Effect of Protection Polymer Coatings on the Performance of an Amperometric Galactose Biosensor in Human Plasma
2024
Carina Figueiredo | Carolin Psotta | Kavita Jayakumar | Anna Lielpetere | Tanushree Mandal | Wolfgang Schuhmann | Dónal Leech | Magnus Falk | Marcos Pita | Sergey Shleev | Antonio L. De Lacey
Galactose monitoring in individuals allows the prevention of harsh health conditions related to hereditary metabolic diseases like galactosemia. Current methods of galactose detection need development to obtain cheaper, more reliable, and more specific sensors. Enzyme-containing amperometric sensors based on galactose oxidase activity are a promising approach, which can be enhanced by means of their inclusion in a redox polymer coating. This strategy simultaneously allows the immobilization of the biocatalyst to the electroactive surface and hosts the electron shuttling units. An additional deposition of capping polymers prevents external interferences like ascorbic or uric acid as well as biofouling when measuring in physiological fuels. This work studies the protection effect of poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine-<i>co</i>-glycidyl methacrylate (MPC) and polyvinylimidazole-polysulfostyrene (P(VI-SS)) when incorporated in the biosensor design for the detection of galactose in human plasma.
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