Lactate Biosensor Based on the Adsorption of Polyelectrolyte Stabilized Lactate Oxidase into Porous Conductive Carbon

 In this work the development a lactate biosensor is illustrated. Lactate oxidase is stabilized with the cationic polyelectrolyte diethylaminoethyl-dextran, and the resulting enzyme-polyelectrolyte complexes are physically absorbed into a highly porous and conductive carbon electrode for the construction of the biosensor. The amount of diethylaminoethyl-dextran used is optimized with respect to the sensor sensitivity and stability. Optimum results obtained with enzyme solution containing 0.5% w/v diethylaminoethyl-dextran and 200 U/ml lactate oxidase. The resulting biosensors present increased operational (over 240 hours of continuous polarization) and storage stability (more than 5 months), while the reproducibility was calculated to be better than 5.0% RSD.