TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and analytical application of an uric acid biosensor using an uricase-immobilized eggshell membrane
AU - Zhang, Yan
AU - Wen, Guangming
AU - Zhou, Yehong
AU - Shuang, Shaomin
AU - Dong, Chuan
AU - Choi, Martin M.F.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 50534100). The Natural Science Foundation of International Cooperation is also gratefully acknowledged.
PY - 2007/3/15
Y1 - 2007/3/15
N2 - An uric acid biosensor fabricated from a uricase-immobilized eggshell membrane and an oxygen electrode was presented. The detection schemes involve the enzymatic reactions of the uricase leading to the depletion of dissolved oxygen level upon exposure to uric acid solution. The decrease in oxygen level was monitored and related to the uric acid concentration. The scanning electron micrographs show the microstructure of the eggshell membrane within which the uricase is successfully immobilized. The effects of enzyme loading, pH, temperature, and phosphate buffer concentration on the response of the biosensor were investigated in detail. The uric acid biosensor has a linear response range of 4.0-640 μM with a detection limit of 2.0 μM (S/N = 3). The response time was less than 100 s. The biosensor exhibited good repeatable response to a 0.10 mM uric acid solution with a relative standard deviation of 3.1% (n = 7). The reproducibility of fabrication of the biosensors using four different membranes was good with a R.S.D. of 3.2%. The biosensor showed extremely good stability with a shelf-life of at least 3 months. Some common potential interferents in samples such as glucose, urea, ascorbic acid, lactic acid, glycine, dl-α-alanine, dl-cysteine, KCl, NaCl, CaCl2, MgSO4, and NH4Cl showed no interferences on the response of the uric acid biosensor. The biosensor was successfully applied to determine the uric acid level in some human serum and urine samples, and the results agreed well with those obtained by a commercial colorimetric assay kit.
AB - An uric acid biosensor fabricated from a uricase-immobilized eggshell membrane and an oxygen electrode was presented. The detection schemes involve the enzymatic reactions of the uricase leading to the depletion of dissolved oxygen level upon exposure to uric acid solution. The decrease in oxygen level was monitored and related to the uric acid concentration. The scanning electron micrographs show the microstructure of the eggshell membrane within which the uricase is successfully immobilized. The effects of enzyme loading, pH, temperature, and phosphate buffer concentration on the response of the biosensor were investigated in detail. The uric acid biosensor has a linear response range of 4.0-640 μM with a detection limit of 2.0 μM (S/N = 3). The response time was less than 100 s. The biosensor exhibited good repeatable response to a 0.10 mM uric acid solution with a relative standard deviation of 3.1% (n = 7). The reproducibility of fabrication of the biosensors using four different membranes was good with a R.S.D. of 3.2%. The biosensor showed extremely good stability with a shelf-life of at least 3 months. Some common potential interferents in samples such as glucose, urea, ascorbic acid, lactic acid, glycine, dl-α-alanine, dl-cysteine, KCl, NaCl, CaCl2, MgSO4, and NH4Cl showed no interferences on the response of the uric acid biosensor. The biosensor was successfully applied to determine the uric acid level in some human serum and urine samples, and the results agreed well with those obtained by a commercial colorimetric assay kit.
KW - Eggshell membrane
KW - Uric acid biosensor
KW - Uricase
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bios.2006.08.038
DO - 10.1016/j.bios.2006.08.038
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 17023154
AN - SCOPUS:33846610671
SN - 0956-5663
VL - 22
SP - 1791
EP - 1797
JO - Biosensors and Bioelectronics
JF - Biosensors and Bioelectronics
IS - 8
ER -