Determination of the activities of glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase in a microfluidic system. 2007

Naoto Ohgami, and Sanjay Upadhyay, and Ayumi Kabata, and Katsuya Morimoto, and Hitoshi Kusakabe, and Hiroaki Suzuki
Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan.

A microfluidic system for the analysis of the activities of glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT) was fabricated. The device consists of a glass chip with a micro-electrochemical L-glutamate sensor and a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) sheet with a Y-shaped micro-flow channel. A sample solution and a substrate solution for the enzymes were introduced from two injection ports at the end of the flow channel. When the flows were stopped, substrates in a solution mixed immediately with either of the enzymes by diffusion in a mixing channel. L-glutamate produced by the enzymatic reaction of GOT or GPT in the flow channel was detected by using the L-glutamate sensor. A distinct current increase was observed immediately after mixing, and the initial slope of the response curve varied in proportion to the activity of GOT or GPT. The relation between the slope of the response curve and the enzyme activity was linear between 7 and 228 U l-1 for GOT and 9 and 250 U l-1 for GPT. The quality of the response curve was improved with an increase in the channel height. The measurement based on the rate analysis in the micro-flow channel facilitated the reduction of the influence of interferents. The influence of the viscosity of the sample solution was also checked for the analysis of real samples. The determination of the enzyme activities was also conducted in a system with micropumps fabricated for a sample injection. Two solutions could be mixed in the mixing channel, and the activity of the enzymes could be measured as in the experiments using microsyringe pumps.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D000410 Alanine Transaminase An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of L-alanine and 2-oxoglutarate to pyruvate and L-glutamate. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 2.6.1.2. Alanine Aminotransferase,Glutamic-Pyruvic Transaminase,SGPT,Alanine-2-Oxoglutarate Aminotransferase,Glutamic-Alanine Transaminase,Alanine 2 Oxoglutarate Aminotransferase,Aminotransferase, Alanine,Aminotransferase, Alanine-2-Oxoglutarate,Glutamic Alanine Transaminase,Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase,Transaminase, Alanine,Transaminase, Glutamic-Alanine,Transaminase, Glutamic-Pyruvic
D001219 Aspartate Aminotransferases Enzymes of the transferase class that catalyze the conversion of L-aspartate and 2-ketoglutarate to oxaloacetate and L-glutamate. EC 2.6.1.1. Aspartate Aminotransferase,Aspartate Transaminase,Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase,SGOT,Aspartate Apoaminotransferase,Glutamate-Aspartate Transaminase,L-Aspartate-2-Oxoglutarate Aminotransferase,Serum Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase,Aminotransferase, Aspartate,Aminotransferase, L-Aspartate-2-Oxoglutarate,Aminotransferases, Aspartate,Apoaminotransferase, Aspartate,Glutamate Aspartate Transaminase,Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase,Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase, Serum,L Aspartate 2 Oxoglutarate Aminotransferase,Serum Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase,Transaminase, Aspartate,Transaminase, Glutamate-Aspartate,Transaminase, Glutamic-Oxaloacetic,Transaminase, Serum Glutamic-Oxaloacetic
D044085 Microfluidics The study of fluid channels and chambers of tiny dimensions of tens to hundreds of micrometers and volumes of nanoliters or picoliters. This is of interest in biological MICROCIRCULATION and used in MICROCHEMISTRY and INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES. Microfluidic
D018698 Glutamic Acid A non-essential amino acid naturally occurring in the L-form. Glutamic acid is the most common excitatory neurotransmitter in the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. Aluminum L-Glutamate,Glutamate,Potassium Glutamate,D-Glutamate,Glutamic Acid, (D)-Isomer,L-Glutamate,L-Glutamic Acid,Aluminum L Glutamate,D Glutamate,Glutamate, Potassium,L Glutamate,L Glutamic Acid,L-Glutamate, Aluminum

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