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Construction of effective disposable biosensors for point of care testing of nitrite

dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, Tiago
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Patrícia R.
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Ana Luisa
dc.contributor.authorMoura, José J.G.
dc.contributor.authorJubete, Elena
dc.contributor.authorAñorga, Larraitz
dc.contributor.authorPiknova, Barbora Piknova
dc.contributor.authorSchechter, Alan N.
dc.contributor.authorSilveira, Célia M.
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, M. Gabriela
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-21T14:13:55Z
dc.date.available2016-09-21T14:13:55Z
dc.date.issued2015-09
dc.description© 2015. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.description.abstract"In this paper we aim to demonstrate, as a proof-of-concept, the feasibility of the mass production of effective point of care tests for nitrite quantification in environmental, food and clinical samples. Following our previous work on the development of third generation electrochemical biosensors based on the ammonia forming nitrite reductase (ccNiR), herein we reduced the size of the electrodes’ system to a miniaturized format, solved the problem of oxygen interference and performed simple quantification assays in real samples. In particular, carbon paste screen printed electrodes (SPE) were coated with a ccNiR/carbon ink composite homogenized in organic solvents and cured at low temperatures. The biocompatibility of these chemical and thermal treatments was evaluated by cyclic voltammetry showing that the catalytic performance was higher with the combination acetone and a 40 °C curing temperature. The successful incorporation of the protein in the carbon ink/solvent composite, while remaining catalytically competent, attests for ccNiR’s robustness and suitability for application in screen printed based biosensors. Because the direct electrochemical reduction of molecular oxygen occurs when electroanalytical measurements are performed at the negative potentials required to activate ccNiR (ca. -0.4 V vs Ag/AgCl), an oxygen scavenging system based on the coupling of glucose oxidase and catalase activities was successfully used. This enabled the quantification of nitrite in different samples (milk, water, plasma and urine) in a straightforward way and with small error (1 – 6%). The sensitivity of the biosensor towards nitrite reduction under optimized conditions was 0.55 A M-1 cm-2 with a linear response range 0.7 – 370 μM."pt_PT
dc.identifier.citationTiago Monteiro, Patrícia R. Rodrigues, Ana Luisa Gonçalves, José J.G. Moura, Elena Jubete, Larraitz Añorga, Barbora Piknova, Alan N. Schechter, Célia M. Silveira and M. Gabriela Almeida, Construction of effective disposable biosensors for point of care testing of nitrite, Talanta Volume 142, 1 September 2015, Pages 246–251 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2015.04.057pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.talanta.2015.04.057pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn0039-9140
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/14811
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2015.04.057pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectPoint of care testingpt_PT
dc.subjectNitritept_PT
dc.subjectCytochrome c nitrite reductasept_PT
dc.subjectBiosensorspt_PT
dc.subjectScreen printed electrodespt_PT
dc.subjectCarbon conductive inkpt_PT
dc.titleConstruction of effective disposable biosensors for point of care testing of nitritept_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage251pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage246pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleTalantapt_PT
oaire.citation.volume142pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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