title: Determination of serum glucose by horseradish peroxidase-catalysed imidazole chemiluminescence coupled to a micro-flow-injection system.
abstract: The reactivity of flow-injection (FI)-horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-catalysed imidazole chemiluminescence (CL) was studied for continuous determination of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) and serum glucose with immobilized glucose oxidase. Light emission by the HRP-catalysed imidazole CL was obtained when immobilized HRP, alkaline imidazole (in Tricine solution, pH 9.3) and H(2)O(2) were reacted at room temperature. The optimal pH for the CL reaction was 9.3 and the optimal concentration of imidazole was 100 micromol/L. When no imidazole was added, the light intensity of the same H(2)O(2) specimen decreased to a level that could not be quantitatively determined. The spectrum of the light emitted by imidazole CL was in the range 400-600 nm with a peak at 500 nm. The calibration equation for determination of H(2)O(2) was y = 9860x(2) + 3830x + 11,700, where y = light intensity (RLU) and x = concentration of H(2)O(2) (micromol/L). The detection limit of H(2)O(2) was 5 pmol, and the reproducibility of the H(2)O(2) assay was 2.3% of the coefficient of variation (H(2)O(2) 48 micromol/L, n = 13). The CL method was successfully applied to assay glucose after on-line generation of H(2)O(2) with the immobilized glucose oxidase column, resulting in good reproducibility (CV = 3.3% and 1.0% for the standard glucose and the control serum, respectively).
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan. nozakio@mx5.nisiq.net
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nozaki
authors.forename: Motonori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Munesue
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawamoto
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D002384:Catalysis; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D017022:Flow Injection Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase / Q000737:chemistry*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000032:analysis; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D008163:Luminescent Measurements / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D007093:Imidazoles; C029899:imidazole; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase