Name: measuring mitochondrial substrate flux in recombinant perfringolysin o-permeabilized cells
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The authors thank the staff members of the Department of Physiology in the Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kr&#225;lov&#233; and the Department of Pathophysiology in the Third Faculty of Medicine for the help with chemicals and samples preparation. This work was supported by Charles University grant programs PROGRES Q40/02, Czech Ministry of Health grant NU21-01-00259, Czech science foundation grant 18-10144 and INOMED project CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/18_069/0010046 funded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic and by the European Union.

1. One day before the assay
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	<li>Preparation of reagents and substrates.
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		<li>Mitochondrial assay solution (MAS): Prepare stock solutions of all reagents as described in Table 1. Warm the stocks of mannitol and sucrose to 37 &#176;C to dissolve completely. Mix the reagents to prepare 2x MAS, then warm the mixture to 37 &#176;C. Adjust the pH with 5N KOH to 7.4 (~7 mL), then add water to bring the volume up to 1 L. Filter-sterilize&#160;and store the aliquots at -20 &#176;C until the measure...

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This protocol is a modification of previously published studies7,8,9,10 and the product user guide. In contrast to the manufacturer&#39;s protocol, 2x MAS is used instead of 3x MAS, since 2&#215; MAS is easier to dissolve and does not form precipitations after freezing. Frozen 2x MAS aliquots can be stored up to six months and show consistent results. Another difference is including ADP in the ...

Microplate-based respirometry has revolutionized mitochondrial research by enabling the study of cellular respiration of a small sample size1. Cellular respiration is generally considered as an indicator of mitochondrial function or &#39;dysfunction&#39;, despite the fact that the mitochondrial range of functions extends beyond energy production2. In aerobic conditions, mitochondria extract the energy stored in different substrates by breaking down and converting these substrates into metabolic intermediates that can fuel the citric acid cycle3 (Figure 1). The continuous flux of substrates is essential for the flow of the citric acid cycle to generate high energy &#39;electron donors&#39;, which deliver electrons to the electron transport chain that generates a proton gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane, enabling ATP-synthase to phosphorylate ADP to ATP4. Therefore, an experimental design to assay mitochondrial respiration must include the sample nature (intact cells, permeabilized cells, or isolated mitochondria) and mitochondrial substrates.
Cells keep a store of indigenous substrates5, and mitochondria oxidize several types of substrates simultaneously6, which complicates the interpretation of results obtained from experiments performed on intact cells. A common approach to investigate mitochondrial ability to oxidize a selected substrate is to isolate mitochondria or permeabilize the investigated cells5. Although isolated mitochondria are ideal for quantitative studies, the isolation process is laborious. It faces technical difficulties such as the need for large sample size, purity of the yield, and reproducibility of the technique5. Permeabilized cells offer a solution for the disadvantages of mitochondrial isolation; however, routine permeabilizing agents of detergent nature are not specific and may damage mitochondrial membranes5.
Recombinant perfringolysin O (rPFO) was offered as a selective plasma membrane permeabilizing agent7, and it was used successfully in combination with an extracellular flux analyzer in several studies7,8,9,10. We have modified a protocol using rPFO to screen mitochondrial substrate flux using XFe96 extracellular flux analyzer. In this protocol, four different substrate oxidizing pathways in two cellular phenotypes are compared while having sufficient replicates and the proper control for each tested material.

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			<td>Adinosine 5&#8242; -diphosphate monopotassium salt dihydrate</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>A5285</td>
			<td>store at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Antimycin A</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>A8674</td>
			<td>store at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Bovine serum albumin</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>A3803</td>
			<td>store at 2 - 8 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Carbonyl cyanide 4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenylhydrazone</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>C2920</td>
			<td>store at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Dimethyl sulfoxide</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>D8418</td>
			<td>store at RT</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>D-Mannitol</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>63559</td>
			<td>store at RT</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Dulbecco&#39;s phosphate buffered saline</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>14190-144</td>
			<td>store at RT</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Ethylene glycol-bis(2-aminoethylether)-N,N,N&#8242;,N&#8242;-tetraacetic acid</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>03777</td>
			<td>store at RT</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>HEPES</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>H7523</td>
			<td>store at RT</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>L(-)Malic acid disodium salt</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>M9138</td>
			<td>store at RT</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>L-Glutamic acid sodium salt hydrate</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>G5889</td>
			<td>store at RT</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Magnissium chloride hexahydrate</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>M2670</td>
			<td>store at RT</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Oligomycin</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>O4876</td>
			<td>store at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Palmitoyl-DL-carnitine chloride</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>P4509</td>
			<td>store at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Potassium hydroxide</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>484016</td>
			<td>store at RT</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Potassium phosphate monobasic</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>P5655</td>
			<td>store at RT</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Rotenone</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>R8875</td>
			<td>store at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Seahorse Wave Desktop Software</td>
			<td>Agilent technologies</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Download from www.agilent.com</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Seahorse XFe96 Analyzer</td>
			<td>Agilent technologies</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Seahorse XFe96 FluxPak</td>
			<td>Agilent technologies</td>
			<td>102416-100</td>
			<td>XFe96 sensor cartridges and XF96 cell culture microplates</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sodium pyruvate</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>P2256</td>
			<td>store at 2 - 8 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sodium succinate dibasic hexahydrate</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>S2378</td>
			<td>store at RT</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sucrose</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>S7903</td>
			<td>store at RT</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Water</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>W3500</td>
			<td>store at RT</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>XF calibrant</td>
			<td>Agilent technologies</td>
			<td>100840-000</td>
			<td>store at RT</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>XF Plasma membrane permeabilizer</td>
			<td>Agilent technologies</td>
			<td>102504-100</td>
			<td>Recombinant perfringolysin O (rPFO) - Aliquot and store at -20 &#176;C</td>
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measuring mitochondrial substrate flux in recombinant perfringolysin o-permeabilized cells

Mitochondrial substrate flux is a distinguishing characteristic of each cell type, and changes in its components such as transporters, channels, or enzymes are involved in the pathogenesis of several diseases. Mitochondrial substrate flux can be studied using intact cells, permeabilized cells, or isolated mitochondria. Investigating intact cells encounters several problems due to simultaneous oxidation of different substrates. Besides, several cell types contain internal stores of different substrates that complicate results interpretation. Methods such as mitochondrial isolation or using permeabilizing agents are not easily reproducible. Isolating pure mitochondria with intact membranes in sufficient amounts from small samples is problematic. Using non-selective permeabilizers causes various degrees of unavoidable mitochondrial membrane damage. Recombinant perfringolysin O (rPFO) was offered as a more appropriate permeabilizer, thanks to its ability to selectively permeabilize plasma membrane without affecting mitochondrial integrity. When used in combination with microplate respirometry, it allows testing the flux of several mitochondrial substrates with enough replicates within one experiment while using a minimal number of cells. In this work, the protocol describes a method to compare mitochondrial substrate flux of two different cellular phenotypes or genotypes and can be customized to test various mitochondrial substrates or inhibitors.

Start by normalizing the results to the second measurement of baseline respiration to show values as oxygen consumption rate percentage (OCR%). The results of the assay are shown in Figures 5, Figure 6, Figure 7, and Figure 8. It is important to assign the proper background wells for each group and inactivate the background wells of other groups. Fi...

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Measuring Mitochondrial Substrate Flux in Recombinant Perfringolysin O-Permeabilized Cells

In this work, we describe a modified protocol to test mitochondrial respiratory substrate flux using recombinant perfringolysin O in combination with microplate-based respirometry. With this protocol, we show how metformin affects mitochondrial respiration of two different tumor cell lines.

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