Dynamic imaging of somatosensory cortical activity in the rat visualized by flavoprotein autofluorescence

Dynamic imaging of somatosensory cortical activity in the rat visualized by flavoprotein autofluorescence

We used autofluorescence of mitochondrial flavoproteins to image cortical neural activity in the rat. Green autofluorescence in blue light was examined in slices obtained from rat cerebral cortex. About half of the basal autofluorescence was modulated by the presence or absence of O 2 or glucose in...

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Published in:The Journal of physiology Vol. 549; no. 3; pp. 919 - 927
Main Authors: Shibuki, Katsuei, Hishida, Ryuichi, Murakami, Hiroatsu, Kudoh, Masaharu, Kawaguchi, Tadashi, Watanabe, Masatoshi, Watanabe, Shunsuke, Kouuchi, Takeshi, Tanaka, Ryuichi
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK The Physiological Society 15-06-2003
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Blackwell Science Inc
Subjects:
Anesthesia
Animals
Calcium - metabolism
Cerebrovascular Circulation - physiology
Electric Stimulation
Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory - physiology
Flavoproteins - physiology
Fluorescence
Fluorescent Dyes
Green Fluorescent Proteins
Hemodynamics - physiology
Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
Luminescent Proteins
Male
Original
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Somatosensory Cortex - physiology
Vibration
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Summary:We used autofluorescence of mitochondrial flavoproteins to image cortical neural activity in the rat. Green autofluorescence in blue light was examined in slices obtained from rat cerebral cortex. About half of the basal autofluorescence was modulated by the presence or absence of O 2 or glucose in the medium. Repetitive electrical stimulation at 20 Hz for 1 s produced a localized fluorescence increase in the slices. The amplitude of the increase was 27 ± 2 % (mean ± s.d. , n = 35). Tetrodotoxin or diphenyleneiodonium, an inhibitor of flavoproteins, blocked the autofluorescence responses. The autofluorescence responses were not observed in slices perfused with calcium-, glucose- or O 2 -free medium. In the primary somatosensory cortex of rats anaesthetized with urethane (1.5 g kg −1 , i.p. ), an activity-dependent increase in autofluorescence of 20 ± 4 % ( n = 6) was observed after electrical cortical stimulation at 100 Hz for 1 s, and an increase of 2.6 ± 0.5 % ( n = 33) after vibratory skin stimulation at 50 Hz for 1 s applied to the plantar hindpaw. These responses were large enough to allow visualization of the neural activity without having to average a number of trials. The distribution of the fluorescence responses after electrical or vibratory skin stimulation was comparable to that of the cortical field potentials in the same rats. The fluorescence responses were followed by an increase in arterial blood flow. The former were resistant to an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, while the latter was inhibited. Thus, activity-dependent changes in the autofluorescence of flavoproteins are useful for functional brain imaging in vivo .
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ISSN:0022-3751
1469-7793
DOI:10.1113/jphysiol.2003.040709