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Cerebral bio-imaging of Cu, Fe, Zn and Mn in the MPTP mouse model of Parkinsons disease using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS)

  • Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) has been established as a powerful technique for the determination of metal and nonmetal distributions within biological systems with high sensitivity. An imaging LA-ICP-MS technique for Fe, Cu, Zn, and Mn was developed to produce large series of quantitative element maps in native brain sections of mice subchronically intoxicated with 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridin (MPTP) as a model of Parkinson’s disease. Images were calibrated using matrix-matched laboratory standards. A software solution allowing a precise delineation of anatomical structures was implemented. Coronal brain sections were analyzed crossing the striatum and the substantia nigra, respectively. Animals sacrificed 2 h, 7 d, or 28 d after the last MPTP injection and controls were investigated. We observed significant decreases of Cu concentrations in the periventricular zone and the fascia dentata at 2 h and 7d and a recovery or overcompensation at 28 d, most pronounced in the rostral periventricular zone (+40%). In the cortex Cu decreased slightly to −10%. Fe increased in the interpeduncular nucleus (+40%) but not in the substantia nigra. This pattern is in line with a differential regulation of periventricular and parenchymal Cu, and with the histochemical localization of Fe, and congruent to regions of preferential MPTP binding described in the rodent brain. The LA-ICP-MS technique yielded valid and statistically robust results in the present study on 39 slices from 19 animals. Our findings underline the value of routine micro-local analytical techniques in the life sciences and affirm a role of Cu availability in Parkinson’s disease.

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Author:Andreas Matusch, Candan Depboylu, Christoph PalmORCiDGND, Bei Wu, Günter U. Höglinger, Martin K.-H. Schäfer, Johanna Sabine Becker
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasms.2009.09.022
Parent Title (English):Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2010
Release Date:2020/01/08
Tag:Inductively Couple Plasma Mass Spectrometry; Laser Ablation Inductively Couple Plasma Mass Spectrometry; MPTP; MPTP Treatment; Substantia Nigra
GND Keyword:ICP-Massenspektrometrie; Metalle; Gehirnkarte; MPTP
Volume:21
Issue:1
First Page:161
Last Page:171
Institutes:Fakultät Informatik und Mathematik
Fakultät Informatik und Mathematik / Regensburg Medical Image Computing (ReMIC)
Publication:Externe Publikationen
research focus:Lebenswissenschaften und Ethik