Environment International (Nov 2023)
What is in the fish? Collaborative trial in suspect and non-target screening of organic micropollutants using LC- and GC-HRMS
- Wiebke Dürig,
- Sofia Lindblad,
- Oksana Golovko,
- Georgios Gkotsis,
- Reza Aalizadeh,
- Maria-Christina Nika,
- Nikolaos Thomaidis,
- Nikiforos A. Alygizakis,
- Merle Plassmann,
- Peter Haglund,
- Qiuguo Fu,
- Juliane Hollender,
- Jade Chaker,
- Arthur David,
- Uwe Kunkel,
- André Macherius,
- Lidia Belova,
- Giulia Poma,
- Hugues Preud'Homme,
- Catherine Munschy,
- Yann Aminot,
- Carsten Jaeger,
- Jan Lisec,
- Martin Hansen,
- Katrin Vorkamp,
- Linyan Zhu,
- Francesca Cappelli,
- Claudio Roscioli,
- Sara Valsecchi,
- Renzo Bagnati,
- Belén González,
- Ailette Prieto,
- Olatz Zuloaga,
- Ruben Gil-Solsona,
- Pablo Gago-Ferrero,
- Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz,
- Hélène Budzinski,
- Marie-Helene Devier,
- Georg Dierkes,
- Lise Boulard,
- Griet Jacobs,
- Stefan Voorspoels,
- Heinz Rüdel,
- Lutz Ahrens
Affiliations
- Wiebke Dürig
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7050, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
- Sofia Lindblad
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7050, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
- Oksana Golovko
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7050, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
- Georgios Gkotsis
- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771 Athens, Greece
- Reza Aalizadeh
- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771 Athens, Greece
- Maria-Christina Nika
- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771 Athens, Greece
- Nikolaos Thomaidis
- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771 Athens, Greece
- Nikiforos A. Alygizakis
- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771 Athens, Greece; Environmental Institute, Okružná 784/42, 97241 Koš, Slovakia
- Merle Plassmann
- Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
- Peter Haglund
- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Biological Centre (KBC), Umeå University, Linnaeus väg 6, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
- Qiuguo Fu
- Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Juliane Hollender
- Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
- Jade Chaker
- Université de Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset - UMR_S, 1085 Rennes, France
- Arthur David
- Université de Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset - UMR_S, 1085 Rennes, France
- Uwe Kunkel
- Bavarian Environment Agency, Bürgermeister-Ulrich-Straße 160, 86179 Augsburg, Germany
- André Macherius
- Bavarian Environment Agency, Bürgermeister-Ulrich-Straße 160, 86179 Augsburg, Germany
- Lidia Belova
- Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
- Giulia Poma
- Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
- Hugues Preud'Homme
- IPREM-UMR5254, E2S UPPA, CNRS, 2 avenue Angot, 64053 Pau cedex, France
- Catherine Munschy
- Ifremer, CCEM Contamination Chimique des Écosystèmes Marins, 44000 Nantes, France
- Yann Aminot
- Ifremer, CCEM Contamination Chimique des Écosystèmes Marins, 44000 Nantes, France
- Carsten Jaeger
- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Analytical Chemistry, Richard-Willstätter-Straße 11, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Jan Lisec
- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Analytical Chemistry, Richard-Willstätter-Straße 11, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Martin Hansen
- Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
- Katrin Vorkamp
- Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
- Linyan Zhu
- Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
- Francesca Cappelli
- Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy, Via del Mulino 19, 20861 Brugherio MB, Italy
- Claudio Roscioli
- Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy, Via del Mulino 19, 20861 Brugherio MB, Italy
- Sara Valsecchi
- Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy, Via del Mulino 19, 20861 Brugherio MB, Italy
- Renzo Bagnati
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milan, Italy
- Belén González
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain; Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PIE), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Areatza Pasealekua 47, 48620 Plentzia, Spain
- Ailette Prieto
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain; Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PIE), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Areatza Pasealekua 47, 48620 Plentzia, Spain
- Olatz Zuloaga
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain; Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PIE), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Areatza Pasealekua 47, 48620 Plentzia, Spain
- Ruben Gil-Solsona
- Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Carrer Emili Grahit 101, 17003 Girona, Spain; Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain; Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research – Severo Ochoa Excellence Center (IDAEA), Spanish Council of Scientific Research (CSIC), Barcelona 08034, Spain
- Pablo Gago-Ferrero
- Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Carrer Emili Grahit 101, 17003 Girona, Spain; Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research – Severo Ochoa Excellence Center (IDAEA), Spanish Council of Scientific Research (CSIC), Barcelona 08034, Spain
- Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz
- Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Carrer Emili Grahit 101, 17003 Girona, Spain; Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain
- Hélène Budzinski
- University Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, EPOC, UMR 5805, 33600 Pessac, France
- Marie-Helene Devier
- University Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, EPOC, UMR 5805, 33600 Pessac, France
- Georg Dierkes
- Federal Institute of Hydrology, Am Mainzer Tor 1, 56068 Koblenz, Germany
- Lise Boulard
- Federal Institute of Hydrology, Am Mainzer Tor 1, 56068 Koblenz, Germany; Metabolomics Core Facility, Centre de Ressources et Recherches Technologiques (C2RT), Institut Pasteur, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
- Griet Jacobs
- Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Unit Separation and Conversion Technology, Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium
- Stefan Voorspoels
- Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Unit Separation and Conversion Technology, Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium
- Heinz Rüdel
- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (Fraunhofer IME), Auf dem Aberg 1, 57392 Schmallenberg, Germany
- Lutz Ahrens
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7050, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden; Corresponding author.
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 181
p. 108288
Abstract
A collaborative trial involving 16 participants from nine European countries was conducted within the NORMAN network in efforts to harmonise suspect and non-target screening of environmental contaminants in whole fish samples of bream (Abramis brama). Participants were provided with freeze-dried, homogenised fish samples from a contaminated and a reference site, extracts (spiked and non-spiked) and reference sample preparation protocols for liquid chromatography (LC) and gas chromatography (GC) coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). Participants extracted fish samples using their in-house sample preparation method and/or the protocol provided. Participants correctly identified 9–69 % of spiked compounds using LC-HRMS and 20–60 % of spiked compounds using GC-HRMS. From the contaminated site, suspect screening with participants’ own suspect lists led to putative identification of on average ∼145 and ∼20 unique features per participant using LC-HRMS and GC-HRMS, respectively, while non-target screening identified on average ∼42 and ∼56 unique features per participant using LC-HRMS and GC-HRMS, respectively. Within the same sub-group of sample preparation method, only a few features were identified by at least two participants in suspect screening (16 features using LC-HRMS, 0 features using GC-HRMS) and non-target screening (0 features using LC-HRMS, 2 features using GC-HRMS). The compounds identified had log octanol/water partition coefficient (KOW) values from −9.9 to 16 and mass-to-charge ratios (m/z) of 68 to 761 (LC-HRMS and GC-HRMS). A significant linear trend was found between log KOW and m/z for the GC-HRMS data. Overall, these findings indicate that differences in screening results are mainly due to the data analysis workflows used by different participants. Further work is needed to harmonise the results obtained when applying suspect and non-target screening approaches to environmental biota samples.
