Abstract
A novel ion-channel sensor based on a membrane bound receptor and a single gramicidin channel is described, in which the binding of an analyte to the membrane bound receptor modulates the single-channel activity of gramicidin. The sensor is composed of a planar bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) containing biotin-labeled phosphatidylethanolamine as receptor for avidin and gramicidin as signal transducer. When the receptor catches an analyte (avidin or ferritin-labeled avidin (FA)) at the membrane surface, the bilayer structure is locally distorted and the gramicidin monomer/dimer kinetics is modulated in a manner that the fraction of channel opening with a short lifetime (≦100 ms) to the total opening events increases. The fraction was found to increase with the concentration of avidin from 1.0×10-9 to 1.0×10-6 M and of FA from 1.0×10-9 to 1.0×10-8 M. With dinitrophenyl-labeled PE embedded as receptor in the BLM for monoclonal anti-dinitrophenyl antibody (anti-DNP), the fraction of channel openings (≦100 ms) increased with the concentration of anti-DNP from 2.0×10-9 to 2.0×10-7 g/ml. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) and anti-BSA antibody caused no changes in the channel opening. The possible mechanism of analyte-induced modulation of single-channel activity of gramicidin is also discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 973-983 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Biosensors and Bioelectronics |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2003 Aug 1 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Avidin
- Bilayer lipid membrane
- Biotinylated phosphatidylethanolamine
- Ferritin-labeled avidin
- Gramicidin
- Ion-channel sensor
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Biophysics
- Biomedical Engineering
- Electrochemistry