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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Blood-brain-barrier permeable fluorescent astrocyte probes.

Nipuni Gunawardhana, Danielle A Cervasio, Shangrila Singh, Oshini Haputhanthrige-Don, Scott T Laughlin

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Nipuni GunawardhanaDepartment of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States.
Danielle A CervasioDepartment of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States.
Shangrila SinghDepartment of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States.
Oshini Haputhanthrige-DonDepartment of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States.
Scott T LaughlinDepartment of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9134-1200

Funding

Chemical Biology Training InterfaceT32GM136572 · NIGMS · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI ELIZABETH M BOON, Jessica Chuang Seeliger · 2020 to 2026
$2.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM136572
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The brain's astrocytes play pivotal roles in brain homeostasis, but their contributions to neural circuit function are only beginning to be explored. In order to study astrocytes in their native environment, the field needs imaging probes that are cell-specific, non-toxic, and complementary to existing genetic techniques. We recently described a panel of cationic fluorophores that selectively label rodent and zebrafish astrocytes at low concentrations and short incubation times. Here, we expand on those first-generation astrocyte probes with a new class of brighter and more photostable dyes that allow for imaging across various wavelengths. We demonstrate these probes' subcellular localization to the mitochondria and ability to cross the blood-brain barrier in zebrafish. This new class of astrocyte markers will aid researchers in visualizing and identifying subpopulations of astrocytes in both rodent and zebrafish model systems.

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astrocytesblood-brain-barrierfluorophoresimaging probesmitochondriarodent modelszebrafish

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PMID40791389
PMCPMC12338521

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