A Flow Cytometry-based Assay for Measuring Mitochondrial Membrane Potential in Cardiac Myocytes After Hypoxia/Reoxygenation
A Flow Cytometry-based Assay for Measuring Mitochondrial Membrane Potential in Cardiac Myocytes After Hypoxia/Reoxygenation
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基于流式细胞术的测定缺氧/复氧后心肌细胞线粒体膜电位的方法
DOI:
10.3791/57725
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发表时间:
2018-07-01
影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
Gao, Shuo
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作者:
Chen, Guihao;Yang, Yuejin;Gao, Shuo
Timely and efficient reperfusion of the occluded coronary artery is the best strategy for decreasing myocardial infarct size in patients with a ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction. However, reperfusion per se can result in further cardiomyocyte death, a phenomenon known as reperfusion injury. The opening of the mitochondria! permeability transition pore (mPTP), with the decrease of the mitochondria! membrane potential (MMP), or mitochondria! depolarization, is universally recognized as the final step of reperfusion injury and is responsible for mitochondria! and cardiomyocyte death. JC-1 is a lipophilic cationic dye that accumulates in mitochondria depending on the value of MMP. The higher the MMP is, the more JC-1 accumulates in the mitochondria. The increasing amounts of JC-1 in mitochondria can be reflected by a fluorescence emission shift from green (similar to 530 nm) to red (similar to 590 nm). Therefore, the reduction of the red/green fluorescence intensity ratio can indicate the depolarization of mitochondria. Here, we take advantage of JC-1 to measure MMP, or the opening of mPTP in human cardiac myocytes after hypoxia/reoxygenation, detected by flow cytometry.