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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
Volume 120, Issue 1, Pages 1-10Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(02)00165-6
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L-glutamate; insect; Manduca; neurotransmitter; fluorescence-based biosensor; detection
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A new combined imaging and chemical detection sensor for the measurement of localized L-glutamate release at the insect neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is presented. The sensor is comprised of an L-glutamate-sensitive fluorescent gel, spin-coated onto the tip of an optical imaging fiber. The gel is composed Of L-glutamate oxidase (GLOD); a pH-sensitive fluorescent dye, SNAFL; and poly(acrylamide-co-N-acryloxysuccinimide) (PAN). NH3 is liberated from the interaction Of L-glutamate with GLOD, which reversibly reduces the emitted fluorescence signal from SNAFL. This sensor has a spatial resolution of 3-4 mum, and an L-glutamate detection limit of between 10 and 100 muM. L-glutamate release and re-uptake from the foregut plexus of Manduca sexta was detected by the sensor in the presence of the L-glutamate re-uptake blocker dihydrokainate, and the post-synaptic L-glutamate receptor antagonist CNQX. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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