Abstract
Platelets are probably the most accessible human cells to study exocytosis by amperometry. These cell fragments accumulate biological amines, serotonin in particular, using similar if not the same mechanisms as those employed by sympathetic, serotoninergic, and histaminergic neurons. Thus, platelets have been widely recognized as a model system to study certain neurological and psychiatric diseases. Platelets release serotonin by exocytosis, a process that entails the fusion of a secretory vesicle to the plasma membrane and that can be monitored directly by classic single cell amperometry using carbon fiber electrodes. However, this is a tedious technique because any given platelet releases only 4–8 secretory δ-granules. Here, we introduce and validate a diamond-based multielectrode array (MEA) device for the high-throughput study of exocytosis by human platelets. This is probably the first reported study of human tissue using an MEA, demonstrating that they are very interesting laboratory tools to assess alterations to exocytosis in neuropsychiatric diseases. Moreover, these devices constitute a valuable platform for the rapid testing of novel drugs that act on secretory pathways in human tissues.
Funder
Spanish Ministry of Ciencia e Innovación
Subject
Clinical Biochemistry,General Medicine,Analytical Chemistry,Biotechnology,Instrumentation,Biomedical Engineering,Engineering (miscellaneous)
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