Encapsulation and perfusion of mitochondria in agarose beads for functional studies with 31P-NMR spectroscopy
✍ Scribed by Nicolai M. Doliba; Suzanne L. Wehrli; Andriy M. Babsky; Nataliya M. Doliba; Mary D. Osbakken
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 574 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0740-3194
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
An NMR method to study on‐line mitochondrial function was developed. Mitochondria were maintained in a stable physiologic state in agarose beads that were continuously superfused with oxygenated buffer at 28°C. Oxidative function of both heart and liver mitochondria was evaluated with ^31^P NMR at 9.4 T using pyruvate plus malate as substrate. This method allows clear resolution of adenosine triphosphate‐γ (ATPγ) and adenosine diphosphate‐β (ADPβ) phosphate signals, whereas a signals of ATP and ADP overlap. ATP production by mitochondria was documented to be very sensitive to different interventions (hypoxia, ischemia, carbonyl cyanide p‐(tri‐fluoromethoxy)phenylhydrazone (FCCP)) and depended on the ADP concentration in supervision medium. These data demonstrate that the new application of NMR to study mitochondrial function can discriminate, on‐line, between several physiologic and biochemical processes in intact physiologically stable mitochondria.