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ArticleScientific reports2017

Endogenous Two-Photon Excited Fluorescence Imaging Characterizes Neuron and Astrocyte Metabolic Responses to Manganese Toxicity.

Emily Stuntz, Yusi Gong, Disha Sood, Volha Liaudanskaya, Dimitra Pouli, Kyle P Quinn, Carlo Alonzo, Zhiyi Liu, David L Kaplan, Irene Georgakoudi

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emily StuntzTufts University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.
Yusi GongTufts University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.
Disha SoodTufts University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.
Volha LiaudanskayaTufts University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.
Dimitra PouliTufts University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.
Kyle P QuinnTufts University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.
Carlo AlonzoTufts University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.
Zhiyi LiuTufts University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.
David L KaplanTufts University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.
Irene GeorgakoudiTufts University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medford, MA, 02155, USA. Irene.Georgakoudi@tufts.edu.
Tufts University · US

Funding

Functional three dimensional brain-like tissues to study mechanisms of traumatic brain injuryR01NS092847 · NINDS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI KAPLAN, DAVID L. · 2015 to 2019
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NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS092847
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As neurodegenerative conditions are increasingly linked to mitochondrial dysfunction, methods for studying brain cell metabolism at high spatial resolution are needed to elucidate neurodegeneration mechanisms. Two-photon excited fluorescence (TPEF) imaging is a non-destructive, high-resolution technique for studying cell metabolism via endogenous fluorescence of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (phosphate) (NAD(P)H) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD). We employed TPEF to study the metabolism of primary rat astrocyte and neuronal cultures under normal growth conditions and in response to manganese (Mn) treatment. Histograms of pixel-wise optical redox ratio, defined as FAD/(FAD + NAD(P)H), revealed three distinct redox distributions and significant differences in their relative weights between astrocytes and neurons. When treated with Mn, both cell types exhibited redox ratio shifts consistent with increased oxidative stress. However, the manner in which the redox distributions was affected was distinct for the two cell types. Furthermore, NAD(P)H fluorescence lifetime imaging revealed an increase in bound NAD(P)H fraction upon Mn treatment for neurons, consistent with enhanced apoptosis. Astrocytes showed a decrease in bound fraction, possibly due to a shift towards glycolytic metabolism in response to impaired respiration. These results exhibit TPEF's utility for characterizing detailed metabolic changes of different brain cell types in response to neurotoxins.

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AnimalsAstrocytesCells, CulturedCell SurvivalFlavin-Adenine DinucleotideGlycolysisManganeseMolecular ImagingNADPNeuronsOptical ImagingOxidation-ReductionRatsFlavin-Adenine DinucleotideManganeseNADP

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PMID28432298
PMCPMC5430620
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