CA1219040A - Measurement of enzyme-catalysed reactions - Google Patents
Measurement of enzyme-catalysed reactionsInfo
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
This invention relates to equipment and methods for detecting the presence of, measuring the amount of, and/or monitoring the level of, one or more selected components in a liquid mixture, employing an electrode sensing system. We have discovered that a class of mediating compounds has extremely useful properties for mediating the transfer of charge between enzyme-catalysed reactions and electrode surfaces in electrode sensing systems. Specifically, the specification discloses as electrode sensor mediators, organometallic compounds composed of at least two organic rings, each of which has at least two double bonds in a conjugated relationship; a metal atom is in electron-sharing contact with those rings. An enzyme capable of catalyzing a reaction at a rate representative of the selected compound concentration is in contact with an assay mixture, and the mediator compound transfers charge between the enzyme and the conductive surface of the electrode at a rate representative of the enzyme catalyzed reaction rate.
This invention relates to equipment and methods for detecting the presence of, measuring the amount of, and/or monitoring the level of, one or more selected components in a liquid mixture, employing an electrode sensing system. We have discovered that a class of mediating compounds has extremely useful properties for mediating the transfer of charge between enzyme-catalysed reactions and electrode surfaces in electrode sensing systems. Specifically, the specification discloses as electrode sensor mediators, organometallic compounds composed of at least two organic rings, each of which has at least two double bonds in a conjugated relationship; a metal atom is in electron-sharing contact with those rings. An enzyme capable of catalyzing a reaction at a rate representative of the selected compound concentration is in contact with an assay mixture, and the mediator compound transfers charge between the enzyme and the conductive surface of the electrode at a rate representative of the enzyme catalyzed reaction rate.
Description
M~C FOLIO:230P460712 WANGDOC: 0157s Title: MEASUREMENT OF ENZYME-CATALYSED REACTIONS
This invention relates to equipment and methods for detecting the presence of, measuring the amount of, and/or monitoring the level of, one or more selected components in a liquid mixture.
While use may be made of this invention in chemical industry, especially where complex mixtures are encountered te.g. in food chemistry or biochemical engineering) it is of particular value in biological investigation and control techniques. More 10 particularly, it lends itself to animal or human medicine, and in particular to in vivo measuring or monitoring of components in body fluids.
For convenience, the invention will be described, inter alia, with reference to one particular in vivo 15 measurement, the determination of glucose in a diabetic human subject by the use of equipment which, while usable on a specific or occasional basis also lends itself to temporary or permanent implantation. While the provision of sensors for components in biological fluids is one object of the invention, other and broader objects are not hereby excluded. `
In vivo glucose sensors have already been proposed. One proposal is based on direct oxidation of glucose at a catalytic platinum electrode (see Hormone and Metabolic Research, Supple-ment Series No. 8, pp 10-12 ~1979)) but suffers from the drawback of being non-specific and of being easily poisoned by interfering substances. Another proposal, for a procedure more specific to glucose, involves the use of glucose oxidase on an oxygen elec-trode (Adv. Exp.Med.siol, 50 pp 189-197 (1974)) but is not very responsive to the high glucose concentrations. Other systems using glucose oxidase have been proposed but not fully investi-gated for in vivo methods, (see e.g. J. Solid-Phase Biochem. 4 pp 253-262 (1979)).
Our European Patent Application 82305597, published under No. 0078636 on May 11, 1983, describes and claims a sensor electrode composed of electrically conductive material and com-prising at least at an external surface thereof the combination of an enzyme and a mediator compound which transfers electrons to the electrode when the enzyme is catalytically active.
The purpose of such an electrode is to detect the pre-sence of, measure the amount of and/or monitor the level of one or more selected components capable of undertaking a reaction catalysed by the said enzyme.
Examples of electrode configurations, mediators and uses ~ -- 2 , ~
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are ~iven in that patent application.
The present invention is based on the realisation that one particular class of mediator compound exemplified in the European Patent Application has a general utillity as a mediator for a wide range of enzymes.
The inventors have carried out ln vitro studies of enzyme-catalysed reactions using a mediator in solution to transfer the electrons arising from the enzyme, during its action, directly to the electrode, as 10 described in Biotechnology Letters 3 pp 187-192 (1981).
There have been numerous other attempts to find satisfactory mediators for enzyme-catalyzed electrode systems. Just a few examples of such attempts are:
Mindt et. al. U.S. Patent 3,838,033 Nakamuna et al.
15 U.S. Patent 4,224,125; Hawkridge et al. 4,144,143; and Susuki et al. 4,388,166.
A fall in the level of oxygen tension resulting from poor tissue perfusion is a particular problem for detecting glucose in blood taken from subcutaneous 20 tissue of diabetics.
It is specifically desirable to find an alternative amperometric detection method, based on glucose oxidase, ~Z~040 which is not dependent on oxygen as the mediator of electron transfer. Previously described, electron acceptors for glucose oxidase, include hexacyanoferrate (III) (2), and a range of organic dyes (~); the former is not readily entrapped at an electrode: the latter, though widely used in spectrophotometric measurements, have a number of disadvantages for electrochemical use including ready autoxidation, instability in the reduced forms and pH-dependent redox potentials.
10 More generally, it is desirable to find a mediator which meets the particularly stringent demands of quantitative electrochemical assaying.
We have discovered that a class of mediating compounds has extremely useful properties for mediating 15 enzyme-catalysed reactions in electrode sensing systems. Specifically, the invention features, as electrode sensor mediators, organometallic compounds composed of at least two organic rings, each of which has at least two double bonds in a conjugated 20 relationship, a metal atom is in electron-sharing con~act with those rings. The mediatoxs are broadly useful in electrode sensor systems having two conductors insulated from each other, each of which is ir. contact, via a conductive surface, with a mixture of compounds 25 that includes the selected compound to be sensed. An ~19(:!~40 enzyme capable of catalyzing a reaction at a rate representa-tive of the selected compound concentration is in contact with the mixture, and the mediator compound transfers electrons between the enzyme and the conductive surface of one of the conductors at a rate representative of the enzyme catalyzed reaction rate.
In the present invention, the mediators are pre-dominately ferrocene-type compounds. However, ruthocene type compounds are also envisaged as mediators, particularly those which are insoluble, and the enzymes are non-oxygen-specific flavo-protein enzymes or quinoproteins. Glucose oxidase and glucose dehydrogenase are particularly preferred enzymes.
Glucose oxidase (B-D-glucose:oxygen oxidoreductase, of enzyme classification EC 1.1.3.4) is a well known type of enzyme. Bacterial glucose dehydrogenase is of more recent discovery, and is believed to be a quinoprotein with a poly-cyclicquinone prosthetic group (PQQ). Reference is made to Duine et al TIBS, (Oct. 1981) 278-280 and Arch. Microbiol (1982) 131.27-31.
Use of such a bacterial glucose dehydrogenase in the present invention has certain advantages over the use of a glucose oxidase. The major advantage is that it can give an oxygen-insensitive glucose sensor, since the enzyme do~s not use oxygen as an electron acceptor. A
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suitable enzyme can be purified (as described in more detail below) either by conventional chromatographic techniques or by two-phase aqueous partition from a range of micro-organisms. A preferred micro-organism is Acinetobacter calcoaceticus but various Gluconobacter species (e.g. Gluconobacter oxidans) or Pseudomonas species (e.g. Pseudomonas fluorescens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa) can also be used.
As noted above, a particularly preferred form of mediator compound is a ferrocene or ferrocene derivative.
Ferrocene, has, as its fundamental structure, an iron atom held "sandwiched" by dative bonds between two pentadienyl rings. It is an electroactive organometallic compound, acting as a pH-independent reversible one-electron donor. Various derivatives are available ~e.g. with various substituents on the ring structure, possibly in polymer form) differing in redox potential, aqueous solubility and bonding constant to glucose oxidase or bacterial glucose dehydrogenase enzyme.
For instance, the redox potential of the parent compound is +422 mV vs NHE. By introducing functional groups on to the ring system, E'o can be varied between +300 and +650 mV. Moreover, the water-solubility of the carboxyl-substituted ferrocenes is greater than that of the parent compound. Further description will be found in Kuwana T., 1977, ACS Symposium Series, 38, 154.
Among specific mediator compounds of this type are ferrocene itself, l,l'-ferrocene dicarboxylic acid, dimethyl ferrocene, and polyvinyl ferrocene, e.g. of average molecular weight of about 16000.
The demands placed on the mediator are particularly stringent. Preferably the mediator readily shuttles electrons between the enzyme and the conductive electrode surface at a rate that is high enough to render potentially conflicting reactions insignificant.
The response rate should therefore be rapid. Moreover, the response should cover as large a region as possible, to enhance the precision of the concentration reading.
The mediator should be concentrated at the electrode surface in sufficient concentration to accomplish electron transfer. Where the mediator is covalently bound to the electrode and/or the enzyme, the bonding must not interfere with the mediating function. The mediator therefore should be relatively insoluble in most applications. It should be stable and non-responsive to interfering substances such as oxygen or pH. Most importantly, however, the rate of electron transfer must be dependent on the rate of the ~2~9040 enzyme-catalyzed reaction. That is, the mediator must effect electron transfer during the period of catalytic activity at a rate representative of that activity.
Satisfactory performance in the above-listed areas is obtained with ferrocene-type compounds in an extraordinarily broad range of sensor systems. For example, ferrocene can mediate electron transfer for a broad range of enzymes.
l,l-dimethylferrocene is a particularly preferred mediator. The selected component to be sensed is preferably the substrate for the enzyme-catalyzed reaction. Also, preferably, the enzyme and/or the mediator are confined at the conductive surface of one of the conductors. Finally, in preferred systems, the mediator transfers electrons from the enzyme to the electrode surface. The properties of a range of ferrocene derivatives, together with those of the parent compound are given in the table below;
TABLE 1.
20 Ferrocene derivative Eo Solubility E
l,l'-dimethyl- 100I,D
acetic acid 124 S 370 hydroxyethyl~ 161 S
9~40 ferrocPne 165 I,D 335 l,l'bis(hydroxymethyl)- 2~4 S 385 monocarboxylic acid 275 S 420 l,l'-dicarboxylic acid :~85 S
5 chloro- 345 I,D
methyl trimethylamino- 400 S
S indicates water solubility; I,D means respec~vely Insoluble and detergent solubilised in 3% Tween-20. E is in mV vs a standard calomel elecrode, and E is measured in 1 o Cm-lM-l The E values of various ferrocenes in phosphate buffer at pH 7.0 given in the above table, span a range of potentials, E = 100 to 400mV vs SCE. The trend in E values is in aqreement with that expected on the basis of substituent effects. In general electron-donating groups stabilize the positive charge and hence promote oxidation more so than electron withdrawing groups.
In one particularly preferred embodiment, the electrode Z0 is designed to determine glucose in vivo. The enzyme is therefore preferably a glucose oxidase, or possibly a glucose dehydrogenase, for example a bacterial glucose dehydrogenase.
~12~9~40 The electrically conductive material of the electrode itself can be a metal, particularly silver, or carbon either as a pre-formed rod or as an electrode shape made up from a paste of carbon particles or a carbon f ~ e. Surfæe condition of the electrode is usually important. If metal, the surface can be roughened where it contacts the active materials (enzyme and/or mediator). If solid carbon, the surface can be "oxidised" i.e. previously heat-treated in an oven with oxygen access.
Of the two types of enzyme listed for the exemplary assay of glucose, the dehydrogenase is preferred, and of the mediators the ferrocene-type compounds are preferred.
Certain combinations of the above materials, and certain configurations of electrode, are preferable in practice.
optionally, enzyme immobilisation materials, or /~'7~C /~i7 ~
polymeric electrode admixtures e.g. TEFLON' or ..
long-chain alkyl derivatives of mediators of increased molecular weight and thus decreased mobility, can be incorporated.
In a particularly valuable form of the invention, however, the electrode comprises a carbon core, a layer of ferrocene or a ferrocene derivative at a surface thereof and a layer of glucose oxidase or glucose ~Z1~40 dehydrogenase at ~he surface of the ferrocene layer.
The enzyme layer is preferably immobilised at the surface of the underlying mediator, retained in a self-sustaining gel layer thereupon and/or has a retention layer thereover permeable to the glucose mDlecules.
The carbon core can itself be solid or a stiff paste of par~cles or a carbon fibre. Normally, it will present a ~ oth surface for the ferrocene or ferrocene derivative which may be adhered thereto in a number of ways, for example, (a) For a monomeric ferrocene or ferrocene derivative, by deposition from a solution in a readily evaporatable liquid e.g. an organic solvent such as toluene.
(b) For a ferrocene polymeric derivative, deposition from a readily evaporable organic solvent for the polymer such as chloroform. J. Polymer Sci. 1976, 14 2433 describes preparation of a polyvinyl ferrocene of average molecular weight about 16000 which can be deposited in this way.
(c~ For a polymerisable ferrocene-type monomer, by electrochemically induced polymerisation in situ, e.g. by dissolving vinyl ferrocene in an organic ~Z~Q4~
electrolyte containing tertiary butyl ammonium perchlorate in concentration about lM and depositing at a potential of - 700 mV vinyl ferrocene radicals as a polymer in situ.
(d) By coJalent modification of the carbon electrode e.g. by carbo-diimide cross-linking of the ferrocene or ferrocene derivative on to the carbon.
The enzyme to be coated on to the ferrocene or ferrocene derivative can be the glucose oxidase or the bacterial glucose dehydrogenase. The glucose oxidase can be immobilised to the underlying surface e.g. by the carbo-diimide material DCC (l-cyclohexyl-3~2-morpholino ethyl) carbo-diimide metho-~-toluene sulphonate) which gives a thin strongly bound layer, a good linear response to low glucose concentrations, and oxygen insensitivity (because of the competition from the ferrocene with oxygen for electrons transferred to the enzyme redox centre from the substrate). Using DCC
immobilisation of glucose oxidase on ferrocene also extends the top end of the linear range of the sensor from about 2mM to 40mM.
Other methods of immobilisation, or other forms of protection e.g. incorporated into a self-supporting gelatine layer, are also possible.
, l~9Q40 The bacterial glucose dehydrogenase can also be immobilised at the m~diator surface, but may be merely deposited from an evaporatable solution, or held in a gelatin layer.
Optionally, but preferably when being used on live blood, a protective membrane surrounds both the enzyme and the mediator layers, permeable to water and glucose molecules. This can be a film of dialysis membrane, resiliently held e.g. by an elastic o-ring. It can 1o however also with advantage be a laye~ of cellulose acetate, e.g. as fon~ by dipping the electrode inbo a cellulose acetate solu~on in acetone or p~lyurethane. Membranes may be applied by dip, spray or spin coating tK~iqUes.
It will be apparent that while the invention has primary relevance to a sensor electrode, especially such an electrode specific for glucose, it also relates to the combination of such an electrode and temporary or permanent implantation means, e.g. a needle-like probe.
Also, such an electrode, connected or connectable, with signal or control equipment, more especially with an insulin administration means, constitutes an aspect of the invention. Moreover, a method of monitoring a diabetic subject involving the use of a temporarily or permanently implanted electrode as described above is also within the scope of the invention.
` ~Z~gO40 The electrodes according to th~ invention permit the manufacture of an improved macro-sensOr for use in hospital analytical glucose-sensing instruments of the existing type. The advantages compared to known instruments would be that the increased linear range together with very low oxygen sensitivity would allow omission of the dilution step involved in blood analysis in current instruments. Moreover, as described in more detail bwlow, the response times of such electrodes are short (24 - 36 seconds for 95~ of steady state depending on complexity of solution).
The electrodes of the invention, on the macro-scale could be incorporated into simple, cheap electronic digital read-out instruments for doctors surgeries or diabetic home-testing kits.
Use of a small version of the macro-sensor would be possible in a device which automatically takes a blood sample from the finger, brings it into contact with the sensor, amplifies the signal and gives a digital readout. Use of a micro-version of the sensor in a watch type device for monitoring glucose interstitial fluid in the skin could also be envisaged. It would be worn on the wrist and would have a disposable sensor cartridge in the back with one more more separate, fine, needle-type sensors. Each would feed into the electronics which if several sensors were used would cross-refer the current inputs to ensure reliability.
Connection of such devices to external insulin delivery systems could act as a feedback control loop for an insulin pump. Indeed, such a device ~ould be housed in the cannula used to feed insulin into the body from a pump and again serve as a sensor for the feedback loop.
Other uses such as a hypoglycaemia alarm, or digital read-out monitor, are also possible.
The enzymes that can be used with ferrocene-mediated systems include: flavo-proteins that are capable of using a variety of electron acceptors, including oxygen;
and NADPH-or NADH-linked enzymes such as lipoamide dehydrogenase and glutathione reductase; dehydrogenase enzymes, termed quinoproteins, that contain the above-mentioned polycyclicquinone prosethtic group (PQQ).
A listing of flavoproteins that generate H202 appears in Clark et al. Biotechnol. Bioeng. Symp. 3:377 (1972). Particularly preferred flavoproteins are:
lactate oxidase, pyrurvate oxidase , methanol oxidase, xanthine oxidase, sarcosine oxidase, lipoamide dehydrogenase, glutathione reductase, carbonmonoxide lZ19~40 oxido-reductase, glucose oxidase, glycollate oxidase, L-amino oxidase, galactose oxidase.
Suitable quinoproteins include glucose dehydrogenase, alcohol dehydrogenase, methanol dehydrogenase. A list of PQQ quinoproteins appears in Quine et al. J. TIBS
6:278(1981).
Finally, heme-containing enzymes can be used in ferrocene-mediated electrode systems. Such enzymes include: horseradish peroxidase, horse heart cytochrcme C peroxidase, and lactate dehydrogenase, yeats cytochrcme C peroxidase, lactate de-hydrogenase i.e. y ~ t cytochrome B2.
The compatibility of an enzyme such as those listed above with ferrocene can be demonstrated using D.C.
cyclic volta~mograms in which current at a working electrode is measured over voltage sweeps.
The current measured includes a Faradaic component which results from electron transfer to and from an electro-active species in the solution. If the rate of electron transfer between the electro-active species is sufficiently fast, the Faradaic current is controlled by the rate of diffusion of the electro-active species.
The enzyme-catalyzed reaction causes a perturbation in the voltammogram that depends on the reaction rate, compared with the time required for the voltage sweep.
12~9040 Thus, the suitability of a particular mediator for transfer between a particular enzyme and an electrode can be assessed as described below in examples 12-28.
The preferred enzymes are the flavo-protein enzymes which are not oxygen-specific and the quino-protein enzymes, and, in particular, enzymes catalyzing glucose reactions such as glucose oxidase and glucose dehydrogenase.
As discussed above, in the preferred sensor system the compound selected to be measured is the substrate for the enzyme, and the enzyme and mediator are confined at the electrode surface. The electrode is exposed to a mixture containing the selected compound, and the enzyme becomes catalytically active, generating a current representative of the compound's concentration.
Other configurations are possible, however, in which the rate of the enzyme catalyzed reaction is a surrogate for the concentration of another compound that is not the enzyme substrate.
The invention will be further described with reference to the following Examples 1 to 3 and to the accompanying drawings, in which:
~219Q40 Figure l is a diagrammatic longitudinal cross-section through a glucose sensor electrode;
Figure 2 is a diagrammatic longitudinal cross-section through a different form of glucose sensor electrode;
Figure 3 is a graph of the current sensed by the electrode of Figure 2, against glucose concentration;
Figure 4 is a diagrammatic longitudinal cross-section of the electrode of Figure 2 located within a hypodermic needle;
Figure 5 is a diagrammatic longitudinal cross-section through a yet further glucose sensor electrode;
Figure 6 is a graph analogous to Figure 3 for the electrode of Figure 5;
Figure 7 is a graph analogous to Figure 3 for an electrode incorporating a glucose dehydrogenase.
Figure 8 shows a circuit which may be used for D.C.
cyclic voltammetry;
Figure 9 shows a two-compartment cell for D.C. cyclic voltammetry;
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Figure l0 is a FPLC profile of co-oxidoreductase from Pseudomonas tnerm~carboxydOvorans and . . . _ ~
Figure ll is a voltammogram of carboxyferrocene.
Example l Purification of Quinoprotein Glucose Dehydrogenase (GDH) from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus 1Q (a) Growth of Organisms Strain NCTC 7844 was grown on sodium succinate (20 gl 1) in batch culture at Ph 8.5 and 20C. Cells were harvested after 20 hours A6oo=6.0) using a Sharples centrifuge, and stored frozen.
(b) Purification of Glucose Dehydrogenase The method is based on the method of J A Duine et al (Arch Microbiol, 1982 vide supra) but with modifications a~ follows.
l. l00 g. of cells were thawed, resuspended in 3 9~4() 300 ml. of 56 mM Tris/39 mM glycine and treated for 20 minutes at room temperature with 60 mg. lyxozyme.
This invention relates to equipment and methods for detecting the presence of, measuring the amount of, and/or monitoring the level of, one or more selected components in a liquid mixture.
While use may be made of this invention in chemical industry, especially where complex mixtures are encountered te.g. in food chemistry or biochemical engineering) it is of particular value in biological investigation and control techniques. More 10 particularly, it lends itself to animal or human medicine, and in particular to in vivo measuring or monitoring of components in body fluids.
For convenience, the invention will be described, inter alia, with reference to one particular in vivo 15 measurement, the determination of glucose in a diabetic human subject by the use of equipment which, while usable on a specific or occasional basis also lends itself to temporary or permanent implantation. While the provision of sensors for components in biological fluids is one object of the invention, other and broader objects are not hereby excluded. `
In vivo glucose sensors have already been proposed. One proposal is based on direct oxidation of glucose at a catalytic platinum electrode (see Hormone and Metabolic Research, Supple-ment Series No. 8, pp 10-12 ~1979)) but suffers from the drawback of being non-specific and of being easily poisoned by interfering substances. Another proposal, for a procedure more specific to glucose, involves the use of glucose oxidase on an oxygen elec-trode (Adv. Exp.Med.siol, 50 pp 189-197 (1974)) but is not very responsive to the high glucose concentrations. Other systems using glucose oxidase have been proposed but not fully investi-gated for in vivo methods, (see e.g. J. Solid-Phase Biochem. 4 pp 253-262 (1979)).
Our European Patent Application 82305597, published under No. 0078636 on May 11, 1983, describes and claims a sensor electrode composed of electrically conductive material and com-prising at least at an external surface thereof the combination of an enzyme and a mediator compound which transfers electrons to the electrode when the enzyme is catalytically active.
The purpose of such an electrode is to detect the pre-sence of, measure the amount of and/or monitor the level of one or more selected components capable of undertaking a reaction catalysed by the said enzyme.
Examples of electrode configurations, mediators and uses ~ -- 2 , ~
904~
are ~iven in that patent application.
The present invention is based on the realisation that one particular class of mediator compound exemplified in the European Patent Application has a general utillity as a mediator for a wide range of enzymes.
The inventors have carried out ln vitro studies of enzyme-catalysed reactions using a mediator in solution to transfer the electrons arising from the enzyme, during its action, directly to the electrode, as 10 described in Biotechnology Letters 3 pp 187-192 (1981).
There have been numerous other attempts to find satisfactory mediators for enzyme-catalyzed electrode systems. Just a few examples of such attempts are:
Mindt et. al. U.S. Patent 3,838,033 Nakamuna et al.
15 U.S. Patent 4,224,125; Hawkridge et al. 4,144,143; and Susuki et al. 4,388,166.
A fall in the level of oxygen tension resulting from poor tissue perfusion is a particular problem for detecting glucose in blood taken from subcutaneous 20 tissue of diabetics.
It is specifically desirable to find an alternative amperometric detection method, based on glucose oxidase, ~Z~040 which is not dependent on oxygen as the mediator of electron transfer. Previously described, electron acceptors for glucose oxidase, include hexacyanoferrate (III) (2), and a range of organic dyes (~); the former is not readily entrapped at an electrode: the latter, though widely used in spectrophotometric measurements, have a number of disadvantages for electrochemical use including ready autoxidation, instability in the reduced forms and pH-dependent redox potentials.
10 More generally, it is desirable to find a mediator which meets the particularly stringent demands of quantitative electrochemical assaying.
We have discovered that a class of mediating compounds has extremely useful properties for mediating 15 enzyme-catalysed reactions in electrode sensing systems. Specifically, the invention features, as electrode sensor mediators, organometallic compounds composed of at least two organic rings, each of which has at least two double bonds in a conjugated 20 relationship, a metal atom is in electron-sharing con~act with those rings. The mediatoxs are broadly useful in electrode sensor systems having two conductors insulated from each other, each of which is ir. contact, via a conductive surface, with a mixture of compounds 25 that includes the selected compound to be sensed. An ~19(:!~40 enzyme capable of catalyzing a reaction at a rate representa-tive of the selected compound concentration is in contact with the mixture, and the mediator compound transfers electrons between the enzyme and the conductive surface of one of the conductors at a rate representative of the enzyme catalyzed reaction rate.
In the present invention, the mediators are pre-dominately ferrocene-type compounds. However, ruthocene type compounds are also envisaged as mediators, particularly those which are insoluble, and the enzymes are non-oxygen-specific flavo-protein enzymes or quinoproteins. Glucose oxidase and glucose dehydrogenase are particularly preferred enzymes.
Glucose oxidase (B-D-glucose:oxygen oxidoreductase, of enzyme classification EC 1.1.3.4) is a well known type of enzyme. Bacterial glucose dehydrogenase is of more recent discovery, and is believed to be a quinoprotein with a poly-cyclicquinone prosthetic group (PQQ). Reference is made to Duine et al TIBS, (Oct. 1981) 278-280 and Arch. Microbiol (1982) 131.27-31.
Use of such a bacterial glucose dehydrogenase in the present invention has certain advantages over the use of a glucose oxidase. The major advantage is that it can give an oxygen-insensitive glucose sensor, since the enzyme do~s not use oxygen as an electron acceptor. A
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suitable enzyme can be purified (as described in more detail below) either by conventional chromatographic techniques or by two-phase aqueous partition from a range of micro-organisms. A preferred micro-organism is Acinetobacter calcoaceticus but various Gluconobacter species (e.g. Gluconobacter oxidans) or Pseudomonas species (e.g. Pseudomonas fluorescens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa) can also be used.
As noted above, a particularly preferred form of mediator compound is a ferrocene or ferrocene derivative.
Ferrocene, has, as its fundamental structure, an iron atom held "sandwiched" by dative bonds between two pentadienyl rings. It is an electroactive organometallic compound, acting as a pH-independent reversible one-electron donor. Various derivatives are available ~e.g. with various substituents on the ring structure, possibly in polymer form) differing in redox potential, aqueous solubility and bonding constant to glucose oxidase or bacterial glucose dehydrogenase enzyme.
For instance, the redox potential of the parent compound is +422 mV vs NHE. By introducing functional groups on to the ring system, E'o can be varied between +300 and +650 mV. Moreover, the water-solubility of the carboxyl-substituted ferrocenes is greater than that of the parent compound. Further description will be found in Kuwana T., 1977, ACS Symposium Series, 38, 154.
Among specific mediator compounds of this type are ferrocene itself, l,l'-ferrocene dicarboxylic acid, dimethyl ferrocene, and polyvinyl ferrocene, e.g. of average molecular weight of about 16000.
The demands placed on the mediator are particularly stringent. Preferably the mediator readily shuttles electrons between the enzyme and the conductive electrode surface at a rate that is high enough to render potentially conflicting reactions insignificant.
The response rate should therefore be rapid. Moreover, the response should cover as large a region as possible, to enhance the precision of the concentration reading.
The mediator should be concentrated at the electrode surface in sufficient concentration to accomplish electron transfer. Where the mediator is covalently bound to the electrode and/or the enzyme, the bonding must not interfere with the mediating function. The mediator therefore should be relatively insoluble in most applications. It should be stable and non-responsive to interfering substances such as oxygen or pH. Most importantly, however, the rate of electron transfer must be dependent on the rate of the ~2~9040 enzyme-catalyzed reaction. That is, the mediator must effect electron transfer during the period of catalytic activity at a rate representative of that activity.
Satisfactory performance in the above-listed areas is obtained with ferrocene-type compounds in an extraordinarily broad range of sensor systems. For example, ferrocene can mediate electron transfer for a broad range of enzymes.
l,l-dimethylferrocene is a particularly preferred mediator. The selected component to be sensed is preferably the substrate for the enzyme-catalyzed reaction. Also, preferably, the enzyme and/or the mediator are confined at the conductive surface of one of the conductors. Finally, in preferred systems, the mediator transfers electrons from the enzyme to the electrode surface. The properties of a range of ferrocene derivatives, together with those of the parent compound are given in the table below;
TABLE 1.
20 Ferrocene derivative Eo Solubility E
l,l'-dimethyl- 100I,D
acetic acid 124 S 370 hydroxyethyl~ 161 S
9~40 ferrocPne 165 I,D 335 l,l'bis(hydroxymethyl)- 2~4 S 385 monocarboxylic acid 275 S 420 l,l'-dicarboxylic acid :~85 S
5 chloro- 345 I,D
methyl trimethylamino- 400 S
S indicates water solubility; I,D means respec~vely Insoluble and detergent solubilised in 3% Tween-20. E is in mV vs a standard calomel elecrode, and E is measured in 1 o Cm-lM-l The E values of various ferrocenes in phosphate buffer at pH 7.0 given in the above table, span a range of potentials, E = 100 to 400mV vs SCE. The trend in E values is in aqreement with that expected on the basis of substituent effects. In general electron-donating groups stabilize the positive charge and hence promote oxidation more so than electron withdrawing groups.
In one particularly preferred embodiment, the electrode Z0 is designed to determine glucose in vivo. The enzyme is therefore preferably a glucose oxidase, or possibly a glucose dehydrogenase, for example a bacterial glucose dehydrogenase.
~12~9~40 The electrically conductive material of the electrode itself can be a metal, particularly silver, or carbon either as a pre-formed rod or as an electrode shape made up from a paste of carbon particles or a carbon f ~ e. Surfæe condition of the electrode is usually important. If metal, the surface can be roughened where it contacts the active materials (enzyme and/or mediator). If solid carbon, the surface can be "oxidised" i.e. previously heat-treated in an oven with oxygen access.
Of the two types of enzyme listed for the exemplary assay of glucose, the dehydrogenase is preferred, and of the mediators the ferrocene-type compounds are preferred.
Certain combinations of the above materials, and certain configurations of electrode, are preferable in practice.
optionally, enzyme immobilisation materials, or /~'7~C /~i7 ~
polymeric electrode admixtures e.g. TEFLON' or ..
long-chain alkyl derivatives of mediators of increased molecular weight and thus decreased mobility, can be incorporated.
In a particularly valuable form of the invention, however, the electrode comprises a carbon core, a layer of ferrocene or a ferrocene derivative at a surface thereof and a layer of glucose oxidase or glucose ~Z1~40 dehydrogenase at ~he surface of the ferrocene layer.
The enzyme layer is preferably immobilised at the surface of the underlying mediator, retained in a self-sustaining gel layer thereupon and/or has a retention layer thereover permeable to the glucose mDlecules.
The carbon core can itself be solid or a stiff paste of par~cles or a carbon fibre. Normally, it will present a ~ oth surface for the ferrocene or ferrocene derivative which may be adhered thereto in a number of ways, for example, (a) For a monomeric ferrocene or ferrocene derivative, by deposition from a solution in a readily evaporatable liquid e.g. an organic solvent such as toluene.
(b) For a ferrocene polymeric derivative, deposition from a readily evaporable organic solvent for the polymer such as chloroform. J. Polymer Sci. 1976, 14 2433 describes preparation of a polyvinyl ferrocene of average molecular weight about 16000 which can be deposited in this way.
(c~ For a polymerisable ferrocene-type monomer, by electrochemically induced polymerisation in situ, e.g. by dissolving vinyl ferrocene in an organic ~Z~Q4~
electrolyte containing tertiary butyl ammonium perchlorate in concentration about lM and depositing at a potential of - 700 mV vinyl ferrocene radicals as a polymer in situ.
(d) By coJalent modification of the carbon electrode e.g. by carbo-diimide cross-linking of the ferrocene or ferrocene derivative on to the carbon.
The enzyme to be coated on to the ferrocene or ferrocene derivative can be the glucose oxidase or the bacterial glucose dehydrogenase. The glucose oxidase can be immobilised to the underlying surface e.g. by the carbo-diimide material DCC (l-cyclohexyl-3~2-morpholino ethyl) carbo-diimide metho-~-toluene sulphonate) which gives a thin strongly bound layer, a good linear response to low glucose concentrations, and oxygen insensitivity (because of the competition from the ferrocene with oxygen for electrons transferred to the enzyme redox centre from the substrate). Using DCC
immobilisation of glucose oxidase on ferrocene also extends the top end of the linear range of the sensor from about 2mM to 40mM.
Other methods of immobilisation, or other forms of protection e.g. incorporated into a self-supporting gelatine layer, are also possible.
, l~9Q40 The bacterial glucose dehydrogenase can also be immobilised at the m~diator surface, but may be merely deposited from an evaporatable solution, or held in a gelatin layer.
Optionally, but preferably when being used on live blood, a protective membrane surrounds both the enzyme and the mediator layers, permeable to water and glucose molecules. This can be a film of dialysis membrane, resiliently held e.g. by an elastic o-ring. It can 1o however also with advantage be a laye~ of cellulose acetate, e.g. as fon~ by dipping the electrode inbo a cellulose acetate solu~on in acetone or p~lyurethane. Membranes may be applied by dip, spray or spin coating tK~iqUes.
It will be apparent that while the invention has primary relevance to a sensor electrode, especially such an electrode specific for glucose, it also relates to the combination of such an electrode and temporary or permanent implantation means, e.g. a needle-like probe.
Also, such an electrode, connected or connectable, with signal or control equipment, more especially with an insulin administration means, constitutes an aspect of the invention. Moreover, a method of monitoring a diabetic subject involving the use of a temporarily or permanently implanted electrode as described above is also within the scope of the invention.
` ~Z~gO40 The electrodes according to th~ invention permit the manufacture of an improved macro-sensOr for use in hospital analytical glucose-sensing instruments of the existing type. The advantages compared to known instruments would be that the increased linear range together with very low oxygen sensitivity would allow omission of the dilution step involved in blood analysis in current instruments. Moreover, as described in more detail bwlow, the response times of such electrodes are short (24 - 36 seconds for 95~ of steady state depending on complexity of solution).
The electrodes of the invention, on the macro-scale could be incorporated into simple, cheap electronic digital read-out instruments for doctors surgeries or diabetic home-testing kits.
Use of a small version of the macro-sensor would be possible in a device which automatically takes a blood sample from the finger, brings it into contact with the sensor, amplifies the signal and gives a digital readout. Use of a micro-version of the sensor in a watch type device for monitoring glucose interstitial fluid in the skin could also be envisaged. It would be worn on the wrist and would have a disposable sensor cartridge in the back with one more more separate, fine, needle-type sensors. Each would feed into the electronics which if several sensors were used would cross-refer the current inputs to ensure reliability.
Connection of such devices to external insulin delivery systems could act as a feedback control loop for an insulin pump. Indeed, such a device ~ould be housed in the cannula used to feed insulin into the body from a pump and again serve as a sensor for the feedback loop.
Other uses such as a hypoglycaemia alarm, or digital read-out monitor, are also possible.
The enzymes that can be used with ferrocene-mediated systems include: flavo-proteins that are capable of using a variety of electron acceptors, including oxygen;
and NADPH-or NADH-linked enzymes such as lipoamide dehydrogenase and glutathione reductase; dehydrogenase enzymes, termed quinoproteins, that contain the above-mentioned polycyclicquinone prosethtic group (PQQ).
A listing of flavoproteins that generate H202 appears in Clark et al. Biotechnol. Bioeng. Symp. 3:377 (1972). Particularly preferred flavoproteins are:
lactate oxidase, pyrurvate oxidase , methanol oxidase, xanthine oxidase, sarcosine oxidase, lipoamide dehydrogenase, glutathione reductase, carbonmonoxide lZ19~40 oxido-reductase, glucose oxidase, glycollate oxidase, L-amino oxidase, galactose oxidase.
Suitable quinoproteins include glucose dehydrogenase, alcohol dehydrogenase, methanol dehydrogenase. A list of PQQ quinoproteins appears in Quine et al. J. TIBS
6:278(1981).
Finally, heme-containing enzymes can be used in ferrocene-mediated electrode systems. Such enzymes include: horseradish peroxidase, horse heart cytochrcme C peroxidase, and lactate dehydrogenase, yeats cytochrcme C peroxidase, lactate de-hydrogenase i.e. y ~ t cytochrome B2.
The compatibility of an enzyme such as those listed above with ferrocene can be demonstrated using D.C.
cyclic volta~mograms in which current at a working electrode is measured over voltage sweeps.
The current measured includes a Faradaic component which results from electron transfer to and from an electro-active species in the solution. If the rate of electron transfer between the electro-active species is sufficiently fast, the Faradaic current is controlled by the rate of diffusion of the electro-active species.
The enzyme-catalyzed reaction causes a perturbation in the voltammogram that depends on the reaction rate, compared with the time required for the voltage sweep.
12~9040 Thus, the suitability of a particular mediator for transfer between a particular enzyme and an electrode can be assessed as described below in examples 12-28.
The preferred enzymes are the flavo-protein enzymes which are not oxygen-specific and the quino-protein enzymes, and, in particular, enzymes catalyzing glucose reactions such as glucose oxidase and glucose dehydrogenase.
As discussed above, in the preferred sensor system the compound selected to be measured is the substrate for the enzyme, and the enzyme and mediator are confined at the electrode surface. The electrode is exposed to a mixture containing the selected compound, and the enzyme becomes catalytically active, generating a current representative of the compound's concentration.
Other configurations are possible, however, in which the rate of the enzyme catalyzed reaction is a surrogate for the concentration of another compound that is not the enzyme substrate.
The invention will be further described with reference to the following Examples 1 to 3 and to the accompanying drawings, in which:
~219Q40 Figure l is a diagrammatic longitudinal cross-section through a glucose sensor electrode;
Figure 2 is a diagrammatic longitudinal cross-section through a different form of glucose sensor electrode;
Figure 3 is a graph of the current sensed by the electrode of Figure 2, against glucose concentration;
Figure 4 is a diagrammatic longitudinal cross-section of the electrode of Figure 2 located within a hypodermic needle;
Figure 5 is a diagrammatic longitudinal cross-section through a yet further glucose sensor electrode;
Figure 6 is a graph analogous to Figure 3 for the electrode of Figure 5;
Figure 7 is a graph analogous to Figure 3 for an electrode incorporating a glucose dehydrogenase.
Figure 8 shows a circuit which may be used for D.C.
cyclic voltammetry;
Figure 9 shows a two-compartment cell for D.C. cyclic voltammetry;
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Figure l0 is a FPLC profile of co-oxidoreductase from Pseudomonas tnerm~carboxydOvorans and . . . _ ~
Figure ll is a voltammogram of carboxyferrocene.
Example l Purification of Quinoprotein Glucose Dehydrogenase (GDH) from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus 1Q (a) Growth of Organisms Strain NCTC 7844 was grown on sodium succinate (20 gl 1) in batch culture at Ph 8.5 and 20C. Cells were harvested after 20 hours A6oo=6.0) using a Sharples centrifuge, and stored frozen.
(b) Purification of Glucose Dehydrogenase The method is based on the method of J A Duine et al (Arch Microbiol, 1982 vide supra) but with modifications a~ follows.
l. l00 g. of cells were thawed, resuspended in 3 9~4() 300 ml. of 56 mM Tris/39 mM glycine and treated for 20 minutes at room temperature with 60 mg. lyxozyme.
2. Triton X-100 extracts were combined and treated with 0.01 mgml of deoxyribonuclease I for 15 minutes at room temperature. The resulting suspension was then centrifuged at 48000 xg for 25 minutes at 4C. The supernatant from this centrifugation was then treated with ammonium sulphase. The yellow protein precipitating between 55 and 70~ ammonium sulphate was resuspended in 36 mM Tris/39 mM glycine containing 1%
Triton X - 100 and dialysed against that buffer at 4C
for S hours.
Triton X - 100 and dialysed against that buffer at 4C
for S hours.
3. Active fractions from the CM sepharose Cl-6B.
The stability of operation at normal body temperature, wide range of linear response, lack of significant interference by other metabolites and non-oxygen dependence merit further development of this novel amperometric enzyme electrode both for in vitro use and for continous monitoring of glucose in vitro.
Column were combined and concentrated using Millipore CX-30 immersible ultrafilters.
~Z19~4() Example 2 Purification of Quinoprotein Glucose Dehydrogenase from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (alternative method) (a) G~h of organisms _ _ _ The method of Example 1 was repeated.
(b) Purification of GDH
The method is based on the partitioning of proteins between two liquid phases. The steps were:-1. Cells were thawed and resuspended at 3 ml/g wet weight in 50 mM sodium phosphate, pH 7.0 . They werethen pre-cooled on ice and passed once through a Stansted pressure cell (made by Stansted Fluid Power Ltd., Stansted, Essex, UK) at 25000 psi. This provides the cell-free extract.
2. The cell-free extract was then mixed for 15 minutes at room temperature with 50% (w/v) polyethyleneglycol lOOOf 50% (w/v) sodium phosphate, pH 7.0 and distilled water in the proportions of 2:4:3:1 respectively. ~ s mixture was centrifuged at 5000 rpm for 5 minutes to break the emul~ion.
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3. The lower layer was aspirated off and desalted immediately, by either diafiltration ~ mg an Amicon hollow-fibre ultrafiltration cartridge of lO000 mwt cut off, or by passage through a Sephadex G50 (medium grade) gel filtration column.
The stability of operation at normal body temperature, wide range of linear response, lack of significant interference by other metabolites and non-oxygen dependence merit further development of this novel amperometric enzyme electrode both for in vitro use and for continous monitoring of glucose in vitro.
Column were combined and concentrated using Millipore CX-30 immersible ultrafilters.
~Z19~4() Example 2 Purification of Quinoprotein Glucose Dehydrogenase from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (alternative method) (a) G~h of organisms _ _ _ The method of Example 1 was repeated.
(b) Purification of GDH
The method is based on the partitioning of proteins between two liquid phases. The steps were:-1. Cells were thawed and resuspended at 3 ml/g wet weight in 50 mM sodium phosphate, pH 7.0 . They werethen pre-cooled on ice and passed once through a Stansted pressure cell (made by Stansted Fluid Power Ltd., Stansted, Essex, UK) at 25000 psi. This provides the cell-free extract.
2. The cell-free extract was then mixed for 15 minutes at room temperature with 50% (w/v) polyethyleneglycol lOOOf 50% (w/v) sodium phosphate, pH 7.0 and distilled water in the proportions of 2:4:3:1 respectively. ~ s mixture was centrifuged at 5000 rpm for 5 minutes to break the emul~ion.
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3. The lower layer was aspirated off and desalted immediately, by either diafiltration ~ mg an Amicon hollow-fibre ultrafiltration cartridge of lO000 mwt cut off, or by passage through a Sephadex G50 (medium grade) gel filtration column.
4. The resulting solution was concentrated using an Amicon PMlO membrane in a nitrogen pressure cell.
Example 3 Interaction between ferrocene and glucose oxidase DC cyclic voltammetry was used to investigate the homogeneous kinetics of the reaction between ferrocene and the glucose oxidase enzyme under substrate excess conditions. A two compartment electromechemical cell of l.0 ml volume fitted with a Luggin capillary was used.
The cell contained a 4.0 mm gold disc working electrode, a platinum gauze counter-electrode and a saturated calomel electrode as a reference. A series of voltamograms for ferrocene was recorded at scan rates of 1-100 mVs 1 in 50 mM potassium phosphate buffer, pH
7Ø The data shows that the mediator acted as a reversible, one-electron acceptor Eol=+l65 MV SCE.
~ddition of 50 mM glucose has no discernable effect on 1~9(~40 the electrochemistry of the mediator (500 ~ m). Upon addition of glucose oxidase (10 ~ m), however, an enhanced anodic current was observed in the voltamogran at oxidising potentials with respect ot the mediator.
This indicated catalytic regeneration of the reduced form of the mediator by glucose oxidase. Quantitative kinetic data was obtained for this reaction using an established procedure (Nicholson, R.S. and shain, J., 1964, Anal. Chem., 36, 707). The meditor gave a second order rate constant for the reaction between ferricinium ion and reduced glucose oxidase of 104 -1 -1 This ability of the ferricinium ion to act as a rapid oxidant for glucose oxidase facilitates the efficient coupling of the enzymic oxidation of glucose.
EXample 4 The procedure of Example 3 was repeated using l,l'-ferrocene dicarboxylic acid instead of ferrocene.
The value of Eo' was determined to be +420 mV, and the second order rate constant of the ferricinium ion and reduced glucose oxidase was again 10 m S , thus confirming the conclusions drawn from Example 3.
Ex~mple 5 Glucose Oxidase 1,1 D ~ thyl Ferrocene 1; :19C~40 Mini electrode for in vivo glucose sensing in skin A graphite rod 13 (Figure 2) with an oxidised surface, 30 mm long-x 0.9 mm diameter is glued with epoxy resin into a nylon tube 14 25 mm long, 0.9 mm inside diameter, 1,3 mm outside diameter. The end 15 of the electrode is dipped into a solution of dimethyl ferrocene, (10 mg#ml) in toluene, and the solvént is then allowed to evaporate.
The end 1~ of the electrode is placed into a solution of water soluble DCC (25 mg/ml) in acetate buffer, pH 4~5 for l hour. It is then rinsed, in buffer only, for 5 minutes and thereafter placed in a solution of glucose oY.idase (10 ~g/ml) in acetate buffer, ph 5.5, for llj2 hours before again rinsing in buffer. The tip of the electrode 15, with the layers of dimethyl ferrocene and immobilised enzyme is then dipped into a solution~of cellu-lose acetate dissolved in acetone and N,N'-dimethyl fon~mide and put into ice water for several minutes, to give a protected and stable electrode.
This electrode was connected to a potentiostat, together with a suitable counter electrode and calomel reference electrode and placed in a solution containing glucose.
The potential of the working electrode is kept at +100 mV to 300 mV relative to the calomel electrode, i.e. as low as possible to avoid oxidation of potentially interfering sub~tances. A current is produced which is proportional to the glucose concentration. The time for 95% of response is less than 1 minute -and the electrode gives a near linear response over the range 0 -32 mM
glucose, as shown in Figure 3. Slow loss of activity of ferrocene (due to slow loss of ferrocinium ion) can be minimised by keeping the electrode at a potential between 0 and -100 mV vs. a standard calomel electrode when not in use.
Figure 4 shows in section an electrode structure in which an electrode (references as in Figure 2) of much smaller size is held within a hypodermic needle 16 plugged at its point 17 but with side windows 18 for passage of blood or other body fluid. The small size of such an electrode and its linear response over a large range of glucose concentrations makes it possible to use the electrode for in vivo glucose determination on both severely diabetic and normal individuals.
Example 6 Glucose Oxidase/Ferrocene -In vitro sensor -A carbon rod 19 (Figure 5) Ultra carbon, grade U5, 6 mm x 15 mm) with a metal connector 20 secured in one 9~4(~
end was sealed in glass tubing 21 (borosilicate, 6 mm i.d. x mm) with an epoxy resin (araldite). (not shown). The exposed surface at 22 was polished with emery paper and washed with distilled water. The entire rod was heated in an oven for 40 h at 200C to give an oxidised surface at 22.
15 ~1 of ferrocene (20 -mg/ml in toluene) was pipetted onto the oxidised surface and allowed to dry completely. The rod was then placed in 1 ml of water-soluble DCC (25 mg/ml in O.lM acetate buffer, ph 4.5) for 80 min at room temperature. The rod was then washed in 0.2 M carbonate buffer, pH 9.5 and placed in a glucose oxidase solution (Sigma type X, 12.5 mg/ml) for 11/2 hours at room temperature. It was finally washed with water with a pH 7 buffer containing 0.2 g/l glucose) and stored at 4C~
The characteristics of the above electrode were determined in a nitrogen-saturated buffer solution (0.2M
naP04,pH 7.3) and are shown in Figure 6. The curve is linear from 2 to 25 mM glucose and reaches saturated current at lOOmM in glucose.
In separate tests with an air-saturated buffer at 8mM
glucose the current was measured as being at least 95%
of that produced in the nitrogen-saturated buffer.
~Zl9(~0 Response time was also measured, being the time taken to achieve 95~ of maximum current for the given nit~n concentration. With the mitrogen-saturated buffer an electrode as described above had a response time of 24 seconds at 2mM glucose and 60 seconds at 6mM glucose.
With the same buffer, such an electrode modified by a cellulose acetate membrane coating (produced as in Example 7) gave response times of 36 seconds (2mM) and 72 seconds (6mM). With blood, this modified electrode 1o gave response time of 36 seconds (blood with a known 2mM
glucose content) and 72 seconds (blood at a known 6mM
glucose content).
Electrodes as above were stored in 20mM NaP04, pH7 for 4 weeks at 4C as a stability test and thereafter re-examined as above. The results were within 10% and usually with 5% of results with a freshly made electrode.
Example 7 Glucose Dehydrogenase/Ferro_ene A stiff carbon paste was made up from 1.6 g of Durco aCtivated charcoal and 2.5 ml of liquid paraffin. A
pasteur pipette of 6 mm internal diameter was blocked 2mm from its wide end by a silver disc to which a connecting wire was soldered. The space between the ~Z19C~40 disc and the end of the pipette was filled with the carbon paste, a~d the surface of the paste was polished with paper until smooth and even.
A single 20 mlcrolite drop of a toluene solution of ferrocene (20 mg/l) was placed on the smooth surface and allow to spread and evaporate to leave a film of the ferrocene.
A further drop of 25 microlitres of bacterial glucose dehydrogenase solution as obtained in Example 1, containing between 1 and 10 mg of protein per ml, was placed on this ferrocene surface and allowed to spread.
A cover of dialysis membrane was secured over the so-coated end of the electrode by a tight-fitting 0-ring.
Example 8 Glucose Dehydrogenase/Ferrocene The procedure of Example 7 was repeated but using as electrode the same carbon paste packed into the space defined between the end of a length of nylon tubing and a stainless steel hypodermic needle shaft inserted therein terminating 2 mm. short of the tubing end, so as to define a small electrode body. The electrode was ~Z19(140 further fabricated using only 5 microlitres of the ferrocene solution and l microlitre of the enzyme solution.
Example 9 Glucose Dehydrogenase/Ferrocene -The procedure of Example 8 was repeated using as s electrode a solid carbon rod ~Ultracarbon grade U5 6 mm ~_?~ /.?r~
diameter) within a Pyrex~glass tube 3 cm long and 6 mm internal diameter and connected to a stainless steel hypodermic shaft, giving a construction similar to that shown in Figure 5. The end of the carbon rod was polished smooth with emery cloth and aluminium oxide powder prior to the application of the ferrocene solution.
Example lO
Glucose Dehydrogenase/Ferrocene A gelatin -entrapped glucose dehydrogenase was prepared by mixing at 37C, 25 mg gelatin, 0.5 ml of the glucose dehydrogenase solution as described in Example 9 and 2.5 microlitres of TEMED. After complete dissolving of the gelatin 200 microlitres of the solution was spread over ., ~z~9a~
an area of 2 cm2 and allowed to dry under a stream of cold air.
A disc of 0.25 cm area was then used instead of the drop of enzyme solution in Example 8 Example 11 Glucose Dehydrogenase/Ferrocene Example 10 was repeated using a disc of the gel of 1 mm area and applying it instead of the drops of enzyme solution in the construction of example 10.
The results obtained from the electrodes described in Examples 7-11 are all similar, and show a very specific electrode of low oxygen sensitivity. By way of example, the electrode of Example 10 was calibrated and gave the results shown in Figure 7.
Examples 12-24 D.C. cyclic voltammetry was used to demonstrate the ability of a ferrocene compound (usually ferrocene monocarboxylic acid) to generate and enhance an ~ c current in the presence of each of the following enzymes, together with their respective substrates:
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Enzyme Substrate Fla~o-pro-teins PyruYate Oxidase Pyruvate L-Amino Acid Oxidase L-Amino Acids Aldehyde Oxidase Aldehydes Xanthine Oxidase Xanthines Glucose Oxidase Glucose Glycollate Oxidase Glycollate Sarcosine Oxidase Sarcosine Lactate Oxidase Lactate Glutathione Reductase NAD(P)H
Lipoamide Dehydrogenase NADH
PQQ Enzymes Glucose.Dehydrogenase Glucose Methanol Dehydrogenase Methanol and other ~lkanols Methylamine Dehydrogenase Methylamine Haem-Containing Enzymes Lactate Dehydrogenase Lactate (Yeast Cytochrome B2) Horse-Radish Peroxidase Hydrogen Peroxide Yeast Cythochrome C Peroxidase Hydrogen Peroxide In each case, the enzyme/mediator system gave an en-hanced anodic current, indicative of the enzyme-catalysed reaction. Second order homogeneous rate constants calculated from the data thus obtained indicated that the ferrocene compound effectively mediated the enzyme-electrode electron transfer in a manner suitable for construction of an electrode assay system.
A representative protocol for the cyclic voltammetry is as follows:
a) Electrochemical instrumentation D.C. cyclic voltammetry, which is a controlled potential electrochemical method, is based upon the maintenance within cell 30 of the potential of the working electrode (WE) with respect to a reference electrode (RE) by making a current pass between the working and counter electrode (CE). Figure 8 shows the circuit that was used which incorporates two operational amplifiers.
These were built into an oxford Electrodes potentiostat. Current-potential curves were recorded with a Bryans X-Y 26000 A3 chart recorder.Applied potential = V in; current = V out/R.
A 38~X micro-computer (Research Machines Ltd), interfaced to a potentiostat via digital-to-analogue and ` analogue-to-digital converters, was used for the )40 potential step methods . The potentiostat incorporates a multiplexer which facilitates both switching and monitoring of more than one working electrode .
b) Cells and Electrodes -D.C. cyclic voltammetry experiments were performed using a two compartment cell,- with a working volume of ca.
lml,of the configuration shown inFigure 9, i.e. where the tW
cells are placed in communication by Luggin capillary 31 (Figure 9~
In addition to a 4mm diameter working electrode 32 made of gold,(platinum and pyrolytic graphite were also tried successfully), the cells contained a lcm2 platinum gauze counter electrode 33 and a saturated calomel electrode,34 type K401 (supplied by V.A. Howe Radiometer Electrodes) accurate in the range -10C to 60C, as reference. All potentials are referred to the saturated calomel electrode (SCE), which is +241mV at 20C versus the normal hydrogen electrode (NHE).
-Working electrodes were polished before each experiment using an alumina-water paste on cotton wool and then washed with deionised water. Alumina with a particle size ca. 0.3um, was supplied by BDH.
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c) Temperature control Electrochemical experiments were performed under thermostatic control by using a Churchill chiller thermocirculator connected to a water bath into which the electrochemical cell was placed.
d) Spectrophotometric measurements All optical spectra were recorded with a Pye-Unicam SP8 200 spectrophotometer with the sample and reference solutions in matched quartz micro-cuvettes of path length lcm.
e) Water purification -Where possible, all solutions were prepared with water purified by a sequence of reverse osmosis, ion exchange and carbon filtration using a combined Milli-R04 and Milli-Q system supplied by Millipore Ltd.
f) Ultrafiltration and diafiltration _ Ultrafiltration and diafiltration of proteins were performed by using the appropriately sized Amicon cell with a suitable Diaflo membrane.
g) Fast ~_otein liquid chromatography Protein purifications were performed using an FPLC
system supplied by Pharmacia. This encorporated two P-500 pumps controlled by a gradient programmer GP-250 operated in conjunction with a single wavelength UV-monitor (~ = 260nm) and an automatic fraction collector FRAC-lOo. Analytical and preparative ion-exchange columns were also supplied by Pharmacia.
D.C. cyclic voltammetry experiments are performed in argon-saturated solutions using the following protocol.
Firstly, the reversible electrochemistry of ferrocene monocarboxylic acid (200 uM) in a suitable electrolyte is established by recording voltammograms at different scan rates (~ = l-lOOmVs l) over the potential range 0-400mV. Substrate is then added to the cell, typically to a final concentration of lOmM and always in excess of the Michaelis-Menten constant for the enzyme. A set of voltammograms are recorded to assess the effect of the substrate upon the electrochemistry of the mediator.
Enzyme is then added to final concentrations in the range lO-lOOuM. If an enhanced anodic current is obtained, and the dependence of the currene function upon the scan rate was indicative of a catalytic reaction, the experiment is repeated adding the ~æ~s~40 ~6 substrate as the final component to insure that the reaction was dependent upon the presence of substrate.
Under the conditions that were used, none of the substrates interferred with the electrochemistry of the ferrocene. Over the range 0-400mV vs SCE, none of the substrates or enzymes exhibited any direct electrochemistry.
h) Materials The flavo-proteins pyruvate oxidase (EC 1.2.3.3), xanthine oxidase (EC 1.2.3.2), sarcosine oxidase (EC
1.5.3.1), lipoamide dehydrogenase (EC 1.6.3.4) and glutathione reductase (EC 1.6.4.2) were supplied by Boehringer and stored at -20C. The respective concentrations of the flavo-proteins are expressed in terms of the amount of catalytically-active flavin.
Carbon monoxide oxido-reductase was isolated from Pseudomonas thermocarboxydovorans by Dr. J. Colby, Biochemistry Department, Sunderland Polytechnic and supplied at a concentration of 8.6 mg ml~l, in phosphate buffer containing 50% ethanediol as a stabilizer. Before use, the enzyme was dialysed against 20mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5) at 4C, and purified by FPLC
~19~40 using an analytical Mono-Q column. The enzyme was loaded on to the column at a concentration of 1.0 mg ml 1 in 20mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5 (buffer A) and eluted with a linear ionic strength gradient using buffer B (A
+ l.OM KCl~. Carbon monoxide oxido-reductase eluted as one major peak at an ionic strength equivalent to 35%
buffer B,as shown in Figure 10.
Purification of the quino-protein alcohol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.99.8) is described above.
Sodium lactate, sodium isocitrate, sarcosine, sodium pyruvate, xanthine, cholesterol, potassium oxalate, choline, reduced nicotinamide adinine dinucleotide (NADH) and reduced nicotinamide adinine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) were supplied by Boehringer. Carbon monoxide was supplied by BOC. Ferrocene monocarboxylic acid was supplied by Flourochem.
i) Electrolytes All experiments used 100mM Tris-Hcl buffer pH 7.0, ~gO40 except those involving oxalate oxidase which used lOOmM
succinate buffer pH 3.0, and those with alcohol dehydrogenase which used 100mM borax-NaOH, pH 10.5, containing 14mM NH4Cl.
j) Electrochemical experiments All experiments used the electrochemical cell of Figure 9 incorporating a 4mm disc pyrolytic graphite working electrode, except in experiments on lipoamide dehydrogenase and glutathione reductase where a 4mm disc gold electrode was used. In experiments where cytochromes c was investigated with carbon monoxide oxido-reductase, a bis(4,4'-pyridyl)-1,2-ethene modified gold electrode was used.
Examples 26-31 1S The above described cyclic voltammetry was used to demonstrate the electron-transfer capability of a variety of ferrocene compounds listed with a glucose/glucose oxidase system:
TABLE 3. Rates of glucose oxidase oxidation measured at pH 7 and 25C.(examples 24-29) ~19Q~
ferrocene derivative Eo/mV vs ~CE k~0/f~/M-lS-l l,l'dimethyl- 10~ 44 ferrocene 165 15 vinyl- 250 18 carboxy- 275 115 l,l'dicarboxy- 385 15 trimethylamino- 400 300 a) Solution kinetics.
A variety of ferrocène derivatives, Table 3., with a range of potentials ~150 to 400mV v~ SOE ) were investigated as possible oxidants for glucose oxidase using D.C. cyclic voltammetry. Figure 11 shows at (a)a voltammogram of carboxyferrocene which fulfils electrochemical criteria as a reversible one-electron couple ( ~ Ep = 60mV; ip/ 1/2 = constant). The addition of glucose alone in solution has no discernable effect upon the voltammogram. However, upon further addition of glucose oxidase to the solution (at b) a striking change in the voltammogram occurs. Enhancement of the anodic current is characteristic of a catalytically-coupled reaction and can be interpreted in terms of the following scheme, R - e = 0 [2]
O + Z s R [3]
where R is the ferrocene, 0 is the ferricinium ion and Z
the reduced glucose oxidase. The enhanced anodic curren~ results from the reaction between the reduced glucose oxidase and the ferricinium ion, the latter being generated at oxidizing potentials. The kinetics of the homogeneous reaction between glucose oxidase and a number of ferrocene derivatives were analyzed by the theory developed by Nicholson and Shain. From the data, a pseudo-first order rate constant, independent of scan rate, can be derived. The variation of this parameter as a function of the glucose oxidase concentration yields the second order rate constant for the reaction.
The validity of this analysis depends upon two conditions being fulfilled; the heterogeneous electrode reaction must be fast compared to the catalytically coupled homogeneous reaction and there must be sufficient glucose present to ensure that the enzyme is always in the reduced form. Both conditions hold true in this study. The data shown in Table 3, indicate that the oxidized form of all ferrocene derivatives investigated act as a rapid oxidant for the enzyme, with rates of reaction comparable to that of the natural .
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electron acceptor, molecular oxygen, which has a value f k 105 M-l s~l Although all the ferrocene derivatives shown in Table 3 lead to the effective electrochemical oxidation of glucose via glucose oxidase, other criteria are important in designing a practical enzyme electrode.
The solubility of the reduced form of the fe~rocene derivative in aqueous media must be low to aid entrappment within the electrode; the oxidised form should be stable at physiological pH; the formal potential should be low to obviate interference from reduced compounds present in physiological samples.
l,l'-dimethylferrocene provided the best compromise between the constraints imposed by these factors and was chosen for incorporation into the enzyme electrode.
b) Enæyme electrode.
Digital simulation techniques have shown that the steady state current for an amperometric enzyme electrode is determined predominantly by the apparent Michaelis-Menten constant, KM', the membrane permeability, the effective electrode surface area and the enzyme loading factor (concentration per unit volume). Considering the available enzyme immobilization techniques, covalent attachment to a ~ r ~Z1904[) functionalised electrode surface generally gives the most lasting enzyme activity . Additionally, the resulting monolayer coverage is the most appropriate for optimum response characteristics. On thi~ basis, a batch of twenty-four of the prototype glucose enzyme electrodes were constructed as described below and their performance evaluated.
c) Reagents.
Glucose oxidase (EC 1.1.3.4 ty~e 2, from Aspergillus niger), was supplied by Boehringer Mannheim, had an activity of 274 IU/mg. D-glucose (AnalaR) was from BDH;
ferrocene and its derivtives were from Strem Chem. Co.
All solutions were prepared from Aristar grade reagents (BDH) in high purity water (Millipore) supporting electroly~e was 0.1M K2HPO4 adjusted to the required pH with HC104, glucose solutions were stored overnight to allow equilibration of ~- and ~-anomers. Properties of this enzyme are given in the table below;
source Aspergillus Niger Co-factor 2FAD
Co-substrate Oxygen 0ptimum pH 5.6 904~
Km Glucose 3.0 mM
d) Biological samples.
Heparinised plasma samples from human diabetics were supplied by ~the Metabolic Unit, Guy's Hospital, Lor.don., and had been previously analysed for glucose with a Yellow Springs Instruments, Ohio, glucose analyser.
e) Apparatus.
D.C. cyclic voltammetry experiments were performed using a two-compartment cell that had a working volume of lml. In addition to the 4mm pyrolytic graphite disc working electrode, the cell contained a lcm2 platinum gauze counter electrode and a saturated calomel electrode as reference, (Bourdillon et al, J ~ Chem Soc 102, 4231, 1980). All poten~als are referred to the saturated calomel electrode ~ ~ ). For D.C. cyclic voltammetry, an Oxford Electrodes potentiostat was used with a Bryans X-Y 26000 A3 chart recorder. The potentiostatically-controlled steady-state current measurements were made using a cell, designed to accommodate up to seven enzyme electrodes, with a working volume of 100ml with separate compartments for counter and reference electrodes. Current-time curves were recorded with a Bryans Y-t BS-271 recorder. The temperature of the electrochemical cells during experiments were controlled to within +0.5C. with a Churchill thermocirculator.
f) Construction of the glucose enzyme electrode.
Graphite foil lmm thick, supplied by Union Carbide was the base sensor. Electrodes were constructed by cutting the graphite into 4mm diameter discs and sealing into glass rods with epoxy resin. The electrodes were then heated at 200C in air for 40 hours, allowed to cool, 15ul of l,l'dimethylferrocene (O.lM in toluene) was deposited on to the surface of the electrode and air-dried. Covalent attachment of the glucose oxidase to the oxidised graphite surface was achieved by a method similar to that described by Bourdillon . The electrodes were placed in lml of a solution of water-soluble 1-cyclohexyl-3-(2-morpholine ethyl)carbodiimide metho-p-toluene sulphonate from Sigma Chem. Co. (0.15M in O.lM acetate, pH 4.5), for 80 mins at 20C, washed with water and then placed in a stirred solution of acetate buffer (O.lM, pH 5.5) containing glucose o~idase (12.5 mg/ml.) for 90 mins at 20C.
After washing, the electrodes were covered with a pol~carbonate membrane (Nucleopore, 0.03um) and stored in buffer containing lmM glucose at 4C.
g) Enzyme electrode pre-treatment.
~LZ~g~4() After fabrication and prior to experiments, the electrode response was stabilized by continuous operation of the electrode under potentiostatic control at 160mV in 8mM glucose over a 10 hours period.
Thereafter the electrodes were found to give a more stable response during 100 hours further operation. In 8mM buffered glucose, the electrodes gave a mean current decrease of 3%+1 over this period. All electrodes which had been modified with glucose oxidase had undergone this pre-conditioning process.
All electrodes gave a linear current response in the range 0.1-35mM glucose and finally saturate at approximately 70mM glucose. In the linear region, the electrodes showed a rapid response time reaching 95% of the steady state-current in 60-90 secs. The reproducibility of the electrode construction protocol was investigated by measuring the steady-state current for each electrode in 8mM glucose. The batch of prototype electrodes gave a mean current response of 7~9uA with a standard deviation of 2.8.
h) The effect of temperature.
The effect of temperature on the enzyme elect~ode response was studied in the range 10-50~C, and showed the increas~ in steady state current with increasing temperature, ca. 0.2uA/C. All electrodes showed similar behaviour. Assuming ~rrhenius type behaviour, the absence of maxima in the electrode response, is indicative of the thermal stability of the immobilized enzyme at temperatures up to 50C. This electrode configuration should be suitable for extended use at normal body temperature. Similar ~hermal stability was also found with soluble enzyme, the dependence of the second order rate constant upon temperature, giving an activation energy for the reaction of 49.6 KJ Mol i) Interfering substances The effects of substances which might interfere with the response of the electrodes, either through direct electrode oxidation, reaction with the mediator, or, inhibition of the enzyme, were examined. Analyses of solutions containing 8mM glucose, to which metabolites were added to give their normal blood concentrations were carried out. Though, L-ascorbate at a final concentration of 0.13mM gave a mean increase in current of ca. 4.0%, addition of uric acid (0.20mM), where the transition from hypo to hyperglycemia reflects a change in blood glucose of ca. 0.5-30mM, a practical glucose electrode is required to respond linearly in this range so as to eliminate the necessity of sample dilution. In this respect, it seems that the immobilization protocol for the ferrocene-based electrode is important in changing the apparent Michaelis-Menten constant, KM', of glucose oxidase for glucose which results in the high upper limits of linearity. If the electrode response is kinetically rather than diffusion-controlled, i.e. the steady-state curren~ is independent of whether the solution is quiescent or stirred, KM' may be calculated. These prototype, ferrocene-based electrodes, which were found to be kinetically-controlled, gave values of KM' in the range, 30-40mM. This compares to a KM, for glucose, of 3mM for the non-immobilized enzyme.
Particular interfering, or potentially interfering substances are listed in table 5 below. All of the listed substances are substrates for glucose oxidase, however the relative rates of reaction are much lower than that of the primary substrate, glucose. Although experiment showed th~t the effect on glucose assay of zo these substances was minimal, it is envisaged that in the absence of glucose the sensor of the present electrode could be employed to assay for any of the listed substrates.
`` lZ~9Q40 Substrate Relative Rate -D-glucose l00 2-deoxy-D-glucose 25 6-methyl-D-glucose 2 D-mannose
Example 3 Interaction between ferrocene and glucose oxidase DC cyclic voltammetry was used to investigate the homogeneous kinetics of the reaction between ferrocene and the glucose oxidase enzyme under substrate excess conditions. A two compartment electromechemical cell of l.0 ml volume fitted with a Luggin capillary was used.
The cell contained a 4.0 mm gold disc working electrode, a platinum gauze counter-electrode and a saturated calomel electrode as a reference. A series of voltamograms for ferrocene was recorded at scan rates of 1-100 mVs 1 in 50 mM potassium phosphate buffer, pH
7Ø The data shows that the mediator acted as a reversible, one-electron acceptor Eol=+l65 MV SCE.
~ddition of 50 mM glucose has no discernable effect on 1~9(~40 the electrochemistry of the mediator (500 ~ m). Upon addition of glucose oxidase (10 ~ m), however, an enhanced anodic current was observed in the voltamogran at oxidising potentials with respect ot the mediator.
This indicated catalytic regeneration of the reduced form of the mediator by glucose oxidase. Quantitative kinetic data was obtained for this reaction using an established procedure (Nicholson, R.S. and shain, J., 1964, Anal. Chem., 36, 707). The meditor gave a second order rate constant for the reaction between ferricinium ion and reduced glucose oxidase of 104 -1 -1 This ability of the ferricinium ion to act as a rapid oxidant for glucose oxidase facilitates the efficient coupling of the enzymic oxidation of glucose.
EXample 4 The procedure of Example 3 was repeated using l,l'-ferrocene dicarboxylic acid instead of ferrocene.
The value of Eo' was determined to be +420 mV, and the second order rate constant of the ferricinium ion and reduced glucose oxidase was again 10 m S , thus confirming the conclusions drawn from Example 3.
Ex~mple 5 Glucose Oxidase 1,1 D ~ thyl Ferrocene 1; :19C~40 Mini electrode for in vivo glucose sensing in skin A graphite rod 13 (Figure 2) with an oxidised surface, 30 mm long-x 0.9 mm diameter is glued with epoxy resin into a nylon tube 14 25 mm long, 0.9 mm inside diameter, 1,3 mm outside diameter. The end 15 of the electrode is dipped into a solution of dimethyl ferrocene, (10 mg#ml) in toluene, and the solvént is then allowed to evaporate.
The end 1~ of the electrode is placed into a solution of water soluble DCC (25 mg/ml) in acetate buffer, pH 4~5 for l hour. It is then rinsed, in buffer only, for 5 minutes and thereafter placed in a solution of glucose oY.idase (10 ~g/ml) in acetate buffer, ph 5.5, for llj2 hours before again rinsing in buffer. The tip of the electrode 15, with the layers of dimethyl ferrocene and immobilised enzyme is then dipped into a solution~of cellu-lose acetate dissolved in acetone and N,N'-dimethyl fon~mide and put into ice water for several minutes, to give a protected and stable electrode.
This electrode was connected to a potentiostat, together with a suitable counter electrode and calomel reference electrode and placed in a solution containing glucose.
The potential of the working electrode is kept at +100 mV to 300 mV relative to the calomel electrode, i.e. as low as possible to avoid oxidation of potentially interfering sub~tances. A current is produced which is proportional to the glucose concentration. The time for 95% of response is less than 1 minute -and the electrode gives a near linear response over the range 0 -32 mM
glucose, as shown in Figure 3. Slow loss of activity of ferrocene (due to slow loss of ferrocinium ion) can be minimised by keeping the electrode at a potential between 0 and -100 mV vs. a standard calomel electrode when not in use.
Figure 4 shows in section an electrode structure in which an electrode (references as in Figure 2) of much smaller size is held within a hypodermic needle 16 plugged at its point 17 but with side windows 18 for passage of blood or other body fluid. The small size of such an electrode and its linear response over a large range of glucose concentrations makes it possible to use the electrode for in vivo glucose determination on both severely diabetic and normal individuals.
Example 6 Glucose Oxidase/Ferrocene -In vitro sensor -A carbon rod 19 (Figure 5) Ultra carbon, grade U5, 6 mm x 15 mm) with a metal connector 20 secured in one 9~4(~
end was sealed in glass tubing 21 (borosilicate, 6 mm i.d. x mm) with an epoxy resin (araldite). (not shown). The exposed surface at 22 was polished with emery paper and washed with distilled water. The entire rod was heated in an oven for 40 h at 200C to give an oxidised surface at 22.
15 ~1 of ferrocene (20 -mg/ml in toluene) was pipetted onto the oxidised surface and allowed to dry completely. The rod was then placed in 1 ml of water-soluble DCC (25 mg/ml in O.lM acetate buffer, ph 4.5) for 80 min at room temperature. The rod was then washed in 0.2 M carbonate buffer, pH 9.5 and placed in a glucose oxidase solution (Sigma type X, 12.5 mg/ml) for 11/2 hours at room temperature. It was finally washed with water with a pH 7 buffer containing 0.2 g/l glucose) and stored at 4C~
The characteristics of the above electrode were determined in a nitrogen-saturated buffer solution (0.2M
naP04,pH 7.3) and are shown in Figure 6. The curve is linear from 2 to 25 mM glucose and reaches saturated current at lOOmM in glucose.
In separate tests with an air-saturated buffer at 8mM
glucose the current was measured as being at least 95%
of that produced in the nitrogen-saturated buffer.
~Zl9(~0 Response time was also measured, being the time taken to achieve 95~ of maximum current for the given nit~n concentration. With the mitrogen-saturated buffer an electrode as described above had a response time of 24 seconds at 2mM glucose and 60 seconds at 6mM glucose.
With the same buffer, such an electrode modified by a cellulose acetate membrane coating (produced as in Example 7) gave response times of 36 seconds (2mM) and 72 seconds (6mM). With blood, this modified electrode 1o gave response time of 36 seconds (blood with a known 2mM
glucose content) and 72 seconds (blood at a known 6mM
glucose content).
Electrodes as above were stored in 20mM NaP04, pH7 for 4 weeks at 4C as a stability test and thereafter re-examined as above. The results were within 10% and usually with 5% of results with a freshly made electrode.
Example 7 Glucose Dehydrogenase/Ferro_ene A stiff carbon paste was made up from 1.6 g of Durco aCtivated charcoal and 2.5 ml of liquid paraffin. A
pasteur pipette of 6 mm internal diameter was blocked 2mm from its wide end by a silver disc to which a connecting wire was soldered. The space between the ~Z19C~40 disc and the end of the pipette was filled with the carbon paste, a~d the surface of the paste was polished with paper until smooth and even.
A single 20 mlcrolite drop of a toluene solution of ferrocene (20 mg/l) was placed on the smooth surface and allow to spread and evaporate to leave a film of the ferrocene.
A further drop of 25 microlitres of bacterial glucose dehydrogenase solution as obtained in Example 1, containing between 1 and 10 mg of protein per ml, was placed on this ferrocene surface and allowed to spread.
A cover of dialysis membrane was secured over the so-coated end of the electrode by a tight-fitting 0-ring.
Example 8 Glucose Dehydrogenase/Ferrocene The procedure of Example 7 was repeated but using as electrode the same carbon paste packed into the space defined between the end of a length of nylon tubing and a stainless steel hypodermic needle shaft inserted therein terminating 2 mm. short of the tubing end, so as to define a small electrode body. The electrode was ~Z19(140 further fabricated using only 5 microlitres of the ferrocene solution and l microlitre of the enzyme solution.
Example 9 Glucose Dehydrogenase/Ferrocene -The procedure of Example 8 was repeated using as s electrode a solid carbon rod ~Ultracarbon grade U5 6 mm ~_?~ /.?r~
diameter) within a Pyrex~glass tube 3 cm long and 6 mm internal diameter and connected to a stainless steel hypodermic shaft, giving a construction similar to that shown in Figure 5. The end of the carbon rod was polished smooth with emery cloth and aluminium oxide powder prior to the application of the ferrocene solution.
Example lO
Glucose Dehydrogenase/Ferrocene A gelatin -entrapped glucose dehydrogenase was prepared by mixing at 37C, 25 mg gelatin, 0.5 ml of the glucose dehydrogenase solution as described in Example 9 and 2.5 microlitres of TEMED. After complete dissolving of the gelatin 200 microlitres of the solution was spread over ., ~z~9a~
an area of 2 cm2 and allowed to dry under a stream of cold air.
A disc of 0.25 cm area was then used instead of the drop of enzyme solution in Example 8 Example 11 Glucose Dehydrogenase/Ferrocene Example 10 was repeated using a disc of the gel of 1 mm area and applying it instead of the drops of enzyme solution in the construction of example 10.
The results obtained from the electrodes described in Examples 7-11 are all similar, and show a very specific electrode of low oxygen sensitivity. By way of example, the electrode of Example 10 was calibrated and gave the results shown in Figure 7.
Examples 12-24 D.C. cyclic voltammetry was used to demonstrate the ability of a ferrocene compound (usually ferrocene monocarboxylic acid) to generate and enhance an ~ c current in the presence of each of the following enzymes, together with their respective substrates:
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Enzyme Substrate Fla~o-pro-teins PyruYate Oxidase Pyruvate L-Amino Acid Oxidase L-Amino Acids Aldehyde Oxidase Aldehydes Xanthine Oxidase Xanthines Glucose Oxidase Glucose Glycollate Oxidase Glycollate Sarcosine Oxidase Sarcosine Lactate Oxidase Lactate Glutathione Reductase NAD(P)H
Lipoamide Dehydrogenase NADH
PQQ Enzymes Glucose.Dehydrogenase Glucose Methanol Dehydrogenase Methanol and other ~lkanols Methylamine Dehydrogenase Methylamine Haem-Containing Enzymes Lactate Dehydrogenase Lactate (Yeast Cytochrome B2) Horse-Radish Peroxidase Hydrogen Peroxide Yeast Cythochrome C Peroxidase Hydrogen Peroxide In each case, the enzyme/mediator system gave an en-hanced anodic current, indicative of the enzyme-catalysed reaction. Second order homogeneous rate constants calculated from the data thus obtained indicated that the ferrocene compound effectively mediated the enzyme-electrode electron transfer in a manner suitable for construction of an electrode assay system.
A representative protocol for the cyclic voltammetry is as follows:
a) Electrochemical instrumentation D.C. cyclic voltammetry, which is a controlled potential electrochemical method, is based upon the maintenance within cell 30 of the potential of the working electrode (WE) with respect to a reference electrode (RE) by making a current pass between the working and counter electrode (CE). Figure 8 shows the circuit that was used which incorporates two operational amplifiers.
These were built into an oxford Electrodes potentiostat. Current-potential curves were recorded with a Bryans X-Y 26000 A3 chart recorder.Applied potential = V in; current = V out/R.
A 38~X micro-computer (Research Machines Ltd), interfaced to a potentiostat via digital-to-analogue and ` analogue-to-digital converters, was used for the )40 potential step methods . The potentiostat incorporates a multiplexer which facilitates both switching and monitoring of more than one working electrode .
b) Cells and Electrodes -D.C. cyclic voltammetry experiments were performed using a two compartment cell,- with a working volume of ca.
lml,of the configuration shown inFigure 9, i.e. where the tW
cells are placed in communication by Luggin capillary 31 (Figure 9~
In addition to a 4mm diameter working electrode 32 made of gold,(platinum and pyrolytic graphite were also tried successfully), the cells contained a lcm2 platinum gauze counter electrode 33 and a saturated calomel electrode,34 type K401 (supplied by V.A. Howe Radiometer Electrodes) accurate in the range -10C to 60C, as reference. All potentials are referred to the saturated calomel electrode (SCE), which is +241mV at 20C versus the normal hydrogen electrode (NHE).
-Working electrodes were polished before each experiment using an alumina-water paste on cotton wool and then washed with deionised water. Alumina with a particle size ca. 0.3um, was supplied by BDH.
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c) Temperature control Electrochemical experiments were performed under thermostatic control by using a Churchill chiller thermocirculator connected to a water bath into which the electrochemical cell was placed.
d) Spectrophotometric measurements All optical spectra were recorded with a Pye-Unicam SP8 200 spectrophotometer with the sample and reference solutions in matched quartz micro-cuvettes of path length lcm.
e) Water purification -Where possible, all solutions were prepared with water purified by a sequence of reverse osmosis, ion exchange and carbon filtration using a combined Milli-R04 and Milli-Q system supplied by Millipore Ltd.
f) Ultrafiltration and diafiltration _ Ultrafiltration and diafiltration of proteins were performed by using the appropriately sized Amicon cell with a suitable Diaflo membrane.
g) Fast ~_otein liquid chromatography Protein purifications were performed using an FPLC
system supplied by Pharmacia. This encorporated two P-500 pumps controlled by a gradient programmer GP-250 operated in conjunction with a single wavelength UV-monitor (~ = 260nm) and an automatic fraction collector FRAC-lOo. Analytical and preparative ion-exchange columns were also supplied by Pharmacia.
D.C. cyclic voltammetry experiments are performed in argon-saturated solutions using the following protocol.
Firstly, the reversible electrochemistry of ferrocene monocarboxylic acid (200 uM) in a suitable electrolyte is established by recording voltammograms at different scan rates (~ = l-lOOmVs l) over the potential range 0-400mV. Substrate is then added to the cell, typically to a final concentration of lOmM and always in excess of the Michaelis-Menten constant for the enzyme. A set of voltammograms are recorded to assess the effect of the substrate upon the electrochemistry of the mediator.
Enzyme is then added to final concentrations in the range lO-lOOuM. If an enhanced anodic current is obtained, and the dependence of the currene function upon the scan rate was indicative of a catalytic reaction, the experiment is repeated adding the ~æ~s~40 ~6 substrate as the final component to insure that the reaction was dependent upon the presence of substrate.
Under the conditions that were used, none of the substrates interferred with the electrochemistry of the ferrocene. Over the range 0-400mV vs SCE, none of the substrates or enzymes exhibited any direct electrochemistry.
h) Materials The flavo-proteins pyruvate oxidase (EC 1.2.3.3), xanthine oxidase (EC 1.2.3.2), sarcosine oxidase (EC
1.5.3.1), lipoamide dehydrogenase (EC 1.6.3.4) and glutathione reductase (EC 1.6.4.2) were supplied by Boehringer and stored at -20C. The respective concentrations of the flavo-proteins are expressed in terms of the amount of catalytically-active flavin.
Carbon monoxide oxido-reductase was isolated from Pseudomonas thermocarboxydovorans by Dr. J. Colby, Biochemistry Department, Sunderland Polytechnic and supplied at a concentration of 8.6 mg ml~l, in phosphate buffer containing 50% ethanediol as a stabilizer. Before use, the enzyme was dialysed against 20mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5) at 4C, and purified by FPLC
~19~40 using an analytical Mono-Q column. The enzyme was loaded on to the column at a concentration of 1.0 mg ml 1 in 20mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5 (buffer A) and eluted with a linear ionic strength gradient using buffer B (A
+ l.OM KCl~. Carbon monoxide oxido-reductase eluted as one major peak at an ionic strength equivalent to 35%
buffer B,as shown in Figure 10.
Purification of the quino-protein alcohol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.99.8) is described above.
Sodium lactate, sodium isocitrate, sarcosine, sodium pyruvate, xanthine, cholesterol, potassium oxalate, choline, reduced nicotinamide adinine dinucleotide (NADH) and reduced nicotinamide adinine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) were supplied by Boehringer. Carbon monoxide was supplied by BOC. Ferrocene monocarboxylic acid was supplied by Flourochem.
i) Electrolytes All experiments used 100mM Tris-Hcl buffer pH 7.0, ~gO40 except those involving oxalate oxidase which used lOOmM
succinate buffer pH 3.0, and those with alcohol dehydrogenase which used 100mM borax-NaOH, pH 10.5, containing 14mM NH4Cl.
j) Electrochemical experiments All experiments used the electrochemical cell of Figure 9 incorporating a 4mm disc pyrolytic graphite working electrode, except in experiments on lipoamide dehydrogenase and glutathione reductase where a 4mm disc gold electrode was used. In experiments where cytochromes c was investigated with carbon monoxide oxido-reductase, a bis(4,4'-pyridyl)-1,2-ethene modified gold electrode was used.
Examples 26-31 1S The above described cyclic voltammetry was used to demonstrate the electron-transfer capability of a variety of ferrocene compounds listed with a glucose/glucose oxidase system:
TABLE 3. Rates of glucose oxidase oxidation measured at pH 7 and 25C.(examples 24-29) ~19Q~
ferrocene derivative Eo/mV vs ~CE k~0/f~/M-lS-l l,l'dimethyl- 10~ 44 ferrocene 165 15 vinyl- 250 18 carboxy- 275 115 l,l'dicarboxy- 385 15 trimethylamino- 400 300 a) Solution kinetics.
A variety of ferrocène derivatives, Table 3., with a range of potentials ~150 to 400mV v~ SOE ) were investigated as possible oxidants for glucose oxidase using D.C. cyclic voltammetry. Figure 11 shows at (a)a voltammogram of carboxyferrocene which fulfils electrochemical criteria as a reversible one-electron couple ( ~ Ep = 60mV; ip/ 1/2 = constant). The addition of glucose alone in solution has no discernable effect upon the voltammogram. However, upon further addition of glucose oxidase to the solution (at b) a striking change in the voltammogram occurs. Enhancement of the anodic current is characteristic of a catalytically-coupled reaction and can be interpreted in terms of the following scheme, R - e = 0 [2]
O + Z s R [3]
where R is the ferrocene, 0 is the ferricinium ion and Z
the reduced glucose oxidase. The enhanced anodic curren~ results from the reaction between the reduced glucose oxidase and the ferricinium ion, the latter being generated at oxidizing potentials. The kinetics of the homogeneous reaction between glucose oxidase and a number of ferrocene derivatives were analyzed by the theory developed by Nicholson and Shain. From the data, a pseudo-first order rate constant, independent of scan rate, can be derived. The variation of this parameter as a function of the glucose oxidase concentration yields the second order rate constant for the reaction.
The validity of this analysis depends upon two conditions being fulfilled; the heterogeneous electrode reaction must be fast compared to the catalytically coupled homogeneous reaction and there must be sufficient glucose present to ensure that the enzyme is always in the reduced form. Both conditions hold true in this study. The data shown in Table 3, indicate that the oxidized form of all ferrocene derivatives investigated act as a rapid oxidant for the enzyme, with rates of reaction comparable to that of the natural .
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electron acceptor, molecular oxygen, which has a value f k 105 M-l s~l Although all the ferrocene derivatives shown in Table 3 lead to the effective electrochemical oxidation of glucose via glucose oxidase, other criteria are important in designing a practical enzyme electrode.
The solubility of the reduced form of the fe~rocene derivative in aqueous media must be low to aid entrappment within the electrode; the oxidised form should be stable at physiological pH; the formal potential should be low to obviate interference from reduced compounds present in physiological samples.
l,l'-dimethylferrocene provided the best compromise between the constraints imposed by these factors and was chosen for incorporation into the enzyme electrode.
b) Enæyme electrode.
Digital simulation techniques have shown that the steady state current for an amperometric enzyme electrode is determined predominantly by the apparent Michaelis-Menten constant, KM', the membrane permeability, the effective electrode surface area and the enzyme loading factor (concentration per unit volume). Considering the available enzyme immobilization techniques, covalent attachment to a ~ r ~Z1904[) functionalised electrode surface generally gives the most lasting enzyme activity . Additionally, the resulting monolayer coverage is the most appropriate for optimum response characteristics. On thi~ basis, a batch of twenty-four of the prototype glucose enzyme electrodes were constructed as described below and their performance evaluated.
c) Reagents.
Glucose oxidase (EC 1.1.3.4 ty~e 2, from Aspergillus niger), was supplied by Boehringer Mannheim, had an activity of 274 IU/mg. D-glucose (AnalaR) was from BDH;
ferrocene and its derivtives were from Strem Chem. Co.
All solutions were prepared from Aristar grade reagents (BDH) in high purity water (Millipore) supporting electroly~e was 0.1M K2HPO4 adjusted to the required pH with HC104, glucose solutions were stored overnight to allow equilibration of ~- and ~-anomers. Properties of this enzyme are given in the table below;
source Aspergillus Niger Co-factor 2FAD
Co-substrate Oxygen 0ptimum pH 5.6 904~
Km Glucose 3.0 mM
d) Biological samples.
Heparinised plasma samples from human diabetics were supplied by ~the Metabolic Unit, Guy's Hospital, Lor.don., and had been previously analysed for glucose with a Yellow Springs Instruments, Ohio, glucose analyser.
e) Apparatus.
D.C. cyclic voltammetry experiments were performed using a two-compartment cell that had a working volume of lml. In addition to the 4mm pyrolytic graphite disc working electrode, the cell contained a lcm2 platinum gauze counter electrode and a saturated calomel electrode as reference, (Bourdillon et al, J ~ Chem Soc 102, 4231, 1980). All poten~als are referred to the saturated calomel electrode ~ ~ ). For D.C. cyclic voltammetry, an Oxford Electrodes potentiostat was used with a Bryans X-Y 26000 A3 chart recorder. The potentiostatically-controlled steady-state current measurements were made using a cell, designed to accommodate up to seven enzyme electrodes, with a working volume of 100ml with separate compartments for counter and reference electrodes. Current-time curves were recorded with a Bryans Y-t BS-271 recorder. The temperature of the electrochemical cells during experiments were controlled to within +0.5C. with a Churchill thermocirculator.
f) Construction of the glucose enzyme electrode.
Graphite foil lmm thick, supplied by Union Carbide was the base sensor. Electrodes were constructed by cutting the graphite into 4mm diameter discs and sealing into glass rods with epoxy resin. The electrodes were then heated at 200C in air for 40 hours, allowed to cool, 15ul of l,l'dimethylferrocene (O.lM in toluene) was deposited on to the surface of the electrode and air-dried. Covalent attachment of the glucose oxidase to the oxidised graphite surface was achieved by a method similar to that described by Bourdillon . The electrodes were placed in lml of a solution of water-soluble 1-cyclohexyl-3-(2-morpholine ethyl)carbodiimide metho-p-toluene sulphonate from Sigma Chem. Co. (0.15M in O.lM acetate, pH 4.5), for 80 mins at 20C, washed with water and then placed in a stirred solution of acetate buffer (O.lM, pH 5.5) containing glucose o~idase (12.5 mg/ml.) for 90 mins at 20C.
After washing, the electrodes were covered with a pol~carbonate membrane (Nucleopore, 0.03um) and stored in buffer containing lmM glucose at 4C.
g) Enzyme electrode pre-treatment.
~LZ~g~4() After fabrication and prior to experiments, the electrode response was stabilized by continuous operation of the electrode under potentiostatic control at 160mV in 8mM glucose over a 10 hours period.
Thereafter the electrodes were found to give a more stable response during 100 hours further operation. In 8mM buffered glucose, the electrodes gave a mean current decrease of 3%+1 over this period. All electrodes which had been modified with glucose oxidase had undergone this pre-conditioning process.
All electrodes gave a linear current response in the range 0.1-35mM glucose and finally saturate at approximately 70mM glucose. In the linear region, the electrodes showed a rapid response time reaching 95% of the steady state-current in 60-90 secs. The reproducibility of the electrode construction protocol was investigated by measuring the steady-state current for each electrode in 8mM glucose. The batch of prototype electrodes gave a mean current response of 7~9uA with a standard deviation of 2.8.
h) The effect of temperature.
The effect of temperature on the enzyme elect~ode response was studied in the range 10-50~C, and showed the increas~ in steady state current with increasing temperature, ca. 0.2uA/C. All electrodes showed similar behaviour. Assuming ~rrhenius type behaviour, the absence of maxima in the electrode response, is indicative of the thermal stability of the immobilized enzyme at temperatures up to 50C. This electrode configuration should be suitable for extended use at normal body temperature. Similar ~hermal stability was also found with soluble enzyme, the dependence of the second order rate constant upon temperature, giving an activation energy for the reaction of 49.6 KJ Mol i) Interfering substances The effects of substances which might interfere with the response of the electrodes, either through direct electrode oxidation, reaction with the mediator, or, inhibition of the enzyme, were examined. Analyses of solutions containing 8mM glucose, to which metabolites were added to give their normal blood concentrations were carried out. Though, L-ascorbate at a final concentration of 0.13mM gave a mean increase in current of ca. 4.0%, addition of uric acid (0.20mM), where the transition from hypo to hyperglycemia reflects a change in blood glucose of ca. 0.5-30mM, a practical glucose electrode is required to respond linearly in this range so as to eliminate the necessity of sample dilution. In this respect, it seems that the immobilization protocol for the ferrocene-based electrode is important in changing the apparent Michaelis-Menten constant, KM', of glucose oxidase for glucose which results in the high upper limits of linearity. If the electrode response is kinetically rather than diffusion-controlled, i.e. the steady-state curren~ is independent of whether the solution is quiescent or stirred, KM' may be calculated. These prototype, ferrocene-based electrodes, which were found to be kinetically-controlled, gave values of KM' in the range, 30-40mM. This compares to a KM, for glucose, of 3mM for the non-immobilized enzyme.
Particular interfering, or potentially interfering substances are listed in table 5 below. All of the listed substances are substrates for glucose oxidase, however the relative rates of reaction are much lower than that of the primary substrate, glucose. Although experiment showed th~t the effect on glucose assay of zo these substances was minimal, it is envisaged that in the absence of glucose the sensor of the present electrode could be employed to assay for any of the listed substrates.
`` lZ~9Q40 Substrate Relative Rate -D-glucose l00 2-deoxy-D-glucose 25 6-methyl-D-glucose 2 D-mannose
5 ~ -D-glucose 0.6 L-cysteine HCl (0.08mM), reduced glutathione (0.4~mM), sodium formate (7.35mM), D-xylose (8.00mM) d~-galactose (7.77mM~ and ~ -mannose (7.77mM) did not cause any observable interference to the electrodes response to glucose.
There was however, a mean decrease in the current response of 4.0% when changing from nitrogen-saturated to air-saturated buffer. Whilst interference from oxygen is not surprising, the current decrease occurs as the base electrode was not poised sufficiently positive to re-oxidise the hydrogen peroxide generated by the enzymatic reaction. Operation of the electrode at potentials sufficiently positive to re-oxidize the hydrogen peroxide also leads to increased interference from L-ascorbate.
j) Effect of pH
Since the p~ of diabetic plasma samples may vary either ~Z1904~) through the addition of heparin or loss of carbon dioxide, the effect of pH on the response of the glucose electrode was investigated over the clinically relevant range. The steady-state current of the above-described enzyme electrode i~ essentially independent of pH. This paralleled the behaviour of the soluble enzyme, where the second order rate constants for all ferrocene derivatives shown in - Table 3 were found to be independent of changes in pH in the range pH 6-9. This desirable feature of a non-pH dependent response, is presumably due to the fact that, in contrast with oxygen-mediated glucose enzyme electrodes, no proton transfer is involved in ferrocene oxidation.
Devices such as shown in the Examples offer advantages 15 over most of the enzyme-based sensors currently available. When compared to such sensors prior to dilution steps, the present electrode has an equal or faster response time, the ability to operate under anaerobic conditions, greater oxygen insensivity (important in blood samples, where oxygen concentration is variable), extended linear range covering the complete physiological range and comparable specificity, stability and ease of manufacture.
a40 _ 5O -It is additionally proposed, in accordance with the present invention that among the mediators named figure the thiol or like sulphur derivatives of ferrocene, whereby the mediator can link directly to a gold electrode.
The thiol group can be directly or indirectly attached to one ring of the ferrocene structure, e.g. by a lower :; --` 12~9~4 alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms. The simple thiol (ferrocene)-SH can be used, prepared as in J. Chem Soc. 692 - (1958) Knox and Pauson. We have also established that of the alkyl thiols ferrocenyl thiobutane is valuable i.e. (ferrocene)-C4H8-SH.
Other more complex thiol-like compounds are possible e.g. 1,2,3-trithia-(3)-ferrocenophane in which the two rings are linked by a chain of sulphur atoms (a mixture of substances with different numbers of chain sulphur atoms is pos~ible~) The gold electrode can be prepared for repeated use e.g.
by dipping into solutions of such compounds, so as to link the mediator ferrocene structure to the conductive metal.
Examples of the production of such materials are as follows:-1,2,3-trithia-(3)-ferrocenophane (J.Organometallic Chem.1971, 27, 241).
The literature procedure was followed, but no product was obviously evident from the sublimation of the crude mixture. The sublimed material that had the most obvious (i.e. smelliest) potentia~l was chromatographed on silica (30 cm x 2 cm colume) with hexane as eluant to give 4~) three productsO
1. No sulphur on analysis.
2. C:43.72,H:2.83,S:33.05,C10H8FeS3 requires C:42.98,H:2.89, S:34.42 Yield ).45g.
3. O.llg A complex molécule, not examined beyond the mass spec. which indicated it was not however a ferrocenophane with a simple number of sulphur atoms.
Ferrocene thiopentane (ferrocenyl thiobutane) 1. Ferrocenyl butyric acid (J.Am. Chem.Soc.1957,79,3420 Fc CO CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2 COOH
Prepared by the lit method 2. Ferrocenyl butyric acid As above prepared by Clemmenson reduction (zinc/mercury and hydrochloric acid) 3. Ferrocenyl butanol Fc CH2 CH2-cH2-cH2-cH2oH
Acid ~2) (12g) was dissolved in ether (distilled from sodium~potassium) and treated with lithium hydride 20 (1.27g~ in a nitrogen atmosphere. When reaction was complete the excess lithium aluminium hydride was destroyed using ethyl acetrate and then water. The organic phases were separated and the aqueous phase washed with ether (2 x 20 ml). The organic phases were combined and dried (MgS04) and after filtration the solvent was removed on the rotary evaporator 4. The red oil resulting had two components. Column chromatography (30 cm x 2 cm) on silica eluted with l:l ether:hexane gave the alcohol and an ester.
Fc CH2 CH2-CH2-CH2-COOCH3 4. Ferrocenyl thiobutane (3) (400mg) was dissolved in pyridine (lO ml, dried over sodium hydroxide) and cooled in an ice bath. Tosyl chloride (lg) was added and the solution stirred until 15 clear, then left for 24 hour5 at 4C. The mixture, containing solid pyridine hydrochloride, was tipped into ice/water and the tosylate precipated out. This was filtered at the water pump to give a yellow solid. A
dried portion of this gave the characteristic tosylate 20 i.r. spectrum. ~he remainder (0.65g, but still damp) was dissolved in ether: methanol (l:l) and solidum hydrosulphide x H20 (1.6g) was added whilè stirring, the mixture bèing maintained at 5 & . After 30 min, the ice bath was removed and the mixture allowed to warm to lZ19(~40 room temperature. After 3 h f.l.c. (silica, 1:1 Et23:hexane) indica~ed that reaction was complete. The mixture was reduced to dryness on the rotary evaporator and then dissolved in the minimum of Et20/hexane (1:11) and chromatographed on silica (60-120 mesh, 25 cm 25 cm x 2 cm colume, eluted with Et20/hexane (1.113.
The thiol runs very quickly and was collected in approximately 150 ml. Yield 200 mg.
c CH2 CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2SH
There was however, a mean decrease in the current response of 4.0% when changing from nitrogen-saturated to air-saturated buffer. Whilst interference from oxygen is not surprising, the current decrease occurs as the base electrode was not poised sufficiently positive to re-oxidise the hydrogen peroxide generated by the enzymatic reaction. Operation of the electrode at potentials sufficiently positive to re-oxidize the hydrogen peroxide also leads to increased interference from L-ascorbate.
j) Effect of pH
Since the p~ of diabetic plasma samples may vary either ~Z1904~) through the addition of heparin or loss of carbon dioxide, the effect of pH on the response of the glucose electrode was investigated over the clinically relevant range. The steady-state current of the above-described enzyme electrode i~ essentially independent of pH. This paralleled the behaviour of the soluble enzyme, where the second order rate constants for all ferrocene derivatives shown in - Table 3 were found to be independent of changes in pH in the range pH 6-9. This desirable feature of a non-pH dependent response, is presumably due to the fact that, in contrast with oxygen-mediated glucose enzyme electrodes, no proton transfer is involved in ferrocene oxidation.
Devices such as shown in the Examples offer advantages 15 over most of the enzyme-based sensors currently available. When compared to such sensors prior to dilution steps, the present electrode has an equal or faster response time, the ability to operate under anaerobic conditions, greater oxygen insensivity (important in blood samples, where oxygen concentration is variable), extended linear range covering the complete physiological range and comparable specificity, stability and ease of manufacture.
a40 _ 5O -It is additionally proposed, in accordance with the present invention that among the mediators named figure the thiol or like sulphur derivatives of ferrocene, whereby the mediator can link directly to a gold electrode.
The thiol group can be directly or indirectly attached to one ring of the ferrocene structure, e.g. by a lower :; --` 12~9~4 alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms. The simple thiol (ferrocene)-SH can be used, prepared as in J. Chem Soc. 692 - (1958) Knox and Pauson. We have also established that of the alkyl thiols ferrocenyl thiobutane is valuable i.e. (ferrocene)-C4H8-SH.
Other more complex thiol-like compounds are possible e.g. 1,2,3-trithia-(3)-ferrocenophane in which the two rings are linked by a chain of sulphur atoms (a mixture of substances with different numbers of chain sulphur atoms is pos~ible~) The gold electrode can be prepared for repeated use e.g.
by dipping into solutions of such compounds, so as to link the mediator ferrocene structure to the conductive metal.
Examples of the production of such materials are as follows:-1,2,3-trithia-(3)-ferrocenophane (J.Organometallic Chem.1971, 27, 241).
The literature procedure was followed, but no product was obviously evident from the sublimation of the crude mixture. The sublimed material that had the most obvious (i.e. smelliest) potentia~l was chromatographed on silica (30 cm x 2 cm colume) with hexane as eluant to give 4~) three productsO
1. No sulphur on analysis.
2. C:43.72,H:2.83,S:33.05,C10H8FeS3 requires C:42.98,H:2.89, S:34.42 Yield ).45g.
3. O.llg A complex molécule, not examined beyond the mass spec. which indicated it was not however a ferrocenophane with a simple number of sulphur atoms.
Ferrocene thiopentane (ferrocenyl thiobutane) 1. Ferrocenyl butyric acid (J.Am. Chem.Soc.1957,79,3420 Fc CO CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2 COOH
Prepared by the lit method 2. Ferrocenyl butyric acid As above prepared by Clemmenson reduction (zinc/mercury and hydrochloric acid) 3. Ferrocenyl butanol Fc CH2 CH2-cH2-cH2-cH2oH
Acid ~2) (12g) was dissolved in ether (distilled from sodium~potassium) and treated with lithium hydride 20 (1.27g~ in a nitrogen atmosphere. When reaction was complete the excess lithium aluminium hydride was destroyed using ethyl acetrate and then water. The organic phases were separated and the aqueous phase washed with ether (2 x 20 ml). The organic phases were combined and dried (MgS04) and after filtration the solvent was removed on the rotary evaporator 4. The red oil resulting had two components. Column chromatography (30 cm x 2 cm) on silica eluted with l:l ether:hexane gave the alcohol and an ester.
Fc CH2 CH2-CH2-CH2-COOCH3 4. Ferrocenyl thiobutane (3) (400mg) was dissolved in pyridine (lO ml, dried over sodium hydroxide) and cooled in an ice bath. Tosyl chloride (lg) was added and the solution stirred until 15 clear, then left for 24 hour5 at 4C. The mixture, containing solid pyridine hydrochloride, was tipped into ice/water and the tosylate precipated out. This was filtered at the water pump to give a yellow solid. A
dried portion of this gave the characteristic tosylate 20 i.r. spectrum. ~he remainder (0.65g, but still damp) was dissolved in ether: methanol (l:l) and solidum hydrosulphide x H20 (1.6g) was added whilè stirring, the mixture bèing maintained at 5 & . After 30 min, the ice bath was removed and the mixture allowed to warm to lZ19(~40 room temperature. After 3 h f.l.c. (silica, 1:1 Et23:hexane) indica~ed that reaction was complete. The mixture was reduced to dryness on the rotary evaporator and then dissolved in the minimum of Et20/hexane (1:11) and chromatographed on silica (60-120 mesh, 25 cm 25 cm x 2 cm colume, eluted with Et20/hexane (1.113.
The thiol runs very quickly and was collected in approximately 150 ml. Yield 200 mg.
c CH2 CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2SH
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PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1.An electrode sensor system for sensing the presence of at least one selected component of a mixture of components said sensor system comprising:-at least two electrically conducting means insulated from each other, each of which is in electrical contact with said mixture via an electrically conductive surface, a mediator compound which transfers electrons between said enzyme and one said conductive surface when an enzyme is catalytically active, said mediator being an organometallic compound which comprises at least two organic rings, each of which is characterised by at least two double bonds that are conjugated and a metal atom in electron-sharing contact with each of said rings.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein said mediator is confined at said electrically conducting surface.
3. The system of claim 1 wherein said enzyme is confined at said electrically conducting surface.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein said selected component is a substrate for said enzyme-catalized reaction.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein said mediator compound is a ferrocene-type compound.
6. The system of claim 5 wherein said ferrocene-type compound is selected from the group consisting of ferrocene; chloroferrocene;
methyl-trimethylaminoferrocene ;
1,1-dimethylferrocene 1,1'-dicarboxyferrocene;
carboxyferrocene; vinylferrocene;
trimethylaminoferrocene; 1, 1'dimethylferrocene;
polyvinylferrocene; ferrocene monocarboxylic acid;
hydroxyethylferrocene; acetoferrocene; and 1, 1' bishydrohymethylferrocene
methyl-trimethylaminoferrocene ;
1,1-dimethylferrocene 1,1'-dicarboxyferrocene;
carboxyferrocene; vinylferrocene;
trimethylaminoferrocene; 1, 1'dimethylferrocene;
polyvinylferrocene; ferrocene monocarboxylic acid;
hydroxyethylferrocene; acetoferrocene; and 1, 1' bishydrohymethylferrocene
7. The system of claim 1 wherein said enzyme is a non-oxygen-specific flavo-protein.
8. The system of claim 7 wherein said flavo-protein is selected from the group consisting of methanol oxidase, pyruvate oxidase (EC 1.2.3.3.), xanthine oxidase (EC
1.2.3.2.), sarcosine oxidase (EC 1.5.3.1), lipoamide dehydrogenase (EC 1.6.3.4.), glutathione reductase (EC
1.6.4.2.), carbonmonoxide oxido-reductase, glucose oxidase, glycollate oxidase (EC 1.1.3.1.) L-amino acid oxidase (EC 1.4.3.2.) and lactose oxidase.
1.2.3.2.), sarcosine oxidase (EC 1.5.3.1), lipoamide dehydrogenase (EC 1.6.3.4.), glutathione reductase (EC
1.6.4.2.), carbonmonoxide oxido-reductase, glucose oxidase, glycollate oxidase (EC 1.1.3.1.) L-amino acid oxidase (EC 1.4.3.2.) and lactose oxidase.
9. The system of claim 1 wherein said enzyme is a quino-protein.
10. The system of claim 9 wherein said quino-protein is selected from the group consisting of glucose dehydrogenase, alcohol dehydrogenase and methanol dehydrogenase.
11. The system of claim 1 wherein said metal atom is iron.
12. The system of claim 1 wherein said metal atom is ruthenium.
13. The system of claim 1 wherein said mediator compound is a ruthocene.
14. The system of claim 1 wherein said metal is chromium.
15. The system of claim 14 wherein said mediator compound is dibenzene chromium.
16. A sensor as claimed in claim 1 in which the enzyme catalyses a reaction of glucose whereby there is provided a glucose sensor.
17. A sensor as claimed in claim 16 in which the enzyme is a glucose oxidase.
18. A sensor as claimed in claim 16 in which the enzyme is a bacterial glucose dehydrogenase.
19.A sensor as claimed in claim 18 in which the glucose dehydrogenase is that separated from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus.
20. A sensor as claimed in claim 1 in which the electrode is made of a material chosen from silver, carbon particle paste and solid carbon.
21. The sensor of claim 1 for use in a liquid mixture including glucose, to be responsive to the presence of glucose, the one said conductive means comprising an electrode composed of carbon, a layer of a ferrocene-type compound at an external surface thereof as an electron-transferring mediator compound, and an enzyme chosen from glucose oxidase and bacterial glucose dehydrogenase located upon the layer of mediator compound.
22. A sensor as claimed in claimed in claim 21 in which the ferrocene-type compound is deposited on the surface from a readily evaporable organic solvent therefor.
23. A sensor as claimed in claim 21 in which the ferrocene-type compound is in polymeric form and produced at the surface by polymerisation of the corresponding monomer.
24. A sensor as claimed in claim 22 in which the ferrocene-type compound is bonded to the carbon electrode by carbo-diimide cross-linking.
25. A sensor as claimed-in claim 21 in which the enzyme is a glucose oxidase immobilised on the mediator by DCC.
26. A sensor as claimed in claim 21 in which the enzyme is a bacterial glucose dehydrogenase deposited on the mediator layer from an evaporatable solution.
27. A sensor as claimed in claim 21 in which the enzyme is a bacterial glucose dehydrogenase held in a gelatine layer at the surface of the mediator layer.
28. A sensor as claimed in claim 21 having an outermost protective membrane permeable to water and glucose molecules.
29. The sensor system of claim 28 in which the protective membrane is a layer of cellulose acetate deposited from a solution thereof.
30. The sensor system of claim 1 with implantation means suitable for implantation in a human subject.
31. A sensor system of claim 1 wherein said mediator compound transfers electrons from said enzyme to said conductive surface.
32. The system of claim 1 in which the enzyme is a Haem-containing enzyme.
33. The system of claim 32 in which the Haem-con-taining enzyme is chosen from the group consisting of lactate dehydrogenase,yeast cytochrome C peroxidase and horseradish peroxidase.
34. The system of claim 1 in which the enzyme is a cuproprotein.
35. The system of claim 34 in which the cupro-protein is galactose oxidase.
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