Revealing differences in the chemical form of zinc in brain tissue using K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy

Zinc is a prominent trace metal required for normal memory function. Memory loss and cognitive decline during natural ageing and neurodegenerative disease have been associated with altered brain-Zn homeostasis. Yet, the exact chemical pathways through which Zn influences memory function during healt...

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Main Authors: Hollings, Ashley, Lam, Virginie, Takechi, Ryu, Mamo, John, Reinhardt, J., De Jonge, M.D., Kappen, P., Hackett, Mark
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY 2020
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT190100017
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90110
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author Hollings, Ashley
Lam, Virginie
Takechi, Ryu
Mamo, John
Reinhardt, J.
De Jonge, M.D.
Kappen, P.
Hackett, Mark
author_facet Hollings, Ashley
Lam, Virginie
Takechi, Ryu
Mamo, John
Reinhardt, J.
De Jonge, M.D.
Kappen, P.
Hackett, Mark
author_sort Hollings, Ashley
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Zinc is a prominent trace metal required for normal memory function. Memory loss and cognitive decline during natural ageing and neurodegenerative disease have been associated with altered brain-Zn homeostasis. Yet, the exact chemical pathways through which Zn influences memory function during health, natural ageing, or neurodegenerative disease remain unknown. The gap in the literature may in part be due to the difficulty to simultaneously image, and therefore, study the different chemical forms of Zn within the brain (or biological samples in general). To this extent, we have begun developing and optimising protocols that incorporate X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopic analysis of tissue at the Zn K-edge as an analytical tool to study Zn speciation in the brain. XANES is ideally suited for this task as all chemical forms of Zn are detected, the technique requires minimal sample preparation that may otherwise redistribute or alter the chemical form of Zn, and the Zn K-edge has known sensitivity to coordination geometry and ligand type. Herein, we report our initial results where we fit K-edge spectra collected from micro-dissected flash-frozen brain tissue, to a spectral library prepared from standard solutions, to demonstrate differences in the chemical form of Zn that exist between two brain regions, the hippocampus and cerebellum. Lastly, we have used an X-ray microprobe to demonstrate differences in Zn speciation within sub-regions of thin air-dried sections of the murine hippocampus; but, the corresponding results highlight that the chemical form of Zn is easily perturbed by sample preparation such as tissue sectioning or air-drying, which must be a critical consideration for future work.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-901102023-02-13T04:16:17Z Revealing differences in the chemical form of zinc in brain tissue using K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy Hollings, Ashley Lam, Virginie Takechi, Ryu Mamo, John Reinhardt, J. De Jonge, M.D. Kappen, P. Hackett, Mark Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Biochemistry & Molecular Biology HISTOCHEMICALLY REACTIVE ZINC SULFIDE SILVER METHOD FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY BIOLOGICAL INTEREST OXIDATION-STATES SYNAPTIC ZINC HEAVY-METALS SPECIATION COPPER HIPPOCAMPUS Zinc is a prominent trace metal required for normal memory function. Memory loss and cognitive decline during natural ageing and neurodegenerative disease have been associated with altered brain-Zn homeostasis. Yet, the exact chemical pathways through which Zn influences memory function during health, natural ageing, or neurodegenerative disease remain unknown. The gap in the literature may in part be due to the difficulty to simultaneously image, and therefore, study the different chemical forms of Zn within the brain (or biological samples in general). To this extent, we have begun developing and optimising protocols that incorporate X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopic analysis of tissue at the Zn K-edge as an analytical tool to study Zn speciation in the brain. XANES is ideally suited for this task as all chemical forms of Zn are detected, the technique requires minimal sample preparation that may otherwise redistribute or alter the chemical form of Zn, and the Zn K-edge has known sensitivity to coordination geometry and ligand type. Herein, we report our initial results where we fit K-edge spectra collected from micro-dissected flash-frozen brain tissue, to a spectral library prepared from standard solutions, to demonstrate differences in the chemical form of Zn that exist between two brain regions, the hippocampus and cerebellum. Lastly, we have used an X-ray microprobe to demonstrate differences in Zn speciation within sub-regions of thin air-dried sections of the murine hippocampus; but, the corresponding results highlight that the chemical form of Zn is easily perturbed by sample preparation such as tissue sectioning or air-drying, which must be a critical consideration for future work. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90110 10.1039/d0mt00198h English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT190100017 ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY restricted
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
HISTOCHEMICALLY REACTIVE ZINC
SULFIDE SILVER METHOD
FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY
BIOLOGICAL INTEREST
OXIDATION-STATES
SYNAPTIC ZINC
HEAVY-METALS
SPECIATION
COPPER
HIPPOCAMPUS
Hollings, Ashley
Lam, Virginie
Takechi, Ryu
Mamo, John
Reinhardt, J.
De Jonge, M.D.
Kappen, P.
Hackett, Mark
Revealing differences in the chemical form of zinc in brain tissue using K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy
title Revealing differences in the chemical form of zinc in brain tissue using K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy
title_full Revealing differences in the chemical form of zinc in brain tissue using K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy
title_fullStr Revealing differences in the chemical form of zinc in brain tissue using K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy
title_full_unstemmed Revealing differences in the chemical form of zinc in brain tissue using K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy
title_short Revealing differences in the chemical form of zinc in brain tissue using K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy
title_sort revealing differences in the chemical form of zinc in brain tissue using k-edge x-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy
topic Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
HISTOCHEMICALLY REACTIVE ZINC
SULFIDE SILVER METHOD
FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY
BIOLOGICAL INTEREST
OXIDATION-STATES
SYNAPTIC ZINC
HEAVY-METALS
SPECIATION
COPPER
HIPPOCAMPUS
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT190100017
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90110