In Vivo Calibration of Microdialysis Using Infusion of Stable-Isotope Labeled Neurotransmitters
In Vivo Calibration of Microdialysis Using Infusion of Stable-Isotope Labeled Neurotransmitters
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DOI:
10.1021/cn300199m
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发表时间:
2013-05-01
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5
通讯作者:
Kennedy, Robert T.
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作者:
Hershey, Neil D.;Kennedy, Robert T.
In vivo calibration of microdialysis probes is required for interpreting measured concentrations. The most popular method of in vivo calibration is no-net-flux (NNF), which requires infusing several concentrations of neurotransmitters to determine in vivo recoveries (extraction fraction or E-d) and extracellular concentrations. A new method for in vivo calibration of microdialysis of neurotransmitters using glutamate (GLU) and dopamine (DA) as model analytes is reported. C-13(6)-DA and C-13(5)-GLU were perfused through microdialysis probes as internal calibrators. Using liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry, it was possible to distinguish the C-13-forms from the endogenous forms of each neurotransmitter. E-d was directly calculated by measuring the loss of the C-13-forms during infusion. The measured endogenous C-12 forms of the neurotransmitters could be corrected for E-d to give calibrated extracellular concentrations in vivo. Retrodialysis of stable-isotope-labeled (SIL) neurotransmitters gave E-d and extracellular concentrations of C-13(5)-GLU and C-13(6)-DA that matched no-net-flux measurements; however, the values were obtained in a fraction of time because no added measurements were required to obtain the calibration. E-d was reduced during uptake inhibition for GLU and DA when measured by SIL retrodialysis. Because E-d is directly measured at each microdialysis fraction, it was possible to monitor changes in E-d under transient conditions created by systemic injection of uptake inhibitors. The results show that DA and GLU concentrations are underestimated by as much as 50% if not corrected for E-d during uptake inhibition. SIL retrodialysis provides equivalent information to NNF at much reduced time and animal use.