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1Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology,Tongji University, 2Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences,Wenzhou Medical University, 3Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai East Hospital,Tongji University
Chapters
- 00:04Introduction
- 00:49Cell Culture and Passaging
- 02:39Mitochondrial Staining and Confocal Imaging
- 06:02Results: Visualizing Mitophagy Triggered by FCCP Stimulation
- 07:00Conclusion
Mitophagy is the primary mechanism of mitochondrial quality control. However, the evaluation of mitophagy in vivo is hindered by the lack of reliable quantitative assays. Presented here is a protocol for the observation of mitophagy in living cells using a cell-permeant green-fluorescent mitochondria dye and a red-fluorescent lysosome dye.
