In Situ Enzyme Immobilization with Oxygen-Sensitive Luminescent Metal-Organic Frameworks to Realize "All-in-One"...

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for enzyme immobilization have already shown superior tunable and designable characteristics, however, their diverse responsive properties have rarely been exploited. In this work we integrated a responsive MOF into a MOF-enzyme composite with the purpose of designing an "all-in-one" multifunctional composite with catalytic and luminescence functions incorporated into a single particle. As a proof-of-concept, glucose oxidase (GOx) was encapsulated in situ within an oxygen (O₂ )-sensitive, noble-metal-free, luminescent Cu^I triazolate framework (MAF-2), denoted as GOx@MAF-2. Owing to the rigid scaffold of MAF-2 and confinement effect, the GOx@MAF-2 composite showed significantly improved stability (shelf life of 60 days and heat resistance up to 80 °C) as well as good selectivity and recyclability. More importantly, owing to the O₂ sensitivity of MAF-2, the GOx@MAF-2 composite exhibited a rapid and reversible response towards dissolved O₂ , thereby allowing direct and ratiometric sensing of glucose without the need for chromogenic substrates, cascade enzymatic reactions, or electrode systems. High sensitivity with a detection limit of 1.4 μm glucose was achieved, and the glucose levels in human sera were accurately determined. This strategy has led to a new application for MOFs that can be facilely extended to other MOF-enzyme composites due to the multifunctionality of MOFs.