López Luis, Lozano Kelly, Cruz John, Flores Krystal, Fernández-Vega Lauren, Cunci Lisandro
Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras, 17 Ave Universidad Ste 1701, San Juan, PR 00931, United States.
Department of Chemistry, Universidad Ana G. Méndez, Carr. 189, Km 3.3, Gurabo, PR 00778, United States.
Neuropeptides. 2024 Apr;104:102413. doi: 10.1016/j.npep.2024.102413. Epub 2024 Feb 5.
The measurement of neuropeptides using small electrodes for high spatial resolution would provide us with localized information on the release of neuromolecules. The release of Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is related to different neurological diseases such as stress, obesity, and PTSD, among others. In this conference paper, we electrodeposited polypyrrole on carbon fiber microelectrodes in the presence of NPY to develop a molecularly imprinted polypyrrole sensitive to NPY. Optimization of the electrodeposition process resulted in the full coverage of the polymer with nucleation sites on the carbon fiber ridges, achieving completion by the seventh cycle. Electrodeposition was performed for five cycles, and using cyclic voltammetry (CV), we studied the change in the oxidation current peak for polypyrrole due to the presence of NPY. We also observed a change in capacitance due to the presence of NPY, which was studied by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). A linear correlation was found between the oxidation peak and the concentration of NPY between 50 ng/mL and 1000 ng/mL. In addition, a linear correlation was also found between microelectrode capacitance and the concentration of NPY between 50 ng/mL and 1000 ng/mL at 100 kHz.
使用小电极进行高空间分辨率的神经肽测量,将为我们提供神经分子释放的局部信息。神经肽Y(NPY)的释放与不同的神经系统疾病有关,如压力、肥胖和创伤后应激障碍等。在这篇会议论文中,我们在NPY存在的情况下,将聚吡咯电沉积在碳纤维微电极上,以开发对NPY敏感的分子印迹聚吡咯。电沉积过程的优化使得聚合物在碳纤维脊上的成核位点完全覆盖,在第七个循环时完成。进行了五个循环的电沉积,并使用循环伏安法(CV),我们研究了由于NPY的存在,聚吡咯氧化电流峰的变化。我们还观察到由于NPY的存在,电容发生了变化,这通过电化学阻抗谱(EIS)进行了研究。在50 ng/mL至1000 ng/mL之间,氧化峰与NPY浓度之间发现了线性相关性。此外,在100 kHz下,微电极电容与50 ng/mL至1000 ng/mL之间的NPY浓度也发现了线性相关性。