title: Electrochemical sensing of concanavalin A using a non-ionic surfactant with a maltose moiety.
abstract: To electrochemically detect concanavalin A (ConA), a new method was developed using mixed micelles between a non-ionic surfactant with a maltose moiety and electroactive daunomycin. The surfactants, in which the length of the alkyl chain was different, were n-decyl-β-D-maltoside, n-dodecyl-β-D-maltoside, and n-tetradecyl-β-D-maltoside. The measurement principle was due to the micelle breakdown caused by the binding between the ConA and maltose moieties. When ConA was combined with maltose moieties at a concentration of surfactant that was near the critical micelle concentration, the daunomycin that formed the micelles was moved to a solution from the micelles. As a result, the peak current of daunomycin increased as the concentration of ConA was increased. The mechanism was proposed using voltammetry, spectrometry, and gel filtration. The linear range using n-tetradecyl-β-D-maltoside was 2.0×10(-9) to 8.0×10(-8) M of ConA, and it was the most sensitive in the presence of the three surfactants. To examine whether selective binding took place, measurements with several proteins were carried out. The electrode responses of daunomycin were not influenced by the presence of 5.0×10(-6) M protein. Furthermore, this method could be applied to the determination of ConA in a serum, and to the measurement of sugar chains that can be combined with ConA on the cell surface.
authors: Maebashi Institute of Technology, 371-0816 Maebashi, Gunma, Japan. Electronic address: kzsuga@maebashi-it.ac.jp.
authors: Kazuharu
authors: K
authors: Sugawara
authors: Maebashi Institute of Technology, 371-0816 Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
authors: Toshihiko
authors: T
authors: Kadoya
authors: Department of Environmental Biology and Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering for Research, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-8555, Japan.
authors: Hideki
authors: H
authors: Kuramitz
mesh_terms: D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000032:analysis*; D003630:Daunorubicin / Q000737:chemistry; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D005960:Glucosides / Q000737:chemistry*; D057230:Limit of Detection; D008320:Maltose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D008823:Micelles; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005960:Glucosides; D008823:Micelles; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; C459187:tetradecyl maltoside; D003208:Concanavalin A; D008320:Maltose; C040358:dodecyl maltoside; D003630:Daunorubicin
keywords: Concanavalin A; Daunomycin; Mixed micelle; Voltammetry; n-Tetradecyl-β-d-maltoside