Analysis of the Mitochondrial Density and Longitudinal Distribution in Rat Live-Skeletal Muscle Fibers by Confocal Microscopy

Perla P&#233;rez-Trevi&#241;o; Bianca Nieblas; Selma Romina L&#243;pez-Vaquera; Noem&#237; Garc&#237;a

doi:10.3791/65306

Journal

Biology

Confocal Microscopic Analysis of Rat Muscle Mitochondria

December 01, 2023

Author Spotlight: Mitochondrial Remodeling in Skeletal Muscle

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Rat Gastrocnemius Muscle Fiber Bundle Dissection

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Confocal Live Cell Imaging of Rat Skeletal Muscle Mitochondria

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Mitochondrial Density Analysis

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Mitochondrial Distribution Analysis Using Fast Fourier Transform

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Perla Pérez-Treviño¹, Bianca Nieblas^1,2, Selma Romina López-Vaquera¹, Noemí García^1,2,3

¹Experimental Medicine and Advanced Therapies, The Institute for Obesity Research,Tecnologico de Monterrey, ²Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud,Tecnologico de Monterrey, ³Preclinical Research Unit,Tecnologico de Monterrey

Summary

Here, we present a protocol to analyze changes in mitochondrial density and longitudinal distribution by live-skeletal muscle imaging using confocal microscopy for mitochondrial network scanning.