TY - JOUR
T1 - A semi-automated method for isolating functionally intact mitochondria from cultured cells and tissue biopsies
AU - Schmitt, Sabine
AU - Saathoff, Friederike
AU - Meissner, Lilja
AU - Schropp, Eva Maria
AU - Lichtmannegger, Josef
AU - Schulz, Sabine
AU - Eberhagen, Carola
AU - Borchard, Sabine
AU - Aichler, Michaela
AU - Adamski, Jerzy
AU - Plesnila, Nikolaus
AU - Rothenfusser, Simon
AU - Kroemer, Guido
AU - Zischka, Hans
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - Mitochondrial dysfunctions decisively contribute to the progression of human diseases, implying that functional tests of isolated mitochondria may furnish conclusive information for diagnosis and therapy. Classical mitochondrial isolation methods, however, lack precisely adjustable settings for cell rupture, which is the most critical step in this procedure, and this complicates subsequent analyses. Here, we present an efficient method to isolate functionally active, intact mitochondria from cultured or primary cells and minute tissue samples in a rapid, highly reproducible manner.
AB - Mitochondrial dysfunctions decisively contribute to the progression of human diseases, implying that functional tests of isolated mitochondria may furnish conclusive information for diagnosis and therapy. Classical mitochondrial isolation methods, however, lack precisely adjustable settings for cell rupture, which is the most critical step in this procedure, and this complicates subsequent analyses. Here, we present an efficient method to isolate functionally active, intact mitochondria from cultured or primary cells and minute tissue samples in a rapid, highly reproducible manner.
KW - Balch homogenizer
KW - Biopsies
KW - Cell culture
KW - Mitochondria
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84884599409&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ab.2013.08.007
DO - 10.1016/j.ab.2013.08.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 23969012
AN - SCOPUS:84884599409
SN - 0003-2697
VL - 443
SP - 66
EP - 74
JO - Analytical Biochemistry
JF - Analytical Biochemistry
IS - 1
ER -