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Core-shell structural adenosine-imprinted microspheres were prepared via a two-step procedure. Polystyrene core particles (CP) were firstly prepared via a reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization leaving the iniferter on the surface of the cores, then a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) shell was synthesized on the surface of the cores by using acrylamide (AAm) as the functional monomer and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as the cross-linker. The formation and growth of the MIP layer were seen dependent on the initiator (AIBN), AAm and the polymerization time used within the polymerization. SEM/TEM images showed that the dimensions of the cores and shells were 2μM and 44nm, respectively. The MIP microspheres exhibited a fast rebinding rate within 2h and a maximum adsorption capacity of 177μg per gram for adenosine. The adsorption fitted a Langmuir-Freundlich (LF) isotherm model with a K LF value of 41mL/μg and a q m value of 177μg/g for the MIP microspheres. The values were larger than those for a non-molecularly imprinted polymer (NIP) particles (5mL/μg and 88μg/g) indicating a better adsorption ability towards adenosine. The MIP microspheres showed a good selectivity for adenosine with a higher adsorption (683nmol/g) for adenosine than that (91nmol/g, 24nmol/g and 54nmol/g) for guanosine, cytidine and uridine respectively. Further experiment proved that the adenosine-imprinted polymer microspheres also had a good selectivity for ADP-ribosylated proteins that the MIP could extract the ADP-ribosylated proteins from the cell extract samples., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)

Glucose oxidase (GOD) was genetically modified by adding a poly-lysine chain at the C-terminal with a peptide linker inserted between the enzyme and poly-lysine chain. The poly-lysine chain was added in order to anchor more electron transfer mediator, ferrocenecarboxylic acid, to GOD for the purpose of improving sensitivity and stability of glucose biosensors. The modified GOD had similar K(m) and K(cat) to those of the wild type enzyme. After interacted with the electron transfer mediator, the modified enzyme retained 90.01% of its native activity, while the commercial GOD and the wild type GOD (Aspergillus niger) retained only 22.43 and 22.17%, respectively. Screen-printed electrodes coated with the modified GOD, wild type yeast-derived GOD or the commercial GOD were tested in glucose solution of different concentrations. Experimental results showed that the biosensor based on the modified GOD gave the largest signal among the three. In addition, the linear range of the biosensor prepared by the modified GOD could extend to 45 mM, while they were about 20 mM for the biosensors based on the wild type yeast-derived enzyme and the commercial enzyme.