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JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS
卷 -, 期 119, 页码 -出版社
JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS
DOI: 10.3791/55166
关键词
Cellular Biology; Issue 119; Mitochondria; membrane potential; calcium; fluorescent staining; live cells; confocal microscopy
资金
- Wellcome Trust
- Medical Research Council UK
- Australian Research Council Future Fellowship Scheme [FT120100459]
- William Buckland Foundation
- Australian Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (AMDF)
- Hudson Institute of Medical Research
- Monash University
- Victorian Government Operational Infrastructure Support Scheme
- Australian Research Council [FT120100459] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
Apart from their essential role in generating ATP, mitochondria also act as local calcium (Ca2+) buffers to tightly regulate intracellular Ca2+ concentration. To do this, mitochondria utilize the electrochemical potential across their inner membrane (Delta psi(m)) to sequester Ca2+. The influx of Ca2+ into the mitochondria stimulates three rate-limiting dehydrogenases of the citric acid cycle, increasing electron transfer through the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) complexes. This stimulation maintains Delta psi(m), which is temporarily dissipated as the positive calcium ions cross the mitochondrial inner membrane into the mitochondrial matrix. We describe here a method for simultaneously measuring mitochondria Ca2+ uptake and Delta psi(m) in live cells using confocal microscopy. By permeabilizing the cells, mitochondrial Ca2+ can be measured using the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator Fluo-4, AM, with measurement of Delta psi(m) using the fluorescent dye tetramethylrhodamine, methyl ester, perchlorate (TMRM). The benefit of this system is that there is very little spectral overlap between the fluorescent dyes, allowing accurate measurement of mitochondrial Ca2+ and..m simultaneously. Using the sequential addition of Ca2+ aliquots, mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake can be monitored, and the concentration at which Ca2+ induces mitochondrial membrane permeability transition and the loss of Delta psi(m) determined.
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