Microwave characterization of low-molecular-weight antioxidant specific biomarkers

Antioxidants play a crucial role in the life sciences, as the regulators of biochemical reactions. We studied the dielectric properties of the low-molecular weight antioxidant specific biomarkers sodium ascorbate and glutathione in solutions of different concentrations. The biomarkers are multifunct...

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Published in:	Biochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects 2019-01, Vol.1863 (1), p.226-231
Main Authors:	Naumova, Natalia, Hlukhova, Hanna, Barannik, Alexander, Gubin, Alexey, Protsenko, Irina, Cherpak, Nickolay, Vitusevich, Svetlana
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Antioxidants Biomarkers Glutathione Microwave resonator technique Sodium ascorbate
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Summary:	Antioxidants play a crucial role in the life sciences, as the regulators of biochemical reactions. We studied the dielectric properties of the low-molecular weight antioxidant specific biomarkers sodium ascorbate and glutathione in solutions of different concentrations. The biomarkers are multifunctional metabolites relevant to the reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging system of cells. The newly developed high-Q microwave whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) dielectric resonator based technique was applied. The technique allows investigation of liquids of nanoliter volumes filled in microfluidic channel within several milliseconds. The revealed peculiarities in the dependence of permittivity on concentrations of the sodium ascorbate and glutathione solutions are explained by differences in relaxation times and loses introduced by molecules of different shapes. We suggest that this novel approach offers the potential for the detection and characterization of ROS-relevant biomarkers with millisecond-time resolution. •Antioxidants play a crucial role in the life sciences, as the regulators of biochemical reactions. We studied the dielectric properties of the low-molecular weight antioxidant specific biomarkers sodium ascorbate and glutathione in solutions of different concentrations.•The newly developed high-Q microwave whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) dielectric resonator based technique was applied.•The technique allows investigation of liquids of nanoliter volumes filled in microfluidic channel within several milliseconds.•The revealed peculiarities in the dependence of permittivity on concentrations of the sodium ascorbate and glutathione solutions are explained by differences in relaxation times and loses introduced by molecules of different shapes.•We suggest that this novel approach offers the potential for the detection and characterization of the reactive oxygen species (ROS)-relevant biomarkers with millisecond-time resolution.
ISSN:	0304-4165 1872-8006