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• the invention relates to methods for calibrating creatinine and creatinine measuring devices, and calibration solutions for use in those methods.
• Enzyme modulators can occur naturally in samples being measured, and may occur in unpredictable amounts.
• bicarbonates are enzyme inhibitors and are endogenous to blood, and different people will have different concentrations of bicarbonates in their blood. Therefore, it is not possible to prepare a single calibration solution having a bicarbonate concentration matching all possible samples of human blood plasma. More generally, it is acknowledged that preparing a calibration solution having the same degree of enzyme modulation as in a target sample can be difficult to achieve.
• the applicant makes available a method of calibrating a device for measuring the concentration of creatinine in a sample including one or more enzyme modulators, the method comprising: determining sensitivities of the device for each of two or more calibration solutions, wherein each calibration solution has a different amount of enzyme modulator; determining a degree of modulation for each of the two or more calibration solutions; determining a degree of modulation for a sample to be measured; and calculating the sensitivity of the device for the sample, wherein said calculating comprises modifying the sensitivity of one of the two or more calibration solutions by a function comprising the determined degrees of modulation.
• the one or more enzyme modulators include an acid or an alkali or a salt thereof.
• the one or more enzyme modulators include one or more of: bicarbonate, acetate, formate, Ca 2+ , and Zn 2+ .
• pH functions as an enzyme modulator.
• said determining the sensitivities of the device for two or more calibration solutions comprises calculating a ratio between an output of the device in the calibration solution and a concentration of creatinine and/or creatine in the calibration solution.
• said determining a degree of modulation for each of the calibration solutions comprises estimating enzyme modulation based on the amounts of enzyme modulators in the calibration solutions.
• said determining a degree of modulation for each of the calibration solutions comprises receiving a value of said degree of modulation.
• said function further comprises a ratio between enzyme activity and permeability of the device.
• the ratio between enzyme activity and permeability of the device is a dimensionless constant specific to the device.
• one of the two or more calibration solutions has an amount of enzyme modulator of the same order of magnitude as the sample.
• one of the two or more calibration solutions has no enzyme modulator, or a low level of enzyme modulator.
• one of the two or more calibration solutions has a high level of enzyme modulation, which is at least substantially higher than the low or zero level enzyme modulator.
• the device is a creatine and/or creatinine sensor.
• a computer readable medium comprising instructions which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to operate in accordance with any of the aforementioned methods.
• an electronic device comprising: one or more processors; and memory comprising instructions which when executed by one or more of the processors cause the electronic device to operate in accordance with any of the aforementioned methods.
• a package comprising two or more calibration solutions, wherein each calibration solution has a different amount of enzyme modulator; and instructions for use with any of the aforementioned methods or aforementioned electronic devices.
• Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of an example of an amperometric measuring system
• Figure 2 is a series of diagrams illustrating the enzyme cascade for conversion of creatinine to hydrogen peroxide
• Figure 3 is a table showing examples of enzyme modulators; and [0029] Figure 4 is a flowchart outlining the steps of the proposed method.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a three electrode amperometric measuring system 101.
• An amperometric measuring system may have at least two electrodes: a working electrode (WE) 1 10 and a combined counter and reference electrode (CE/RE).
• WE working electrode
• CE/RE combined counter and reference electrode
• the functions of the CE/RE electrode are split into two separate electrodes: the reference electrode (RE) 1 11 and the counter electrode (CE) 1 12.
• the example amperometric measuring system 101 also includes an ammeter 120, a voltmeter 121 and a voltage source 122 and the electrolyte solution 140.
• the WE 1 10 is a positively charged electrode where an oxidation reaction occurs.
• the RE 1 1 1 is typically made of Ag/AgCI and is able to maintain a stable potential, especially if no current runs through it, thus the need for a CE 112 for passing the current from the WE 1 10 back to the electrolyte solution 140.
• the electrolyte solution 140 and the sample 150 provide ionic contact between the three electrodes.
• the membrane 130 selectively converts the analyte to a substance that selectively is allowed to pass through from the sample 150.
• the voltage source 122 applies the necessary potential for maintaining the desired reduction or oxidation reaction, this is controlled by the voltmeter 121.
• the ammeter 120 measures the resulting current flowing through the electrical circuit, which is a measure of the free flowing electrons due to the chemical reactions between the sample 150 and the electrolyte solution 140.
• amperometric measuring system shown in Figure 1 is an illustrative example, and several other implementations are envisioned.
• the amperometric measuring system could be a two electrode system as mentioned above.
• the magnitude of an electrical current flowing through the electrode chain is proportional to the concentration of the substance being oxidized (or reduced) at the WE 1 10.
• the concentration in any given sample can be obtained by measuring the electrical current generated by that particular sample.
• the sample 150 contains species B, which in the membrane 130 is selectively converted to species A, which can be oxidized at the WE 110 (WE) to A + ; and the electrolyte 140 contains species X which is reduced at the CE 1 12 (cathode) to X " .
• the membrane 130 allows only species A to pass from the sample into the electrolyte solution 140.
• the magnitude of the current flowing through the circuit is proportional to the concentration of the analyte being oxidized.
• the analyser can therefore automatically calculate the concentration of the analyte in the sample given species X is in excess.
• the term sensor refers to a complete amperometric measuring system, as shown in Figure 1 excluding the sample 150.
• Crn is not stable in aqueous solutions, e.g. blood, where it is reversibly converted into Cr (see Scheme 1 ).
• a Creatine sensor is used (Crea A).
• Crea B detects both Cr and Crn.
• the sensor is protected by a multilayer membrane 130 consisting of at least three functional layers, namely the outer membrane layer permeable to Crn and Cr; the middle enzyme layer, and the inner membrane layer permeable to H 2 O 2 .
• cCrn is determined directly with a sensor that essentially only has a sensitivity towards Crn. This may be done by applying an outer membrane that is impermeable towards Cr but permeable to Crn, which is feasible since Cr is an anion and Crn is neutral.
• FIG. 2 illustrates an example enzyme cascade for the conversion of creatine and creatinine into hydrogen peroxide.
• enzymes creatinase (creatine amidinohydrolase) 220, sarcosine oxidase 230 and creatininase (creatinine amidohydrolase) 210 are used in the enzyme cascade. These enzymes are immobilized between the inner and outer membrane layers, while Crn and Cr molecules can diffuse across the outer membrane layer.
• the Crea A sensor detects creatine by converting creatine to hydrogen peroxide in accordance with reactions 202 and 203. To achieve this conversion, the Crea A sensor uses creatine amidinohydrolase 220 and sarcosine oxidase 230. In the Crea A sensor, the enzymatic cascade changes Cr as follows:
• the Crea B sensor contains all three enzymes creatinine amidohydrolase 210, creatine amidinohydrolase 220 and sarcosine oxidase 230, and so detects both Crn and Cr.
• Crn/Cr involves reactions 201 , 202 and 203:
• H 2 0 2 that can diffuse across the inner membrane layer to the WE 110 (preferably platinum).
• H2O2 can be oxidized at the Pt anode 240: H 2 0 2 ⁇ 2H + +0 2 +2e
• dE A and dE B are the electrical currents produced at the Crea A and Crea B sensors respectively; Sens A ,c r and Sens B ,c r are the sensitivity constants relating current (dE) to Cr concentration in the Crea A and Crea B sensors respectively and Sens B, cm is the sensitivity constant relating current (dE) to Crn concentration in the Crea B sensor.
• Sens A ,c r and Sens B ,c r are the sensitivity constants relating current (dE) to Cr concentration in the Crea A and Crea B sensors respectively
• Sens B, cm is the sensitivity constant relating current (dE) to Crn concentration in the Crea B sensor.
• the proportionality constants, Sens, relating currents to concentrations are typically referred to as sensitivities. The constants are determined by calibrating the sensors. The current (signal) of each sensor is measured by ammeters 120 in the analyser. If sensor sensitivities S are known, the unknown Crn concentration in
• the reactions illustrated in Figure 2 can be modulated by enzyme modulators.
• enzyme modulators may be endogenous to the sample, such as bicarbonates, and these enzyme modulators may inhibit the action of any of the enzymes used.
• enzyme modulator includes substances that reduce the performance of enzymes (inhibitors) or increase the performance of the enzymes.
• Figure 3 shows a number of examples of endogenous modulators that may be present in the sample.
• the table shows the example modulators along with a measure of their effectiveness in modulating enzymes, namely the l 50 value (half maximal inhibitory concentration) in mM.
• Enzyme modulators are not limited to specific molecules, and may include other factors such as the pH or temperature of a solution or sample. It is known that factors like the pH of a solution can affect the performance of the enzyme, so factors such as pH may be referred to herein as enzyme modulators.
• calibration solutions are set up to determine the effect of pH and bicarbonate concentrations on the sensor readings for a Cr sensor.
• concentration of Cr is measured using the Crea A sensor, but it is envisioned that the solution may be adapted to measure the concentration of Crn using Crea A and Crea B sensors.
• the senor is calibrated using two calibration solutions denoted Cal2 and Cal3.
• the following scheme shows the content of the two solutions and a given sample:
• Table 1 shows how the calibration solutions Cal2 and Cal3 have known concentrations of Cr and HCO 3 " , known pH levels, and known C0 2 partial pressures. Calibrators Cal2 and Cal3 may also contain buffers, salts, preservatives and detergents, but in this example embodiment those will be ignored.
• the sample which may be a blood sample to be measured, and may have its pH, HC0 3 " concentration and C0 2 partial pressure measured by appropriate sensors. A raw reading (dESample) of the sample can be measured using the amperometric measuring device, but the sensitivity needs to be determined before a Cr concentration can be determined for the sample.
• the sensitivities of the sensor for the calibration solutions can be calculated by measuring the ratio between the measured device output (dE) and the known concentrations: dECal2 31179 pA
• the ratio 0.883 illustrates that the sensor gives 12.3% less current per ⁇ creatine in a solution like Cal3 than in the bicarbonate free solution Cal2.
• Equation 6 and 7 may be derived by skilled person by multiplying the equation for protolyzation of a single base and the expression of simple competitive inhibition.
• the degree of modulation (modcai2 and modcai3) provides an estimate for how much the enzyme is modulated in the given pH and bicarbonate.
• K a is the acid ionization constant for the calibration solution, while K, is the inhibition constant.
• 86.3% (1 -0.137) and 97.5% (1 -0.025) of the original enzyme activity is expected to be removed by inhibition in Cal2 and Cal3, respectively.
• Phi is a dimensionless constant that is an expression of the ratio between enzyme activity and the permeability of the sensor.
• the value for phi is given by:
• Equation 9 is a rewriting of equation 6 and 7, where an extra term is added that accounts for the effect of pCO 2 on the pH in the sensor.
• pH r i nS e value is the pH is the rinse solution the sensor is exposed to between samples
• pCO 2r inse is the partial pressure of CO 2 in a rinse solution the sensor is exposed to between samples
• C3 is a constant fixed for all sensors and correlates to the permeability of CO 2 .
• the sensitivity in the given sample is calculated by adjusting the sensitivity of one of the calibration solutions by a factor.
• the factor is a function of the degree of modulation of the sample and the calibration solution, and may also include the value phi.
• the sensitivity for Cal3 (sensc a i3) is adjusted because the degree of modulation in Cal3 is closer to the degree of modulation of the sample than in Cal2.
• the factor is given by: l -
• the adjusting factor is roughly 0.89, and therefore the sensitivity for the sample is equal to the sensitivity for Cal3 multiplied by this factor:
• sensitivities of the device for each of the two or more calibration solutions are determined. Said determining of sensitivities may involve calculating the ratio between an amperometer output (current) and the known concentration of creatine or creatinine of the calibration solution. In some embodiments, the concentrations of creatine or creatinine of the calibration solutions need to be determined or adjusted from an initial concentration, while in other embodiments the concentrations are provided as data accompanying the calibration solutions.
• Two calibration solutions or different amounts of enzyme modulators may be provided, effectively providing two data points for determining the relationship between enzyme modulators and sensitivity. Providing more than two calibration solutions of different amounts of enzyme modulators may lead to more accurate results.
• One calibration solution may be chosen to have very low or no enzyme modulators, while another calibration solution may be chosen to have enzyme modulators around the same order of magnitude as the expected amount of enzyme modulators in samples. In this way, the second calibration solution a sensitivity close to the expected samples, while the first calibration solution provides sensitivities sufficiently distant from the second calibration solution to provide a good measure of the relationship between enzyme modulation and sensitivity.
• the degree of enzyme modulation is determined for each of the two or more calibration solutions.
• This degree of enzyme modulation is a measure of how much enzyme activity is modulated in a given solution. For example, where a bicarbonate [HCO 3 ] concentration and higher-than-optimum alkalinity (pH) is present, this may inhibit the enzyme activity by a certain percentage given by the degree of modulation.
• the known values for [HCO 3 ], pH, K a and K may be used to determine this.
• the determining may simply involve having the degree of enzyme modulation being entered as an input.
• the value may be known from a database or reference source, and may be input as a known, dimensionless variable for use in the method.
• the degree of enzyme modulation is determined for the sample to be measured. This determining may be similar to the determining of the degrees of enzyme modulation in step 420. The determination of the degree of enzyme modulation for the sample may also take into account the fact that rinsing may occur between samples, which may affect the contribution of pH, for example. While step 420 may be performed once for each set of calibration solutions, step 430 may be repeated for each sample being measured.
• the sensitivity of the measuring device is calculated for the sample. This step may involve determining a factor by which to adjust one of the sensitivities already determined for one of the calibration solutions.
• the sensitivity for the calibration solution with a degree of enzyme modulation closest to the degree of enzyme modulation of the sample may be the sensitivity that is adjusted.
• the factor that adjusts the sensitivity of the calibration solution may be a function of the degree of enzyme modulation for that calibration solution and the sample.
• the factor may further be a function of a sensor specific constant that is an expression of the ratio between enzyme activity and the permeability of the device. This sensor specific constant may be calculated after step 420 and before step 430 and may be re-used in the calculation of sensitivities for any further samples measured using the proposed method.
• the sensitivity for the sample may be used to determine an accurate concentration of creatine or creatinine of the sample by measuring the raw output of the amperometer and dividing it by the calculated sensitivity.

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