Stable protein device platform based on pyridine dicarboxylic acid-bound cubic-nanostructured mesoporous titania films

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2013 Aug 14;5(15):6873-8. doi: 10.1021/am401850n. Epub 2013 Jul 31.

Abstract

Here we shortly report a protein device platform that is extremely stable in a buffer condition similar to human bodies. The protein device platform was fabricated by covalently attaching cytochrome c (cyt c) protein molecules to organic coupler molecules (pyridine dicarboxylic acid, PDA) that were already covalently bound to an electron-transporting substrate. A cubic nanostructured mesoporous titania film was chosen as an electron-transporting substrate because of its large-sized cubic holes (∼7 nm) and highly crystalline cubic titania walls (∼0.4 nm lattice). Binding of PDA molecules to the mesoporous titania surface was achieved by esterification reaction between carboxylic acid groups (PDA) and hydroxyl groups (titania) in the presence of 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC) mediator, whereas the immobilization of cyt c to the PDA coupler was carried out by the EDC-mediated amidation reaction between carboxylic acid groups (PDA) and amine groups (cyt c). Results showed that the 2,4-position isomer among several PDAs exhibited the highest oxidation and reduction peak currents. The cyt c-immobilized PDA-bound titania substrates showed stable and durable electrochemical performances upon continuous current-voltage cycling for 240 times (the final current change was less than 3%) and could detect superoxide that is a core indicator for various diseases including cancers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomedical Engineering*
  • Crystallization
  • Cytochromes c / chemistry*
  • Dicarboxylic Acids / chemistry
  • Electrochemistry / methods
  • Electrons
  • Equipment and Supplies*
  • Humans
  • Nanostructures / chemistry
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Porosity
  • Proteins / chemistry
  • Pyridines / chemistry
  • Superoxides / chemistry
  • Surface Properties
  • Time Factors
  • Titanium / chemistry

Substances

  • Dicarboxylic Acids
  • Proteins
  • Pyridines
  • Superoxides
  • titanium dioxide
  • Cytochromes c
  • Titanium
  • pyridine