Poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel microparticles containing enzyme-fluorophore conjugates for the detection of organophosphorus compounds

Autor: Won Gun Koh, Youngsik Lee, Bumsang Kim, Dongkil Choi
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 137:209-214
ISSN: 0925-4005
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2008.10.050
Popis: For the first step in the development of a microanalysis device to detect organophosphorus compounds, PEG hydrogel microparticles containing conjugates of enzyme (AChE) and pH-sensitive fluorophore (SNAFL-1) as an optical biosensor were fabricated by a dispersion photopolymerization. Using the dual emission property of pH-sensitive SNAFL-1, changes in the microenvironment pH due to enzyme-catalyzed reactions with the analyte of interest were determined fluorescently and used to detect the analyte. The activity and sensitivity of the enzyme and pH-sensitive fluorophore were maintained when they were conjugated and encapsulated within the PEG hydrogel microparticles. The fluorescent response of the PEG microparticles containing AChE-SNAFL conjugates was affected by the concentration of a model organophosphorus compound (paraoxon) in the range of 1–20 μmol. These results indicate that the PEG microparticles containing AChE-SNAFL conjugates prepared in this study have a possibility to be used as an optical biosensor to detect organophosphorus compounds.
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