Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, Volume. 17, Issue 1, 2350032(2024)

Optical redox imaging of ANT1-deficient muscles

He N. Xu1、*, Ryan M. Morrow2, Min Feng1, Huaqing Zhao3, Douglas Wallace2、**, and Lin Z. Li1、***
Author Affiliations
  • 1Britton Chance Laboratory of Redox Imaging, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
  • 2Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
  • 3Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
  • show less

    Adenine nucleotide translocator (ANT) is a mitochondrial protein involved in the exchange of ADP and ATP across the mitochondrial inner membrane. It plays a crucial role in cellular energy metabolism by facilitating the transport of ATP synthesized within the mitochondria to the cytoplasm. The isoform ANT1 predominately expresses in cardiac and skeletal muscles. Mutations or dysregulation in ANT1 have been implicated in various mitochondrial disorders and neuromuscular diseases. We aimed to examine whether ANT1 deletion may affect mitochondrial redox state in our established ANT1-deficient mice. Hearts and quadriceps resected from age-matched wild type (WT) and ANT1-deficient mice were snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen. The Chance redox scanner was utilized to perform 3D optical redox imaging. Each sample underwent scanning across 3–5 sections. Global averaging analysis showed no significant differences in the redox indices (NADH, flavin adenine dinucleotide containing-flavoproteins Fp, and the redox ratio Fp/(NADH+Fp) between WT and ANT1-deficient groups. However, quadriceps had higher Fp than hearts in both groups (p=0.0004 and 0.01, respectively). Furthermore, the quadriceps were also more oxidized (a higher redox ratio) than hearts in WT group (p=0.004). NADH levels were similar in all cases. Our data suggest that under non-stressful physical condition, the ANT1-deficient muscle cells were in the same mitochondrial state as WT ones and that the significant difference in the mitochondrial redox state between quadriceps and hearts found in WT might be diminished in ANT1-deficient ones. Redox imaging of muscles under physical stress can be conducted in future.

    Tools

    Get Citation

    Copy Citation Text

    He N. Xu, Ryan M. Morrow, Min Feng, Huaqing Zhao, Douglas Wallace, Lin Z. Li. Optical redox imaging of ANT1-deficient muscles[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2024, 17(1): 2350032

    Download Citation

    EndNote(RIS)BibTexPlain Text
    Save article for my favorites
    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Oct. 16, 2023

    Accepted: Nov. 13, 2023

    Published Online: Feb. 28, 2024

    The Author Email: Xu He N. (hexu2@pennmedicine.upenn.edu), Wallace Douglas (WallaceD1@chop.edu), Li Lin Z. (linli@pennmedicine.upenn.edu)

    DOI:10.1142/S1793545823500323

    Topics