Jaroslav Voronovic

Evaluation of cytotoxicity of polypyrrole nanoparticles synthesized by oxidative polymerization.

Polypyrrole (Ppy) is known as biocompatible material, which is used in some diverse biomedical applications and seeming to be a very promising for advanced biotechnological applications. In order to increase our understanding about biocompatibility of Ppy, in this study pure Ppy nanoparticles (Ppy-NPs) of fixed size and morphology were prepared by one-step oxidative polymerization and their cyto-compatibility was evaluated. The impact of different concentration of Ppy nanoparticles on primary mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF), mouse hepatoma cell line (MH-22A), and human T lymphocyte Jurkat cell line was investigated. Cell morphology, viability/proliferation after the treatment by Ppy nanoparticles was evaluated. Obtained results showed that Ppy nanoparticles at low concentrations are biocompatible, while at high concentrations they became cytotoxic for Jurkat, MEF and MH-22A cells, and it was found that cytotoxic effect is dose-dependent.

Evaluation of 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione as redox mediator for glucose oxidase

A low-cost and simply fabricated amperometric glucose biosensor based on glucose oxidase (GOx) and 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione (PD) modified graphite rod electrode was developed. The electrode exhibited good electrocatalytic activity with a well-defined hyperbolic dependence of amperometric signal upon glucose concentration in the presence and in the absence of oxygen. The electrode showed a good reproducibility and repeatability with relative standard deviation of less than 3 and 5%, respectively. The interaction of GOx with PD mediator was confirmed by means of UV?Vis absorbance spectroscopy.