Dual asymmetric-flow microdialysis for in vivo monitoring of brain neurochemicals |
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Authors: | Bazzu Gianfranco Biosa Alice Farina Donatella Spissu Ylenia Dedola Sonia Calia Giammario Puggioni Giulia Rocchitta Gaia Migheli Rossana Desole Maria Speranza Serra Pier Andrea |
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Affiliation: | Department of Neuroscience, Medical School, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100 Sassari, Italy |
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Abstract: | Microdialysis is an extensively used technique for both in vivo and in vitro experiments, applicable to animal and human studies. In neurosciences, the in vivo microdialysis is usually performed to follow changes in the extracellular levels of substances and to monitor neurotransmitters release in the brain of freely moving animals. Catecholamines, such as dopamine and their related compounds, are involved in the neurochemistry and in the physiology of mental diseases and neurological disorders. It is generally supposed that the brain's energy requirement is supplied by glucose oxidation. More recently, lactate was proposed to be the metabolic substrate used by neurons during synaptic activity. In our study, an innovative microdialysis approach for simultaneous monitoring of catecholamines, indolamines, glutamate and energy substrates in the striatum of freely moving rats, using an asymmetric perfusion flow rate on microdialysis probe, is described. As a result of this asymmetric perfusion, two samples are available from the same brain region, having the same analytes composition but different concentrations. The asymmetric flow perfusion could be a useful tool in neurosciences studies related to brain's energy requirement, such as toxin-induced models of Parkinson's disease. |
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Keywords: | In vivo microdialysis Liquid chromatography Dopamine Glutamate Brain bioenergetics Glucose Lactate Pyruvate Ascorbic acid Rat striatum |
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