Development of a Novel Silver Nanoparticles-Enhanced Screen-Printed Amperometric Glucose Biosensor

Abstract

A disposable glucose biosensor is developed by immobilizing glucose oxidase into silver nanoparticles-doped silica sol-gel and polyvinyl alcohol hybrid film on a Prussian blue-modified screen-printed electrode. The silver nanoparticles-enhanced biosensor shows a linear amperometric response to glucose from 1.25 × 10^?5 to 2.56 × 10^?3 with a sensitivity of 20.09 mA M^?1 cm^?2, which is almost double that of the biosensors without silver nanoparticles. The immobilized glucose oxidase retained 91% of its original activity after 30 days of storage in phosphate buffer (pH 6.9; 0.1 M) at 4°C. Blood glucose in a rabbit serum sample was successfully measured with the biosensor.     

Biosensors for Biogenic Amines: The Present State of Art Mini-Review

The analysis of biogenic amines in fresh and processed food is of great importance not only for the potential risk these compounds have on human health, but also because these amines can perform as chemical indicators of food quality and enable the assessment of food processing conditions and/or microbial contamination.

A good option for a rapid detection of biogenic amines is the application of biosensors, as these devices enable the obtainment of results in a few minutes without pretreatment of the analyzed material. Biosensors for biogenic amines comprise various combinations of different enzymes for selective biorecognition and signal transduction systems and are based on different signal mechanisms. The present review gives a condensed overview of the recent developments and issues in the construction of biosensors for the detection of most common biogenic amines found in food and other protein-containing material.     

Glucose Biosensor Using Glucose Oxidase Immobilized in Polyaniline

A biosensor for glucose utilizing kinetics of glucose oxidase (EC 1.1.3.4.) was developed. The enzyme was immobilized on polyaniline by covalent bonding, using glutaraldehyde as a bifunctional agent. The system showed a linear response up to 2.2 mM of glucose with a response time of 2.5–4.0 min. In addition, the immobilized enzyme had a higher activity between pH 6.5 and 7.5. The system retained 50% of its activity after 30 d of daily use. The optical absorption spectra of the polyaniline/glucose oxidase electrode after glucose had been added to the buffer solution showed that the absorption band around 800 nm had changed considerably when glucose was allowed to react with the electrode. This optical variation makes polyaniline a very promising polymer for use as a support in optical sensor for clinical application.     

高效液相色谱法同时测定水产品中10种生物胺的研究

高效液相色谱法同时测定水产品中色胺、2-苯乙胺、腐胺、尸胺、组胺、章鱼胺、5-羟色胺、酪胺、亚精胺和精胺。样品经高氯酸溶液提取，丹酰氯衍生化，C18柱色谱分离，以0．1mol／L醋酸铵和乙腈作流动相梯度淋洗，254nm紫外检测。方法检出限（SIN=3）：腐胺、亚精胺0．8μg／g；尸胺、组胺、酪胺、精胺1μg／g；章鱼胺、5-羟色胺2μg／g；2-苯乙胺3μg／g；色胺5μg／g。在0．2～10mg／L范围内，峰面积与质量浓度成良好的线性，相关系数r大于0．999。样品添加浓度在30、100和500μg／g的回收率为80％～111％，相对标准偏差为2．6％～15．8％。方法定量下限（LOQ）为30μg／g。本法简便、快速、灵敏、可靠。     

Determination of Biogenic Amines in Digesta by High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Precolumn Dansylation

A rapid high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of nine biogenic amines in digesta sample from pig cecum and colon was developed using a simple direct derivatization with dansyl chloride. After precipitation with trichloroacetic acid and extraction by n-hexane, the amines were separated on a C₁₈ column using a water–acetonitrile gradient elution program. The calibration curve for each amine was linear over the range of 50 to 250 µmol/L, and the relative standard deviation for intra-assay precision was below 0.5%. The recovery ranged from 86.79% to 117.62% while the limit of detection was 0.1 µmol/L for the amines except for spermine with a value of 0.03 µmol/L. This procedure was successfully applied to identify and quantify biogenic amines in the hindgut digesta of the pig.     

毛细管电泳分离-激光诱导荧光检测生物胺

采用新合成的6-氧-[(1-琥珀酰亚胺)氧酰甲基]-荧光素乙酯(SOFE)作为柱前衍生试剂,毛细管电泳分离-激光诱导荧光检测了乙醇胺(EOA)、组胺(His)、甲胺(MA)、乙胺(EA)、酪胺(TYR)及苯乙胺(PEA)6种生物胺。在硼酸-硼砂缓冲溶液(pH8.5)中,室温(25℃)下衍生10min。用pH8.5的含25mmol/LSDS15%(V/V)乙腈的40mmol/L硼酸盐溶液作为电泳缓冲溶液,6种衍生物在15min内完全分离,检出限在2.5×10-11～8×10-11mol/L之间。该方法应用于酱油中生物胺的测定,结果令人满意。     

用于DNA杂交检测的丝网印刷型生物传感器的研究

将单链DNA(ssDNA)固定到丝网印刷碳电极上构成电化学DNA传感器,采用电化学指示剂,建立DNA杂交的检测方法.Co(phen)33+电化学指示剂通过钴盐与配体邻菲罗啉络合制备,采用等离子发射光谱法(ICP-AES)和核磁共振法(NMR)表征功能基团,采用循环伏安法(CV)分析指示剂的电化学特性,并以此为基础研究ssDNA在电极表面的固定及DNA杂交过程.本研究探讨了直接吸附、静电吸附与键合等3种ssD-NA在电极表面的固定方法,结果表明,静电吸附法和键合法具有较高的ssDNA固定量,采用静电吸附法固定探针的电极杂交目标DNA后,Co(phen)33+易于嵌入双链DNA (dsDNA)中,CV峰电流(ip)信号随目标DNA浓度增加.本研究采用静电吸附ssDNA的电极检测DNA杂交,实验表明,当探针固定液中ssDNA浓度为5 mg/L时,目标DNA浓度在6.65×10- 8～4.26× 10-6mol/L范围内,Co(phen)33+在dsDNA修饰电极上ip值与DNA浓度呈良好的线性关系,R2为0.9819.本研究为建立新的微生物分子分型手段提供了初步依据.     

Detection of Marijuana Use in Human Saliva Using a Fluorometric Assay Based on Cannabinol Decomposition

Abstract

One of the constituents of marijuana smoke, cannabinol, was found to photolytically decompose to one compound under nitrogen, but to three different compounds in the presence of air. The photolytic decomposition product formed under nitrogen was found to have intense fluorescent properties. Extracting saliva and irradiating the extract under nitrogen produced a detectable fluorometric change which was found to be adequate if more than 1 ng/ml of cannabinol is present in saliva.     

Separation of Twenty Biogenic Amines and Derivatives by a High-performance Liquid Chromatographic Column Switching Technique with On-line Fluorimetric and Electrochemical Detections

Abstract

A new high-performance liquid chromatographic technique including the use of an automated column switching system has been developed for the study of dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine and serotonin and their related metabolites in biological samples. Through two runs, it has been possible to separate twenty derivatives and three internal standards which have to be added to samples prior to the extraction procedures. In each case, the column switching system allowed to obtain a clear separation of all the compounds, which will be of importance to avoid any expected interference from other endogenous substances, while decreasing the analysis time. By coupling on-line fluorimetric and electrochemical detections the specificity of the technique was enhanced, since the ratio of the responses of both detectors was an index of the purity of the peaks. In addition, fluorimetric detection was found of value to free the determination of some compunds from the effects of solvent front while electrochemical detection increased the sensitivity. Finally, the column switching system allowed a rapid cleaning of the columns between two analyses. A typical application to a human urine sample was shown.     

胶束电动毛细管色谱检测鱼肉中的七种生物胺

建立了一种利用胶束电动毛细管色谱同时检测鱼肉中组胺、腐胺、2-苯乙基胺、尸胺、色胺、亚精胺及精胺7种生物胺的方法。样品经6%过氯酸萃取后,由苯甲酰氯衍生化,以含0.06 mol/L脱氧胆酸钠的0.02 mol/L硼酸(pH 9.2)-甲醇(体积比为95∶5)混合液为电泳介质,电泳电压25 kV,温度25 ℃,检测波长214 nm,在12 min内实现了7种生物胺的完全分离。7种生物胺的浓度与其峰面积在一定的范围呈良好的线性关系,检出限除组胺为15 μg/g外,其余均为5 μg/g。迁移时间和峰面积的日内、日间相对标准偏差均小于5%。该法用于海鱼中7种胺类物质含量的测定,结果令人满意。     

Nanomolar Detection of Glutamate at a Biosensor Based on Screen-Printed Electrodes Modified with Carbon Nanotubes

The amperometric glutamate biosensor based on screen-printed electrodes containing carbon nanotubes (CNT), and its integration in a flow injection analysis system, is described herein. The sensor was fabricated by simply adsorbing enzyme glutamate oxidase (GlutOx) on a commercial substrate containing multi-wall CNT. The resulting device displayed excellent electroanalytical properties toward the determination of L-glutamate in a wide linear range (0.01-10 μM) with low detection limit (10 nM, S/N≥3), fast response time (≤5 s), and good operational and long-term stability. The CNT modified screen-printed electrodes have a potential to be of general interest for designing of electrochemical sensors and biosensors.     

在线固相萃取-毛细管高效液相色谱联用测定奶酪中的生物胺

采用双二元泵毛细管液相色谱,通过六通阀实现了样品的在线净化与分离定量的自动切换,建立了同时测定奶酪中的15种生物胺的在线固相萃取-毛细管高效液相色谱联用方法。通过优化毛细管高效液相色谱的分离条件,考察在线固相萃取流动相的组成、上样溶液pH值以及六通阀的切换时间对生物胺回收率的影响,确定最佳分析条件为：5%乙腈-水作为固萃柱(Zorbax SB-C18)的流动相,上样溶液pH=11,上样3 min后切换六通阀。采用内标法定量,15种生物胺标准曲线的线性范围为0.25~50.0 mg/L,检出限( LOD)为0.05~0.25 mg/L,定量限(LOQ)为0.15~0.80 mg/L。除了甲胺、乙胺、3-甲基丁胺和5-羟基色胺外,其余生物胺的不同添加水平(1,20和40 mg/kg)下的加标回收率为79.6%~118.7%;除3-甲基丁胺和5-羟基色胺外,其余生物胺的RSD在0.3%~14.9%之间,可用于奶酪中多种生物胺的快速检测。     

亲水纳米二氧化硅修饰丝网印刷碳糊电极的改进性能研究

研究了以铁氰化钾为电子传递剂,亲水纳米二氧化硅为固定化酶的载体与高分子成膜材料掺杂制作的生物敏感膜修饰丝网印刷碳糊电极葡萄糖生物传感器的改进特性,并从机理上分析了形成这种优化的原因。实验采用柠檬酸作为缓冲液,在高分子成膜材料、铁氰化钾、稳定剂、葡萄糖氧化酶中掺杂均相处理后的纳米二氧化硅制备生物敏感膜,并制成腔体,将其与未经过纳米二氧化硅掺杂制备的生物传感器进行对比实验。实验证明:用掺杂纳米二氧化硅制作的生物敏感膜修饰的丝网印刷碳糊电极与未修饰电极相比,灵敏度提高了2.6倍,线性检测范围为1.1~33.3 mmol/L,对测试范围内不同浓度的葡萄糖样本,相对标准偏差<5%,重现性和稳定性良好,具有较高的研究价值和应用前景。     

Efficient Detection of Phthalate Esters in Human Saliva via Fluorescence Spectroscopy

The detection of phthalates in human biologic fluids remains an important research objective because it provides an important measure of an individual’s exposure to this class of compounds, which have known deleterious health effects. Moreover, the ability to accomplish such detection in fluids that are easy to collect, such as saliva and urine, provides additional practical advantages. Reported herein is the application of cyclodextrin-promoted fluorescence energy transfer and fluorescence modulation to accomplish precisely such detection: the development of sensitive and selective florescence-based detection methods for phthalates in saliva, an easily collectable human biologic fluid. Such saliva-based detection methods occur with high levels of selectivity (100% differentiation) and sensitivity (limits of detection as low as 0.089?µM), and provide significant potential in the development of practical phthalate detection devices.     

Facile Fabrication of a Graphene‐based Electrochemical Biosensor for Glucose Detection

A simple and effective glucose biosensor based on immobilization of glucose oxidase (GOD) in graphene (GR)/Nafion film was constructed. The results indicated that the immobilized GOD can maintain its native structure and bioactivity, and the GR/Nafion film provides a favorable microenvironment for GOD immobilization and promotes the direct electron transfer between the electrode substrate and the redox center of GOD. The electrode reaction of the immobilized GOD shows a reversible and surface‐controlled process with the large electron transfer rate constant (k_s) of 3.42±0.08 s^?1. Based on the oxygen consumption during the oxidation process of glucose catalyzed by the immobilized GOD, the as‐prepared GOD/GR/Nafion/GCE electrode exhibits a linear range from 0.5 to 14 mmol·L^?1 with a detection limit of 0.03 mmol·L^?1. Moreover, it displays a good reproducibility and long‐term stability.     

Electrochemical Biosensor Based on Bienzyme and Carbon Nanotubes Incorporated into an Os‐complex Thin Film for Continuous Glucose Detection in Human Saliva

Saliva opens a door for noninvasive and painless glucose testing since it reflects changes in the body physiology of diabetic individuals as compared to healthy ones. In this paper, a unique, disposable saliva biosensor has been developed for accurate, low cost, and continuous glucose monitoring. The biosensor exhibits linear dependence of the catalytic current upon glucose bulk concentration over the 0.05–1.5 mM range (R=0.998). A detection limit of 0.003 mM can be calculated considering three times the standard deviation of the blank signal divided by the sensitivity of the sensor. The selectivity of the biosensor was evaluated by adding the interferent species of lactate, ascorbic acid and uric acid into in 0.5 mM glucose; the nearly negligible interference current indicates its good selectivity. The operational stability of the biosensor was measured in 1 mM glucose over a 2 h period (RSD=3.27 %). A clinical trial on real‐time noninvasive salivary glucose monitoring was carried out on 30 individuals by measuring subjects’ salivary glucose and blood glucose in parallel. The results show that there is a good correlation of glucose levels in saliva and in blood 2 h after breakfast. Thus, the disposable biosensor would be a potential alternative for continuous glucose detection in human saliva.     

Label-Free DNA Biosensor for Electrochemical Detection of Short DNA Sequences Related to Human Papilloma Virus

Abstract

Highly sensitive label-free techniques of DNA determination are particularly interesting in relation to the present development of an electrochemical hybridization biosensor for the detection of short DNA fragments specific to the human papilloma virus (HPV). Unlabeled DNA probes have been immobilized by spontaneous coadsorption of thiolated single-stranded oligonucleotides (HS-ssDNA) onto the sensing surface of a screen-printed gold electrode (SPGE). The covalently immobilized single-stranded DNA probe (HS-ssDNA) could selectively hybridize with its complementary DNA (cDNA) in solution to form double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) on the surface. DNA is treated with acid (e.g., 0.5 M chloridric acid), and the acid-released purine bases are directly determined by square wave voltammetry (SWV).

Variables of the probe-immobilization and hybridization steps are optimized to offer convenient quantitation of HPV DNA target, in connection with a short hybridization time. Peak currents were found to increase in the following order: hybrid-modified SPGE, 11-base mismatched modified SPGE, 18-base mismatched SPGE, and the probe modified SPGE. Control experiments with noncomplementary oligonucleotides were carried out to assess whether the suggested DNA sensor responds selectively to the target. The effect of the target DNA concentration on the hybridization signal was also studied. Under optimal conditions, this sensor has a good calibration range with HPV DNA sequence detection limit of 2 pg · ml^?1 (S/N = 3).     

四硫富瓦烯为电子媒介体的葡萄糖生物传感器的研究

本采用四硫富瓦烯（ＴＴＦ）作为葡萄糖氧化酶与玻碳电极之间的电子媒介体，把葡萄糖氧化酶因定在Ｎａｆｉｏｎ－ＴＴＦ修饰电极上，制成葡萄糖生物传感器。用这种传感器测定人体血清中葡萄糖的含量，其线性范围在４．０×１０＾－５～１０＾－３ｍｏｌ／Ｌ之间，响应时间为２０ｓ。该传感器具有选择性、重现性好，灵敏度高等优点。     

Biosensing of Aromatic Amines in Reversed Micelles with Self‐Generation of Hydrogen Peroxide at Glucose Oxidase‐Peroxidase Bienzyme Electrodes

The amperometric biosensing of aromatic amines using a composite glucose oxidase (GOD)‐peroxidase (HRP) biosensor in reversed micelles is reported. Rigid composite pellets of graphite and Teflon, in which GOD and HRP were coimmobilized by simple physical inclusion, were employed for the biosensor design. This design allows the in situ generation of the H₂O₂ needed for the enzyme reaction with the aromatic amines, thus preventing the negative effect that the presence of a high H₂O₂ concentration in solution has on HRP activity. The H₂O₂ in situ generation is performed by oxidation of glucose catalyzed by GOD. The effect of the composition of the reversed micelles, i.e., the nature of the organic solvent used as the continuous phase, the nature and concentration of the surfactant used as emulsifying agent, the aqueous 0.05 mol L^?1 phosphate buffer percentage used as the dispersed phase, and the glucose concentration in the aqueous phase, on the biosensor response was evaluated. Reversed micelles formed with ethyl acetate, a 5% of phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) containing 3.0×10^?3 mol L^?1 glucose, and 0.1 mol L^?1 AOT (sodium dioctylsulfosuccinate), were selected as working medium. Well‐defined and reproducible amperometric signals at 0.00 V were obtained for p‐phenylenediamine, 2‐aminophenol, o‐phenylenediamine, m‐phenylenediamine, 1‐naphthylamine, o‐toluidine and aniline. The useful lifetime of one single biosensor was of 60 days. The trend in sensitivity observed for the aromatic amines is discussed considering the effect of their structure on the stabilization of the radicals formed in the enzyme reaction which are electrochemically reduced. The behavior of the composite bienzyme electrode was also evaluated in a FI (flow injection) system using reversed micelles as the carrier. The suitability of the composite bienzyme electrode for the analysis of real samples was demonstrated by determining aniline in spiked carrots.     

Detection of Human Interleukine‐2 Gene Using a Label‐Free Electrochemical DNA Hybridization Biosensor on the Basis of a Non‐Inosine Substituted Probe

The human interleukine‐2 gene (hIL‐2) is detected with a label‐free DNA hybridization biosensor using a non‐inosine substituted probe. The sensor relies on the immobilization of a 20‐mer antisense single strand oligonucleotide (chIL‐2) related to the human interleukine‐2 gene on the pencil graphite electrode (PGE) as a probe. The guanine oxidation signal was monitored using anodic differential pulse voltammetry (ADPV). The electrochemical pretreatment of the polished PGE at 1.80 V for 5 min is suggested. Then, 5 min immobilization at 0.50 V was found as the optimum condition for immobilization of the probe. The electrochemical detection of hybridization between chIL‐2 and hIL‐2 as a target was accomplished. The selectivity of the biosensor was studied using noncomplementary oligonucleotides. Diagnostic performance of the biosensor is described and the detection limit is found 36 pg/μL.