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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2022

A fluorescent nanosensor paint detects dopamine release at axonal varicosities with high spatiotemporal resolution.

Sofia Elizarova, Abed Alrahman Chouaib, Ali Shaib, Björn Hill, Florian Mann, Nils Brose, Sebastian Kruss, James A Daniel

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Sofia ElizarovaDepartment of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5757-764X
Abed Alrahman ChouaibDepartment of Cellular Neurophysiology, Center for Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine, Saarland University, 66421 Homburg, Germany.
Ali ShaibDepartment of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
Björn HillPhysical Chemistry II, Faculty of Science, Ruhr University, 44801 Bochum, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0219-5465
Florian MannInstitute of Physical Chemistry, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Nils BroseDepartment of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
Sebastian KrussPhysical Chemistry II, Faculty of Science, Ruhr University, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
James A DanielDepartment of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2781-4544
Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary SciencesFraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems · DELeibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie · DERuhr University Bochum · DESaarland University · DEUniversity of Göttingen · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) controls multiple behaviors and is perturbed in several major brain diseases. DA is released from large populations of specialized structures called axon varicosities. Determining the DA release mechanisms at such varicosities is essential for a detailed understanding of DA biology and pathobiology but has been limited by the low spatial resolution of DA detection methods. We used a near-infrared fluorescent DA nanosensor paint, adsorbed nanosensors detecting release of dopamine (AndromeDA), to detect DA secretion from cultured murine dopaminergic neurons with high spatial and temporal resolution. We found that AndromeDA detects discrete DA release events and extracellular DA diffusion and observed that DA release varies across varicosities. To systematically detect DA release hotspots, we developed a machine learning–based analysis tool. AndromeDA permitted the simultaneous visualization of DA release for up to 100 dopaminergic varicosities, showing that DA release hotspots are heterogeneous and occur at only ∼17% of all varicosities, indicating that many varicosities are functionally silent. Using AndromeDA, we determined that DA release requires Munc13-type vesicle priming proteins, validating the utility of AndromeDA as a tool to study the molecular and cellular mechanism of DA secretion.

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AxonsDopamineDopaminergic NeuronsNanostructuresNeurotransmitter AgentsOptical ImagingAnimalsBrainFluorescent DyesMicePaintSpectroscopy, Near-InfraredDopamineFluorescent DyesNeurotransmitter Agentschemical signalingdopamineimagingneurotransmissionsensors

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