Live cell imaging is a robust method to visualize dynamic cellular structures, especially organelles with network-like structures such as mitochondria. In this regard, mitochondrial dynamics, namely mitochondrial fission and fusion, are highly dynamic processes that regulate mitochondrial size and morphology depending on a plethora of cellular cues. Likewise, lysosome size and distribution may hint at their function and state. Here, we describe how to perform live cell confocal imaging using commercially available organelle dyes (MitoTracker, LysoTracker), followed by either 2D or 3D analyses of mitochondrial morphology/network connectivity and lysosomal morphology using the freely available Mitochondria Analyzer plugin for ImageJ/Fiji.

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Understanding Mitochondrial and Lysosomal Dynamics by Fluorescent Microscopy

  • Pedro A. Dionísio,
  • Vilma A. Sardão,
  • Nuno Raimundo

摘要

Live cell imaging is a robust method to visualize dynamic cellular structures, especially organelles with network-like structures such as mitochondria. In this regard, mitochondrial dynamics, namely mitochondrial fission and fusion, are highly dynamic processes that regulate mitochondrial size and morphology depending on a plethora of cellular cues. Likewise, lysosome size and distribution may hint at their function and state. Here, we describe how to perform live cell confocal imaging using commercially available organelle dyes (MitoTracker, LysoTracker), followed by either 2D or 3D analyses of mitochondrial morphology/network connectivity and lysosomal morphology using the freely available Mitochondria Analyzer plugin for ImageJ/Fiji.