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- Yuanmo WangYuanmo WangDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemigården 4, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, SwedenMore by Yuanmo Wang
- Hoda FathaliHoda FathaliDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemigården 4, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, SwedenMore by Hoda Fathali
- Devesh MishraDevesh MishraDepartment of Physiology/Metabolic Physiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Medicinaregatan 11, SE-413 90 Gothenburg, SwedenWallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, SwedenMore by Devesh Mishra
- Thomas OlssonThomas OlssonDepartment of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemigården 4, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, SwedenMore by Thomas Olsson
- Jacqueline D. KeighronJacqueline D. KeighronDepartment of Chemical and Biological Sciences, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York 11568, United StatesMore by Jacqueline D. Keighron
- Karolina P. SkibickaKarolina P. SkibickaWallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, SwedenDepartment of Physiology/Metabolic Physiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Medicinaregatan 11, SE-413 90 Gothenburg, SwedenMore by Karolina P. Skibicka
- Ann-Sofie Cans*Ann-Sofie Cans*[email protected]Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemigården 4, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, SwedenMore by Ann-Sofie Cans
Abstract
Analytical tools for quantitative measurements of glutamate, the principal excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain, are lacking. Here, we introduce a new enzyme-based amperometric sensor technique for the counting of glutamate molecules stored inside single synaptic vesicles. In this method, an ultra-fast enzyme-based glutamate sensor is placed into a solution of isolated synaptic vesicles, which stochastically rupture at the sensor surface in a potential-dependent manner at a constant negative potential. The continuous amperometric signals are sampled at high speed (10 kHz) to record sub-millisecond spikes, which represent glutamate release from single vesicles that burst open. Glutamate quantification is achieved by a calibration curve that is based on measurements of glutamate release from vesicles pre-filled with various glutamate concentrations. Our measurements show that an isolated single synaptic vesicle encapsulates about 8000 glutamate molecules and is comparable to the measured exocytotic quantal glutamate release in amperometric glutamate sensing in the nucleus accumbens of mouse brain tissue. Hence, this new methodology introduces the means to quantify ultra-small amounts of glutamate and to study synaptic vesicle physiology, pathogenesis, and drug treatments for neuronal disorders where glutamate is involved.
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