Olfactory cell-based biosensor: a first step towards a neurochip of bioelectronic nose.
Human olfactory system can distinguish thousands of odors. In order to realize the biomimetic design of electronic nose on the principle of mammalian olfactory system, this article reports an olfactory cell-based biosensor as a real bionic technique for odorants detection. Effective cultures of olfactory receptor neurons and olfactory bulb cells have been achieved on the semiconductor chip. Using light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) as sensing chip to monitor extracellular potential of the neurons, the response under stimulations of the odorants or neurotransmitters, such as acetic acid and glutamic acid, was tested. The results demonstrate that this kind of hybrid system of LAPS and olfactory neurons, which is sensitive to odorous changes, has great potential and is promising to be used as a novel neurochip of bioelectronic nose for detecting odors.
Biosensor National Special Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Education Ministry, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, PR China.
Qingjun
Q
Liu
Hua
H
Cai
Ying
Y
Xu
Yan
Y
Li
Rong
R
Li
Ping
P
Wang
D000818:Animals; D001187:Artificial Organs; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D009475:Neurons, Afferent; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000166:cytology*; D009831:Olfactory Mucosa / Q000166:cytology*; D051381:Rats