Issue 12, 2014

A biosensor for the determination of high density lipoprotein cholesterol employing combined surfactant-derived selectivity and sensitivity enhancements

Abstract

High density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is a modifiable risk factor in cardiovascular disease and devices suitable for its determination at the point of care are critical to the future management of hypercholesterolaemia. An electrochemical biosensor for measuring HDL-C was developed. The biosensor was based on a homogeneous assay methodology for selective determination of HDL-C in combination with a printed electrochemical sensor for measuring the reduction of hydrogen peroxide at a silver paste electrode. The polyoxyethylene alkylene tribenzylphenyl ether surfactant (Emulgen B-66) was found to be capable of both the selective dissolution of HDL particles, as well as the enhanced electrocatalytic reduction of hydrogen peroxide. The resulting biosensor was shown to have a linear response to HDL-C from 0.5 to 4 mM (r2 = 0.998) with an average r.s.d. of 7%. The biosensor was also used to analyse HDL-C in thirteen serum samples and had good agreement with a commercial spectrophotometric precipitation-based assay (r = 0.72; p < 0.058).

Graphical abstract: A biosensor for the determination of high density lipoprotein cholesterol employing combined surfactant-derived selectivity and sensitivity enhancements

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 Dec 2013
Accepted
06 Mar 2014
First published
07 Mar 2014

Anal. Methods, 2014,6, 3975-3981

Author version available

A biosensor for the determination of high density lipoprotein cholesterol employing combined surfactant-derived selectivity and sensitivity enhancements

T. Ahmadraji, L. Gonzalez-Macia and A. J. Killard, Anal. Methods, 2014, 6, 3975 DOI: 10.1039/C3AY42262C

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