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Mitochondrial structural variations in the process of mitophagy

Journal

JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS
Volume 15, Issue 5, Pages -

Publisher

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202200006

Keywords

confocal laser scanning microscopy; fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy; microenvironment; mitophagy; stimulated emission depletion

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [61875131/61835009/62127819]

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Mitochondria play a crucial role in energy management and intracellular signaling, and damage to mitochondria can lead to dysfunction. Mitophagy, the degradation of damaged mitochondria, can restore normal metabolism. Visualizing the dynamic changes in mitochondrial structure and pH values using microscopy techniques can help understand mitochondrial functions and diagnose mitochondrial dysfunction-related diseases.
Mitochondrion is one of significant organelles inside cells because it serves as a hub for energy management and intracellular signaling. Internal/external damages on mitochondria would lead to mitochondrial stresses with the malfunctions, accompanying with the changes of morphological structure and abnormal local environments (pH values). Mitophagy is capable of degradation of damaged mitochondrial segments to restore its normal metabolism, dynamics, and biogenesis. The dynamic structural visualization and pH quantification can be helpful for the understanding of mitochondrial functions as well as the diagnosis of disorders linking with this process. In this work, we use confocal laser scanning microscopy, STED super-resolution nanoscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, in conjunction with a mitochondrial probe to image the dynamic changes in the mitochondrial morphology and microenvironmental pH values during mitophagy in live cells, in particular, the structural changes of mitochondrial cristae beyond optical diffraction can be distinguished by STED nanoscopy with/without treatment by CCCP, which will provide a new view for the diagnosis and personalized treatment of mitochondrial dysfunction-related diseases.

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