A superoxide anion biosensor based on direct electron transfer of superoxide dismutase on sodium alginate sol-gel film and its application to monitoring of living cells

Xiuhua Wang, Min Han, Jianchun Bao, Wenwen Tu, Zhihui Dai

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Abstract

The direct electron transfer of superoxide dismutase (SOD) was greatly facilitated by sodium alginate (SA) sol-gel film with the formal potential of 0.14V, which was just located between O 2 -/O 2 and O 2 -/H 2O 2. The preparation of the SOD/SA modified electrode was simple without any mediators or promoters. Based on bimolecular recognition for specific reactivity of SOD/SA toward O 2 -, the SOD modified electrode was utilized to measure O 2 - with good analytical performance, such as low applied potential (0V), high selectivity (no obvious interference), wide linear range (0.44-229.88μM) and low detection limit (0.23μM) in pH 7.0 phosphate buffer solution. Furthermore, it could be successfully exploited for the determination of O 2 - released from living cells directly adhered on the modified electrode surface. Thus, the proposed O 2 - biosensor, combining with the properties of SA sol-gel film, provided a novel approach for protein immobilization, direct electron transfer study of the immobilized protein and real-time determination of O 2 - released from living cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)61-66
Number of pages6
JournalAnalytica Chimica Acta
Volume717
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Mar 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Direct electron transfer
  • Living cells
  • Sodium alginate sol-gel film
  • Superoxide dismutase
  • Superoxide sensor

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