Provided herein are zintrodes to measure intracranial free zinc levels in an individual or free zinc levels in solution. The zintrodes and multitrodes comprise a zinc chelator and a fluorophore or may comprise only a zinc-chelating fluorophore, an optical fiber having an optical tip, and a means of entrapping the zinc chelator and the fluorophore or the zinc-chelating fluorophore proximate to the optical tip within the zintrode. The zintrode may comprise a multitrode. Also provided are methods of real-time buffering of zinc ion levels in vivo in brain tissue to treat an excitotoxic neural injury using the zintrodes and multitrodes described herein. Additionally, provided herein are a system and method to measure pZn in solution.
本文提供了用于测量个体颅内游离
锌水平或溶液中游离
锌水平的
锌电极。
锌电极和多电极包括
锌螯合剂和荧光团,或仅包括螯合
锌的荧光团、具有光学尖端的光纤,以及将
锌螯合剂和荧光团或螯合
锌的荧光团夹在
锌电极内靠近光学尖端处的装置。
锌螯合剂可包括一个多电极。本文还提供了实时缓冲体内脑组织中
锌离子
水平的方法,以使用本文所述的
锌电极和多电极治疗兴奋性神经损伤。此外,本文还提供了一种测量溶液中 pZn 的系统和方法。