A high-throughput assay for mitochondrial membrane potential in permeabilized yeast cells
A high-throughput assay for mitochondrial membrane potential in permeabilized yeast cells
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DOI:
10.1006/abio.2001.5139
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发表时间:
2001-06-15
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Huang, SG
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作者:
Farrelly, E;Amaral, MC;Huang, SG
A fluorometric assay for mitochondrial membrane potential in permeabilized yeast cells has been developed. This method involves permeabilizing the plasma membrane and measuring the distribution of a mitochondrial membrane potential sensitive probe 3,3 ' -dipropylthiadicarbocyanine iodide (DISC3(5); DiSC(3)), In permeabilized cells, DISC, fluorescence decreased when introduced into energized mitochondria and increased three- to sixfold when the mitochondrial membrane potential was dissipated by the chemical uncoupler carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazone. Plasma membrane potential was abolished by permeabilization, as shown by a lack of polarization of the plasma membrane induced by K+ and glucose. Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), a mitochondrial H+ transporter, was used as a model for method validation. The fluorescence intensity responded vigorously to specific modulators in UCP1-expressing cells. This method has been adapted as a high-throughput assay to screen for modulators of mitochondrial membrane potential. (C) 2001 Academic Press.