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. 2024 Aug 27;9:63. doi: 10.1186/s41181-024-00289-5

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

DESI TQ MS to image LBT-999 and dopamine accumulations. a. From left to right, ion images of two lipids (potassiated PC(36:4) and protonated PC (36:2)), dopamine (154.1 > 137.1), and LBT-999 (332.1 > 154.1) acquired using the DESI TQ-XS mass spectrometer of sagittal brain sections from rats injected with LBT-999 at the dose of 0.02 mg/kg (upper panel), and a DAT antagonist (GBR12909, 12.5 mg/kg) 15 min before 0.02 mg/kg LBT-999 injection (lower panel). Arrows pointing the SN/VTA. Spatial resolution 50 µm. b. Relative quantification of dopamine and LBT-999 intensities relative to the signals from the lipids measured in the striatum in a rat injected with LBT-999 (0.02 mg/kg), and in a rat pre-treated with GBR12909 (12.5 mg/kg) 15 min before LBT-999 injection (0.02 mg/kg)