TY - JOUR
T1 - A sensitive and specific nanosensor for monitoring extracellular potassium levels in the brain
AU - Liu, Jianan
AU - Li, Fangyuan
AU - Wang, Yi
AU - Pan, Limin
AU - Lin, Peihua
AU - Zhang, Bo
AU - Zheng, Yanrong
AU - Xu, Yingwei
AU - Liao, Hongwei
AU - Ko, Giho
AU - Fei, Fan
AU - Xu, Cenglin
AU - Du, Yang
AU - Shin, Kwangsoo
AU - Kim, Dokyoon
AU - Jang, Sung Soo
AU - Chung, Hee Jung
AU - Tian, He
AU - Wang, Qi
AU - Guo, Wei
AU - Nam, Jwa Min
AU - Chen, Zhong
AU - Hyeon, Taeghwan
AU - Ling, Daishun
N1 - Funding Information:
The work done in the Korean institutions was mainly supported by the Institute for Basic Science of Korea (grant no. IBS-R006-D1). The work done in the Chinese institutions was mainly supported by the following funding programmes: the National Key Research and Development Programme of China (grant no. 2016YFA0203600), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 31822019, 51503180, 51611540345, 51703195, 81630098 and 91859116) and the One Belt and One Road International Cooperation Project from the Key Research and Development Programme of Zhejiang Province (grant no. 2019C04024). The work was also partly supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Research Project Grant (grant no. NS083402); the BioNano Health-Guard Research Center funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea as Global Frontier Project (grant no. H-GUARD_2013M3A6B2078947); the Basic Science Research Programme through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (grant no. NRF-2019R1F1A1060107); the Zhejiang Province Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. LGF19C100002); and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (grant nos. 2018QNA7020 and 2019QNA5001).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - Extracellular potassium concentration affects the membrane potential of neurons, and, thus, neuronal activity. Indeed, alterations of potassium levels can be related to neurological disorders, such as epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease, and, therefore, selectively detecting extracellular potassium would allow the monitoring of disease. However, currently available optical reporters are not capable of detecting small changes in potassium, in particular, in freely moving animals. Furthermore, they are susceptible to interference from sodium ions. Here, we report a highly sensitive and specific potassium nanosensor that can monitor potassium changes in the brain of freely moving mice undergoing epileptic seizures. An optical potassium indicator is embedded in mesoporous silica nanoparticles, which are shielded by an ultrathin layer of a potassium-permeable membrane, which prevents diffusion of other cations and allows the specific capturing of potassium ions. The shielded nanosensor enables the spatial mapping of potassium ion release in the hippocampus of freely moving mice.
AB - Extracellular potassium concentration affects the membrane potential of neurons, and, thus, neuronal activity. Indeed, alterations of potassium levels can be related to neurological disorders, such as epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease, and, therefore, selectively detecting extracellular potassium would allow the monitoring of disease. However, currently available optical reporters are not capable of detecting small changes in potassium, in particular, in freely moving animals. Furthermore, they are susceptible to interference from sodium ions. Here, we report a highly sensitive and specific potassium nanosensor that can monitor potassium changes in the brain of freely moving mice undergoing epileptic seizures. An optical potassium indicator is embedded in mesoporous silica nanoparticles, which are shielded by an ultrathin layer of a potassium-permeable membrane, which prevents diffusion of other cations and allows the specific capturing of potassium ions. The shielded nanosensor enables the spatial mapping of potassium ion release in the hippocampus of freely moving mice.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41565-020-0634-4
DO - 10.1038/s41565-020-0634-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 32042163
AN - SCOPUS:85079435264
SN - 1748-3387
VL - 15
SP - 321
EP - 330
JO - Nature Nanotechnology
JF - Nature Nanotechnology
IS - 4
ER -