Immobilization of acetylcholinesterase on gold nanoparticles embedded in sol-gel film for amperometric detection of organophosphorous insecticide |
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Authors: | Du Dan Chen Shizhen Cai Jie Zhang Aidong |
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Institution: | Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China. dudan@mail.ccnu.edu.cn |
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Abstract: | A simple method to immobilize acetylcholinesterase (AChE) on silica sol-gel (SiSG) film assembling gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) was proposed, thus a sensitive, fast and stable amperometric sensor for quantitative determination of organophosphorous insecticide was developed. The large quantities of hydroxyl groups in the sol-gel composite provided a biocompatible microenvironment around enzyme molecule and stabilized its biological activity to a large extent. The immobilized AChE could catalyze the hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine chloride (ATCl) with a Kmapp value of 450 microM to form thiocholine, which was then oxidized to produce detectable single with a linear range of 10-1000 microM. AuNPs catalyzed the electro-oxidation of thiocholine, thus increasing detection sensitivity. Based on the inhibition of organophosphorous insecticide on the enzymatic activity of AChE, using monocrotophos as a model compound, the conditions for detection of the insecticide were optimized. The inhibition of monocrotophos was proportional to its concentration ranging from 0.001 to 1 microg/ml and 2 to 15 microg/ml, with the correlation coefficients of 0.9930 and 0.9985, respectively. The detection limit was 0.6 ng/ml at a 10% inhibition. The developed biosensor exhibited good reproducibility and acceptable stability, thus providing a new promising tool for analysis of enzyme inhibitors. |
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