Novel therapeutic biosensor for indinavir-A protease inhibitor antiretroviral drug

  • A. Ignaszak
  • , N. Hendricks
  • , T. Waryo
  • , E. Songa
  • , N. Jahed
  • , R. Ngece
  • , A. Al-Ahmed
  • , B. Kgarebe
  • , P. Baker
  • , E. I. Iwuoha*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An amperometric drug metabolism biosensor consisting of cytochrome P450-3A4 (CYP3A4) encapsulated in a didodecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB) vesicular system on a Pt disk electrode was developed for the determination of indinavir, a protease inhibitor antiretroviral drug. Cyclic, square wave and pulse voltammetric responses of the bioelectrode showed quasi-reversible electrochemistry of the Fe3+/Fe2+ redox species of the heme thiolate CYP3A4 enzyme under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The biosensor exhibited excellent response to indinavir with a detection limit and response time of 6.158 × 10-2 mg L-1, and 40 s, respectively. The detection limit is well below the plasma concentration of indinavir (8 h after intake) which range from 0.13 to 8.6 mg L-1.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)498-501
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
Volume49
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Feb 2009
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was funded by grants from the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa and the Medical Research Council (MRC) of South Africa.

Keywords

  • Amperometric biosensor
  • Bioelectrode
  • CYP3A4
  • Drug metabolism biosensor
  • Indinavir

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Drug Discovery
  • Spectroscopy
  • Clinical Biochemistry

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