Gaurab Dutta

Dr. Gaurab Dutta

University of California at Los Angeles
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US Food and Drug Administration

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Academic Career Length

15Years (2012-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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7 August 2018 in Frontiers in Neuroscience
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IHImran Hossain
Imran Hossain
CTChao Tan
Chao Tan
PDPhillip T. Doughty
Phillip T. Doughty
Gaurab DuttaGaurab Dutta
Gaurab Dutta
Teresa Ann MurrayTeresa Ann Murray
Teresa Ann Murray
PAPrabhu Arumugam
Prabhu Arumugam
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a major inhibitory neurotransmitter that is essential for normal brain function. It is involved in multiple neuronal activities, including plasticity, information processing, and network synchronization. Abnormal GABA levels result in severe brain disorders and therefore GABA has been the target of a wide range of drug therapeutics. GABA being non-electroactive is challenging to detect in real-time. To date, GABA is detected mainly via microdialysis with a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system that employs electrochemical (EC) and spectroscopic methodology. However, these systems are bulky and unsuitable for real-time continuous monitoring. As opposed to microdialysis, biosensors are easy to miniaturize and are highly suitable for in vivo studies; they selectively oxidize GABA into a secondary electroactive product (usually hydrogen peroxide, H2O2) in the presence of enzymes, which is then detected by amperometry. Unfortunately, this method requires a rather cumbersome process with prereactors and relies on externally applied reagents. Here, we report the design and implementation of a GABA microarray probe that operates on a newly conceived principle. It consists of two microbiosensors, one for glutamate (Glu) and one for GABA detection, modified with glutamate oxidase and GABASE enzymes, respectively. By simultaneously measuring and subtracting the H2O2 oxidation currents generated from these microbiosensors, GABA and Glu can be detected continuously in real-time in vitro and ex vivo and without the addition of any externally applied reagents. The detection of GABA by this probe is based upon the in-situ generation of α-ketoglutarate from the Glu oxidation that takes place at the Glu microbiosensor. A GABA sensitivity of 36 ± 2.5 pA μM-1cm-2, which is 26-fold higher than reported in the literature, and a limit of detection of 2 ± 0.12 μM were achieved in an in vitro setting. The GABA probe was successfully tested in an adult rat brain slice preparation. These results demonstrate that the developed GABA probe constitutes a novel and powerful neuroscientific tool that could be employed in the future for in vivo longitudinal studies of the combined role of GABA and Glu (a major excitatory neurotransmitter) signaling in brain disorders, such as epilepsy and traumatic brain injury, as well as in preclinical trials of potential therapeutic agents for the treatment of these disorders.

15 November 2017 in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
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CTChao Tan
Chao Tan
Gaurab DuttaGaurab Dutta
Gaurab Dutta
HYHaocheng Yin
Haocheng Yin
SSShabnam Siddiqui
Shabnam Siddiqui
PAPrabhu Arumugam
Prabhu Arumugam

1 November 2015 in Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
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Gaurab DuttaGaurab Dutta
Gaurab Dutta
SSShabnam Siddiqui
Shabnam Siddiqui
HZHongjun Zeng
Hongjun Zeng
JCJohn A. Carlisle
John A. Carlisle
PAPrabhu Arumugam
Prabhu Arumugam

4 October 2018 in ACS Chemical Neuroscience
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ACAn-Yi Chang
An-Yi Chang
Gaurab DuttaGaurab Dutta
Gaurab Dutta
SSShabnam Siddiqui
Shabnam Siddiqui
PAPrabhu Arumugam
Prabhu Arumugam

9 December 2020 in ACS Applied Polymer Materials
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HAHabib M. N. Ahmad
Habib M. N. Ahmad
Gaurab DuttaGaurab Dutta
Gaurab Dutta
JCJohn Csoros
John Csoros
BSBo Si
Bo Si
RYRongfang Yang
Rongfang Yang
Edward SongEdward Song
Edward Song

7 March 2019 in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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HAHabib M. N. Ahmad
Habib M. N. Ahmad
SGSujoy Ghosh
Sujoy Ghosh
Gaurab DuttaGaurab Dutta
Gaurab Dutta
AMAlec G. Maddaus
Alec G. Maddaus
JTJohn G. Tsavalas
John G. Tsavalas
Edward SongEdward Song
Edward Song