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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 290, Issue 1, Pages 23-28Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.6185
Keywords
mitochondria; fluorescence imaging; metabolic responses; membrane potential; NAD(P)H; flavoprotein; permeability transition; ATP synthesis
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The membrane potentials, rates of NAD(P)H formation, and rates of flavoprotein reduction have been measured for single mitochondria isolated from porcine hearts. These metabolic responses were elicited by the addition of malate and measured using fluorescence microscopy. For the measurements of mitochondrial membrane potential, mitochondria were stained with tetramethylrhodamine ethyl ester, and the membrane potentials of single mitochondria were determined. Individual mitochondria maintained the membrane potential at around -80 mV before addition of malate. Upon the addition of malate, each mitochondrion was rapidly polarized to around -100 similar to -140 mV and underwent repeated cycles of polarization and depolarization, which were probably caused by openings and closings of permeability transition pores. NAD(P)(+) and flavoprotein were reduced immediately after addition of malate and then slowly became reoxidized. Thus, single mitochondria can undergo rapid and repetitive changes in membrane potential, but not in the redox state of NAD(P)H and flavoprotein. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science.
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