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In vivo detection of optically-evoked opioid peptide release

  1. Ream Al-Hasani  Is a corresponding author
  2. Jenny-Marie T Wong
  3. Omar S Mabrouk
  4. Jordan G McCall
  5. Gavin P Schmitz
  6. Kirsten A Porter-Stransky
  7. Brandon J Aragona
  8. Robert T Kennedy  Is a corresponding author
  9. Michael R Bruchas  Is a corresponding author
  1. Washington University School of Medicine, United States
  2. University of Michigan, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.36520
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  1. Ream Al-Hasani
  2. Jenny-Marie T Wong
  3. Omar S Mabrouk
  4. Jordan G McCall
  5. Gavin P Schmitz
  6. Kirsten A Porter-Stransky
  7. Brandon J Aragona
  8. Robert T Kennedy
  9. Michael R Bruchas
(2018)
In vivo detection of optically-evoked opioid peptide release
eLife 7:e36520.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.36520
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Abstract

Though the last decade has seen accelerated advances in techniques and technologies to perturb neuronal circuitry in the brain, we are still poorly equipped to adequately dissect endogenous peptide release in vivo. To this end we developed a system that combines in vivo optogenetics with microdialysis and a highly sensitive mass spectrometry-based assay to measure opioid peptide release in freely moving rodents.

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  1. Ream Al-Hasani

    Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Basic Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States
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    al-hasanir@wustl.edu
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    No competing interests declared.

  2. Jenny-Marie T Wong

    Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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    No competing interests declared.

  3. Omar S Mabrouk

    Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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  4. Jordan G McCall

    Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Basic Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States
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  5. Gavin P Schmitz

    Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Basic Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States
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    No competing interests declared.

  6. Kirsten A Porter-Stransky

    Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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    No competing interests declared.

  7. Brandon J Aragona

    Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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  8. Robert T Kennedy

    Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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    rtkenn@umich.edu
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  9. Michael R Bruchas

    Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Basic Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States
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    bruchasm@wustl.edu
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    Michael R Bruchas, Co-founder of Neurolux, Inc, a company that is making wireless optogenetic probes. None of the work in this manuscript used these devices or is related to any of the company's activities, but we list this information here in full disclosure.
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Funding

National Institute on Drug Abuse (K99/R00 Pathway to Independence DA038725)

  • Ream Al-Hasani

National Institute of Mental Health (F31 MH101956)

  • Jordan G McCall

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (R01 EB003320)

  • Robert T Kennedy

National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01 DA033396)

  • Michael R Bruchas

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. All of the animals were handled according to approved institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) protocols of Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Michigan.

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© 2018, Al-Hasani et al.

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  1. Ream Al-Hasani
  2. Jenny-Marie T Wong
  3. Omar S Mabrouk
  4. Jordan G McCall
  5. Gavin P Schmitz
  6. Kirsten A Porter-Stransky
  7. Brandon J Aragona
  8. Robert T Kennedy
  9. Michael R Bruchas
(2018)
In vivo detection of optically-evoked opioid peptide release
eLife 7:e36520.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.36520

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