EVALUATION OF PULSE WIDTH DEPENDENCE OF MULTI PHOTON PHOTO DAMAGE

在过去的一年里，细胞色素c从线粒体中释放出来， 已被鉴定为细胞凋亡过程中的非常早期事件，或 程序性细胞死亡 此外，线粒体膜的损失 在线粒体通透性过程中观察到电位 过渡，这是由氧化应激损伤引起的。 这 使我们探究线粒体NADH的多光子成像是否 可以提供一种技术来观察线粒体功能障碍， 使用外源性线粒体探针。 我们最近的努力 旨在建立诱导细胞凋亡和/或mPT的方案 在啮齿动物和/或人类癌细胞系中。 未来的实验将 试图将线粒体自发荧光的变化与 线粒体形态和膜电位， 荧光探针。

Within the last year, cytochrome c release from the mitochondria has been identified as a very early event during apoptosis, or programmed cell death. Furthermore, a loss of mitochondrial membrane potential is observed during the mitochondrial permeability transition, which results from oxidative stress injuries. This has led us to inquire whether multiphoton imaging of mitochondrial NADH may provide a technique to observe mitochondrial dysfunction without the use of exogenous mitochondrial probes. Our recent efforts have been directed at establishing protocols to induce apoptosis and/or mPT in rodent and/or human cancer cell lines. Future experiments will seek to correlate changes in mitochondrial autofluorescence with mitochondrial morphology and membrane potential as observed with fluorescent probes.