scholarly journals Multi-Neuromodulator Measurements across Fronto-Striatal Network Areas of the Behaving Macaque using Solid-Phase Microextraction

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed-Alireza Hassani ◽  
Sofia Lendor ◽  
Ezel Boyaci ◽  
Janusz Pawliszyn ◽  
Thilo Womelsdorf
Keyword(s):  
Solid Phase Microextraction ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Brain Areas ◽  
Brain States ◽  
High Consistency ◽  
Local Circuits ◽  
Collective Influence ◽  
Goal Directed Behavior

AbstractDifferent neuromodulators rarely act independent from each other to modify neural processes but are instead co-released, gated, or modulated. To understand this interdependence of neuromodulators and their collective influence on local circuits during different brain states, it is necessary to reliably extract local concentrations of multiple neuromodulators in vivo. Here we describe results using solid phase microextraction (SPME), a method providing sensitive, multi-neuromodulator measurements. SPME is a sampling method that is coupled with mass spectrometry to quantify collected analytes. Reliable measurements of glutamate, dopamine, acetylcholine and choline were made simultaneously within frontal cortex and striatum of two macaque monkeys (Macaca mulatta) during goal-directed behavior. We find glutamate concentrations several orders of magnitude higher than acetylcholine and dopamine in all brain regions. Dopamine was reliably detected in the striatum at tenfold higher concentrations than acetylcholine. Acetylcholine and choline concentrations were detected with high consistency across brain areas, within monkeys and between monkeys. These findings illustrate that SPME microprobes provide a versatile novel tool to characterize multiple neuromodulators across different brain areas in vivo to understand the interdependence and co-variation of neuromodulators during goal directed behavior. Such data will be important to better distinguish between different behavioral states and characterize dysfunctional brain states that may be evident in psychiatric disorders.

scholarly journals Multineuromodulator measurements across fronto-striatal network areas of the behaving macaque using solid-phase microextraction

2019 ◽  
Vol 122 (4) ◽  
pp. 1649-1660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed-Alireza Hassani ◽  
Sofia Lendor ◽  
Ezel Boyaci ◽  
Janusz Pawliszyn ◽  
Thilo Womelsdorf
Keyword(s):  
Solid Phase Microextraction ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Brain Areas ◽  
Brain States ◽  
Barrier To Entry ◽  
High Consistency ◽  
Local Circuits ◽  
Goal Directed Behavior

Different neuromodulators rarely act independent from each other to modify neural processes but are instead coreleased, gated, or modulated. To understand this interdependence of neuromodulators and their collective influence on local circuits during different brain states, it is necessary to reliably extract local concentrations of multiple neuromodulators in vivo. Here we describe results using solid-phase microextraction (SPME), a method providing sensitive, multineuromodulator measurements. SPME is a sampling method that is coupled with mass spectrometry to quantify collected analytes. Reliable measurements of glutamate, dopamine, acetylcholine, and choline were made simultaneously within frontal cortex and striatum of two macaque monkeys ( Macaca mulatta) during goal-directed behavior. We find glutamate concentrations several orders of magnitude higher than acetylcholine and dopamine in all brain regions. Dopamine was reliably detected in the striatum at tenfold higher concentrations than acetylcholine. Acetylcholine and choline concentrations were detected with high consistency across brain areas within monkeys and between monkeys. These findings illustrate that SPME microprobes provide a versatile novel tool to characterize multiple neuromodulators across different brain areas in vivo to understand the interdependence and covariation of neuromodulators during goal-directed behavior. Such data would be important to better distinguish between different behavioral states and characterize dysfunctional brain states that may be evident in psychiatric disorders. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Our paper reports a reliable and sensitive novel method for measuring the absolute concentrations of glutamate, acetylcholine, choline, dopamine, and serotonin in brain circuits in vivo. We show that this method reliably samples multiple neurochemicals in three brain areas simultaneously while nonhuman primates are engaged in goal-directed behavior. We further describe how the methodology we describe here may be used by electrophysiologists as a low-barrier-to-entry tool for measuring multiple neurochemicals.

In vivo sampling of environmental organic contaminants in fish by solid-phase microextraction

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 31-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Zhang ◽  
Ken D. Oakes ◽  
Shuang Wang ◽  
Mark R. Servos ◽  
Shufen Cui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Contaminants ◽  
Solid Phase Microextraction ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
In Vivo Sampling

Solid-Phase Microextraction: A Complementary In Vivo Sampling Method to Microdialysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 125 (46) ◽  
pp. 12346-12348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erasmus Cudjoe ◽  
Barbara Bojko ◽  
Inés de Lannoy ◽  
Victor Saldivia ◽  
Janusz Pawliszyn
Keyword(s):  
Solid Phase Microextraction ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
In Vivo Sampling

scholarly journals Quantitative Evaluation of Benzene, Toluene, and Xylene in the Larvae of Drosophila melanogaster by Solid-Phase Microextraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry for Potential Use in Toxicological Studies

2010 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 1595-1599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam ◽  
Mahendra Pratap Singh ◽  
Debapratim Kar Chowdhuri ◽  
Ramesh Chandra Murthy
Keyword(s):  
Solid Phase Microextraction ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Selected Ion Monitoring ◽  
External Calibration Curve ◽  
Toxicological Studies ◽  
Drosophila Larvae ◽  
Good Repeatability ◽  
Benzene Toluene

Abstract A simple, rapid, and solvent-free method for quantitative determination of benzene, toluene, and Xylene in exposed Drosophila larvae was developed using headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled to GC/MS. Larvae fed on standard Drosophila food mixed with benzene, toluene, and Xylene for 48 h were homogenized in Milli-Q water. Extraction of benzene, toluene, and Xylene was performed at 65C for 30 min on the SPME fiber (silica-fused). Subsequently, the fiber was desorbed in the GC injection port, followed by GC/MS analysis in the selected-ion monitoring mode. An external calibration curve was used for the quantification of benzene, toluene, and Xylene in the exposed organism. Recoveries were in the range of 78-82% (intraday) and 76-81% (interday) in larvae, and 9196 (intraday) and 87-92% (interday) in the diet. LOD with an S/N of 3:1 and LOQ with an S/N of 10:1 were in the range of 0.010.023 and 0.0340.077 µg/L, respectively. Percent RSD values for benzene, toluene, and Xylene were in the range of 0.500.81 (intraday) and 0.891.23 (interday) for retention time, and 2.163.85 (intraday) and 2.994.95 (interday) for peak concentration, showing good repeatability. This method was sensitive enough to quantitate benzene, toluene, and Xylene in small exposed organisms like Drosophila larvae. The SPME/GC/MS method developed may have wider applications in various in vivo toxicological studies.

scholarly journals In vivo monitoring of rat brain endocannabinoids using solid-phase microextraction

Bioanalysis ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 1523-1534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Momna Aslam ◽  
Carlos Feleder ◽  
Ryan J Newsom ◽  
Serge Campeau ◽  
Florin Marcel Musteata
Keyword(s):  
Solid Phase Microextraction ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Stria Terminalis ◽  
Loud Noise ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Response To Stress ◽  
Arachidonoyl Glycerol

Aim: Solid-phase microextraction is proposed to measure concentrations of anandamide and 2-arachidonoyl glycerol in live rat brains in response to stress. Materials & methods: Solid-phase microextraction fibers were prepared from steel with 1.5 mm extraction coating. 24 male rats were divided into groups based on brain region, stria terminalis or posterior hypothalamus and loud noise or control groups. The fibers were desorbed in acetonitrile-water (75:25) and analyzed by ultraperformance LC–MS/MS. The linear range of the method was 0.05–50 ng/ml and the in vivo concentrations were found to be between 0.3 and 40 ng/ml. Conclusion: The new approach was successfully used to determine the concentrations of anandamide and 2-arachidonoyl glycerol in vivo and could be used in the future to measure other endogenous compounds.

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