY, USA). V&P Scientific (San Diego, CA, USA) supplied the 96-well plate magnet (part number VP771HH-MC). The microcentrifuge tube magnet was purchased from Invitrogen (Waltham, MA, USA).
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Comprehensive Microcystin Quantification

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LC-MS grade acetonitrile, water and formic acid and HPLC-grade methanol and water were purchased from Fisher (ThermoFisher, UK). Reference toxin standards of microcystins (MC-LR, MC-RR, MC-YR, MC-WR, MC-LW, MC-LA, MC-LY, MC-LF, MC-HtyR, MC-HiLR, [Asp3]-MC-LR/[Dha7]-MC-LR) and NOD ≥95% were as per Enzo Life Sciences (Exeter, UK) (Fig. S1). A certified standard of [Dha7]-MC-LR and a pre-certified freeze-dried matrix reference material of blue-green algae (RM-BGA, Lot 201301) containing a range of MCs were purchased from the Institute of Biotoxin Metrology, National Research Council Canada (Ontario, Canada).
A mixed stock solution was prepared by combining aliquots of each toxin to give a final concentration of 327 μg/L. For external calibration, a seven point calibration curve was prepared by serial dilution with methanol/water (1:1, v/v) in the range of 0.33–327 μg/L for each toxin and stored at – 18 °C. A quality control reference material (RM-BGA, National Research Council, Halifax, Canada) was prepared, with toxins extracted in the supernatant after 28 mL of methanol/water (1:1, v/v) + 0.1% acetic acid were added to RM-BGA (280 mg) and subsequent centrifugation (4500  × g; 10 min).
Shellfish diet 1800 (approximately 7.4 × 1011 cells/mL) was purchased from ReedMariculture Inc., (US) and dilutions were made in water/seawater (10:0.86, v/v).
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