In vivo optical microprobe imaging for intracellular Ca2+ dynamics in response to dopaminergic signaling in deep brain evoked by cocaine

Zhongchi Luo; Yingtian Pan; Congwu Du

doi:10.1117/12.909624

9 February 2012 In vivo optical microprobe imaging for intracellular Ca²⁺ dynamics in response to dopaminergic signaling in deep brain evoked by cocaine

Zhongchi Luo, Yingtian Pan, Congwu Du

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Proceedings Volume 8207, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics VIII; 820754 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909624
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Ca²⁺ plays a vital role as second messenger in signal transduction and the intracellular Ca²⁺ ([Ca²⁺]_i) change is an important indicator of neuronal activity in the brain, including both cortical and subcortical brain regions. Due to the highly scattering and absorption of brain tissue, it is challenging to optically access the deep brain regions (e.g., striatum at >3mm under the brain surface) and image [Ca²⁺]_i changes with cellular resolutions. Here, we present two micro-probe approaches (i.e., microlens, and micro-prism) integrated with a fluorescence microscope modified to permit imaging of neuronal [Ca²⁺]_i signaling in the striatum using a calcium indicator Rhod2(AM). While a micro-prism probe provides a larger field of view to image neuronal network from cortex to striatum, a microlens probe enables us to track [Ca²⁺]_i dynamic change in individual neurons within the brain. Both techniques are validated by imaging neuronal [Ca²⁺]_i changes in transgenic mice with dopamine receptors (D1R, D2R) expressing EGFP. Our results show that micro-prism images can map the distribution of D1R- and D2R-expressing neurons in various brain regions and characterize their different mean [Ca²⁺]_i changes induced by an intervention (e.g., cocaine administration, 8mg/kg., i.p). In addition, microlens images can characterize the different [Ca²⁺]_i dynamics of D1 and D2 neurons in response to cocaine, including new mechanisms of these two types of neurons in striatum. These findings highlight the power of the optical micro-probe imaging for dissecting the complex cellular and molecular insights of cocaine in vivo.

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Zhongchi Luo, Yingtian Pan, and Congwu Du "In vivo optical microprobe imaging for intracellular Ca²⁺ dynamics in response to dopaminergic signaling in deep brain evoked by cocaine", Proc. SPIE 8207, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics VIII, 820754 (9 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909624

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Neurons

Neuroimaging

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