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  • Title: An electrochemical immunosensor for milk progesterone using a continuous flow system.
    Author: Pemberton RM, Hart JP, Mottram TT.
    Journal: Biosens Bioelectron; 2001 Dec; 16(9-12):715-23. PubMed ID: 11679249.
    Abstract:
    An electrochemical biosensor for cow's milk progesterone has been developed and used in a competitive immunoassay under thin-layer, continuous-flow conditions. Single-use biosensors were fabricated by depositing anti-progesterone monoclonal antibody (mAb) onto screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs). Three operational steps could be identified: (1) Competitive binding of sample/conjugate (alkaline-phosphatase-labelled progesterone, AP-prog) mixture, (2) establishment of a steady-state amperometric baseline current and (3), measurement of an amperometric signal in the presence of enzyme substrate (1-naphthyl phosphate, 1-NP). In the thin-layer cell, the enzyme product, 1-naphthol, showed electrochemical behaviour consistent with bulk conditions and gave a linear amperometric response under continuous-flow conditions (E(app)=+0.3 V vs. Ag/AgCl) over the range 0.1-1.0 microg/ml. After pre-incubating biosensors with progesterone standards, signal generation within the cell (substrate concentration=5 mM) was recorded amperometrically as rate (nA/s) or maximum current (i(max), nA). Response values for milk standards were approximately 50% of those prepared in buffer. In both cases, calibration plots over the range 0-50 ng/ml progesterone were obtained. By conducting sample binding under flowing conditions, only 7% of the previous response was obtained, even at a substrate concentration of 50 mM, resulting in low signal:noise ratio. Using a stop-flow arrangement (i.e. quiescent sample binding, followed by continuous flow), low-noise amperograms were obtained at [1-NP]=5 mM. Calibration plots were obtained over the range 0-25 ng/ml, with a coefficient of variation of 12.5% for five replicate real milk samples.
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