传感器类型
电化学发光(ECL)生物传感器
检测对象
尿酸(uric acid, UA);样品基质:24 h尿液(24 h-urine),标准/缓冲液为0.2 M磷酸缓冲液 pH 9.5 + 0.25 M NaCl
检测原理
尿酸酶催化尿酸与氧气反应生成尿囊素和过氧化氢(H2O2)。在pH 9.5磷酸缓冲液中,样品与传感器接触3 min后,H2O2在电极表面积累。施加0.6 V恒电位脉冲时,poly(luminol–TMB)共聚物中的鲁米诺/TMB单元被电氧化,H2O2可被电氧化生成激发态超氧自由基(O2−*),并与含鲁米诺聚合物反应产生ECL;同时电氧化鲁米诺也可氧化H2O2发光。由于尿酸本身会猝灭自由基,直接测量会抑制信号,但酶促H2O2的持续积累使ECL发射随尿酸浓度增加而增长。连续脉冲下取6次ECL强度对时间的斜率作为分析信号,实现正相关检测。
检测灵敏度
LOD: 4.4 × 10−7 M;线性范围: 1.5 × 10−6–1.0 × 10−4 M;斜率: 6300 ± 200 a.u.·min−1 M−1;R^2 = 0.994
效应效果
该传感器依靠尿酸酶实现选择性,尿液中尿素和抗坏血酸为主要干扰物;100倍稀释可消除基质效应。未稀释条件下,尿素耐受限为0.6 mM,抗坏血酸耐受限为0.2 mM。空白RSD为4.7%(n=10),1.0×10−5 M尿酸RSD为13.1%(n=10),5.0×10−5 M时为9.3%;未报告长期稳定性。24 h尿液测定与Roche Hitachi-912临床自动分析仪参考方法比较,p值均大于5%,方法间RSD为0.79%–4.90%。作者认为该装置一次性、低成本、分析时间短,可作为常规尿酸检测方法的替代。
传感器的构成
- 基底/换能器电极:金丝网印刷电极(gold screen-printed electrode, SPE),含工作电极、对电极和银伪参比电极,提供电化学反应与ECL激发
- 电极预处理:0.2 M H2SO4中循环伏安扫描(−0.2–1.0 V,3次)活化金工作电极,清洁表面并去除氧化物
- 发光共聚物层:poly(luminol–TMB)电聚合膜,由luminol与TMB(1:1)在0.2 M H2SO4中循环伏安10圈形成,固定发光剂并改善附着与ECL
- 识别/酶固定层:壳聚糖(chitosan)包埋尿酸酶(uricase),滴涂4 μL chitosan–uricase混合物(1:3)干燥,催化尿酸氧化并静电固定酶
- 样品容纳结构:白色塑料胶带覆盖电极区形成1 mm厚、8 mm直径孔(约50 μL)样品池,用于一次性容纳50 μL样品
- 信号读出装置:H8529光电倍增管(PMT)与C8855 USB计数单元,配合0.6 V恒电位脉冲(1 s,间隔10 s)检测ECL强度并计算斜率
中文摘要
本文报道了一种用于检测尿酸的一次性电化学发光(ECL)生物传感器。该传感器采用双层固定化设计,在金丝网印刷电极(gold screen-printed cell, SPE)上,先将鲁米诺(luminol)与3,3′,5,5′-四甲基联苯胺(TMB)以1:1摩尔比电聚合形成poly(luminol–TMB)共聚物膜,再滴加壳聚糖(chitosan)包埋的尿酸酶(uricase)形成识别层。新共聚物具有良好的机械附着性和改善的电致发光性能,使尿酸浓度升高时ECL发射随之增强。酶的选择性与ECL的高灵敏度相结合,使该一次性分析装置对尿酸的线性范围为1.5×10−6–1.0×10−4 M,检出限为4.4×10−7 M,在1.0×10−5 M(n=10)的相对标准偏差为13.1%。与参考方法相比,24 h尿液中尿酸测定结果令人满意,表明该传感器可作为常规方法的低成本替代。
英文摘要
A new electrochemiluminescent (ECL) disposable biosensor for uric acid was manufactured by immobilization in a double-layer design of luminol as a copolymer with 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) and the enzyme uricase in chitosan on gold screen-printed cells. The good mechanical and improved electroluminescent characteristics of the new copolymer poly(luminol-TMB) make it possible to determine uric acid by measuring the growing ECL emission with the analyte concentration. The combination of enzymatic selectivity with ECL sensitivity results in a disposable analytical device with a linear range for uric acid from 1.5×10(-6) to 1.0×10(-4) M, a limit of detection of 4.4×10(-7) M and a precision of 13.1% (1.0×10(-5) M, n=10) as relative standard deviation. Satisfactory results were obtained for uric acid determination in 24h-urine samples compared to a reference procedure. This uric acid biosensor can be used as a low-cost alternative to conventional methods.