Mitochondrial Diseases

Applications in Mitochondrial Diseases

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  • Functional validation of Genomic and Proteomic data

    A platform to validate proteins and pathways that alter mitochondrial function

    Comparative genomic and proteomic analyses have identified approximately half of the estimated 1500 mitochondrial proteins encoded by the human nuclear genome. In recently published studies, XF assays have extended these estimates via the identification of functional roles of some of the nuclear and mtDNA-encoded proteins, and in one case, clarifying assumptions about their activity that had been based on sequence homology data...

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  • Bioenergetic Analysis of Primary Neuronal Deficiencies

    Sensitive assay to measure mitochondrial dysfunction characteristic of Parkinson's, Huntington's and other neurodegenerative diseases

    Mitochondria play central roles in meeting the demands of neuronal synapses for energy (ATP). Mitochondrial dysfunction results in impaired neuroplasticity, neuronal degeneration and cell death, and is now recognized as a key element in neurodegenerative diseases...

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  • Assessing mitochondrial dysfunction in primary cardiomyocytes

    Mitochondrial reserve capacity is a sensitive measure of cellular stress

    This Application Note describes a method for profiling mitochondrial function in cells responding to stress. The mitochondrial profile generated in this way provides four parameters of mitochondrial function that can be measured in one experiment...

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Mitochondrial diseases are often caused by mutations to mitochondrial DNA that affect mitochondria function. Mitochondrial diseases can display unique characteristics because of the way the diseases are inherited, and also because mitochondria are very critical to cell function.

The XF Analyzer generates data that can provide new understanding in relation to mitochondrial diseases and mitochondrial dysfunction, by allowing the measurement of cellular metabolism in real-time, in a microplate. By measuring the oxygen consumption rate (OCR) - a measure of mitochondrial respiration; as well as the extracellular acidification rate (ECAR) - a measure of glycolysis, you will be provided with the most physiologically relevant in vitro measurement for your bioenergetic studies.