Abstract
A novel electrochemical sensor was designed by using a synthesized anthraquinone azo dye-based glassy carbon electrode was fabricated and used for enhanced selective determination of Dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-HT) simultaneously at an optimum working potential (0.11 V for DA and 0.27 V for 5-HT). Utilizing spectroscopic techniques like FT-IR, HR-MS, and 1H-NMR, a synthesized azo dye molecule structure was characterized. Different electrochemical techniques, including cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV), were employed to study the electrochemical sensing abilities of the modified working electrode. The DA and 5-HT linear response ranges between current intensities and concentration were found to be 0.001–0.055 and 0.01–1.15 µM and the lower limit of detection (LOD) was 1.9 and 4.16 nM respectively. Further demonstrating the constructed electrochemical sensor’s practical application were tests of reproducibility, stability, and real sample analysis with excellent recovery.
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INTRODUCTION
In order to facilitate the transmission of information throughout the brain and body, neurotransmitters (NTs), which are endogenous chemical substances, serve as signal transducers between neurons or neurons and non-neuronal somatic cells through chemical synapses. These essential substances can be produced by several glands, including the adrenal, pineal, and pituitary glands. NTs are eventually gathered at neuronal terminals after being naturally stored in vesicles. The biogenic amines (NTs) that include serotonin, epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine, and amino acids (mostly tyrosine and acetylcholine) may be the most significant among them [1, 2].
In recent days electrochemical sensors are considered as an excellent tool in scientific research for detecting NTs (DA and 5-HT). can serve as helpful resources for the biomarkers of the disease. Compared to other traditional approaches, these sensors are reproducible, portable, affordable, and offer accurate, quick, and real-time analysis. With the use of advanced, effective materials, electrochemical sensors help in the early and successful clinical monitoring, and diagnosis of diseases [3–5].
One of the most significant naturally occurring catecholamine neurotransmitters is dopamine (DA), which is crucial for the proper functioning of the hormonal, renal, and central neurological systems [6]. Additionally, DA regulates several physiological processes, including mental cognition, locomotion, emotion, learning, and memory [7, 8]. However, abnormal DA levels have been linked to neurological diseases like Parkinson’s, senile dementia, and schizophrenia [9]. Hence it is crucial to estimate dopamine quantitatively.
The electroactive indolamine compound Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) functions as a vasoconstrictor and neurotransmitter. It facilitates signal transmission that controls several biological processes and releases a substance in the brain that promotes mood [10, 11], and also plays a pivotal role in regulating physiological activity such as mood, sleep, emesis (vomiting), sexuality, and helps to manage hunger. Moreover, it supports the body’s bowel movements and blood coagulation [12, 13].
The US Department of Health, Human Services, and National Institutes of Health (NIH) have published that the normal human serotonin level is 0.25–0.74 μM [14]. Severe mental sicknesses like panic attacks, sadness, insomnia, stress, and inexplicable irritability are all related to low 5-HT levels. Elevated concentrations may cause toxicity and potentially lethal side effects include obsessive compulsive disorder, autism, and serotonin syndrome [15]. Hence quantification of 5-HT level is crucial for both diagnosing diseases associated with 5-HT and understanding its function in disorders related to neurons [16]. Hence, the development of electrodes for the simultaneous electrochemical detection of DA and 5‑HT in a biological system has attracted focus from researchers. Since these NTs usually coexist in biological systems and exhibit close oxidation potential, mutually affect one another’s release, and their relative concentrations have an impact on a variety of illnesses and how efficiently drugs work as treatments [17]. A few publications about the simultaneous detection of DA and 5-HT in the presence of Ascorbic acid (AA) using different electrodes and electrochemical techniques can be found in the literature. However, the presence of AA at a high concentration, which causes an overlapping voltammetric response, is a significant barrier to the simultaneous measurement of DA and 5-HT [15].
Recently, electrochemical polymerization of dye is the most influential method of depositing a conducting polymer layer which has a lot of interest in polymer-modified electrodes (PMEs) due to the high adhesion of polymer films to the electrode surface, as well as their good stability, reproducibility, and abundance of active sites during electrochemical deposition [18, 19]. Since electropolymerization is a better method to immobilizing polymers to prepare PMEs. Which supports the electrochemical parameters to control charge transport characteristics, film thickness, and permeation. Generally, carbon-base electrodes have been utilized; of these, bare glassy carbon electrodes (BGCE) is utilized more frequently than metal electrodes because of their biocompatibility with tissue, low residual current across a broad potential range, and low tendency to exhibit a deteriorated response as a result of electrode fouling [20–23]. Moreover, the electropolymerization approach overcomes solubility challenges that are frequently complicated in other methods. Also, electropolymerization is a simple and less expensive process compared to other modifying procedures, simply the corresponding monomer is dissolved and the polymeric layer is directly formed on the conducting electrode surface [24, 25].
There are several drawbacks to using typical electrodes for simultaneous electrochemical measurement of DA and 5-HT, including large overpotentials, sluggish electron-transfer processes [26, 27], and poor sensitivity and reproducibility. These drawbacks can be solved through synthesized novel anthraquinone mono-azo dye named ((4-aminophenyl)diazinyl)anthracene-9,10-dione (ADA) modified electrode was prepared by electropolymerization method. Which also makes an excellent material for glassy carbon electrode modification. To the best of our knowledge, no prior reports have been made about the electropolymerization of ADA. Therefore, we present the electrochemical polymerization of ADA and its electrochemical characteristics for the first time in this study. The developed poly(p)-ADA/modified glassy carbon electrode (MGCE) demonstrated good stability after multiple cycles, and the simultaneous detection of DA and 5-HT in serum and urine samples was also accomplished.
EXPERIMENTAL
Materials and Methods
The 1-Amino-anthraquinone and coupling components were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich and were of analytical quality. 1H-NMR and FT-IR spectra were recorded by JEOL apparatus at 399.78 MHz instrument using deuterated dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as a solvent and Bruker spectrometer respectively. The high-resolution mass spectral characteristics was recorded in waters USA Model-Xevo G2-XS QT of Instrument. All electrochemical studies were carried out on a CHI-660E voltammetric analyzer (CH-instrument-660E electrochemical workstation) with a conventional three-electrode system. Platinum wire, Ag/AgCl electrode and bare glassy carbon electrode and ADA modified glassy carbon electrode (BGCE and ADA/MGCE), as counter, reference and working electrodes respectively. All the experiments were performed at room temperature.
Synthesis of Anthraquinone Mono-Azo Dye
2 mM 1-amino-anthraquinone (0.435 g) was slowly introduced into concentrated sulfuric acid (5 mL) and a solution of 2 mM NaNO2 (0.143 g) in Conc. H2SO4 was taken in a round bottom flask. After stirring for 4 h at room temperature, and then it was quenched with ice water (60 mL). The diazonium salts were obtained by filtration of the mixture. The diazonium salt was added to 30 mL of water with 5 mL dilute hydrochloric acid and the mixture was stirred for 30 min. The ensuing mixture was dropped into a solution of aniline (0.186 g, 2 mM) dissolved in alcoholic KOH (10 mL) for the coupling reaction. In the course of dropping, the temperature and pH of the mixture were maintained at 0–5°C and 4–5 pH respectively by adding saturated sodium bicarbonate, and the precipitate was collected by filtration. The product ((4-aminophenyl)diazinyl) anthracene-9,10-dione (ADA) was washed with water and dried in a vacuum oven. Anthraquinone azo dye was synthesized as shown in Scheme 1.
Scheme 1. Synthetic route for the preparation of ADA.
Preparation of Real Samples
Without any prior pretreatment, 1 mL of the serum sample was added to a 100 mL volumetric flask containing a supporting electrolyte phosphate buffer solution (PBS) pH 7.0. This diluted solution was pipetted into series of 10 mL volumetric flasks. To this, a known standard concentration of DA and 5-HT solutions was added and diluted up to the mark with 0.2 M PBS (pH 7.0) [28].
Samples of urine were collected and immediately stored in a refrigerator. The 10 mL of the collected samples were centrifuged for 15 min at a speed of 2000 rpm. The supernatant was filtered, and different volumes of the filtrate were transferred into a 10 mL volumetric flask and diluted to the mark with 0.2 M PBS (pH 7.0), a series of known amounts of DA and 5-HT were spiked to the diluted urine samples [29].
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Electrochemical Characterization Fabrication of p-ADA/ MGCE
Prior to modification, the glassy carbon electrode was polished with a 0.05 M alumina slurry after being successively sonicated many times with ethanol and water for two minutes, Several CV scans in 0.5 M H2SO4 were used to activate until consistent voltammograms were obtained. Subsequently, the poly ADA film was electrochemically deposited in 0.2 M phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.0) containing 1 mM ADA monomer. The cycling potential of the solution was set to range from –0.5 to +1.5 V, with a scan rate of 50 mV s–1, for ten continuous cycles as shown in Fig. 1a by using the CV method. The electro-deposition process has confirmed the development of p‑ADA membrane on BGCE, as evidenced by the peak current gradually increasing with increasing scan time. The thickness of the adhering polymer film directly influences the modified electrode’s electrocatalytic performance. It is possible to effectively control the film thickness by varying the number of cycles (from 5 to 20 cycles) that are performed during the polymerization process, and the resulting DA and 5‑HT peak current was measured Fig. 1b. Excellent catalytic sensitivity is demonstrated by the 10 cyclic sweeps for both DA and 5-HT. Therefore, ten cycles were chosen for further modification. The electrode surface was thoroughly washed with doubly deionized water after each modification to remove the untreated monomer molecule. The resulting electrode is abbreviated as p-ADA /MGCE.
Redox Active Surface Area of BGCE and p-ADA/MGCE
A cyclic voltammetric technique was used to evaluate the charge transfer characteristics of the BGCE and p-ADA/MGCE by placing the electrodes in 2.5 mM K3[Fe (CN)6] in 0.1 M KCl. Figure 1c depicts the cyclic voltammograms recorded at p-ADA/MGCE (dashed curve) and BGCE (solid curve) respectively. The redox peak separation (ΔEp) values and anodic peak current are found to be 0.213 V and 12.43 µA for BGCE and 0.081 V and 22.5 µA for p-ADA/MGCE respectively. The peak current for the modified electrode dramatically increases when the redox peak separation value decreases. These results indicate increased electron transfer rate and electroactive sites. Randles–Sevick’s equation (1) is used to compute the active surface area of p-ADA/MGCE and BGCE utilizing the CV approach and data from the literature [30, 31].
where A is the area of the electroactive surface area (cm2), Ip is the peak current (A), n is the number of electrons participating in the redox reaction (n = 1), D is the diffusion coefficient of the redox probe (12.2 × 10–6 cm2/s for [Fe(CN)6]3–) [32], C is the concentration of the reactive species in the electrolyte (10–6 for ferri system mol cm–3 here), and v is the scan rate (V s–1). The calculated active surface area was found to be 0.023 cm2 for BGCE (3 mm diameter) and 0.043 cm2 for p-ADA/MGCE.
Catalytic Performance for DA and 5-HT at Different Working Electrodes
By facilitating the CV approach, the electrochemical analyses of the targeted analytes were examined at bare and modified electrodes. Figures 2a and 2b represents the cyclic voltammograms (CVs) recorded between –0.2 to +0.6 V in the absence of DA and 5‑HT in 0.2 M PBS of pH 7.0 with a sweep rate of 50 mV s–1 at p-ADA/MGCE (dotted curve a and d), in the presence of 0.1 × 10–4 M DA and 0.5 × 10–4 M 5-HT at BGCE (dashed curve b and e) and at p‑ADA/MGCE (solid curve c and f ) and small oxidation peak signals were seen for DA and 5-HT in the case of BGCE. The analytical signals of DA and 5-HT are significantly elevated and over potential is minimized with the electropolymerization of ADA onto the BGCE surface. This increase in peak current is (Ip 8.3 µA at Ep 0.18 V for DA and Ip 59.7 µA at Ep 0.32 V for 5-HT respectively) attributable to the enhanced catalytic efficiency and reactive sites of p‑ADA/MGCE for the electro-oxidation of DA and 5-HT [33].
Effect of pH on DA and 5-HT Peak Current
pH of the electrolyte solution in which the reaction is occurring has a significant impact on the electrochemical investigations. The effect of pH on electro-oxidation of DA (0.1 × 10–4 M) and 5-HT (0.5 × 10–4 M) in different pH values (5.8–7.8) of 0.2 M PBS with sweep rate 50 mV s–1 at p-ADA/MGCE using CV technique has been studied. The Cyclic voltammograms for the reversible process of dopamine and irreversible oxidation of 5-HT are depicted in Figs. 3a and 3b respectively, which reveals that the peak positions shifted towards a greater negative potential as pH values increase. At pH 7.0, both DA and 5-HT show the maximum peak currents, hence pH 7.0 is considered as an optimum pH. The linear relationship obtained between the potential and pH is depicted in the insets of Figs. 3a and 3b for DA and 5-HT respectively with regression equations as follows:
The slopes, obtained at 0.070 and 0.053 V/pH, are in proximity to 0.059 V/pH, further manifesting that the number of electrons (two electrons) transported matched the number of protons (two H+ ions) involved in the reaction [15, 34]. The mechanism of electrooxidation of DA and 5-HT with the participation of a synthesized ADA azo dye as a catalyst will be given in Scheme 2 [12, 34, 35].
Scheme 2. Mechanism for electrocatalysis of DA and 5-HT with the participation of p-ADA/MGCE.
Effect of Scan Rate at p-ADA/MGCE
Cyclic voltammetry technique was employed to analyze the kinetic characteristics of the reaction at the p-ADA/MGCE electrode and investigate the effect of the scan rate on the voltammetric response related to DA and 5-HT oxidation throughout a potential span of –0.2 to 0.6 V. The peak current increased with an increase in the scan rate; this is because of the decrease in the size of the diffusion layer [3]. Figures 4a and 4b illustrate that the voltammograms of 0.1 × 10–4 M DA and 0.5 × 10–4 M 5-HT respectively in 0.2 M PBS (pH 7.0) solution at different sweep rates ranging from 50–500 mV s–1, clearly show that oxidation peak current increased with the sweep rate. As seen in Figs. 4a and 4b insets, a linear relationship is found between the logarithmic anodic peak current and the logarithmic scan rate, with linear regression equations expressed as follows
Since both experimental slopes will be closer to the anticipated value, which is equal to 0.5 for the ideal electrochemical reaction triggered by the diffusion-controlled process, it will be clear that the electrode behaviour was indeed a diffusion-controlled sensor process [16, 36].
Detection Sensitivity of p-ADA/ MGCE for DA and 5-HT
The quantification of DA and 5-HT was investigated by choosing both cyclic voltammetric and differential pulse voltammetric techniques.
I. CV method. The voltammetric performance of 5‑HT and DA in altering their concentration has been evaluated to confirm the analytical efficacy. Figures 5a and 5b show the Cyclic voltammograms of various DA and 5-HT concentrations respectively. The peak oxidation current (Ip) increased as the concentration of the analytes increased, according to the results. The calibration curve for DA (inset Fig. 5a), displayed a linear range from 0.01 to 0.25 μM with the correlation coefficient R2 = 0.9980 and the linear equation Ip (μA) = 9.815 (μM) + 0.484, similarly, inset Fig. 5b depicts the calibration plot of 5-HT showed a linear range from 0.01 to 1.17 µM, the calibration plot of current versus 5-HT concentration exhibits linearity according to regression equation: Ip(μA) = 5.2(μM) + 0.806 (R2 = 0.9961) Limit of detection and quantification limits were proposed by using the formulae (2) and (3) respectively [37]. The estimated values of LOD and sensitivity were found to be 1.52 nM and 0.22 mA µM–1 cm2 for DA and 8.9 nM and 0.12 mA µM–1 cm2 (n = 5) for 5-HT respectively.
Here, S denotes the standard deviation and M is the slope obtained from calibration plots.
II. DPV method. Figures 6a and 6b show the differential pulse voltammetric curves for DA (1 nM–2.5 µM) and 5-HT (10 nM–1.15 µM) respectively, in 0.2 M PBS (pH 7.0) using the optimal DPV parameters: scan increment at 0.004 V and pulse amplitude of 0.05 V along with potential window –0.2 to +0.6 V. It was found that when the concentrations of DA and 5‑HT increase, correspondingly the Oxidation peak current increases. The calibration curve between the Ip vs. C (µM) was found to be linear, as shown in the inset of Figs. 6a and 6b, which gives the linear equations Ip (µA) = 13.74(µM) + 0.777 (R2 = 0.995) and Ip (µA) = 4.758 (µM) + 1.046 (R2 = 0.994), respectively. The LOD and sensitivity obtained with the p‑ADA/MGCE were 1.9 nM and 0.34 mA µM–1 cm2 for DA and 4.16 nM and 0.11 mA µM–1 cm2 (n = 5) for 5‑HT respectively. The developed electrochemical sensor will be useful for practical applications since the achieved detection limit value is less than the healthy human serotonin concentration level (0.25–0.74 μM) that has been approved by the US Department of Health and NIH [14]. The sensitivity of the electrode and its lower detection limit indicated a considerable increase in the electroactivity of the ADA surface towards DA and 5‑HT. A lower detection limit had been achieved as a result of the material’s enhanced conductivity and electrocatalytic activity. The comparative analytical performance of DA and 5-HT for different modified electrodes, limit of detection, and methods used are tabulated in Tables 1 and 2 respectively.
Simultaneous Determination of DA and 5-HT
The oxidation potential of the electroactive biomolecule DA and 5-HT is extremely close to each other. Consequently, DA and 5-HT could potentially interfere significantly. DPV is more sensitive than CV since it was made to reduce the background capacitive current that arises at the electrode surface when an electrical double layer forms in an electrochemical sensor [46]. Hence DPV approach was used for simultaneous determination carried out in the solution mixture of DA and 5-HT by maintaining a constant concentration of one analyte of the mixture while adjusting another. Figure 7a shows that the concentration of 5-HT (0.05 μM) is kept constant, but the concentration of DA increases from 0.06–0.14 µM. The resulting voltammogram demonstrates a linear increase in the oxidation peak current without causing a shift in the DA oxidation peak potentials or the 5-HT voltammetric response. Similarly, 5-HT increased from 0.04–0.16 μM while maintaining a constant (0.1 μM) DA in the presence of 0.2 M PBS of (pH 7.0) at ADA/MGCE with the sweep rate of 50 mV s–1 and depicted in Fig. 7b. Due to increased current sensitivity and a lack of background current, the peak current increases rapidly as the concentration of the corresponding analyte increases, as can be seen in Figs. 7a and 7b. The oxidation potential of the electroactive biomolecule DA (0.11 V) and 5-HT (0.27 V) is extremely close to each other, as follows from the Figures, the difference in the oxidation potentials between DA and 5-HT is about 160 mV (Samie et al. reported oxidation potentials separated only by 150 mV) [15], which is large enough to determine DA and 5-HT individually and simultaneously at p-ADA/ MGCE.
Reproducibility, Stability, and Real Sample Analysis
The reproducibility of the electrode was examined in five parallel experiments (5 separate samples). The relative standard deviation was 1.8, and 1.5% for the determination of 20 × 10–4 M DA, and 80 × 10–4 M 5‑HT solution (n = 10) shown in Fig. SI-4a. To examine the operational stability of p-ADA /MGCE, the sensor was continuously scanned for 10 consecutive cycles using a mixture of solution containing 20 × 10–4 M DA and 80 × 10–4 5-HT in 0.2 M PBS at (pH 7.0) with a sweep rate of 50 mV s–1 was shown in Fig. SI-4b. As a result of this figure, the electrode retained 96 and 93% of its initial voltammetric response for DA and 5-HT respectively, which confirms the good stability of the electrode. The modified electrode was kept at room temperature for 3 weeks, and tested for stability. The results showed the same shape of the voltammograms (shown in Fig. SI-4c) and the peak currents of two analytes decreased by only 4.0 and 1.4%, indicating that p-ADA/MGCE was highly stable [4, 30, 48].
DA and 5-HT usually coexist in biological fluids, thus the practicability of p-ADA/MGCE in real sample analysis was evaluated with serum and urine as practical samples. All samples were diluted with 0.2 M PBS (pH 7.0) before analysis and transferred to the electrochemical cell for determination. To determine the concentration of DA, and 5-HT using the voltammetric methods described above, the standard addition method was employed. The result obtained is tabulated in Table 3. It was found that p-ADA/MGCE exhibited satisfactory results, indicating that it can be effectively used for the determination of DA and 5-HT in real samples [15, 28, 29, 47].
CONCLUSIONS
In summary, a simple electropolymerization method has been successfully used to develop an efficient and highly sensitive electrochemical sensor based on the anthraquinone azo dye (ADA) for the simultaneous detection of DA and 5-HT. The electrocatalytic activity of as-prepared p-ADA/MGCE demonstrated excellent results for the oxidation of DA and 5-HT, with detection limits of 1.9 and 4.16 nM, respectively. When DA and 5-HT were determined simultaneously from serum and urine samples, the novel sensor system exhibited acceptable recovery limits. According to the results, anthraquinone azo dye ADA may find use in the development of an electrochemical sensing platform with enhanced performance.
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The authors greatly acknowledge their work to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India, for providing funds for carrying out the research work through a research grant and the award letter number of Senior Research fellowship [09/1207(0566)/2020-EMR-I].
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FT-IR, 1H NMR, HRMS spectrum and its spectral data, and Cyclic voltammogram for the stability of electrode.
Fig. SI-1. FT-IR spectra of ADA molecule.
Fig. SI-2. HR-MS spectra of ADA molecule.
Fig. SI-3. 1H-NMR spectra of ADA molecule.
Fig. SI-4. CVs of five separate samples 0.2 μM DA and 0.8 μM 5-HT, in 0.2 M PBS at p-ADA /MGCE with scan rate 50 mV s–1 (a). CVs of 0.2 µM DA and 0.8 μM 5-HT in 0.2 M PBS (pH 7) solution for ten continuous cycles (b). CVs of DA and 5-HT by the same p-ADA /MGCE stored in PBS for up to 3 weeks (c).
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Pallavi, K.M., Mamatha, G.P., Shekharagouda, P. et al. Anthraquinone Azo Dye as a Novel Electrochemical Platform for the Simultaneous Detection of Dopamine and Serotonin: Synthesis and Characterization. Russ J Electrochem 60, 687–698 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193524700289
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