The invention disclosed herein provides fluorescence based methods for the determination of polyhydroxylated analyte concentrations as well as optical polyhydroxylate analyte sensors and sensor systems. In particular, the invention provides methods of quantifying the abundances or concentrations of polyhydroxylate analyte by measuring changes in the fluorescence lifetimes. The methods of the invention are based on the observation that fluorescent sensor molecules capable of binding a polyhydroxylated analyte such as glucose have distinct fluorescent lifetimes depending upon whether they are in a form that is either bound to analyte or a form that is not bound to the analyte. The distinct and measurable differences in the fluorescence lifetimes of the different fluorescent sensor species can be used to determine the relative abundance of the bound and unbound fluorescent sensor species, a parameter which can then be correlated to the concentration of the analyte.
本发明提供了基于荧光的方法,用于测定多羟基分析物浓度,以及光学多羟基分析物传感器和传感器系统。特别地,本发明提供了通过测量荧光寿命变化来量化多羟基分析物丰度或浓度的方法。本发明的方法基于以下观察结果:能够结合多羟基分析物(如
葡萄糖)的荧光传感器分子,其荧光寿命取决于它们是与分析物结合的形式还是未结合分析物的形式。不同和可测量的荧光传感器物种的荧光寿命的差异可以用于确定结合和未结合荧光传感器物种的相对丰度,该参数可以与分析物的浓度相关联。