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    Biosensors and Bioelectronics 22 (2007) 17331738

    Laccase immobilization in redox active layered double hydroxides:A reagentless amperometric biosensor

    Christine Mousty, Laetitia Vieille, Serge Cosnier

    Laboratoire dElectrochimie Organique et de Photochimie Redox, UMR CNRS 5630, Institut de Chimie Moleculaire de Grenoble,

    FR CNRS 2607, Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France

    Received 3 May 2006; received in revised form 27 July 2006; accepted 9 August 2006

    Available online 4 October 2006

    Abstract

    This paper describes a new system for amperometric determination of dissolved oxygen and its application for the detection of anionic toxic

    substances, which are known as enzyme inhibitors. This biosensor is based on the co-immobilization of laccase from Trametes versicolorand a

    redox active layered double hydroxide [ZnCrABTS] on a glassy carbon electrode. The electrochemical transduction step corresponds to the

    electrocatalytic reduction of O2 at 0.2 V by laccase as catalyst and 2,2-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) as mediator.

    Such device provides a fast and a sensitive response for dissolved oxygen determination between 6108 and 4106 M and very low detection

    limits for azide (5.5 nM), fluoride (6.9 nM) and cyanide (6.2 nM).

    2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    Keywords: Laccase; Layered double hydroxides; Anionic clay; Biosensor; O2reduction; Inhibition

    1. Introduction

    Laccases (EC 1.10.3.2) are multicopper oxidases widely dis-tributed in plant and fungal species. They received particular

    attention because they present rather low substrate specificity

    and are able to oxidise phenols, anilines, benzenethiols, phe-

    nothiazines with the concomitant reduction of molecular oxygen

    (O2) towater (Xu, 1996). Laccases are mainly used in paper and

    textiles industries, for wastewater treatment, delignification and

    dye bleaching. They have also found applications in biofuel cell

    development as a cathode on which O2is electroreducedto water

    (Barton et al., 2001; Farneth and DAmore, 2005; Gupta et al.,

    2004; Palmore and Kim, 1999; Rowinski et al., 2004; Tarasevich

    et al., 2003). Laccase-based biosensors, in the absence or in

    the presence of mediators, have been applied for the determi-

    nation of a broad range of phenolic species (Ferry and Leech,

    2005; Freire et al., 2001, 2002; Haghighi et al., 2003; Jarosz-

    Wilkolazkaet al., 2005).Recently, Leech et al. have developed

    the concept of biosensor devices for the reagentless detection of

    laccase inhibitors (Leech and Daigle, 1998; Leech and Feerick,

    2000; Trudeau et al., 1997).

    Corresponding author. Fax: +33 476 514 267.

    E-mail address:[email protected](C. Mousty).

    Most applications require enzyme immobilization. Duran et

    al. have published an overview of the different methods used for

    the immobilization of laccase (Duran et al., 2002).In particu-lar, the immobilization of laccase fromTrametes versicolorwas

    extensively studied for several years. It is reported that a high

    percentage of laccase activity is maintained after its immobiliza-

    tion on clays (kaolinite, montmorillonite) (Dodor et al., 2004;

    Gianfreda and Bollag, 1994; Ruggiero et al., 1989).

    On the other hand, for several years we have developed in

    our laboratory amperometric biosensors based on the immobi-

    lization of enzymes within clay matrices (Mousty, 2004). For

    this purpose, we used either cationic clays such as laponite or

    anionic clays. Anionic clays are hydrotalcite type like materi-

    als known as synthetic layered double hydroxides (LDH) (de

    Roy et al., 1992).Recently, we have successfully immobilized

    horseradish peroxidase (HRP) into redox active layered dou-

    ble hydroxide [ZnCrABTS] (Shan et al., 2003a).The organic

    electroactive dianions, 2,2-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-

    sulfonic acid) (ABTS) intercalated within the LDH interlayer

    domain, remain redox active and play the role of electron shut-

    tle between the redox centre of HRP and the electrode. The

    electrochemical transduction step corresponds to the reduction

    at 0.0V of ABTS+ enzymatically formed in the presence of

    H2O2. This biosensor was also applied for the determination of

    cyanide (Shan et al., 2004).

    0956-5663/$ see front matter 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    doi:10.1016/j.bios.2006.08.020

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    Scheme 1. Schematic reaction occurring at the laccase/[ZnCrABTS] modified electrode.

    In the present paper, we report a new biosensor configuration

    based on the immobilization of laccase from T. versicolor in

    the [ZnCrABTS] LDH matrix. Vianello and coworkers have

    reported that among different commercial laccase sources, lac-

    case from T. versicolor has a very high activity with ABTS

    (Vianello et al., 2004). Therefore, one can expect to have an effi-

    cient turn over of the O2/laccase/[ZnCrABTS] system upon

    applied potential (Scheme 1). This biosensor configuration is

    applied for monitoring oxygen levels and for the determination

    of laccase inhibitors such as sodium azide, sodium fluoride and

    potassium cyanide.

    2. Experimental

    2.1. Materials and solutions

    Laccase from T. versicolor (Tv) and glutaraldehyde (25%)

    were purchased from Fluka. Bovin serum albumin (BSA),

    2,2-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS),

    catechol and dopamine were received from Sigma, phe-

    nol and aniline from Prolabo. The layered double hydrox-

    ide Zn2Cr(OH)6ABTS was synthesized by the coprecipitation

    method (Therias et al., 1996).All other chemical reagents were

    of analytical grade. Water was doubly distilled in quartz appa-ratus. For the oxygen detection, the experiments were made in

    a glove box under argon atmosphere by successive additions of

    saturated O2 supporting electrolyte solution. This O2 standard

    solution was obtained by bubblingfor 1 h. Oxygenconcentration

    in the saturated supporting electrolyte was 1.1 mM.

    2.2. Apparatus

    The amperometric measurements were performed with a

    Tacussed PRG-DL potentiostat in conjunction with a Kipp and

    Zonen BP 91 XY/t recorder (O2 determination) or with an e-

    corder 401 system (CBO instrumentation). Cyclic voltamme-

    tries were recorded with Autolab 100 potentiostat. All electro-

    chemical experiments were carried out in a conventional ther-

    mostated three-electrodecell (10or 40 ml)at 30 C. An Ag/AgCl

    electrode saturated with KCl solution was used as reference

    electrode, and a Pt wire was placed in a separate compartment

    containingthe supporting electrolyte, as a counter electrode.The

    working electrodes were glassy carbon electrodes with a diam-

    eter of 3 mm for cyclic voltammetry and FIA experiments and

    5 mm for batch chronoamperometric experiments under rotation

    conditions (500 rpm).Before use, these electrodeswere polished

    with 1m diamond paste and rinsed with water and acetone.

    Flow injection experiments were carried out using a BAS thin

    layer cell (radial flow). The flow injection system consisted of

    an isocratic pump (Perkin-Elmer200LC) and a Rheodine 9725

    injection valve with 20l loop. The electrolyte flow was fixed

    at 0.05 ml/min. Spectrophotometric measurements were carried

    out with a Varian Cary 1 UV-visible spectrophotometer.

    2.3. Assay of laccase activity

    The activity of free laccase was determined by using ABTS

    as substrate. One unit of laccase activity is defined as the amount

    oxidizing 1mol substrate per min. The UV test was per-

    formed in 3 ml acetate buffer pH 5.0 containing 5 mM ABTS(420= 36000 M

    1 cm1). The activity of laccase determined

    by this method was 12 U/mg.

    2.4. Enzyme immobilization

    The clay colloidal suspension (2 mg ml1 [ZnCrABTS])

    was dispersed overnight under stirring conditions in deionised

    and decarbonated water. Laccase and BSA were dissolved in

    water, each solution had a concentration of 4 mg ml1. A drop

    (22.5l) of aqueous mixtures containing a defined amount of

    clay (40g), laccase (5g) and BSA (5g) was spread on

    the surface of the glassy carbon electrode. The coating was

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    dried under vacuum at room temperature. The resulting elec-

    trode was placed in saturated glutaraldehyde vapour for 1 h for

    cross-linking of the membrane. Finally, the laccase/BSA/clay

    biomembrane was rehydrated for 20 min into 0.1 M acetate

    buffer solution (pH 5). Before use, the biosensor was stabilized

    at 0.2 V for 1 h under O2atmosphere.

    The amount of enzyme immobilized on the electrode surface

    was calculated by the difference between amount of protein ini-

    tially adsorbed and that detected in the washing buffer solution.

    The later value was determined by UV spectroscopy. Under the

    optimal conditions, the amount of retained laccase was 83%

    (4.1g, 0.05 U).

    3. Results and discussion

    3.1. Oxygen detection

    Typical voltammogram of laccase/[ZnCrABTS] modified

    electrode in the presence of O2is shown inFig. 1(curve a). The

    redox mediator ABTS is oxidized by laccase and the regener-ation of the enzyme is achieved by the reduction of molecular

    oxygen to water (Scheme 1).This resulted in an electrocatalytic

    reduction wave at the modified electrode. Removal of oxygen

    from the solution by outgassing with argon (not shown) or the

    additions of azide, an enzyme inhibitor (Fig. 1,curves b and c)

    caused a decrease in the electrocatalytic reduction wave to finally

    obtain a reversible signal, characteristic of ABTS immobilized

    into the clay matrix [ZnCrABTS] (Fig. 1,curve d).

    The optimization of the procedure for laccase immobilization

    was carried out in order to improve the enzyme retention on

    the electrode surface and to obtain the most efficient mediated

    reduction of O2. This immobilization procedure differed slightlyfrom that previously adopted for the immobilization of HRP

    (Shan et al., 2003a, 2004)and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) (Shan

    et al., 2003b) in LDH matrix. With laccase, a coreticulation with

    BSA appeared to be necessary. Moreover, the reticulation time

    must be increased to 1 h. Indeed, the efficient immobilization of

    laccase from T. versicolorappears to be problematic, a chemical

    cross-linking is generally required (Freire et al., 2001). Different

    biosensor configurations have been tested by varying the relative

    Fig. 1. Cyclic voltammograms of GCE modified by laccase + BSA/

    [ZnCrABTS] (5:5:20g) (a) under saturated O2 atmosphere and with suc-

    cessive additions of sodium azide, (b) 9.9 108, (c) 1.08106 and (d)

    1.08

    105

    M in acetate buffer solution (pH 5.0), v =10mVs1

    .

    Fig. 2. Influence of pH on amperometric response of laccase + BSA/

    [ZnCrABTS] bioelectrode under saturated O2 atmosphere in acetate buffer

    solution (Eapp= 0.2 V).

    amounts of both proteins coated on the electrode surface. With

    a biofilm containing 40g LDH, 5g laccase and 5g BSA,

    83% of laccase (4.2g) were retained on the electrode surface,

    whereas with 10g of laccase without BSA only 37% (3.7 g)

    remained.The influence of the pH on the amperometric response of the

    biosensor was studied in the pH range between 4 and 7 in acetate

    buffer solution (Fig. 2).Since ABTS oxidation is known to be

    reversible and pH independent (Scott et al., 1993), the varia-

    tion of the cathodic current with pH can be related to changes

    of laccase activity. The maximum response was obtained at pH

    5.0 which is the same pH value as that reported previously for

    laccase from T. versicolor immobilized on carbon fiber elec-

    trodes(Freire et al., 2001), on spectrographic graphite electrodes

    (Haghighi et al., 2003)and on kaolinite (Dodor et al., 2004)but

    it is slightly higher than that reported for the free enzyme (pH

    3.0) (Farneth et al., 2005; Jolivalt et al., 2000).The analytical performance of laccase + BSA/[ZnCr

    ABTS] electrodes for oxygen detection was investigated in a

    glove box under argon atmosphere. When different amounts of

    saturated oxygen solution were added into the batch cell con-

    taining deoxygenated electrolyte, an increase in the catalytic

    reduction current was observed (Fig. 3A). Calibration curves

    had been recorded at two different applied potentials: 0.0 and

    0.2V (Fig. 4). The sensitivities are similar, namely 443 and

    474mAM1 cm2, but the biosensor response is more stable at

    0.2 V and the linear range is wider at this potential (6 108 to

    4 106 M)thanthatat0.0V(4 107 to 2 106 M). Conse-

    quently, we decided to apply 0.2 V for further experiments. The

    reproducibility of the biosensor responses was investigated byrepeated (n = 6) injections of 10l of saturated oxygen solution,

    the relative standard deviation was 8%. The reproducibility of

    O2detection was also determined under flow injection analysis

    (FIA) (Fig. 3B). Successive injections of saturated oxygen solu-

    tion (20l loop) into a constant flow of deoxygenated acetate

    buffer solution gave a cathodic current of 2.64 nA (RDS 8%.

    n = 8). After each injection, the current returned to its initial

    value, showing good reversibility of the detection device.The

    maximum current density measured in saturated O2atmosphere

    at 10 different electrodes was 6.2 0.7A cm2. This value

    corresponds to a specific activity of immobilized laccase Tv

    (Imax/molEnz) o f 1

    105A cm

    2

    mol1

    Enz which is in good

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    Fig. 3. (A) Amperometric responseat laccase + BSA/[ZnCrABTS] bioelectrode at 0.2 V in 40 ml deoxygenated acetate buffer solutionpH 5.0 to repeated injections

    (arrows) of 5l saturated O2solution. (B) Amperometric response at laccase + BSA/[ZnCrABTS] bioelectrode at 0.2 V in a radial flow injection cell to repeated

    injections of 20l saturated O2 solution.

    agreement with the value of 1.5

    10

    5

    A cm

    2

    mol

    1

    Enzreportedby (Farneth and DAmore, 2005)for purified laccase Tv and

    ABTS immobilized in a silica-coated carbon paper macroelec-

    trode.

    The KappM calculated from a LineweaverBurk plot of the

    calibration curve was 30M. This value can be compared to the

    values reported for the biocatalysts system of laccase Tv/ABTS

    in solution (KABTSM = 192M,KO2M = 262M) (Farneth et al.,

    2005)or for laccase Tv immobilized on kaolinite with ABTS

    in solution (KABTSM = 162M) (Dodor et al., 2004).The lower

    KappM reflects the efficient electrical wiring of laccase by ABTS

    intercalated in the LDH structure. The use of redox active clay

    as a host matrix for enzyme prevents the mediator leaching and

    enhances specific interactions between redox mediator and theactive site of the enzyme. The same effect has been previously

    reported for HRP encapsulated in the [ZnCrABTS] matrix

    (Shan et al., 2003a).

    Electrocatalytic reduction of oxygen at enzyme modified

    electrodes has been reported previously, for instance with myo-

    globin (Zhang et al., 2004a) and HRP (Zhang et al., 2004b).

    These heme proteins catalyzed the reduction of O2to hydrogen

    peroxide. On the other hand, the four-electron reduction of O2to water was achieved with bilirubin oxidase (Mano et al., 2003;

    Tsujimura et al., 2001)and laccase modified electrodes (Barton

    Fig. 4. O2calibration curve (experimental conditions as inFig. 3A).

    et al., 2001; Farneth and DAmore, 2005; Gupta et al., 2004;

    Palmore and Kim, 1999; Rowinski et al., 2004; Tarasevich et

    al., 2003).Linear dependences of the electrode response versus

    O2 concentration were reported up to 2.2 105 M for myo-

    globin anchored on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (Zhang et al.,

    2004a) andbetween9 106 and2 104 M forlaccase immo-

    bilized in liquid crystals (Rowinski et al., 2004)or 1.3106

    to 2.6 105 M for a poly(nile blue) modified electrode with-

    out enzyme (Ju and Shen, 2001). Compared to these other

    electrodes the results, presented in this work, show a sensitive

    linear response at lower concentration of oxygen (0.064M),

    which allows this systemto be considered formonitoring oxygen

    levels.

    3.2. Determination of inhibitors

    Leech and coworkers have developed a reagentless enzyme

    sensor of laccase activity based on the immobilization of the

    enzyme in a redox osmium hydrogel quoted on the electrode

    surface (Leech and Daigle, 1998; Leech and Feerick, 2000;

    Trudeau et al., 1997).The detection principle of inhibitors, such

    as sodium azide, was based on their modulation effect on the

    enzyme activity, which was measured by the mediated reduc-

    tion of O2. The biosensor consumed only oxygen present in the

    solution. We have applied the same concept to detect inhibitors

    (NaN3, NaF and KCN) at the laccase + BSA/[ZnCrABTS]modified electrode. Sensitive assays of these inorganic ions

    are of practical interest because they are environmental tox-

    ins, especially in water effluents. As shown in Fig. 1, the

    increase of sodium azide concentrations modified the signals

    in cyclic voltammetry. The catalytic current disappeared com-

    pletely when the inhibitor concentration washigh enough to stop

    totally the catalytic cycle of laccase.

    In chronoamperometric measurements under saturated

    oxygen conditions at 0.2 V, addition of inhibitors resulted

    in a rapid decrease in the electrocatalytic reduction current

    (Fig. 5A). Normalized inhibition curves were obtained by

    plotting (Ioxy

    Iinh)/(Ioxy

    Ideoxy)

    100% versus inhibitor

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    Fig. 5. (A) Amperometric response at laccase + BSA/[ZnCrABTS] bioelec-

    trode under saturated O2 atmosphere (Eapp=0.2 V) to: (a) four successive

    injections 7.5 nM and (b) six successive injections 15 nM NaF. (B) Normalized

    inhibition curves for laccase + BSA/[ZnCrABTS] bioelectrode for sodium

    azide, potassium cyanide and sodium fluoride (acetate buffer solution pH

    5.0 under saturated O2 conditions, Eapp= 0.2 V). Inset shows the biosensor

    responses for low inhibitor concentrations with the following linear fits

    NaN3: Y= .4.510.20 + 2.36E80.06X (R = 0.996, n = 13, S.D.= 0.30);

    KCN: Y= 3.430.19 + 2.03E80.06X (R = 0.996, n = 10, S.D.= 0.24);

    NaF:Y= 0.3.39 0.18 + 1.85E8 0.06X(R = 0.996;n = 10; S.D.= 0.23).

    concentration, where Ioxy and Ideoxy are the currents in the

    presence and absence of oxygen, andIinhis the current observed

    upon inhibition in oxygenated electrolyte. Fig. 5B shows

    these curves for sodium azide, sodium fluoride and potassium

    cyanide. C50 values (the concentration causing 50% activity

    reduction) and detection limits (LOD) estimated from these

    curves are presented inTable 1.The apparentC50 values werelower when the enzyme was immobilized compared to the val-

    ues reported for laccase Tv in solution (14M NaN3, 500M

    Table 1

    Parameters of calibration curves of inhibitors to be determined using the lac-

    case + BSA/[ZnCrABTS] bioelectrode

    Inhibitors C50(M) LODa (nM)

    NaN3 3 5.50.1

    KCN 23 6.20.1

    NaF 153 6.90.1

    a Detection limit calculated for 3S.D.b where S.D.b is the standard deviation

    of the blank, mean value for two different biosensors.

    NaF, 500M KCN) (Trudeau et al., 1997). The same feature

    was observed when laccase is immobilized in a redox hydrogel

    (5.6M NaN3, 43M NaF) (Leech and Feerick, 2000).These

    inorganic ions, azide, fluoride and cyanide, were detected at

    very low detection limits, in the nanomolar range, compared to

    the detection limits reported in the literature. For instance, azide

    was detected at different biosensors based on laccase with a

    LOD = 12.5M (Leech and Daigle, 1998; Leech and Feerick,

    2000)or on catalase (LOD = 25M) (Sezginurk et al., 2005).

    Similarly, the LOD for fluoride was reported between 8 105

    and 5 104 M for biosensors based on the immobilization of

    cholinesterase on nylon, paper or cellulose nitrate (Evtugyn et

    al., 1999) and8 107 M for a biosensorbased on lever esterase

    (Marcos and Townslend, 1995).For cyanide, the present detec-

    tion limit is close to the value that we had previously detected at

    the HRP/[ZnCrABTS] electrode, namely 5 nM (Shan et al.,

    2004).As reported previously for other LDH biosensors, these

    low detection limits can be related to the possible accumulation

    of anions into the anionic clay in the vicinity of enzyme.

    Additions of laccase substrates, for example catechol,dopamine, aniline and phenol at a concentration of 10M,

    caused a decrease in the reduction current corresponding respec-

    tively to 39%, 9%, 8% and 2% of the inhibition response

    observed with NaN3 at the same concentration. This decrease

    in the cathodic current recorded at 0.2 V can be explained

    by a competitive process between the phenol derivatives and

    ABTS at the laccase T1 site. This interference effect seems to

    follow the sequence of the Km values reported for these sub-

    strates (Haghighi et al., 2003; Xu, 1996). It can be discriminated

    from real inhibition process by applying a cathodic potential of

    0.1 V. At this applied potential, additions of phenol derivatives

    caused an increase in the reduction current due to the reductionof the quinoid form of the substrates. The same observation has

    been previously reported byLeech and Feerick (2000)with the

    laccase/redox osmium hydrogel system.

    3.3. Lifetime

    The stability of the biosensor in oxygenated electrolyte was

    examined by recording the current response at 0.2 V for 4 h. A

    loss in signal of 20 %/h was observed. However, as suggested

    by Leech, the effect of instability on the inhibition curves can be

    minimized by normalization of the response (Leech and Daigle,

    1998). For instance, the regeneration of the biosensor was inves-

    tigated by placing the inhibited electrode in decarbonated waterfor 40 min. After the regeneration, the intensity of catalytic cur-

    rent of O2 reduction has decreased but the same sensitivity for

    further azide determination was observed. This confirms that

    inhibitionof laccase Tv by azide is reversible(LeechandFeerick,

    2000).

    The main drawback of O2 biosensors remains the life-

    time. These biosensor configurations require the entrapment of

    both enzyme and mediator into a matrix in which oxygen and

    water can freely diffuse. The lack of stability was reported for

    bio-systems with laccase-ABTS (Farneth and DAmore, 2005;

    Farneth et al., 2005), bulirubin oxidase-ABTS (Tsujimura et

    al., 2001)but also with laccase-osmium complex (Leech and

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    Daigle, 1998).In the former case, the authors suggest that the

    chemical stability of ABTS limits the system lifetime. However,

    we have previously reported very good operational stability for

    HRP biosensor using the same [ZnCrABTS] matrix (Shan

    et al., 2003a). Another possibility can consist in a shift of

    local pH within the matrix as a result of the oxygen reduction

    O2+ 4H+ + 4e2H2O. This increase of pH value candamage

    the enzyme. No pH change was observed in the soaking solu-

    tion but we have observed by UV spectroscopy leaching of the

    biofilm. The slow dissolution of laccase can dislodge a part of

    the clay film from the electrode surface. Consequently, the co-

    immobilization of laccase and redox active clay on the electrode

    surface must be improved. This can probably be envisaged with

    the coprecipitation method that we have already realized with

    urease (Vial et al., 2006).

    4. Conclusion

    In this work, we have described the development of a lac-

    case biosensor based on the entrapment of the enzyme intoredox active layered double hydroxides [ZnCrABTS]. ABTS,

    intercalated within LDH layers, plays the role of redox media-

    tor performing the electrical wiring of laccase. The use of this

    electroactive nanohybrid material as a host matrix for enzyme

    prevents the mediator leaching and enhances specific interac-

    tions between the redox mediator and the active site of the

    enzyme. This biosensor offers a fast and a sensitive response in

    presence of dissolved oxygen and can be used to detect laccase

    inhibitors. In particular, this bioelectrode provides the lowest

    detection limits (5.5 nM) for azide and (6.2 nM) for fluoride

    reported with electroenzymatic sensors. Moreover based on its

    good electrocatalysis for oxygen reduction, this system can beapplied, as the cathodic catalyst, to fabrication of biofuel cell.

    Our main goal will be the improvement of the immobilization

    of laccase in the clay matrix coated on a larger surface area

    electrode.

    Acknowledgment

    This work is supported by the ACI Program Nanohybrides

    Enzymes-HDL 2003-NR0005 from the Research Ministry of

    France.

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