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Abstract

Immunology and Infection

Real-Time Measurement of the Mitochondrial Bioenergetic Profile of Neutrophils

Published: June 2nd, 2023

DOI:

10.3791/64971

1Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, UConn Health, 2Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 3Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center

Abstract

Neutrophils are the first line of defense and the most abundant leukocytes in humans. These effector cells perform functions such as phagocytosis and oxidative burst, and create neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) for microbial clearance. New insights into the metabolic activities of neutrophils challenge the early concept that they primarily rely on glycolysis. Precise measurement of metabolic activities can unfold different metabolic requirements of neutrophils, including the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle (also known as the Krebs cycle), oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), pentose phosphate pathway (PPP), and fatty acid oxidation (FAO) under physiological conditions and in disease states. This paper describes a step-by-step protocol and prerequirements to measure oxygen consumption rate (OCR) as an indicator of mitochondrial respiration on mouse bone marrow-derived neutrophils, human blood-derived neutrophils, and the neutrophil-like HL60 cell line, using metabolic flux analysis on a metabolic extracellular flux analyzer. This method can be used for quantifying the mitochondrial functions of neutrophils under normal and disease conditions.

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Keywords Mitochondrial Respiration

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