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Research Article Open Access
Glucose Oxidase Modified Electrodes of Polyaniline and Poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) as a Biosensor: A Comparative Study
Iron Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, Iran
*Corresponding author: Seyed Mohammad Seyed Mohaghegh
Iron Polymer and Petrochemical Institute
P.O. Box: 14965-115, Tehran, Iran
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E-mail: s.m.mohaghegh@ippi.ac.ir
 
Received October 23, 2011; Accepted January 13, 2012; Published January 16, 2012
 
Citation: Keyhanpour A, Mohaghegh SMS, Jamshidi A (2012) Glucose Oxidase Modified Electrodes of Polyaniline and Poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) as a Biosensor: A Comparative Study. J Biosens Bioelectron 3:116. doi:10.4172/2155- 6210.1000116
 
Copyright: © 2012 Keyhanpour A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
 
Abstract
 
A simple technique is described for constructing a glucose sensor so that enzymes, glucose oxidase (GOD) was immobilized by cross-linking via glutaraldehyde 0.1% at 0.1 M phosphate buffer with 7.0 pH in a polyaniline and poly(aniline-co-2anilinoethanol) thin films, which were electrochemically deposited on a platinum plate in phosphate and acetate buffer. The results of EIS and SEM indicated the successful immobilization for enzymes in the polymers film. The maximum current response was observed for the electrodes at pH 7 and potential 0.65 V (versus Ag/ AgCl). The poly (aniline-co-2anilinoethanol)/GOD electrode gives high stability and fast response as compared to polyaniline/GOD electrode in amperometric measurements so results show that the poly (aniline-co 2anilinoethanol) electrode is more suitable for biological systems.
 
Keywords
 
Glucose oxidase; Poly (aniline-co-2anilinoethanol); Immobilization; Polyaniline; Biosensors
 
Introduction
 
Glucose is a bio-molecule that is known to play a variety of roles in the welfare of mankind. The development of amperometric glucose biosensors is extensively investigated research area because of its importance in the treatment of diabetes mellitus health care, food and environmental monitoring and process industries, etc [1-6]. To date, the most commonly used amperometric glucose sensors use the specific recognition of glucose oxidase (GOD). The determination of biological compounds with biosensors has several advantages, e.g. ease of manipulation, rapidity and simple pretreatment of samples and the establishment of analytical methods based on biosensors [7]. Conducting polymers have also found applications in amperometric enzyme electrodes with the intention to couple the electron transfer reaction between enzyme and electrode via the ramified conducting network of the polymer for example, polypyrrole [8], polyaniline [9,10], poly (o-anisidine) [11], poly (o-toluidine) [12] and etc. Among others, the poly-conjugated conducting polymers have been recently proposed for biosensing applications because of a number of favorable characteristics such as: (i) direct and easy deposition on sensor electrode by electrochemical oxidation of monomer, (ii) control of thickness and (iii) Redox conductivity [11]. Conducting polymers have attracted much interest as a suitable matrix for entrapment of enzymes [13,14] forming an enzyme electrode. These enzyme electrodes are a reliable, accurate and low-cost biosensors widely used in biomedical analysis. The immobilization of enzymes in electrode materials is achieved either by physical or chemical methods [15-18]. Immobilization of enzymes is under taken either for the purpose of basic research or for use in technical processes of commercial interests. Immobilization means that enzymes, while retaining their catalytic activity, is confined within a certain space or is bound to solid carriers or to one another. Immobilization of enzymes has several advantages. These are: (i) the stability of the enzyme by protecting the active material from deactivation; (ii) repeated use; (iii) significant reduction in the operation cost; (iv) easy separation and recovery of the enzymes. Advantages of immobilization of enzymes in conducting polymer by electro polymerization are an easy one-step procedure, accurate control of the polymer thickness via the electrical charge passed during the film formation process, localization of the electrochemical reaction exclusively on the electrode surface allowing precise modification of microelectrodes and surfaces of complex geometry and the possibility to build up multilayer structures. The immobilization of enzymes or proteins in such polymers can be achieved by several techniques like physical entrapment, chemical cross-linking and covalent coupling. The physical entrapment covalent coupling and other methods suffer from leaching problems of the enzyme [19,20]. However this problem can be significantly overcome by using chemical cross-linking method of immobilization [21-23] via glutaraldehyde. GOD has been the most frequently used molecular recognition element, due to its high binding specificity, high turnover rate and relatively high stability. GOD can selectively catalyze the oxidation of glucose in the presence of oxygen to form hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), which can be electrochemically detected by using electrodes [e.g., platinum (Pt) and gold (Au)] at potentials positive to around +0.6 V (vs. Ag/AgCl). The reactions can be described as follows:
 
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Experimental
 
Reagents
 
The monomers aniline (Merck) and 2-anilinoethanol (Merck) were distilled twice before use. The thin films of polyaniline and poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) were synthesized electrochemically on platinum substrates under cyclic voltammetric conditions in a single compartment glass cell. A three electrode geometry was employed during the electrochemical polymerization in which a platinum substrate functioned as the working electrode (0.4 cm2 ⇓ 0.4 cm2), a Pt rod as counter electrode and Ag/AgCl as the reference electrode. The films were electropolymerized in aqueous solution containing 0.1M monomer(s) and 1M H2SO4 (Merck) as electrolyte. Glucose oxidase (EC 1.1.3.4, 5 80 Umg−1 protein, from Merck) and D- glucose were used without further purification and glucose solutions were stored overnight at room temperature before use. The GOD was immobilized by cross-linking via glutaraldehyde (0.1 %) (Merck) on films, thus restricting the leaching of the enzyme film. These films were left for 30 min and washed with phosphate and/or acetate buffer. Buffers including the HAc + NaAc system and the KH2PO4 + Na2HPO4 were always employed as supporting electrolyte. Then both enzyme electrodes were washed thoroughly with 0.1 M phosphate buffer solution and stored at 4°C. All solutions were made up with twice distilled water.
 
Apparatus
 
Amperometry, cyclic voltammetry (CV) and Faradaic impedance spectroscopy measurements were performed with a CHI 660B electrochemical workstation (CH Instruments, USA) in a conventional three-electrode cell. Pt plate electrode was used as working electrode. An Ag/AgCl electrode (saturated KCl) and a Pt rod were used as reference and counter electrode, respectively. The scanning electron micrograph was recorded using JEOL, JSM-6360A SEM machine. The Faradaic impedance measurements were carried out in a background solution of in solution 0.5M Na3PO4 at a normal potential. The alternating voltage was 5mV and the frequency range was 0.1 Hz to 100 kHz
 
Synthesis of polyaniline and copolymer of aniline/2- anilinoethanol
 
Polyaniline and poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) film was synthesized from an aqueous solution of distilled 0.1 M aniline and 0.1 M 2-anilinoethanol (Merck) and 1.0 M of sulfuric acid (Merck) using electrochemical deposition method. It was carried out by cyclic a voltammograms technique at 27°C in one compartment, threeelectrode glass cell. The platinum plate was used as working and Pt rod was used counter electrode and Ag/AgCl was used as reference electrode. The electrolyte solution was prepared in distilled water. To control the thickness of the films, electro polymerization of this solution was carried out using a number of voltammetric cycle’s: The first cycle was applied to induce the polymerization process and the following cycles to achieve the overall coating of the electrode. After synthesis, polymer coated electrodes were rinsed thoroughly in distilled water and dried in cold air and then use for subsequent characterization. For preparing of copolymers, We were used the volume percentage 90/10 aniline and 2-anilinoethanol, because there are two major factors in producing biosensors, the first high conductivity and the second reduced contact resistance between the metal electrodes and the polymer film. It is shown that with increase of 2-anilinoethanol in copolymer, conductivity and resistance are decreased, but the processability and adhesion are increased. Hydrophilic film polymer obtained has increased with increasing (2-anilinoethanol) content. Considering the figure 1 is observed with increasing monomer 2-anilinoethanol in copolymer, and the number of pair’s peaks is reduced. This shows that poly (2-anilinoethanol) and poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) are formed [26]. The PANI films showed a typical redox response with three redox couples (Figure 1). The first responses occur without loss or gain of protons (leucoemeraldine/ emeraldine) and third redox electrochemical response involves protonation and deprotonation (emeraldine/pernigraniline) couples are due to the interconversion reactions of PANI upon varying the potential. The middle peaks can be related to the formation of quinones (mostly benzoquinone) as a consequence of a hydrolysis reaction in water [27].
 
Figure 1: Cyclic voltammograms recorded during the synthesis of (a) polyaniline and the poly (aniline-co 2 anilinoethanol) with the volume percentage [(b) 90/10- (c) 85/15- (d) 50/50] and (e) Poly (2-anilinoethanol) films in aqueous solution of H2SO4 as electrolyte.
 
SEM studies polyaniline and poly (aniline-co-2- anilinoethanol)
 
The scanning electron micrograph was recorded using JEOL, JSM- 6360A SEM machine. The SEM micrograph of synthesized polyaniline and poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) is shown in Figure 2. Poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) structure show higher uniformity and porosity than polyaniline structure, which is suitable for immobilization of biocomponent [28].
 
Figure 2: The scanning electron micrograph of synthesized (a) polyaniline and (b) poly (anilineco-2-anilinoethanol) with optimized electrochemical process parameters.
 
Immobilization of GOD on poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol)
 
Conducting polyaniline and poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) films were prepared using cyclic voltammograms technique in a solution of 1M aniline, 1M 2-anilinoethanol and 1M H2SO4. Pt plates were used as working electrodes and Pt rod was used as the counter electrode. The films were thoroughly washed with phosphate buffer prior to use. The enzyme solutions were prepared in 0.1M phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) with the working concentration of 20 U/ml for GOD. The enzyme GOD was immobilized by cross-linking via (1 %) glutaraldehyde on polyaniline and poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) films and left 30 min and then washed with phosphate and acetate buffer to remove any loosely bound enzyme. Because physical adsorption of an enzyme onto a solid although is probably the simplest way of preparing immobilized enzymes but the method relies on non-specific physical interaction between the enzyme protein and the surface of the matrix, brought about by mixing a concentrated solution of enzyme with the solid. In addition, because of the weak bonds involved, desorption of the protein resulting from changes in temperature, pH, ionic strength or even the mere presence of substrate, is often observed. Another disadvantage is non-specific further adsorption of other proteins or other substances as the immobilized enzyme is used. This may alter the properties of the immobilized enzyme or, if the substance adsorbed is a substrate for the enzyme, the rate will probably decrease depending on the surface mobility of enzyme and substrate. But cross-linking an enzyme to it is both expensive and insufficient, as some of the protein material will inevitably be acting mainly as a support, resulting in relatively low enzymatic activity. Generally, cross-linking is best used in conjunction with one of the other methods.
 
Faradaic impedance spectroscopy
 
Impedance spectroscopy is an effective method to probe the features of the surface modified electrodes. These studies were employed for modification of the electrode with individual and mixed components used for the fabrication of the biosensor. The complex impedance can be presented as the sum of the real Z’ (ω) and imaginary Z’’ (ω), components that originate mainly from the resistance and capacitance of the cell, respectively. The general electronic equivalent scheme (Randles and Ershler model, inset of Figure 3, include the ohmic resistance of the electrolyte solution, Rs, resulting from the diffusion of ions from the bulk electrolyte to the electrode interface, the double- layer capacitance, Cdl and the electron-transfer resistance Rct that exists if a redox probe is present in the electrolyte solution. The electron- transfer resistance, Rct, controls the electron-transfer kinetics of the redox probe at the electrode interface. From the shape of an impedance spectrum, the electron-transfer kinetics and diffusion characteristics can be extracted from spectra.
 
Figure 3: Nyquist plots of the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) for (a) pt bare (b) polyaniline and (c) poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) and (d) polyaniline/GOD, (e) poly (anilineco-2-anilinoethanol) film.
 
In addition, Figure 3 Shows the Faradaic impedance spectra, presented as Nyquist plots (Z′ (ω) vs. Z′′ (ω)) upon the modification of the electrodes polyaniline and poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol). The electron-transfer resistance decreased, due to the increase in the hydrophilic with increase in content of 2-anilinoethanol, making it easier for the electron transfer to take place. That confirmed the successful synthesis of poly (aniline-co-2- anilinoethanol) film for the biosensor. The response current of the active device depends on the contact resistance between the metal electrodes and the polymer film [11].
 
Current response of the polyaniline and poly(aniline-co-2- anilinoethanol) GOD electrodes
 
The change in response current of the active device glucose oxidase is the parameter of interest for sensor applications. The response potential of the device depends on several factors such as 1-the contact resistance between the metal electrode and the polymer film, 2-the geometric factor of the film and 3-the film conductivity. The film conductivity is depends on several factors, such as analyte pH, temperature, polymer film potential, substrate concentration and enzyme loading. The GOD was immobilized on electrochemically synthesized polyaniline and poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) film by cross-linking via glutaraldehyde. The potential-time relationship of polyaniline /GOD and poly (aniline- co-2-anilinoethanol)/ GOD electrode when the current of the enzyme was set 0.65V in phosphate and acetate buffer is as shown in figure 4, figure 5 and figure 6 respectively.
 
Figure 4: Current–time curves for the glucose oxidase electrode of (a) polyaniline and (b) poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) at 0.65V. Glucose solution (1) 1 mM, (2) 3 mM, (3) 5 mM, (4) 7 mM, (5) 10 mM, (6) 15 mM, (7) 20 mM, (8) 30 mM, (9) 40 mM in 0.1M phosphate buffer, pH 7.
 
Figure 5: Current–time curves for the glucose oxidase electrode of (a) polyaniline and (b) poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) at 0.65V. Glucose solution (1) 1 mM, (2) 3 mM, (3) 5 mM, (4) 7 mM, (5) 10 mM, (6) 15 mM, (7) 20 mM, (8) 30 mM,(9) 40 mM in 0.1M acetate buffer, pH 7.
 
Figure 6: The relationship between response current and glucose concentration for the GOD electrode of polyaniline (♦) and poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) (■), in 0.1M phosphate buffer, pH 7 (a) and in 0.1M acetate buffer, pH 7 (b).
 
Determination of the kinetic constants
 
The kinetic parameters, Km and Imax values of the free and immobilized invertase were determined by measuring initial rates of the reaction with sucrose as substrate in acetate buffer (3mM, pH 7) at 35°C. The Km and Imax values for the free and immobilized invertase were calculated from Lineweaver–Burk plots by using the initial rate of the enzymatic reaction.
 
            
 
Where [S] was the concentration of substrate, I and Imax represented the initial and maximum rate of reactions, respectively. Km was the Michaels constant. The value of Km depends on immobilization of enzyme and lesser the Km gives the faster response of the electrode to glucose [31,32] (Figure 7, Figure 8, Table 1).
 
Figure 7: Determination of apparent Michaelis–Menten constant (Km) for the GOD electrode of polyaniline (♦) and poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) (■) in 0.1M phosphate buffer, pH 7.
 
Figure 8: Determination of apparent Michaelis–Menten constant (Km) for the GOD electrode of polyaniline (♦) and poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) (■) in 0.1M acetate buffer, pH 7.
 
Table 1: Apparent Michaelis–Menten constant (Km) and maximum current (Imax) of polyaniline and poly (aniline-co-2-anilino)/GOD films in 0.1 M phosphate and 0.1 M acetate buffer at pH 7.
 
Effects of temperature value of the polyaniline and of the poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) GOD electrodes
 
Solutions containing glucose may differ in temperature. It is important to understand how the electrochemical sensing performance of the two electrodes responds to the temperature changes. Our test solution was 0.1M phosphate buffer, pH 7 and acetate buffer, pH 7 containing 3mM glucose. During the glucose measurements, the temperature of the solution was controlled. For each of the electrodes, there were a total of six measurements between 35 and 60°C with increments of 5°C. Figure 9 shows the responses of the biosensors to the change of temperature. The response patterns of the two biosensors were analogous. The measured current signals were proportional to the temperature increase and reached their heights between 50 and 55°C. The reasons for slower and faster reaction rates are because the temperature is directly proportional to the kinetic energy of the enzyme and surrounding molecules. Higher kinetic energy makes for a higher chance for the enzyme to bump into molecules that it will react with. According to the Arrhenius formula,
 
Figure 9: Effect of temperature on the responses (a) of the polyaniline/GOD and (b) of the poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) GOD, glucose sensors studied by amperometric method for 3mM glucose in (♦) phosphate buffer, pH 7 and (■) acetate buffer, pH 7.
 
I (T) = I0 exp (-Ea/RT)
 
lnk=lnA-(Ea/RT)
 
lnI=lnI0 – Ea/RT
 
where k is the rate constant and E, the activation energy. Since the electrode surface areas, the quantity of the enzyme and the concentration of substrate are constant, the steady-state current is proportional to the rate constant k [33]. We replaced k with I in the Arrhenius formula. The relationships of log I vs 1/T are plotted in Figure 11 and two straight lines were obtained. The activation energies were calculated from the slopes. The values of E of the polyaniline/GOD, for the phosphate buffer and acetate buffer are 45.3 kJ/mol and 49.5 kJ/mol and values of E poly (aniline-co-2anilinoethanol) GOD for the phosphate buffer and acetate buffer are 41.9 kJ/mol and 46.2 kJ/mol, respectively From the above results, we can see that the activation energy of the glucose oxidation reaction under enzyme catalysis in phosphate buffer is smaller than that in acetate buffer. Therefore in acetate buffer, the energy required to enter transition state decreases, thereby decreasing the energy required to initiate the reaction and reaction time for reaching the steady-state current is shorter. In addition we can see that the activation energy of the glucose oxidation reaction under enzyme catalysis in of the poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol)/GOD electrode is smaller than that in of the polyaniline/GOD electrode. Therefore in phosphate buffer was much preferred for use in amperometric measurements for poly (aniline-co-2anilinoethanol) glucose sensors (Figure 10).
 
Figure 10: Plots of log I against l/T (♦) phosphate buffer and (■) acetate buffer.
 
Figure 11: Effect of pH on the GOD electrode response (a) of the polyaniline and (b) of the poly (aniline-co- 2-anilinoethanol). The steady-state currents were measured at 0.65 V in a 3 mM glucose solution in a 0.1M (♦) phosphate buffer and (■) acetate buffer, pH 7.
 
Effects of pH value of the polyaniline and of the poly (aniline- co-2-anilinoethanol)/GOD electrodes
 
The pH of a solution can have several effects of the structure and activity of enzymes. Changes in pH may not only affect the shape of an enzyme but it may also change the shape or charge properties of the substrate so that either the substrate cannot bind to the active site or it cannot undergo catalysis. Immobilized enzyme-carrier complex, the enzyme molecules are subject to the effect of the micro-environment in the pores of the complex. Surface charges and other micro environmental effects can create a shift up or down of optimal pH of the enzyme activity [34]. The preparation of the test solution was similar to that of the temperature effect experiments, with the exception of the pH value controls. The effect of pH on the behavior of the enzyme electrodes was studied with 0.1M phosphate and acetate buffer solutions containing 3 mM glucose. The steady-state currents at 0.65 V, as a function of the pH values, are shown in Figure 11. The electrochemical responses were quite good at pH ranging from 4.0-8.0, and the maximum current occurred at about pH 7. Bright and coworkers studied the pH dependence of solubilized GOD reactions and found a broad pH range of 4.0-8.0 with a maximum current of approximately pH 7.
 
Stability and lifetime of the polyaniline and of the poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) electrode
 
Stability and lifetime of the GOD electrode response of the polyaniline and of the poly (anilineco-2anilinoethanol) have been studied. It shows excellent stability and response for 10 days (Figure 12). At the beginning of the test of lifetime, activity decreased rapidly. After a few days the modification electrode shows stable response. The poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol)/GOD electrode gives high stability and fast response as compared to polyaniline/GOD electrode in amperometric measurements so results show that the poly(aniline- co-2-anilinoethanol) electrode is more suitable for biological systems and for two electrode decreases current in the acetate buffer more than phosphate buffer so results show that phosphate buffer is more suitable for biological systems.
 
Figure 12: Stability of the polyaniline /GOD (a) and of the the poly(aniline-co- 2-anilinoethanol) GOD (b) electrode on storage in (♦) 0.1 M phosphate buffer and (■) 0.1 M acetate buffer, pH 7at 6 °C.
 
Conclusion
 
We have synthesises polyaniline and poly (aniline-co- 2anilinoethanol) glucose oxidase biosensor for the determination of glucose. The maximum current response for the polyaniline and poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) glucose oxidase electrode is at pH 7, 0.65 V and 50°C in either phosphate buffer or acetate buffer. The poly (anilineco- 2-anilinoethanol)/GOD electrode gives high stability and fast response as compared to polyaniline/GOD electrode in amperometric measurements. Results show that the poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol) electrode is more suitable for biological systems. According to the rate constant and the activation energy measurements in both electrodes, the poly (aniline-co-2-anilinoethanol)/GOD electrode is much more preferable for use in amperometric measurements in both buffers than polyaniline/GOD electrode due to the comparative fast response.
 
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