High-resolution respirometry coupled to fluorescence sensors determines mitochondrial oxygen consumption and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. The present protocol describes a technique to assess mitochondrial respiratory rates and ROS production in the permeabilized sciatic nerve.
Mitochondrial dysfunction in peripheral nerves accompanies several diseases associated with peripheral neuropathy, which can be triggered by multiple causes, including autoimmune diseases, diabetes, infections, inherited disorders, and tumors. Assessing mitochondrial function in mouse peripheral nerves can be challenging due to the small sample size, a limited number of mitochondria present in the tissue, and the presence of a myelin sheath. The technique described in this work minimizes these challenges by using a unique permeabilization protocol adapted from one used for muscle fibers, to assess sciatic nerve mitochondrial function instead of isolating the mitochondria from the tissue. By measuring fluorimetric reactive species production with Amplex Red/Peroxidase and comparing different mitochondrial substrates and inhibitors in saponin-permeabilized nerves, it was possible to detect mitochondrial respiratory states, reactive oxygen species (ROS), and the activity of mitochondrial complexes simultaneously. Therefore, the method presented here offers advantages compared to the assessment of mitochondrial function by other techniques.
Mitochondria are essential for maintaining cell viability and perform numerous cell functions such as energy metabolism (glucose, amino acid, lipid, and nucleotide metabolism pathways). As the primary site of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, mitochondria are central in several cell signaling processes such as apoptosis and participate in the synthesis of iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters, mitochondrial protein import and maturation, and maintenance of their genome and ribosomes1,2,3. The mitochondrial membrane dynamics network is controlled by fusion and fission processes, and they also have machinery for quality control and mitophagy4,5,6.
Mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with the appearance of several pathological conditions such as cancer, diabetes, and obesity7. Disturbances in mitochondrial function are detected in neurodegenerative disorders that affect the central nervous system, as in Alzheimer's disease8,9, Parkinson's disease10,11, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis12,13, and Huntington's disease14,15. In the peripheral nervous system, loss of mitochondrial function in axons is observed in immune neuropathies, such as Guillain-Barré syndrome16,17, and in association with high mitochondrial ROS production in axons, these events lead to MAP Kinase activation in Schwann cells18. This demonstrates that mitochondrial physiology may be essential not only for a site-specific cell, but for an entire tissue. In HIV-associated distal sensory polyneuropathy (HIV-DSP), mitochondria have a role in the mechanism by which the trans-activator of transcription (HIV-TAT) protein allows HIV to replicate efficiently, as well as several other roles in HIV infection pathogenesis19,20.
Evaluation of sciatic nerve mitochondrial physiology has emerged as an essential target for investigating neuropathy7,21,22. In diabetic neuropathy, proteomic and metabolomic analyses suggest that most molecular alterations in diabetes affect sciatic nerve mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and lipid metabolism7. These alterations also seem to be early signs of obesity-induced diabetes21. In a mouse model of chemotherapy-induced painful neuropathy, mitochondrial impairment in the sciatic nerve is detected as a decrease in oxidative phosphorylation22, and a reduction of mitochondrial complexes activities, membrane potential, and ATP content23. However, although several groups have cited mitochondrial dysfunction in neuropathies, these studies are limited to the measurements of activity in mitochondrial complexes with no preservation of the mitochondrial membranes, lacking evaluation of mitochondrial integrity or measurements of ATP content as a parameter for mitochondrial ATP production. In general, a proper assessment of mitochondrial oxygen consumption and ROS production requires the isolation of mitochondria by differential centrifugation in a percoll/sucrose gradient. Isolation of mitochondria can also be a limiting factor for sciatic nerve tissue because of the large amount of tissue needed and mitochondria loss and disruption.
The present study aims to provide a protocol to measure mitochondrial physiology as mitochondrial oxygen consumption and ROS production in the sciatic nerve, preserving mitochondrial membranes and without the need for isolating mitochondria. This protocol is adapted from oxygen consumption measurements in permeabilized muscle fibers24 by high-resolution respirometry (HRR). The advantages of this procedure are the possibility of evaluating mitochondria in small amounts of tissue such as the sciatic nerve and evaluating mitochondrial parameters in situ, thereby preserving the mitochondrial environment, structure, and bioenergetic profile, to obtain a physiologically trustworthy result. The mitochondrial respiratory states were determined with substrates and inhibitors after sciatic nerve permeabilization to properly assess mitochondrial bioenergetics and cytochrome c coefficient for mitochondrial membrane integrity, providing a guide for steps of the mitochondrial electron transport system (ETS) evaluation and calculation of essential parameters. This study can provide tools for answering questions in pathophysiological mechanisms in which sciatic nerve metabolism is implicated, such as peripheral neuropathies.
The present protocol is approved by the Ethics Committee on the Use of Animals in Research, CCS/UFRJ (CEUA-101/19), and National Institutes of Health guidelines for the care and use of experimental animals. The sciatic nerve is isolated from four-month-old male C57BL/6 mice, euthanized by cervical dislocation as per the institutional guidelines. The protocol steps are optimized to avoid mitochondrial deterioration. Therefore, in this protocol, calibration of polarographic oxygen sensors was performed prior to mouse sciatic nerve tissue dissection and permeabilization.
1. Preparation of reagents
2. Calibration of polarographic oxygen sensors for high-resolution respirometry (HRR)
3. Dissection and permeabilization of the sciatic nerve
4. Oxygen consumption and ROS production determination
The mitochondrial oxygen consumption by the permeabilized sciatic nerve is represented in Figure 2. The red trace represents the O2 flux per unit mass in pmol/s.mg. After recording a basal oxygen consumption with endogenous substrates (routine respiration), succinate (SUCC) is injected to record complex II (succinate dehydrogenase)-driven respiration, resulting in an increase in the oxygen consumption rate. In sequence, a saturating concentration of ADP is added, activating ATP synthase and driving oxidative phosphorylation. This results in a phosphorylative state of mitochondrial respiration. Phosphorylative state respiration means that ATP synthase can produce ATP from ADP + Pi (inorganic phosphate) using the membrane potential formed by the proton gradient as a proton-motive force to generate ATP26. With the decrease in membrane potential promoted by ATP synthase activity, the oxygen consumption is accelerated, and an increase in the oxygen flow is observed. The addition of exogenous cytochrome c (CYTC) promoted only minimal stimulation of respiration, certifying mitochondrial outer membrane integrity for this preparation. Permeabilization of tissues can damage membrane integrity and loss of cytochrome c. Increased respiration rates of more than 10%-15% indicate damaged mitochondria and inadequate tissue preparation28,29. In this representative result, there is an increase of 8.7% in respiration, indicating good quality of the tissue preparation (Table 1). The titration with oligomycin (OLIGO) needs to be done with minimal doses to avoid reaching a concentration of OLIGO that can interfere in maximal capacity evaluation30. Inhibition of ATP synthase by OLIGO – or state 4 respiration by oligomycin26 – resulted in decreased oxygen consumption flow. Titration with FCCP, a mitochondrial uncoupler reagent, dissipates mitochondrial membrane potential, stimulating the respiration flux and displaying the maximal capacity for electron transfer (ETS maximal capacity). At the end of the experiment, antimycin A (AA), an inhibitor of complex III, is injected to inhibit mitochondrial respiration and to record non-mitochondrial oxygen consumption (residual respiration) (Figure 2). Absolute oxygen flows recorded in this representative experiment are calculated in Table 1.
The possibility of analyzing mitochondrial oxygen consumption simultaneously with reactive oxygen production (ROS) – determined by detecting hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) by Amplex Red with fluorescence sensors – is a great advantage for determining a bioenergetic profile and a standard tool for the detection of mitochondrial dysfunction in diverse pathologies. The addition of different substrates for different complexes to fuel mitochondrial ETS can also yield more information about the specific sites for mitochondrial dysfunction. Figure 3 is shown with simultaneous measurement of oxygen consumption (Figure 3A) and ROS production (Figure 3B) in the presence of different substrates providing fuel for the ETS. After recording basal respiration, pyruvate + malate (PM) is added to the chamber as a substrate for mitochondrial complex I, increasing oxygen consumption flux. The addition of SUCC, the substrate of complex II, also increases respiration, but further addition of palmitoyl-carnitine (PC) does not increase oxygen flow compared to the earlier substrate additions, suggesting that PM and SUCC may already have saturated the mitochondrial ubiquinone site or a lack of fatty acids oxidation. As expected, ROS production also increases after the addition of substrates, representing the leak of oxygen that escapes from ETS and forms ROS (Figure 3B, green trace). The addition of ADP in saturating concentration increases oxygen consumption, driving ATP formation (red trace in Figure 3A) and decreasing ROS production (Figure 3B, green trace). The addition of CYTC only increases oxygen flow by 6.8%, confirming the mitochondrial membrane integrity. Titration with OLIGO decreases oxygen consumption flow (red trace in Figure 3A) and increases ROS production (green trace in Figure 3B). ADP and OLIGO effects suggest that permeabilized sciatic nerve in this protocol can replicate the standard relation in mitochondrial physiology, in which an increase in oxygen consumption leads to a decrease in membrane potential and prevents ROS production31,32.
The addition of FCCP, as expected for an uncoupler, increases oxygen consumption to its maximal rate, and as a result of membrane potential dissipation, ROS production is decreased. The addition of rotenone, an inhibitor of complex I and AA, reduces oxygen consumption and increases ROS formation (Figure 3A,B), confirming that mitochondrial physiology and bioenergetic profile in the permeabilized sciatic nerve are preserved. Absolute values for oxygen flows recorded in this experiment are calculated in Table 2.
Figure 1: Sciatic nerve preparation for permeabilization of mitochondria. All the procedures need to be performed on ice. (A) The sciatic nerve is extracted from a euthanized mouse and placed in a Petri dish containing tissue preservation buffer at 4 °C. (B) Separation of sciatic nerve bundles with forceps. (C,D) The tissue is ready when it is dissected into translucent tufts, rather than the original white opaque tubular structure (A). Scale bar = 1 cm. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.
Figure 2: Representative result of mitochondrial oxygen consumption in the permeabilized sciatic nerve of the mouse. The experiment is a representative trace of one sciatic nerve extract from a euthanized mouse. The sciatic nerve was permeabilized before, as described in the protocol section. Injections are indicated as arrows at specific times. SUCC: succinate; ADP: adenosine diphosphate; Cyt c: cytochrome c; OLIGO: oligomycin; FCCP: carbonyl cyanide 4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenylhydrazone; AA: antimycin A. Real-time oxygen concentration as [nmol/mL] (blue trace) and oxygen consumption rate as flux per unit mass [pmol/(s.mg)] (red trace) are shown. Black braces represent windows of oxygen consumption rates selected for results after each injection. Basal refers to respiration with no substrates. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.
Figure 3: The result of mitochondrial oxygen consumption coupled to ROS production in the permeabilized mouse sciatic nerve. A representative trace of one sciatic nerve extract from a euthanized mouse is shown. The sciatic nerve was permeabilized before, as described in the protocol section. Injections are indicated as arrows at specific times. H2O2: hydrogen peroxide; PM: pyruvate/malate; SUCC: succinate; PC: palmitoyl-carnitine; ADP: adenosine diphosphate; Cyt c: cytochrome c; OLIGO: oligomycin; FCCP: carbonyl cyanide 4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenylhydrazone; ROT: rotenone; AA: antimycin A. (A) Real-time oxygen concentration as [nmol/mL] (blue trace) and oxygen consumption rate as flux per unit mass [O2 pmol/(s.mg)] (red trace) are shown. (B) ROS production is demonstrated as H2O2 fluorescence (purple trace) and H2O2 production slope [pmol/(s.mg)] (green trace), after calibration. Black braces represent windows of oxygen consumption rates selected for results after each injection. Basal refers to respiration with no substrates. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.
Substrates | Additions | Oxygen Consumption Rate |
Flux per mass (pmol/[s.mg]) | ||
Basal (no addition) | none | 5.9 |
Succinate (SUCC) | One addition of 10 mM | 16.9 |
ADP | One addition of 1 µM | 28.5 |
Cytochrome c (CYTC) | One addition of 10 μM | 31 |
Oligomycin A (OLIGO) | Titration with additions of 0.2 μg/mL | 21.9 |
FCCP | Titration with additions of 0.5 μM | 31.1 |
Antimycin A (AA) | One addition of 5 μM | 11.3 |
Table 1: Substrates/Uncoupler/Inhibitors/Titration (SUIT) protocol and results of oxygen consumption rates in mouse permeabilized sciatic nerve. Oxygen consumption is represented in [O2pmol/(s.mg)], after each addition of SUIT protocol. Results are obtained by the average of selected windows marked in Figure 2.
Substrates | Additions | Oxygen Consumption (O2 pmol/[s.mg]) | ROS Production (H2O2 pmol/[s.mg]) |
Basal (no addition) | none | 5.77 | 0.53 |
Pyruvate + Malate (PM) | One pulse of 5 mM + 2.5 mM | 7.17 | 0.58 |
Succinate (SUCC) | One addition of 10 mM | 14.06 | 0.75 |
Palmitoyl carnitine (PC) | Two pulses of 25 µM | 14.68 | 0.79 |
ADP | One addition of 1 µM | 22.9 | 0.25 |
Cytochrome c (CYTC) | One addition of 10 μM | 24.36 | 0.09 |
Oligomycin A (OLIGO) | Titration with additions of 0.2 μg/mL | 17.03 | 0.5 |
FCCP | Titration with additions of 0.5 μM | 23.98 | 0.16 |
Rotenone (ROT) | One addition of 1μM | 19.75 | 0.48 |
Antimycin A (AA) | One addition of 5 μM | 4.08 | 0.53 |
Table 2: Substrates/Uncoupler/Inhibitors/Titration (SUIT) protocol and results of ROS production coupled to oxygen consumption rates mouse permeabilized sciatic nerve. Oxygen consumption is represented in [O2 pmol/(s.mg)] and ROS production by [H2O2 pmol/(s.mg)] after each addition of SUIT protocol. Results are obtained by the average of selected windows marked in Figure 3.
Parameters for Mitochondrial Function | Calculations from Oxygen Consumption Rates |
Basal Respiration | Basal Respiration (flux with no addition of substrates)28 |
Residual Oxygen Consumption (ROX) | [Flux after addition of AA]28 |
Complex I leak respiration | [Flux after addition of PM] – [ROX]28,37 |
Complex II leak respiration | [Flux after addition of SUCC] – [ROX]28,37 |
Phosphorylative state ( Oxphos capacity) | [Flux after addition of ADP] – [ROX]28,43 |
Non – phosphorylative state (Leak Respiration) | [Flux after addition of oligomycin] – [ROX]28 |
Respiratory Control Ratio | [Phosphorylative state / Non -phosphorylative]28,43 |
ETS Capacity | [Flux after addition of FCCP] – [ROX]28,37 |
Table 3: Parameters calculation for evaluation of mitochondrial function in mouse permeabilized sciatic nerve. Parameters for mitochondrial physiology evaluation formula by oxygen consumption rates.
Several diseases or conditions accompanying neuropathies have mitochondrial dysfunction as a risk factor. The evaluation of mitochondrial function in peripheral nerves is essential to elucidate how the mitochondria act in these neurodegenerative conditions. The assessment of mitochondrial function is laborious due to the difficulty of the isolation method and the scarcity of material. Thus, the development of tissue permeabilization techniques that do not require the isolation of mitochondria is essential.
To evaluate mitochondrial function in permeabilized tissues, choosing a chemical that can permeabilize the cell plasma membrane without interfering with cell respiration is critical. In peripheral nerves such as the sciatic nerve, myelin composition is about 70% lipid, most of which are cholesterol33,34. The choice of permeabilizing agents such as saponin and digitonin that interact with cholesterol molecules results in pores that allow substrate access to mitochondrial machinery without interfering with other cellular compartments35,36. In this protocol, the well-established method for muscle-fiber permeabilization by saponin described by Pesta and Gnaiger24 is adapted for the sciatic nerves. The permeabilization procedure includes another critical step regarding tissue separation to allow for access of substrates as required for recording mitochondrial parameters of interest. The present work describes the steps, and the illustrations are provided for a satisfactory tissue separation in Figure 1.
Mitochondrial respiratory rates records are essential to establish differences regarding mitochondria complexes malfunction, oxidative phosphorylation disturbance, or disrupted mitochondria. Respiratory conditions and mitochondrial parameters are defined by Chance and Williams26. In this article, the routine respiration is defined as basal respiration when mitochondrial oxygen consumption is recorded with no addition of exogenous substrates; complexes capacity – when substrates for complex I or II are added to fuel mitochondrial oxygen consumption, also named as leak respiration; phosphorylative state – when ADP is added in the sequence of complexes substrates and drives ATP synthesis; non-phosphorylative state – when all ADP is formed into ATP or with the addition of ATP synthase inhibitor, oligomycin (or state 4); ETS maximal capacity – when the mitochondrial uncoupler FCCP is added and; residual oxygen consumption (ROX) after addition of rotenone and antimycin A – when the oxygen consumption is not related to mitochondria. The technique described in this work for mitochondrial function evaluation in sciatic nerve tissue by HRR allows determining numerous respiratory states and calculation of intrinsic mitochondrial function within the same sample. A substrate/uncoupled/inhibitors protocol test results can be used to derivate parameters of mitochondrial function from which respiratory control ratios/factors can be calculated37, as demonstrated in Table 3. Evaluation of these parameters combines absolute leak rates, coupled with maximal mitochondrial respiration, and raises data for a diagnostic value24,35,36,37,38,39.
Although mitochondrial dysfunction in peripheral nerves is cited in the literature, there are limitations in demonstrating these parameters. In a chemotherapy-induced neuropathy model, a decrease in the mitochondrial membrane potential in treatment with the chemotherapy agent, oxaliplatin, and a reduction of the in vitro activity of complexes I, II, and III is observed in sensory axons of the peripheral nerve (saphenous nerve)40,41. However, there is a lack of information on the control exerted by membrane potential on the complexes' activities and formation of ATP by oxidative phosphorylation, an essential parameter in mitochondrial function evaluation. Also, in dissociated sciatic nerves from Sprague-Dawley rats permeabilized with digitonin, the recording of oxygen consumption is only demonstrated for the phosphorylated state, but is not compared with oxygen consumption in the presence of an ATPase inhibitor or an uncoupler22. In the present method, it is possible to calculate respiratory control ratio in the permeabilized nerve (Table 3) compared with the respiratory control ratio of isolated mitochondria, usually calculated from state3/state4 (or phosphorylative/non-phosphorylative states). With the method provided in this work, it is possible to assess complex I, II capacities – maintaining mitochondrial membrane integrity – and flux control ratios, and achieve maximal capacity respiration and residual oxygen consumption.
Different methods for sciatic nerve permeabilization for mitochondrial oxygen consumption evaluation are described in the literature. A technique for sciatic nerve permeabilization is demonstrated in a protocol with saponin treatment and permeabilization by vortex pulse; however, only phosphorylative state and maximal capacity were demonstrated41. In addition, comparing the values presented here for the same parameters, the oxygen flux observed by Cooper et al.41 is 70% lower, demonstrating that there is damage to the mitochondrial membrane related to the agitation method. In the present protocol, the tissue separation preserves mitochondrial membrane integrity, confirmed by the small increase in oxygen flux after the addition of cytochrome c. This is a feature that allows all mitochondrial parameters to be recorded, providing a complete record of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and function. Even though in a sciatic nerve permeabilization method with collagenase, the oxygen flux values are comparable to those presented here, an increase of nearly 20% is observed after adding cytochrome c, suggesting some level of mitochondrial membrane damage21. With the protocol described in this article, an increase of only 6.3%-8.7% of oxygen flux after cytochrome c addition was observed, confirming the advantage of the present method in preserving the mitochondrial membrane integrity and optimizing oxygen consumption recording.
Mitochondria are the primary site of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation associated with diverse signaling processes in sciatic nerve tissue and mechanisms related to pathophysiology in neuropathies42,43. This protocol made it possible to access hydrogen peroxide generation with a fluorescence sensor simultaneously with oxygen consumption. As observed in Figure 3, ROS production is sensitive to alterations of mitochondrial respiratory states, confirming the mitochondrial integrity status and optimizing mitochondrial function recording.
Other methods such as extracellular flux analyzer (EFA), based on fluorescence sensors to record oxygen consumption, can evaluate peripheral-nerve mitochondrial function in cultured cells – such as Schwann cells or axons – in an automated high-throughput screening device. However, there are some advantages in using polarographic sensors such as HRR, including in particular the ability to follow the experiment in real-time, to make multiple injections of substrates/inhibitors; thereby, this permits evaluation of a greater number of complex functions in mitochondria in one experiment, and the lower cost of consumables24,35,38,39. A disadvantage of using HRR compared to EFA is the absence of a sensor for media acidification (for analysis of glycolytic flux) and the limited workflow capability, which allows the use of only two samples at a time.
Limitations of tissue permeabilization techniques required for HRR are well known. They include the inability to evaluate mitochondria when ADP is limiting and a reduced uncoupled respiratory rate compared to isolated mitochondria. However, the saponin-sciatic nerve permeabilization protocol described here – as an adaptation of the muscle-fiber permeabilization protocol by Pesta and Gnaiger24 – allows the assessment of mitochondrial respiratory states and mitochondrial parameters without damaging mitochondrial integrity. It also allows for simultaneously recording oxygen consumption and ROS production in the sciatic nerve, a tissue with notorious limitations for isolating mitochondria. Thus, this protocol allows for a better assessment of mitochondrial function in peripheral nerves and can provide advantages to researchers in the investigation of mitochondrial roles in pathophysiological conditions afflicting peripheral nerves.
Troubleshooting
If there is an increase in O2 consumption after adding cytochrome c to more than 15% of oxygen consumption flux, it indicates that the permeabilization procedure was very strong and caused damage to the mitochondrial structure. If that is the case, discard and reinitiate the dissection with a gentler nerve separation and repeat the steps. If some reagents injected do not demonstrate the expected effect in mitochondria oxygen consumption or H2O2 production, it is probably due to chamber contamination with mitochondrial inhibitors. In this case, two actions can be taken: (1) restart the experiment after washing the chambers and syringes (step 2.1) or (2) add a sample of any tissue-isolated mitochondria or homogenate before performing step 2.1. The additions of these samples will absorb mitochondrial inhibitors and improve the cleaning step.
The authors have nothing to disclose.
This study was financed by Instituto Serrapilheira, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior-Brasil (CAPES). We are grateful to Dr. Antonio Galina Filho, Dr. Monica Montero Lomeli and Dr. Claudio Masuda for the support with laboratory facilities, and Dr. Martha Sorenson for kind and valuable comments in improving the article.
Adenosine 5' triphosphate dissodium salt hydrate | Sigma-Aldrich | A26209 | |
Adenosine 5′-diphosphate sodium salt | Sigma-Aldrich | A2754 | |
Amplex Red Reagent | Thermo Fisher scientific | A12222 | Amplex Red is prepared in DMSO accordindly with product datasheet |
Antimycin A (from Streptomyces sp.) | Sigma-Aldrich | A8674 | |
Bovine Serum Albumin | Sigma-Aldrich | A7030 | heat shock fraction, protease free, fatty acid free, essentially globulin free, pH 7, ≥98% |
Calcium carbonate | Sigma-Aldrich | C6763 | |
Carbonyl cyanide 4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenylhydrazone (FCCP) | Sigma-Aldrich | C2920 | |
Cytochrome c | Sigma-Aldrich | C7752 | (from equine heart; small hemeprotein) |
DataLab version 5.1.1.91 | OROBOROS INSTRUMENTS, Austria | Copyright (c) 2002 – 13 by Dr. Erich Gnaiger | |
Digital orbital microplate shaker 120V | Thermo Fisher scientific | 88882005 | |
DL-Dithiothreitol | Sigma-Aldrich | 43819 | |
EGTA sodium salt | Sigma-Aldrich | E8145 | |
Hamilton syringe | Sigma-Aldrich | HAM80075 | 10 uL, 25 uL and 50 uL |
HEPES | Sigma-Aldrich | H3375 | |
Hydrogen peroxide solution 30% W/W | Merck | H1009 | |
Imidazole | Sigma-Aldrich | I2399 | |
L-(−)-Malic acid | Sigma-Aldrich | M7397 | |
Magnesium chloride hexahydrate | Sigma-Aldrich | M2393 | |
MES sodium salt | Sigma-Aldrich | M3885 | |
Micro-dissecting forceps, curved | Sigma-Aldrich | F4142 | |
Micro-dissecting forceps, straight | Sigma-Aldrich | F4017 | |
O2K – Filter set Amplex Red | OROBOROS INSTRUMENTS, Austria | 44321-01 | Fasching M, Sumbalova Z, Gnaiger E (2013) O2k-Fluorometry: HRR and H2O2 production in mouse brain mitochondria. Mitochondr Physiol Network 17.17. |
O2K – Fluorescence LED2 – module component Fluorscence-Sensor Green | OROBOROS INSTRUMENTS, Austria | 44210-01 | |
Oligomycin | Sigma-Aldrich | O4876 | (from Streptomyces diastatochromogenes; mixture of oligomycins A, B, and C |
OROBOROS Oxygraph-2k | OROBOROS INSTRUMENTS, Austria | http://www.oroboros.at | |
Palmitoylcarnitine (Palmitoyl-DL-carnitine-HCl) | Sigma-Aldrich | P4509 | |
Peroxidase from horseradish | Sigma-Aldrich | P8375 | |
Petri dishes, polystyrene | MERCK | P5606 | |
Phosphocreatine disodium salt hydrate | Sigma-Aldrich | P7936 | |
Potassium dihydrogen phosphate monobasic | Sigma-Aldrich | PHR1330 | |
Potassium hydroxide | Sigma-Aldrich | 221473 | |
Rotenone | Sigma-Aldrich | R8875 | |
Saponin | Sigma-Aldrich | SAE0073 | |
Sodium pyruvate | Sigma-Aldrich | P5280 | |
Sodium succinate dibasic hexahydrate | Sigma-Aldrich | S2378 | |
Sucrose | Sigma-Aldrich | S9378 | |
Taurine | Sigma-Aldrich | T0625 |