Metabolic Phenotyping of Synaptic Mitochondria Using MitoPlates™ and Synaptoneurosomes
摘要
Mitochondrial functional assays using MitoPlates™ S-1 allow us to characterize mitochondria in terms of substrate metabolism. MitoPlates™ are 96-well microplates pre-coated with a diverse set of substrates. The electron flow from NADH and FADH2 producing mitochondrial substrates is measured based on the reduction of redox dye, that acts as a terminal electron acceptor. Here, we describe the application of MitoPlates™ to characterize the metabolism of synaptic mitochondria enclosed in isolated pre- and postsynaptic terminals (synaptoneurosomes).