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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

Imaging in vivo acetylcholine release in the peripheral nervous system with a fluorescent nanosensor.

Junfei Xia, Hongrong Yang, Michelle Mu, Nicholas Micovic, Kira E Poskanzer, James R Monaghan, Heather A Clark

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Junfei XiaDepartment of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.ORCID 0000-0002-2475-0928
Hongrong YangDepartment of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.ORCID 0000-0002-2566-7149
Michelle MuDepartment of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.ORCID 0000-0002-3212-656X
Nicholas MicovicDepartment of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.
Kira E PoskanzerDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143.ORCID 0000-0003-4830-8891
James R MonaghanDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.
Heather A ClarkDepartment of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115; h.clark@northeastern.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2628-9194
Northeastern University · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

A Functional Taxonomy of Cortical AstrocytesR01NS099254 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Evan Harriman Feinberg · 2017 to 2026
$4.1M
Optical Nanosensors Detect Neurotransmitter Release in the Peripheral Nervous SystemOT2OD024909 · OD · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI MONAGHAN, JAMES R · 2017 to 2021
$2.1M
NIH HHS OT2 OD024909NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS099254
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability to monitor the release of neurotransmitters during synaptic transmission would significantly impact the diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases. Here, we present a DNA-based enzymatic nanosensor for quantitative detection of acetylcholine (ACh) in the peripheral nervous system of living mice. ACh nanosensors consist of DNA as a scaffold, acetylcholinesterase as a recognition component, pH-sensitive fluorophores as signal generators, and α-bungarotoxin as a targeting moiety. We demonstrate the utility of the nanosensors in the submandibular ganglia of living mice to sensitively detect ACh ranging from 0.228 to 358 μM. In addition, the sensor response upon electrical stimulation of the efferent nerve is dose dependent, reversible, and we observe a reduction of ∼76% in sensor signal upon pharmacological inhibition of ACh release. Equipped with an advanced imaging processing tool, we further spatially resolve ACh signal propagation on the tissue level. Our platform enables sensitive measurement and mapping of ACh transmission in the peripheral nervous system.

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AcetylcholineAcetylcholinesteraseAnimalsBiosensing TechniquesBungarotoxinsCarbocyaninesCholinergic AntagonistsDNAFemaleFluorescent DyesGanglia, ParasympatheticHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNanotechnologyAcetylcholineAcetylcholinesteraseAlexa Fluor 647BungarotoxinsCarbocyaninesCholinergic AntagonistsDNAFluorescent DyesReceptors, CholinergicacetylcholineacetylcholinesteraseDNAnanosensorsubmandibular ganglion

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PMID33795516
PMCPMC8040656
OpenAlexW3151908427

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