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It is well known that eutrophicated lakes and water reservoirs can be a serious concern to wildlife, domestic livestock and human health since cyanobacterial blooms are prone to occur. Some cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) species which form bloom may biosynthesize a family of hepatotoxic peptides named microcystins under certain circumstances, related specially to nitrogen:phosphorus ratio, temperature, pH and light intensity of the water body. There are at least 70 variants of microcystins with different toxicity, L050 ranging from 50 to 500 )lg.kg(in mouse, i.p.). Acute exposure provoke hyperphosphorylation of the cytoskeleton, in liver cells, leading to cellular disruption with haemorrhage and the long term exposure can cause tumor promotion by inactivation of serine/threonine phosphatases 1 and 2A (PP1 and PP2A). Therefore, it is very important to determine and quantify microcystin variants present in water reservoirs. There are several methods available to evaluate qualitative and quantitatively microcystin and its variants in water reservoir and estimate human risks. Such methods comprise biological, biochemical and physico-chemical assays. In this work, we have isolated and analyzed hepatotoxins by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with photodiode array (PDA) detector and their structures were elucidated by Tandem MS/MS with eletrospray ionízatíon (ESI-MS/MS). MC-RR, MC-LR, MC-YR and MC-hRhR were determined in samples collected at Billings reservoir and [ASp3]MC-LR was found in the strain Microcystis aeruginosa BCCUSP 235. The procedures developed herein can be a powerful tool for isolation and determination of microcistin and its derivatives founded in water reservoirs. Also, we have described for the first time a new variant of microcistin: MC-hRhR.

Isolamento e determinação por espectrometria de massas em Tandem com ionização por Electrospray de hepatotoxinas presentes em florações algais