Research on Rapid Detection Technology for β2-Agonists: Multi-Residue Fluorescence Immunochromatography Based on Dimeric Artificial Antigen

Abstract

To detect two types of β2-agonist residues at the same time, we coupled two haptens of clenbuterol (CLE) and ractopamine (RAC) to the same carrier protein through diazotization to prepare dimeric artificial antigen, and a fluorescent lateral flow immunoassay method based on europium nanoparticles (EuNP-FLFIA) was established by combining polyclonal antibodies with europium nanoparticles to form probes. Under optimized conditions, the EuNP-FLFIA could simultaneously detect eight aniline-type and one phenol-type β2-agonists, and the limits of detection (LOD) were 0.11–0.19 ng/mL and 0.12 ng/mL, respectively. The recovery rate of this method was 84.00–114.00%. This method was verified by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), and the test results were consistent (R2 > 0.98). Therefore, the method established in this study could be used as a high-throughput screening for the efficient and sensitive detection of β2-agonists in food.