Issue 15, 2020

Electrochemical biosensor for detection of 17β-estradiol using semi-conducting polymer and horseradish peroxidase

Abstract

A convenient electrochemical sensing pathway for 17β-estradiol detection was investigated. The system is based on a conducting polymer and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) modified platinum (Pt) electrode. The miniature estradiol biosensor was developed and constructed through the immobilization of HRP in an electroactive surface of the electrode covered with electroconducting polymer – poly(4,7-bis(5-(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)thiophen-2-yl)benzothiadiazole). The detection strategy is based on the fact that 17β-estradiol (E2) and pyrocatechol (H2Q) are co-substrates for the HRP enzyme. HRP, which does not react with E2, in the presence of H2O2 catalyses the oxidation of H2Q to o-benzoquinone (Q). With the optimized conditions, such constructed biosensing system demonstrated a convenient level of sensitivity, selectivity in a broad linear range – 0.1 to 200 μM with a detection limit of 105 nM. Furthermore, the method was successfully applied for hormone detection in the presence of potential interfering compounds (ascorbic acid, estriol, estrone, uric acid and cholesterol).

Graphical abstract: Electrochemical biosensor for detection of 17β-estradiol using semi-conducting polymer and horseradish peroxidase

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 Nov 2019
Accepted
23 Feb 2020
First published
03 Mar 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 9079-9087

Electrochemical biosensor for detection of 17β-estradiol using semi-conducting polymer and horseradish peroxidase

K. Spychalska, D. Zając and J. Cabaj, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 9079 DOI: 10.1039/C9RA09902F

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