title: Detection of protease activities by flash chronopotentiometry using a reversible polycation-sensitive polymeric membrane electrode.
abstract: A novel electrochemical method, termed flash chronopotentiometry (FCP), is used to develop a rapid and sensitive method for detecting protease activities. In this method, an appropriate current pulse is applied across a polycation-selective polymer membrane to induce a strong flux of the polycationic peptides from the sample phase into the organic membrane of the electrode. During this current pulse, the cell potential (EMF) is monitored continuously, and is a function of the polypeptide concentration. The imposed current causes a local depletion of the polypeptide at the sample/membrane interface, which yields a drastic potential change in the observed chronopotentiogram at a characteristic time, called the transition time (τ). For a given magnitude of current, the square root of τ is directly proportional to the concentration of the polypeptide. Proteases cleave polypeptides into smaller fragments that are not favorably extracted into the membrane of the sensor. Therefore, a decrease in the transition time is observed during the proteolysis process. The degree of change in the transition time can be correlated to protease activity. To demonstrate this approach, the activities of trypsin and α-chymotrypsin are detected using protamine and synthetic polycationic oligopeptides that possess specific cleavage sites that are recognized by these proteases.
authors: Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
authors: Kebede L
authors: KL
authors: Gemene
authors: Mark E
authors: ME
authors: Meyerhoff
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