Highly selective needle-type glucose sensors prepared by the immobilization of glucose oxidase on γ-polyglutamic acid film

Anal Sci. 2011;27(3):337-40. doi: 10.2116/analsci.27.337.

Abstract

Fine needle-type glucose sensors with an outer diameter of less that 0.2 mm were fabricated using a low-cost biodegradable γ-polyglutamic acid (PGA) not only as a glucose oxidase (GOx) immobilizing material, but also as a permselective inner membrane. PGA film was prepared on a cellulose acetate-coated Pt-Ir wire electrode, and GOx was covalently immobilized on its surface using water-soluble carbodiimide. The obtained electrode was practically not affected by the existence of electroactive compounds, and provided long-term stability for approximately one month. It also functioned in horse serum with a good linear relationship between the current and glucose concentrations within the range of 2.8 to 22.4 mM.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biocompatible Materials / chemistry
  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Blood Glucose / analysis*
  • Cellulose / analogs & derivatives
  • Cellulose / chemistry
  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes / chemistry
  • Electrodes*
  • Enzymes, Immobilized / chemistry*
  • Glucose / analysis*
  • Glucose Oxidase / chemistry*
  • Horses
  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Needles
  • Polyglutamic Acid / chemistry*
  • Polyurethanes / chemistry

Substances

  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Blood Glucose
  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes
  • Enzymes, Immobilized
  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Polyurethanes
  • Polyglutamic Acid
  • acetylcellulose
  • baysilon
  • Cellulose
  • Glucose Oxidase
  • Glucose