Evaluation of a chemiluminescence method for measuring alkaline phosphatase activity in whole milk of multiple species and bovine dairy drinks: interlaboratory study

Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is a ubiquitous enzyme in milk with time-temperature destruction similar to that of certain pathogens destroyed in pasteurization. Measurement of ALP to indicate proper pasteurization is a common practice. Recently the public health level for ALP was decreased to 350 mU/L, a level below the sensitivity of older colorimetric ALP methods. This study was conducted within the structure of the International Dairy Federation and the International Organization for Standardization to evaluate the reproducibility of the chemiluminescence method (Charm PasLite) for ALP at 50, 100, 350, and 500 mU/L in whole milk of multiple species to meet new regulations in the United States and proposed regulations in the European Union (EU). Fifteen laboratories from 8 countries evaluated bovine, goat, sheep, and buffalo milk, bovine skim milk, 20% fat cream, and 2% fat chocolate milk. At ALP levels of 350 and 500 mU/L, the average relative standard deviation for repeatability (RSDr) was 7.5%, and the average relative standard deviation of reproducibility was (RSDR) 15%. For ALP at 100 and 50 mU/L, the average RSDr values were 10.5 and 12.6%, respectively, and the average RSDR values were 18 and 25%, respectively. The limit of detection was 20 mU/L. Results are comparable to those obtained with other enzymatic photo-activated system methods such as the fluorometric method. Results indicate that the method is suitable for measuring ALP in the milk of multiple species and in dairy drinks at U.S. and proposed EU levels.     

荧光光度法测定血清中碱性磷酸酶

合成了一种新的底物水杨酸磷酸酯 (SP),用于荧光光度法测定血清中碱性磷酸酶(ALP)活力.在37.0 ℃的Tris-HCl缓冲液(pH 9.0)条件下, 碱性磷酸酶作用于荧光底物SP,水解生成强荧光产物水杨酸(SA),生成的SA的量与参与反应的ALP 的活力成正比.据此建立了荧光光度法测定血清中碱性磷酸酶活力的新方法.测定碱性磷酸酶的线性范围是0.03～6.00 U/L,检测限为7.04 mU/L.本方法适用于血清中碱性磷酸酶的测定.测定结果与临床上常用的以对硝基苯磷酸酯为底物的分光光度法相比,无显著性差异.     

2-Carboxy-1-naphthyl phosphate as a substrate for the fluorimetric determination of alkaline phosphatase

A new substrate, 2-carboxy-1-naphthyl phosphate (CNP), was developed for the fluorimetric determination of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity. The product of the enzyme reaction is 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid (HNA), which is a strong fluorescent product. The amount of HNA generated is proportional to ALP activity. Optimal conditions for the determination of ALP were investigated. The linear range and detection limit for the determination of ALP are 0.01-4.8 U/L and 7.44 mU/L, respectively. This method is simple, practical and can be successfully applied to assess ALP in human serum with good accuracy and precision. The results were evaluated by comparison with a standard colorimetric assay using p-nitrophenyl phosphate as ALP substrate.     

Dual-readout test strips platform for portable and highly sensitive detection of alkaline phosphatase in human serum samples

In this work, a very simple dual-readout lateral flow test strip (LFTS) platform was developed for sensitive detection of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) based on a portable device. In this assay, quantum dots (QDs) conjugated with bovine serum albumin (QDs-BSA) were chosen as fluorescence signal labels. In the absence of ALP, MnO₂ nanosheets aggregate on the test line and exhibit an obvious brown color, which can be observed by naked eyes to realize semi-qualitative analysis. Meanwhile, fluorescence intensity of QDs-BSA can also be effectively quenched by MnO₂ nanosheets due to inner-filter effect. Correspondingly, in the presence of ALP, ALP can catalyze the hydrolysis of ascorbic acid 2-phosphate (AAP) to generate L-ascorbic acid (AA), which can reduce MnO₂ into Mn²⁺, accompanying with the obvious fluorescence recovery of the QDs. By simply monitoring the change of colorimetric and fluorescent signal on the test line, trace amount of ALP can be quantitatively detected. Under the optimal conditions, measurable evaluation of ALP was reached in a linear range from 1 U/L to 20 U/L with a detection limit of 0.7 U/L based on fluorescence signal. Furthermore, this colorimetric/fluorescent dual-readout assay was successfully applied to monitor ALP in human serum samples, showing its great potential as a point of care biosensor for clinical diagnosis.     

Polymer‐Templated Perylene‐Probe Noncovalent Self‐Assembly: A New Strategy for Label‐Free Ultrasensitive Fluorescence Turn‐On Biosensing

A new label‐free fluorescence turn‐on strategy for highly sensitive biosensing has been developed. A negatively charged perylene probe was synthesized. Polycations could induce aggregation of the perylene probe through noncovalent interactions and the fluorescence of the probe’s monomer was efficiently quenched. Upon addition of a single‐stranded nucleic acid, competitive binding of the negatively charged nucleic acid (a polyanion) to the cationic polymer resulted in the release of a monomer and thus a turn‐on fluorescence signal was detected. Without the use of any amplification techniques, a detection limit of 2 pM DNA was obtained. Based on these results, an assay strategy for the highly sensitive detection of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity has been demonstrated. λ Exonuclease (λ exo) could degrade 5′‐phosphorylated single‐stranded DNA. However, when the DNA sample was treated with ALP, the phosphate functional group was removed by ALP and it could no longer be degraded by λ exo. Binding of the DNA to the perylene probe–polycation complex resulted in a turn‐on fluorescence signal, which could be used for sensing of ALP. The method is highly sensitive, a limit of detection as low as 0.02 mU mL^?1 ALP was obtained. Our method is simple, convenient, highly sensitive, and inexpensive.     

基于离子液体修饰碳纳米管电极的碱性磷酸酶电化学检测

利用自制的离子液体修饰碳纳米管电极(CNTs-ILE),在对CNTs-ILE的特性及对碱性磷酸酶(AP)酶促反应的底物磷酸对硝基苯酯(PNPP)和产物对硝基苯酚(PNP)进行电化学研究的基础上,采用安培法对酶促反应进程实现了持续动态的检测.实验表明,CNTs-ILE的循环伏安特性优于传统玻碳电极,且它在检测PNP时呈现出良好的抗钝化特性.当AP浓度范围在1.0～100 U/L时,电流大小与AP的浓度呈良好的线性关系.本方法可快速检测AP浓度,检测时间在20 min内.CNTs-ILE具有良好的抗钝化、操作简单及制作成本低等特点,在碱性磷酸酶的检测领域中有望得到进一步发展.在传统ELISA基础上,利用CNTs-ILE对具体样本最终的AP酶促反应产物进行电化学检测,通过峰值电流大小确定抗原浓度,为检测以AP为标记酶的抗原和抗体提供了理论依据.     

Measurement of alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes in individual mouse bone marrow fibroblast cells based on capillary electrophoresis with on-capillary enzyme-catalyzed reaction and electrochemical detection

A novel method for the determination of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) isoenzymes in individual fibroblast cells of mouse bone marrow was developed by combining capillary electrophoresis with an on-capillary enzyme-catalyzed reaction and electrochemical detection. In this method, a single an cell, followed by 5.0 x 10(-2) mol/L Na2B4O7- 3.0 x 10(-2) mol/L NaCl (pH 9.8) as cell lysis solution, was injected into the inlet of the separation capillary by electromigration. The cell was lysed by applying a voltage of 2 kV. The ALP isoenzymes in the cell were preseparated at 20 kV for 1 min, and then allowed to react for 30 min with disodium phenyl phosphate as enzyme substrate in the running buffer. ALP converted disodium phenyl phosphate into its product, phenol, at a relatively high reaction rate without consumption, with resultant amplification of the signal on prolonged reaction time, producing an adequate amount of product for final detection. A mass detection limit as low as 3.5 x 10(-21) mol/L (corresponding to 1.5 nU) was achieved. Finally, the two zones of products generated by ALP isoenzymes were detected at the outlet of the capillary by using the end-capillary amperometric detection at a carbon fiber microdisk bundle electrode with a constant potential.     

An improved ELISA for the determination of tobacco mosaic virus with linear sweep voltammetry detection based on a new system of PAP-H2O2-HRP

An improved ELISA for the determination of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) with linear sweep voltammetry based on a new system of p-aminophenol (PAP)- H₂O₂- horseradish peroxidase (HRP) has been developed. The enzymatic product 3-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)amino]-4-(2-amino-5-hydroxyphenyl)-6-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)imino]-2,4-cyclohexadiene-1-one, produced from HRP catalyzing the oxidation of PAP with H₂O₂, yields a sensitive linear sweep voltammetric response at a potential of –0.45 V (vs. SCE) in Britton-Robinson (BR) buffer solution. By using this voltammetric peak, HRP can be measured with a detection limit of 0.4 mU/L and a linear range of 1.0 ～ 1.0 × 10² mU/ L. The detection limit for the clarified TMV is 4.0 ng/mL and the highest dilution ratio detected for the infected leaf sap is 1?:?3.9 × 10⁶. The processes of the enzyme-catalyzed reaction and the electro-reduction of the product of the enzyme-catalyzed reaction have been investigated.     

A label-free and sensitive fluorescent assay for one step detection of protein kinase activity and inhibition

In this paper, a label-free, highly sensitive and simple assay for one step detection of protein kinase (PKA) activity and inhibition that avoids the fluorescent dye process has been established. The detection was based on the fluorescence (FL) quenching of peptide-Ag nanoclusters (Ag NCs) caused by antibody modified Au nanoparticles (anti-Au NPs) via fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). With PKA and adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP) introduced, the substrate peptide of Ag NCs could react with PKA via targeted phosphorylation, and followed by the linking interactions between peptide-Ag NCs and anti-Au NPs. According to the fluorescence quenching of Ag NCs, the activity of protein kinase can be facilely monitored in the range of 0.1–2000 mU/μL with high sensitivity. The detection limit for PKA is 0.039 mU/μL. We further explored the inhibitory effect of H-89 for protein kinase activity. The developed method was also applied to the investigation of drug-induced PKA activation in HeLa cells, which provides a promising means for screening of kinase-related drugs and the clinical diagnosis of disease.     

A ratiometric fluorescent probe for alkaline phosphatase with high sensitivity

Alkaline phosphatase(ALP)is one of essential biomarkers in mammalian tissue.Here we report a ratiometric probe for ALP,which is rationally designed and synthesized by employing ESIPT fluorophore N-(3-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-4-hydroxyphenyl)benzamide(BTHPB).The enzymatic dephosphorylation converts the probe to BTHPB,which exhibits a large spectral red-shift(120 nm),allowing extremely high sensitivity of ALP sensing at 0.004 mU/mL.The probe also shows excellent biocompatibility and has been applied for monitoring the endogenic ALP in living cells.     

An improved ELISA for the determination of tobacco mosaic virus with linear sweep voltammetry detection based on a new system of PAP-H2O2-HRP

An improved ELISA for the determination of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) with linear sweep voltammetry based on a new system of p-aminophenol (PAP)- H₂O₂- horseradish peroxidase (HRP) has been developed. The enzymatic product 3-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)amino]-4-(2-amino-5-hydroxyphenyl)-6-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)imino]-2,4-cyclohexadiene-1-one, produced from HRP catalyzing the oxidation of PAP with H₂O₂, yields a sensitive linear sweep voltammetric response at a potential of –0.45 V (vs. SCE) in Britton-Robinson (BR) buffer solution. By using this voltammetric peak, HRP can be measured with a detection limit of 0.4 mU/L and a linear range of 1.0 ∼ 1.0 × 10² mU/ L. The detection limit for the clarified TMV is 4.0 ng/mL and the highest dilution ratio detected for the infected leaf sap is 1 : 3.9 × 10⁶. The processes of the enzyme-catalyzed reaction and the electro-reduction of the product of the enzyme-catalyzed reaction have been investigated. Received: 17 November 1998 / Revised: 17 March 1999 / Accepted: 20 March 1999     

Hydrolytic cleavage of p-nitrophenyl picolinate by mononuclear Zn(II) and Co(II) complexes with imidazole derivative in CTAB micellar solution

One new hydroxyl-functionalized imidazole derivative (L) was synthesized and characterized. Further, the related mononuclear zinc(II) and cobalt(II) complexes were prepared and used as mimic hydrolases to catalyze the hydrolytic cleavage of p-nitrophenyl picolinate (PNPP) in buffered aqueous solution and a micellar solution of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). Observations show that for all of catalytic systems, the hydrolysis of PNPP was pH-dependent in the pH range of 7.00–8.20. Besides, hydrolysis rates of PNPP displayed a constant increase with the increasing concentration of substrate. In the case of CoL-containing system, moreover, much greater acceleration for PNPP hydrolysis was observed in comparison with the ZnL-containing system. However, micellar effect of CTAB micelle aggregates on the PNPP hydrolysis was not obvious only showing 1.0?～?1.3 folds rate difference in contrast to buffered aqueous solution.     

大环钴(Ⅱ)配合物模拟水解酶催化羧酸酯水解的比较研究

在Brij35胶束溶液中,比较研究了四氮大环席夫碱(5,7,7,12,14,14-六甲基-1,4,8,11-四氮杂十四环-二烯,L)的钴(Ⅱ)配合物1催化对硝基苯酚吡啶甲酸酯(PNPP)及对硝基苯酚乙酸酯(PNPA)水解的动力学.结果表明:配合物1对PNPP及PNPA的催化作用具有酸碱催化的特征,催化活性物种为与金属离子结合的氢氧根离子CoL-OH-;配合物1催化PNPP水解的速度远远大于其催化PNPA水解的速度,在pH 7.40、30℃时,表观二级速率常数kc分别为0.997mol-1@L@s-1和1.12×10-3mol-1@L@s-1,这种反应速率的差异可归因于反应机理的不同;Brij35胶束对PNPP及PNPA的水解均有抑制作用.     

Electrochemical studies of o-tilidine as a hydrogen donor substrate for peroxidase and its application in enzyme immunoassay

A highly sensitive electrochemical method is described for assay of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) using o-tilidine as substrate. Under the optimal conditions, the detection limit for HRP is 2.5 mU/l and the calibration range is from 5.0 to 1000 mU/l. The relative standard deviation of 11 measurements is 6.3% for 10.0 mU/l HRP. This new electrochemical system was further combined with an indirect enzyme immunoassay using direct antigen-coating format for the detection of cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). The results show an improved sensitivity over the traditional o-phenylenediamine (OPD) spectrophotometric enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method. Using this technique, a minimum detectable level of 2.0 ng/ml of purified CMV and 1:12500 dilution of CMV in infected leaf extractions can be achieved.     

Self‐Assembled Redox System for Bioelectrocatalytic Assay of L‐Ascorbylphosphate and Alkaline Phosphatase Activity

Ferrocene‐terminated self‐assembled monolayer (Fc‐SAM) on gold was used as an electron‐transfer mediator in the electrochemical assay of L ‐ascorbic acid 2‐phosphate (AAP). The assay is based on the enzymatic action of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), which triggers the release of vitamin C (L ‐ascorbic acid, AA) from AAP. The latter is easily oxidized on the Fc‐SAM under the diffusion limiting conditions that favors quantitative measurement of the AA concentration on a rotating disk electrode. We demonstrate the utility of the electrochemically active Fc‐SAM to probe the mechanism and to determine the kinetic parameters of an enzymatic reaction. The electrochemical technique was compared to a conventional spectrophotometric method of ALP activity detection using p‐nitrophenylphosphate (p‐NPP) as a substrate. We demonstrate that our new technique is also suitable for the analytical determination of ALP activity. The detection limits for both AAP and ALP were found to be 13 μM and 2 pM, respectively.     

Electrochemical Determination of Alkaline Phosphatase in Human Serum by Differential Pulse Voltammetry

Differential pulse voltammetry(DPV) was applied to the determination of alkaline phosphatase(ALP) activity in human serum with phenyl phosphate as the substrate. Phenyl phosphate can enzymatically be hydrolyzed to produce phenol which is quantified by DPV at 660 mV(vs. Ag/AgCl) in the concentration rangeof 2.0--100 μmol/L. The standard curve for ALP is linear over the range from 0.06 to 1000U/L with a relative standard deviation of 3.0%. The conditions for the enzymatic reaction and voltammetric detection were optimized and the kinetic constants were also examined. The human serum samples were tested by this method and the results were in good agreement with those obtained by the routine p-nitrophenyl phosphate spectrophotometric method.     

Comparison of Electrochemical and Spectro-Photometric Detection in Hrp-Based Elisa for Tobacco Mosaic Virus

ABSTRACT

An electrochemical method was compared with a spectrophotometric method using a horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-based indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with direct antigen coating (DAC) technique for the determination of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). In substrates for a spectrophotometric HRP-based ELISA method, was selected as the substrate for the electrochemical method as well as the spectrophotometric method. 2, 3-Diaminophenazine is the product of the oxidation of OPD with H₂O₂ catalyzed by HRP in the selected conditions. It is electroactive and has a sensitive voltammetric response at -0.93 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) in alkaline solution. The detection limit of free HRP, by second-order derivative linear-sweep voltammetry, is 1.1 mU/L. This method can be further used to detect TMV antigen. The peak current is linear with TMV concentration in the range of 0.25-5.0 ng/mL. The detection limit for TMV is 0.25 ng/mL and the highest dilution ratio detected for the infected leaf sap is 1:102400. Compared with the classical OPD ELISA spectrophotometric method, the detection limits of the electrochemical method for the clarified TMV and the infected leaf sap detection are about ten and four times lower, respectively.     

Catalytic hydrolysis of carboxylic acid esters by Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes containing a tetracoordinate macrocyclic Schiff base ligand in Brij35 micellar solution

The macrocyclic Schiff base complexes of Cu(II) and Zn(II) in Brij35 micellar solution are investigated kinetically for the catalytic hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl acetate (PNPA) and p-nitrophenyl picolinate (PNPP) at 30 °C. The results indicate that different mechanisms are operative for the two complexes in the hydrolysis of PNPA and PNPP. The Cu(II) complex can only catalyze the hydrolysis of PNPP by the mechanism which involves the nucleophilic attack of external hydroxide ion on the carbonyl, while the Zn(II) complex can accelerate the hydrolysis of both PNPP and PNPA, by way of the intramolecular nucleophilic attack of zinc-bound hydroxide ion on carbonyl for PNPP and the less effective intermolecular nucleophilic attack of zinc-bound hydroxide ion on carbonyl for PNPA, respectively. The catalytic activity of Zn(II) complex is close to or even higher than that of Cu(II) complex. The reason is discussed in details.     

An improved ELISA for the determination of southern bean mosaic virus with linear sweep voltammetry detection based on new system of PAP-H_2O_2-HRP

An improved enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the determination of southern bean mosaic virus (SBMV) with linear sweep voltammetry based on a new system of p-aminophenol (PAP)-H2O2-horseradish peroxidase (HRP) has firstly been developed. The enzymatic product 3-[(4-hydrox-yphenyl) amino]-4-(2-amino-5-hydroxyphenyl)-6-[ (4-hydrox-yphenyl)imino]-2,4-cyclohexadiene-l-one, produced from the oxidation of PAP with H2O2 catalyzed by HRP, yielded a sensitive linear sweep voltammetric response at - 0.45 V ( vs. SCE) in Britton-Robinson (BR) buffer solution. Based on the voltammetric peak, HRP can be measured with a detection limit of 0.4 mU/L and a linear range of 1.0-1.0 × 102 mU/ L. The detection limit for the SBMV is 8.0 ng/mL and the highest dilution ratio for the detection of infected leaf sap is 1: 1.5×105.     

Determination of alkaline phosphatase activity in human sera by mid-FTIR spectroscopy

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy is applied to the determination of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity in human sera. 4-nitrophenylphosphate was found to be an excellent ALP substrate for FT-IR spectroscopic detection. The developed method is based on the acquisition of two FT-IR spectra: one recorded immediately after mixing the sample and assay solution and the other after an incubation time of 10 min. Spectral changes in the mid IR range due to the enzymatic reaction could be correlated to the ALP activity in the sample. Experimental conditions were established such that the clinically relevant range for determination of ALP activity in human sera (50 to 900 U/L) was covered. The method was applied to the analysis of ALP activities in standard solutions as well as in human sera yielding results which agreed well with those obtained by a standard reference method. Received: 20 June 1997 / Accepted: 16 September 1997