ABSTRACT
A novel reagentless amperometric uric acid biosensor based on functionalized multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with tin oxide (SnO2) nanoparticles has been developed. This was successfully applied to assay uric acid levels from an in vivo microdialysis sampling. Compared with unfunctionalized or traditional carboxylic acid (-COOH)-functionalized MWCNTs, the MWCNTs-SnO2 electrode exhibited higher electrocatalytic oxidation to uric acid. Here, MWCNTs-SnO2 may act as an efficient promoter, and the system exhibited a linear dependence on the uric acid concentration over the range from 1.0 x 10(-7) to 5.0 x 10(-4) mol L(-1). In addition, there was little ascorbic acid interference. The high sensitivity of the MWCNTs-SnO2 modified enzyme electrode enabled the monitoring of trace levels of uric acid in dialysate samples in rat striatum.
Subject(s)
Biosensing Techniques/methods , Corpus Striatum/chemistry , Nanotubes, Carbon/chemistry , Tin Compounds/chemistry , Urate Oxidase/chemistry , Uric Acid/analysis , Animals , Electrochemistry , Male , Microscopy, Electron, Transmission , Nanotubes, Carbon/ultrastructure , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredABSTRACT
An electrochemical method suitable for the simultaneous measurement of cerebral glucose, lactate, L-glutamate and hypoxanthine concentrations from in vivo microdialysis sampling has been successfully performed for the first time using a neutral red-doped silica (NRDS) nanoparticle-derived enzyme sensor system. These uniform NRDS nanoparticles (about 50 +/- 3 nm) were prepared by a water-in-oil (W/O) microemulsion method, and characterized by a TEM technique. The neutral red-doped interior maintained its high electron-activity, while the exterior nano-silica surface prevented the mediator from leaching out into the aqueous solution, and showed high biocompability. These nanoparticles were then mixing with the glucose oxidase (GOD), lactate oxidase (LOD), L-glutamate oxidase (L-GLOD) or xanthine oxidase (XOD), and immobilized on four glassy carbon electrodes, respectively. A thin Nafion film was coated on the enzyme layer to prevent interference from molecules such as ascorbic acid and uric acid in the dialysate. The high sensitivity of the NRDS modified enzyme electrode system enables the simultaneous monitoring of trace levels of glucose, L-glutamate, lactate and hypoxanthine in diluted dialysate samples from a rat striatum.
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Biosensing Techniques/instrumentation , Biosensing Techniques/methods , Glucose/analysis , Glutamic Acid/analysis , Hypoxanthine/analysis , Lactic Acid/analysis , Neostriatum/metabolism , Animals , Electrochemistry , Electrodes , Glucose/metabolism , Glutamic Acid/metabolism , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , Hypoxanthine/metabolism , Lactic Acid/metabolism , Microscopy, Electron, Transmission , Nanotechnology , Neutral Red , Oxidoreductases/metabolism , Particle Size , Rats , Silicon Dioxide , Temperature , Time FactorsABSTRACT
A new chemically modified electrode based on the immobilization of Pt particles is fabricated and exhibits electrocatalytic oxidation for L-cysteine (L-Cys), glutathione (GSH) and penicillamine (PEN) with relatively high sensitivity. It is also adaptable to HPLC for pulsed amperometric detection (PAD) of these thiols. PAD largely improves the detection sensitivity because the alternated polarizations can effectively clean and reactivate the electrode surface. It is shown that the peak currents of L-Cys, GSH and PEN are linear to their concentrations, with the calculated detection limit of 1.1 x 10(-7), 1.8 x 10(-7) and 3.8 x 10(-7) mol L(-1), respectively (S/N = 3). The method has been successfully applied to assess the contents of L-Cys and GSH in rat striatal microdialysates. The average contents of the two analytes in rat striatum are 2.6 x 10(-6) and 2.8 x 10(-6) mol L(-1), respectively.
