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ArticleBiophysical journal2011

Probing rotational viscosity in synaptic vesicles.

Maxwell B Zeigler, Peter B Allen, Daniel T Chiu

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Acute Modulation of Cortical Glutamate and GABA Content by Physical Activity.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2016
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  4. Defining a polymethine dye for fluorescence anisotropy applications in the near-infrared spectral range.Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry · 2012
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  5. Probing the interior of synaptic vesicles with internalized nanoparticles.Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maxwell B ZeiglerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Peter B Allen
Daniel T Chiu
University of Washington · US

Funding

Single-Molecule Studies of Synaptic VesiclesR01NS062725 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CHIU, DANIEL T · 2008 to 2011
$1.3M
NINDS NIH HHS NS 062725NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS062725
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The synaptic vesicle (SV) is a central organelle in neurotransmission, and previous studies have suggested that SV protein 2 (SV2) may be responsible for forming a gel-like matrix within the vesicle. Here we measured the steady-state rotational anisotropy of the fluorescent dye, Oregon Green, within individual SVs. By also measuring the fluorescence lifetime of Oregon Green in SVs, we determined the mean rotational viscosity to be 16.49 ± 0.12 cP for wild-type (WT) empty mice vesicles (i.e., with no neurotransmitters), 11.21 ± 0.12 cP for empty vesicles from SV2 knock-out mice, and 11.40 ± 0.65 cP for WT mice vesicles loaded with the neurotransmitter glutamate (Glu). This measurement shows that SV2 is an important determinant of viscosity within the vesicle lumen, and that the viscosity decreases when the vesicles are filled with Glu. The viscosities of both empty SV2 knock-out vesicles and Glu-loaded WT vesicles were significantly different from that of empty WT SVs (p < 0.05). This measurement represents the smallest enclosed volume in which rotational viscosity has been measured thus far.

Indexed as

Fluorescence PolarizationRotationAnimalsBiophysical PhenomenaFluorescent DyesGlutamic AcidMiceNeurotransmitter AgentsOrganelle SizeSynaptic VesiclesViscosityFluorescent DyesGlutamic AcidNeurotransmitter Agents

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PMID21641331
PMCPMC3117166
OpenAlexW2046672400

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