Aslan Kadir, Lakowicz Joseph R, Geddes Chris D
Institute of Fluorescence, Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Anal Chim Acta. 2004 Jul 26;517(1-2):139-144. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2004.04.060. Epub 2004 Jun 15.
We describe a new approach for glucose determination with tunable glucose dynamic sensing ranges, dependent on the properties of new nanosensors, which are comprised of Con A-aggregated dextran-coated gold colloids. Dextran-coated 10 or 20 nm gold colloids can be aggregated with Con A in a controlled fashion, the change in absorbance at an arbitrary wavelength used to monitor the extent of aggregation, which can be optimized for sensing. The presence of any glucose competitively binds with Con A, dissociating the dextran-coated colloids, affording for the reverse gold plasmon change and hence the determination of glucose concentrations. For one of our sensor systems, a 500K dextran-20 nm gold sensor, crosslinked with 8.70 µM Con A, a change in absorbance at 650 nm of 0.03 was observed, in response to as little as 3 mM glucose. In contrast, a 500K dextran-10 nm gold 18.7 µM Con A aggregate sensor, produced a 0.05 and 0.1 change in absorbance, respectively, by the addition of 50 and 100 mM glucose. We have found that the glucose sensing ranges can be somewhat tuned by altering the properties, and therefore the extent of aggregation of the gold aggregate sensors. Reducing the gold colloid size and dextran molecular weight typically reduces the glucose sensing range (lower [glucose]) but also reduces the long-term stability of the gold aggregate sensor. Similarly the concentration of Con A used to aggregate the system also has an effect on long term sensor stability and glucose response. In this paper, we present our findings, which offer unique opportunities and perspectives for building tunable plasmonic type glucose sensors.
我们描述了一种用于葡萄糖测定的新方法,该方法具有可调的葡萄糖动态传感范围,这取决于新型纳米传感器的特性,这些纳米传感器由伴刀豆球蛋白A(Con A)聚集的葡聚糖包被金胶体组成。葡聚糖包被的10或20纳米金胶体可以以可控方式与Con A聚集,在任意波长下吸光度的变化用于监测聚集程度,该聚集程度可针对传感进行优化。任何葡萄糖的存在都会与Con A竞争性结合,使葡聚糖包被的胶体解离,导致金等离子体发生反向变化,从而实现葡萄糖浓度的测定。对于我们的一种传感器系统,即与8.70 μM Con A交联的500K葡聚糖 - 20纳米金传感器,在加入低至3 mM葡萄糖时,观察到650纳米处的吸光度变化为0.03。相比之下,与1