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Electrochemical Trimethylamine N-Oxide Biosensor with Enzyme-Based Oxygen-Scavenging Membrane for Long-Term Operation under Ambient Air

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BIOSENSORS-BASEL
卷 11, 期 4, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/bios11040098

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trimethylamine N-oxide; biosensor; TMAO-reductase; oxygen scavenger; immobilized enzyme; multienzyme electrode; viologen

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  1. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy [EXC 2008-390540038-UniSysCat]

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An amperometric biosensor for trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) was developed, with TorA and glucose oxidase immobilized on the electrode surface to enable enzymatic TMAO reduction at low potential under ambient air conditions. The biosensor exhibited high sensitivity, fast response time, and operational stability. Measurements in human serum showed a detection limit of 10 μM TMAO.
An amperometric trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) biosensor is reported, where TMAO reductase (TorA) and glucose oxidase (GOD) and catalase (Cat) were immobilized on the electrode surface, enabling measurements of mediated enzymatic TMAO reduction at low potential under ambient air conditions. The oxygen anti-interference membrane composed of GOD, Cat and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogel, together with glucose concentration, was optimized until the O-2 reduction current of a Clark-type electrode was completely suppressed for at least 3 h. For the preparation of the TMAO biosensor, Escherichia coli TorA was purified under anaerobic conditions and immobilized on the surface of a carbon electrode and covered by the optimized O-2 scavenging membrane. The TMAO sensor operates at a potential of -0.8 V vs. Ag/AgCl (1 M KCl), where the reduction of methylviologen (MV) is recorded. The sensor signal depends linearly on TMAO concentrations between 2 mu M and 15 mM, with a sensitivity of 2.75 +/- 1.7 mu A/mM. The developed biosensor is characterized by a response time of about 33 s and an operational stability over 3 weeks. Furthermore, measurements of TMAO concentration were performed in 10% human serum, where the lowest detectable concentration is of 10 mu M TMAO.

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