Application of screen-printed electrodes as transducers in affinity flow-through sensor systems.

An affinity flow-through sensor system based on a heterogeneous competitive affinity assay for the determination of low molecular weight compounds is described using the examples of biotin and atrazine determination. The binding proteins, either streptavidin or a biotinylated monoclonal antibody, were immobilized on a biotinylated screen-printed electrode, where the competition between the analyte and an analyte-enzyme-conjugate took place. Determination of the bound enzyme was done through the supply of suitable enzyme substrates and electrochemical determination of an enzyme reaction product. In the assays described here, peroxidase was used as enzyme label. As hydrogen peroxide and hydroquinone were used as enzyme substrates, the amount of enzyme retained at the screen-printed graphite electrode was determined amperometrically at a reducing potential of -600 mV vs a screen-printed platinum electrode. The activation of the electrode by biotinylation was done in a batch procedure outside the system, before the electrode was inserted. All following steps of the assay were performed automatically in an unsegmented flow-through system through an appropriate delivery of required reagents. The system was optimized mainly through the determination of biotin. This assay was based on the competition between biotin and biotinylated peroxidase for the binding sites of streptavidin. The method showed a linear range from 0.045 to 2 micrograms/l (r2 = 0.9997, n = 7) with RSD lower than 3.8%. The system was modified further by using a biotinylated monoclonal antibody against atrazine for analyte recognition and performing a competitive assay between atrazine and a triazine-peroxidase-conjugate. The linear range was from 0.01 to 10 micrograms/l, with IC50 = 0.4 microgram/l and RSD lower than 4.6%. The method was also applied to atrazine spiked water samples. Regeneration of the sensor surface was based on removal of streptavidin in both assays.

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