Mitochondrial and nonmitochondrial reduction of MTT: Interaction of MTT with TMRE, JC‐1, and NAO mitochondrial fluorescent probes

Wiley - Tập 47 Số 4 - Trang 236-242 - 2002
Tytus Bernaś1,2, Jurek Dobrucki2
1Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
2Laboratory of Confocal Microscopy and Image Analysis, Department of Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

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AbstractBackgroundBioreduction of water‐soluble tetrazolium salts (e.g., MTS, XTT, and MTT) to their respective formazans is generally regarded as an indicator of cell “redox activity.” The reaction is attributed mainly to mitochondrial enzymes and electron carriers. However, MTT reduction may also be catalyzed by a number of other nonmitochondrial enzymes. The goal of this work was to establish the sites of MTT reduction in intact HepG2 human hepatoma cells in culture.MethodsIn order to establish the subcellular localization of the sites of reduction of MTT, we imaged the formation of MTT‐formazan deposits using backscattered light confocal microscopy. Mitochondria were visualized in viable cells using fluorescent dyes that bind in a manner dependent (JC‐1 and TMRE) or independent (NAO) of mitochondrial electric potential.ResultsOnly 25–45% of MTT‐formazan was associated with mitochondria after 25 min of incubation. No more than 25% of the mitochondrial area on images was occupied by MTT‐formazan. Mitochondrial fluorescence of TMRE, NAO, and the monomeric form of JC‐1 decreased rapidly in cells incubated with MTT. However, the intensity of fluorescence of JC‐1 aggregates dropped by less than 30% at the onset of incubation and remained constant as reduction of MTT proceeded further.Conclusions(1) Most of MTT‐formazan deposits are not coincident with mitochondria. (2) Monomeric JC‐1, as well as TMRE and NAO, accumulating in mitochondria may be displaced by MTT. Thus, the presence of positively charged organic compounds (like MTT) may distort measurements of mitochondrial transmembrane electric potential, which are based on accumulation of fluorescent dyes. Cytometry 47:236–242, 2002. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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