Issue 1, 2019

Subsecond detection of guanosine using fast-scan cyclic voltammetry

Abstract

Guanosine is an important neuromodulator and neuroprotector in the brain and is involved in many pathological conditions, including ischemia and neuroinflammation. Traditional methods to detect guanosine in the brain, like HPLC, offer low limits of detection and are robust; however, subsecond detection is not possible. Here, we present a method for detecting rapid fluctuations of guanosine concentration in real-time using fast-scan cyclic voltammetry (FSCV) at carbon-fiber microelectrodes. The optimized waveform scanned from −0.4 V to 1.3 V and back at a rate of 400 V s−1 and application frequency of 10 Hz. Potential limits were chosen to increase selectivity of guanosine over the structurally similar interferent adenosine. Two oxidation peaks were detected with the optimized waveform: the primary oxidation reaction occurred at 1.3 V and the secondary oxidation at 0.8 V. Guanosine detection was stable over time with a limit of detection of 30 ± 10 nM, which permits its use to monitor low nanomolar fluctuations in the brain. To demonstrate the feasibility of the method for in-tissue detection, guanosine was exogenously applied and detected within live rat brain slices. This paper demonstrates the first characterization of guanosine using FSCV, and will be a valuable method for measuring signaling dynamics during guanosine neuromodulation and protection.

Graphical abstract: Subsecond detection of guanosine using fast-scan cyclic voltammetry

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Mha 2018
Accepted
13 Huk 2018
First published
23 Huk 2018

Analyst, 2019,144, 249-257

Subsecond detection of guanosine using fast-scan cyclic voltammetry

M. T. Cryan and A. E. Ross, Analyst, 2019, 144, 249 DOI: 10.1039/C8AN01547C

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