Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Physiological synaptic activity and recognition memory require astroglial glutamine

  • Giselle Cheung,
  • Danijela Bataveljic,
  • Josien Visser,
  • Naresh Kumar,
  • Julien Moulard,
  • Glenn Dallérac,
  • Daria Mozheiko,
  • Astrid Rollenhagen,
  • Pascal Ezan,
  • Cédric Mongin,
  • Oana Chever,
  • Alexis-Pierre Bemelmans,
  • Joachim Lübke,
  • Isabelle Leray,
  • Nathalie Rouach

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28331-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The authors present a fluorescent probe that tracks glutamine in live cells. They demonstrate the capabilities of the probe by providing direct visual evidence of an activity-dependent glutamine supply from astroglial networks to presynaptic structures under physiological conditions.