A novel electrochemical biosensor for the detection of uric acid and adenine

作者:Zhao, Yifang; Ye, Tianle; Liu, Hui; Kou, Yuan; Li, Meixian; Shao, Yuanhua; Zhu, Zhiwei*; Zhuang, Qiankun
来源:Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, 2006, 11: 2976-2982.
DOI:10.2741/2026

摘要

A novel electrochemical biosensor for the detection of uric acid and adenine was prepared based on a gel containing multi-walled carbon nanotubes and room-temperature ionic liquid of 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate. The electrochemistry of uric acid and adenine was studied in this gel modified electrode. There was a significant two-way electrocatalytic activity upon both oxidation and reduction of uric acid. Similar to a bare glassy carbon electrode, uric acid undergoes a 2e, 2H(+) oxidation in phosphate buffer in the modified electrode. A diimine, the oxidation product of uric acid, was found to be an unstable intermediate, which was converted by a follow-up hydration reaction to an imine alcohol, with the reaction rate constant of 8.5 +/- 0.3 M-1 . s(-1) according to Nicholson's theory. Under optimum conditions, linear calibration graphs were obtained over the concentration range of 1.0 x 10(-7) M similar to 1.0 x 10(-5) M (uric acid) and 1.0 x 10(-5) M similar to 6.0 x 10(-4) M (adenine). Based on the signal-to-noise ratio of 3, the detection limits of the current technique was found to be as low as 9.0 x 10(-8) M (uric acid) and 2.0 x 10(-6) M ( adenine), respectively. This novel biosensor was successfully applied for the assay of uric acid in human urine. Because of its good stability and long-term durability, such a gel modified electrode can provide a simple and easy approach for sensitive detection of uric acid and adenine.