scholarly journals Carbon Nanotube Electrodes for Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaurang Khot ◽  
Frank Platte ◽  
Neil Shirtcliffe ◽  
Tansu Celikel
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transport ◽  
Pyrolytic Carbon ◽  
Transport Kinetics ◽  
Electrochemical Kinetics ◽  
Current Voltage ◽  
Surface Diameter ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Anodic Region ◽  
Basal Concentration

AbstractCarbon nanotubes (CNTs) are suited for neurochemistry because of their biological inertness, ability to withstand biofouling, and superior electron transport kinetics. Dopamine, the canonical monoaminergic neuromodulator, contributes to reward, cognition and attention, however, its detection in real-time is challenging due to its low basal concentration in the brain (100nM L-1). In our present work, we fabricate pyrolytic carbon electrodes and perform a CNT coating to improve the electrochemical kinetics of dopamine. Upon CNTs coating, dopamine shows a sensitivity of 9±18nA/μM for a cylindrical electrode having a mean surface diameter of 8±4μm. Increasing the scan frequency from 10-100 Hz shows that dopamine electron transfer kinetics improves; wherein dopamine is oxidized at 0.35±0.09V and reduced to -0.10±0.05V for 10 Hz. Increasing the frequency results in a shift of oxidation peak towards the anodic region, wherein dopamine oxidizes at 0.08±3V and reduces at -0.1±0.05V for 100 Hz, thus showing that dopamine redox is reversible which can be attributed to the superior electron transport kinetics of CNTs. The sensor was able to distinguish dopamine signals against other neurochemicals like serotonin and foulant 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC). The minimum chemical detection that can be performed using these nanopipettes is 50±18nM L-1, which is well below the physiological concentrations of dopamine in the brain.Graphical AbstractA: Pictorial view of background-subtracted voltammetry. The waveform used was -0.4V to 1.3 V and cycled back to -0.4V at 10 Hz. B: The voltammogram was converted as a 2-D representation, into current, voltage, and repetition to understand the dopamine oxidation. C: Background subtracted voltammetry for dopamine using 100 Hz waveform. D: The 2-D representation of current, voltage, and repetition.

Effect of pH and inhibitors on beta-amyloid fibril assembly

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 752-753
Author(s):  
Beverly E. Maleeff ◽  
Timothy K. Hart ◽  
Stephen J. Wood ◽  
Ronald Wetzel
Keyword(s):  
Amyloid Fibril ◽  
Peptide Fragment ◽  
Hydrophobic Peptides ◽  
Amyloid Fibril Formation ◽  
Effects Of Ph ◽  
Severity Of The Disease ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
The Brain

Alzheimer's disease is characterized post-mortem in part by abnormal extracellular neuritic plaques found in brain tissue. There appears to be a correlation between the severity of Alzheimer's dementia in vivo and the number of plaques found in particular areas of the brain. These plaques are known to be the deposition sites of fibrils of the protein β-amyloid. It is thought that if the assembly of these plaques could be inhibited, the severity of the disease would be decreased. The peptide fragment Aβ, a precursor of the p-amyloid protein, has a 40 amino acid sequence, and has been shown to be toxic to neuronal cells in culture after an aging process of several days. This toxicity corresponds to the kinetics of in vitro amyloid fibril formation. In this study, we report the biochemical and ultrastructural effects of pH and the inhibitory agent hexadecyl-N-methylpiperidinium (HMP) bromide, one of a class of ionic micellar detergents known to be capable of solubilizing hydrophobic peptides, on the in vitro assembly of the peptide fragment Aβ.

Impact Of Synthesis Route on the Water Oxidation Kinetics of Hematite Photoanodes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilo A. Mesa ◽  
Ludmilla Steier ◽  
Benjamin Moss ◽  
Laia Francàs ◽  
James E. Thorne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Vacancy ◽  
Reaction Kinetics ◽  
Water Oxidation ◽  
Oxidation Kinetics ◽  
Oxidation Reaction ◽  
Charge Accumulation ◽  
Optical Signals ◽  
Current Voltage ◽  
Voltage Performance ◽  
Kinetics Of

<p><i>Operando</i> spectroelectrochemical analysis is used to determine the water oxidation reaction kinetics for hematite photoanodes prepared using four different synthetic procedures. Whilst these photoanodes exhibit very different current / voltage performance, their underlying water oxidation kinetics are found to be almost invariant. Lower photoanode performance was found to correlate with the observation of optical signals indicative of charge accumulation in mid-gap oxygen vacancy states, indicating these states do not contribute directly to water oxidation.</p>

Electrochemical Kinetics of Ag|Ag+and TMPD|TMPD+•in the Room-Temperature Ionic Liquid [C4mpyrr][NTf2]; toward Optimizing Reference Electrodes for Voltammetry in RTILs

2007 ◽  
Vol 111 (37) ◽  
pp. 13957-13966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma I. Rogers ◽  
Debbie S. Silvester ◽  
Sarah E. Ward Jones ◽  
Leigh Aldous ◽  
Christopher Hardacre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Room Temperature Ionic Liquid ◽  
Electrochemical Kinetics ◽  
Reference Electrodes ◽  
Kinetics Of

Unraveling improved electrochemical kinetics of In2Te3-based anodes embedded in hybrid matrix for Li-ion batteries

2022 ◽  
Vol 429 ◽  
pp. 132395
Author(s):  
Seongjoon So ◽  
Jaewook Ko ◽  
Yong Nam Ahn ◽  
Il Tae Kim ◽  
Jaehyun Hur
Keyword(s):  
Electrochemical Kinetics ◽  
Li Ion Batteries ◽  
Hybrid Matrix ◽  
Li Ion ◽  
Kinetics Of

Bioelectrocatalysis: the electrochemical kinetics of hydrogenase action

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.D. Varfolomeyev ◽  
A.I. Yaropolov ◽  
A.A. Karyakin
Keyword(s):  
Electrochemical Kinetics ◽  
Kinetics Of

scholarly journals Effects of Atovaquone and Diospyrin-Based Drugs on the Cellular ATP of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp.carinii

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 713-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie T. Cushion ◽  
Margaret Collins ◽  
Banasri Hazra ◽  
Edna S. Kaneshiro
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transport ◽  
Drug Target ◽  
Coenzyme Q ◽  
Pneumocystis Carinii ◽  
Atp Depletion ◽  
Malarial Parasite ◽  
Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Atp Levels ◽  
Transport Chain ◽  
Kinetics Of

ABSTRACT Atovaquone (also called Mepron, or 566C80) is a napthoquinone used for the treatment of infections caused by pathogens such asPlasmodium spp. and Pneumocystis carinii. The mechanism of action against the malarial parasite is the inhibition of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHOD), a consequence of blocking electron transport by the drug. As an analog of ubiquinone (coenzyme Q [CoQ]), atovaquone irreversibly binds to the mitochondrial cytochrome bc 1 complex; thus, electrons are not able to pass from dehydrogenase enzymes via CoQ to cytochrome c. Since DHOD is a critical enzyme in pyrimidine biosynthesis, and because the parasite cannot scavenge host pyrimidines, the drug is lethal to the organism. Oxygen consumption inP. carinii is inhibited by the drug; thus, electron transport has also been identified as the drug target in P. carinii. However, unlike Plasmodium DHOD, P. carinii DHOD is inhibited only at high atovaquone concentrations, suggesting that the organism may salvage host pyrimidines and that atovaquone exerts its primary effects on ATP biosynthesis. In the present study, the effect of atovaquone on ATP levels in P. carinii was measured directly from 1 to 6 h and then after 24, 48, and 72 h of exposure. The average 50% inhibitory concentration after 24 to 72 h of exposure was 1.5 μg/ml (4.2 μM). The kinetics of ATP depletion were in contrast to those of another family of naphthoquinone compounds, diospyrin and two of its derivatives. Whereas atovaquone reduced ATP levels within 1 h of exposure, the diospyrins required at least 48 h. After 72 h, the diospyrins were able to decrease ATP levels of P. carinii at nanomolar concentrations. These data indicate that although naphthoquinones inhibit the electron transport chain, the molecular targets in a given organism are likely to be distinct among members of this class of compounds.

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