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ArticleAntioxidants & redox signaling2016

Cytosolic NADH-NAD(+) Redox Visualized in Brain Slices by Two-Photon Fluorescence Lifetime Biosensor Imaging.

Rebecca Mongeon, Veena Venkatachalam, Gary Yellen

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Article in Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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50 citing papers in PubMed, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rebecca MongeonDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Veena VenkatachalamDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Gary YellenDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Harvard University · US

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
$50.0M
Viral ModuleP30EY012196 · NEI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI ZHIGANG HE · 1998 to 2026
$21.3M
Single cell analysis of metabolism using genetically-encoded fluorescent sensorsDP1EB016985 · NIBIB · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI YELLEN, GARY I · 2012 to 2016
$4.2M
Cellular mechanisms of dietary therapy for epilepsyR01NS055031 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI YELLEN, GARY I · 2008 to 2016
$3.2M
Imaging cellular energy metabolism in brain slices using fluorescent biosensorsF32NS080455 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI MONGEON, REBECCA ANNE · 2012 to 2013
$101k
NIBIB NIH HHS DP1 EB016985NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007753NINDS NIH HHS F32 NS080455NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS055031
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimCytosolic NADH-NAD(+) redox state is central to cellular metabolism and a valuable indicator of glucose and lactate metabolism in living cells. Here we sought to quantitatively determine NADH-NAD(+) redox in live cells and brain tissue using a fluorescence lifetime imaging of the genetically-encoded single-fluorophore biosensor Peredox.

resultsWe show that Peredox exhibits a substantial change in its fluorescence lifetime over its sensing range of NADH-NAD(+) ratio. This allows changes in cytosolic NADH redox to be visualized in living cells using a two-photon scanning microscope with fluorescence lifetime imaging capabilities (2p-FLIM), using time-correlated single photon counting. INNOVATION: Because the lifetime readout is absolutely calibrated (in nanoseconds) and is independent of sensor concentration, we demonstrate that quantitative assessment of NADH redox is possible using a single fluorophore biosensor.

conclusionImaging of the sensor in mouse hippocampal brain slices reveals that astrocytes are typically much more reduced (with higher NADH:NAD(+) ratio) than neurons under basal conditions, consistent with the hypothesis that astrocytes are more glycolytic than neurons. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 25, 553-563.

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Biosensing TechniquesAnimalsAstrocytesCytosolGlucoseGlycolysisHippocampusLactic AcidMiceNADNeuronsOxidation-ReductionGlucoseLactic AcidNAD

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PMID26857245
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