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ArticleMethods in cell biology2015

Methods for the quantification of lysosomal membrane permeabilization: a hallmark of lysosomal cell death.

Sonja Aits, Marja Jäättelä, Jesper Nylandsted

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Article in Methods in cell biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sonja AitsUnit for Cell Death and Metabolism, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Marja JäätteläUnit for Cell Death and Metabolism, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jesper NylandstedUnit for Cell Death and Metabolism, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Danish Cancer Society · DK

Funding

European Research Council 340751
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lysosomal cell death is triggered by lysosomal membrane permeabilization (LMP) and subsequent release of lysosomal hydrolases from the lysosomal lumen into the cytosol. Once released into the cytosol, the lysosomal cathepsin proteases act as executioner proteases for the subsequent cell death-either autonomously without caspase activation or in concert with the classical apoptotic machinery. Lysosomal cell death usually remains functional in apoptosis-resistant cancer cells and thus holds great potential as a therapeutic strategy for circumventing apoptosis deficiency in cancers. Notably, lysosomal cell death also plays an important role in normal physiology, e.g., during the regression of the mammary gland. Here we present four complementary methods for the quantification and visualization of LMP during the onset of death: (1) enzymatic activity measurements of released lysosomal hydrolases in the cytosol after digitonin extraction, (2) direct visualization of LMP by monitoring the release of fluorescent dextran from lysosomes into the cytosol, (3) immunocytochemistry to detect cathepsins released into the cytosol, and (4) detection of the translocation of galectins to damaged lysosomes. The methods presented here can ideally be combined as needed to provide solid evidence for LMP after a given cytotoxic stimuli.

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ApoptosisCathepsinsCell FractionationCell Membrane PermeabilityCytosolDetergentsDextransDigitoninFluoresceinsFluorescent DyesHumansLysosomesMCF-7 CellsMicroscopy, FluorescenceCathepsinsDetergentsDextransDigitoninfluorescein-dextranFluoresceinsFluorescent DyesCathepsinsDeath pathwayGalectinsLMPLysosomal cell deathLysosomal membrane permeabilizationMethod

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PMCPMC7611294
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