Analyzers enzyme electrode-based

The first enzyme electrode-based lactate analyzer was developed in 1976 by La Roche (Switzerland) (see Table 23). It uses cytochrome b2 in a tiny reaction chamber on top of a platinum electrode polarized at +0.25-0.40V. The solution for blood sample pretreatment recommended by the manufacturer has been improved by Soutter et al. (1978) by addition of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. This compound hemo-lyzes the sample, stabilizes the lactate content, and leads to a good correlation with the spectrophotometric reference method using deproteinized blood ... 

The ExAn enzyme electrode-based analyzer developed by Kulys et al. (1983) is also appropriate for the measurement of uric acid. The characteristics of the device are presented in Table 8 (Section 3.1.11). 

The quality assessment of food and fodder products requires analysis of protein, carbohydrates and fat. The enzyme electrode-based analyzers originally developed for clinical chemistry have found only limited application in food analysis because they are only suitable for the determination of one parameter, mostly glucose or a disaccharide. The increasing concern for food quality require new types of biosensors allowing residual and hygiene control and on-line measurement of age and freshness (Tschannen, 1988). 

Other biosensor-based diagnostic instruments, such as the enzyme-electrode-based analyzers of YSI for glucose and lactate, are utilized routinely in many clinical laboratories. i-Stat recently introduced a portable analyzer for bedside use which utilizes enzyme-electrode-based assays for glucose and urea, as well as chemical sensor tests for nitrogen, sodium, potassium, and chloride. 

Table 14-12. Enzyme electrode-based analyzers. CV imprecision...

The Exan (USSR) enzyme electrode-based analyzer [376] is also suitable for the measurement of uric acid. 

The future of ISEs in the clinical chemistry instrumentation is quite exciting. As described in subsequent sections of this article, the coupling of enzyme and immunological reagents to ISE detectors to form bioelectrode systems appears to offer manufacturers a new approach toward the detection of metabolites such as creatinine and urea directly in blood and urine samples. Ultimately, such biosensors will be placed into complete electrode-based automated clinical analyzers. In addition, continued research on new membrane formulations, particularly liquid membrane ionophore systems, will result in the development of addition electrodes which can be incorporated into current analyzer systems to expand the electrolyte menu. Indeed, recent efforts have indicated that membranes selective fi)r bicarbonate (F5) and lithium (Z2) are likely additions in the near future. 

The next stage was achieved in 1967 by Updike and Hicks, who entrapped GOD in a gel of polyacrylamide, thus increasing the operational stability of the enzyme and simplifying the sensor preparation. Further investigations by Reitnauer (1972) enabled the successful application of an enzyme electrode in a prototype blood glucose analyzer. In 1975 Yellow Springs Instrument Co. (USA) commercialized a glucose analyzer (model 23 A) which was based on a patent by Clark (1970). The Lactate Analyzer LA 640 by La Roche (Switzerland) followed one year later. In this instrument the enzyme is dissolved in a buffer in a reaction chamber placed in front of the electrode. 

Between 15 and 20 analyzers based on enzyme electrodes are on the market worldwide. They are one-parameter instruments for the measurement of glucose, galactose, uric add, choline, ethanol, lysine, lactate, pesti-ddes, sucrose, lactose, and the activity of a-amylase (Table 23). They provide for a negligible enzyme consumption of less than 1 pg per sample. 

Glucose analyzers based on enzyme electrodes are being marketed in the United States, Japan, France, the USSR, and Germany (see Table 23). 

Glucose analyzers based on enzyme electrodes have been brought onto the market in the United States, Japan, France, Lithuania, and Germany. As compared with the convential enzymatic analysis, the main advantages of such analyzers are the extremely low enzyme demand (a few milliunits per sample), the simplicity of operation, and the high analytical quality. 

The instrumental level of present analyzers based on enzyme electrodes may be best demonstrated by the example of glucose sensors. Linear calibration extends over 2-3 decades of concentration with a detection limit of 10-100 M. This sensitivity makes it possible to... 

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