title: A glucose sensor protein for continuous glucose monitoring.
abstract: In vivo continuous glucose monitoring has posed a significant challenge to glucose sensor development due to the lack of reliable techniques that are non- or at least minimally-invasive. In this proof-of-concept study, we demonstrated the development of a new glucose sensor protein, AcGFP1-GBPcys-mCherry, and an optical sensor assembly, capable of generating quantifiable FRET (fluorescence resonance energy transfer) signals for glucose monitoring. Our experimental data showed that the engineered glucose sensor protein can generate measurable FRET signals in response to glucose concentrations varying from 25 to 800 μM. The sensor developed based on this protein had a shelf-life of up to 3 weeks. The sensor response was devoid of interference from compounds like galactose, fructose, lactose, mannose, and mannitol when tested at physiologically significant concentrations of these compounds. This new glucose sensor protein can potentially be used to develop implantable glucose sensors for continuous glucose monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Engineering Program, College of Engineering, University of Arkansas, 203 Engineering Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA.
authors.forename: Jithesh V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Veetil
authors.forename: Sha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Kaiming
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ye
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy; D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D006801:Humans; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D055616:Microtechnology; D055096:Optical Devices; D015202:Protein Engineering; D055550:Protein Stability; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D017931:DNA Primers; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins