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NADH Fluorescence Imaging of Isolated Biventricular Working Rabbit Hearts
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2012
The objective is to monitor the mitochondrial redox state of isolated hearts within the context of physiologic preload and afterload pressures. A biventricular working rabbit heart model is presented. High spatiotemporal resolution fluorescence imaging of NADH is used to monitor the mitochondrial redox state of epicardial tissue.
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Detection of Microregional Hypoxia in Mouse Cerebral Cortex by Two-photon Imaging of Endogenous NADH Fluorescence
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2012
Here we describe a method to directly visualize microregional tissue hypoxia in the mouse cortex in vivo. It is based on concurrent two-photon imaging of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) and the cortical microcirculation. This method is useful for high resolution analysis of tissue oxygen supply.
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Role of Reduced Coenzymes NADH and FADH₂
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2025
The energy released from the breakdown of the chemical bonds within nutrients can be stored either through the reduction of electron carriers or in the bonds of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). In living systems, a small class of compounds functions as mobile electron carriers, molecules that bind to and shuttle high-energy electrons between compounds in pathways. The principal electron carriers that will be considered originate from the B vitamin group and are derivatives of nucleotides; they are...
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Simultaneous Measurement of Superoxide/Hydrogen Peroxide and NADH Production by Flavin-containing Mitochondrial Dehydrogenases
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2018
Mitochondria contain several flavin-dependent enzymes that can produce reactive oxygen species (ROS). Monitoring ROS release from individual sites in mitochondria is challenging due to unwanted side reactions. We present an easy, inexpensive method for direct assessment of native rates for ROS release using purified flavoenzymes and microplate fluorometry.
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A Semi-High-Throughput Adaptation of the NADH-Coupled ATPase Assay for Screening Small Molecule Inhibitors
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2019
A nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH)-coupled ATPase assay has been adapted to semihigh throughput screening of small molecule myosin inhibitors. This kinetic assay is run in a 384-well microplate format with total reaction volumes of only 20 µL per well. The platform should be applicable to virtually any ADP producing enzyme.
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NADH generation occurs at several points in nutrient breakdown, including glycolysis, pyruvate oxidation, and the citric acid cycle. Fatty-acid oxidation also contributes. Each stage uses dehydrogenase enzymes to remove hydrogen atoms or electrons from different metabolic intermediates, allowing electron capture across multiple steps rather than in one reaction.
Dehydrogenases drive the electron-transfer reactions that produce NADH from NAD+. They remove hydrogen atoms or electrons from metabolic intermediates and transfer them to the coenzyme. Because these enzymes operate within glycolysis, pyruvate oxidation, the citric acid cycle, and fatty-acid oxidation, their activity connects several nutrient-processing pathways to cellular respiration.
NADH supports ATP production by delivering high-energy electrons to the mitochondrial electron transport chain. Electron transfer there helps establish a proton gradient across the mitochondrial membrane, and that gradient drives ATP synthesis through oxidative phosphorylation. Thus, NADH generation supplies reducing power for an energy-producing system rather than serving as the final ATP-forming step itself.
Fatty-acid oxidation expands the metabolic sources that can produce NADH beyond glucose-derived pathways. Its contribution allows researchers to consider how lipid breakdown feeds electrons into cellular respiration. Including this pathway gives a broader view of nutrient use and helps relate NADH production to changing cellular energy demands.
Measuring NADH generation can help researchers examine cellular metabolism, respiration, and redox balance. Because production occurs during several nutrient-breakdown pathways and the resulting electrons support oxidative phosphorylation, measurements can also inform studies of how cells handle energy demands. The approach is relevant when comparing metabolic behavior in healthy and diseased cells.
Regulating NADH generation provides a way to examine how changes in electron production affect broader cellular processes. Researchers can use this focus to study metabolism, respiration, redox balance, and energy demands. Since NADH links nutrient breakdown with the mitochondrial electron transport chain, regulation can connect pathway activity with energy-production behavior.
NADH generation provides a metabolic context for comparing healthy and diseased cells. Differences in the production of this electron-rich coenzyme can be examined alongside nutrient breakdown, respiration, redox balance, and cellular energy demands. Studying these relationships helps researchers characterize how altered cellular states handle energy-related processes without treating NADH production as an isolated event.