| Nanocrystalline diamond microelectrode arrays fabricated on sapphire technology for high-time resolution of quantal catecholamine secretion from chromaffin cells. | |
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PMID: 20570501 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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The quantal release of oxidizable molecules can be successfully monitored by means of polarized carbon fiber microelectrodes (CFEs) positioned in close proximity to the cell membrane. To partially overcome certain CFE limitations, mainly related to their low spatial resolution and lack of optical transparency, we developed a planar boron-doped nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) prototype, grown on a transparent sapphire wafer. Responsiveness to applied catecholamines as well as the electrochemical and optical properties of the NCD-based device were first characterized by cyclic voltammetry and optical transmittance measurements. By stimulating chromaffin cells positioned on the device with external KCl, well-resolved quantal exocytotic events could be detected either from one NCD microelectrode, or simultaneously from an array of four microelectrodes, indicating that the chip is able to monitor secretory events (amperometric spikes) from a number of isolated chromaffin cells. Spikes detected by the planar NCD device had comparable amplitudes, kinetics and vesicle diameter distributions as those measured by conventional CFEs from the same chromaffin cell. |
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Authors:
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V Carabelli; S Gosso; A Marcantoni; Y Xu; E Colombo; Z Gao; E Vittone; E Kohn; A Pasquarelli; E Carbone |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-05-19 |
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Title: Biosensors & bioelectronics Volume: 26 ISSN: 1873-4235 ISO Abbreviation: Biosens Bioelectron Publication Date: 2010 Sep |
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Created Date: 2010-09-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9001289 Medline TA: Biosens Bioelectron Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 92-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Neuroscience, NIS Centre of Excellence University of Torino, Corso Raffaello 30, 10125 Torino, Italy. alentina.carabelli@unito.it |
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