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ArticleMethods in cell biology2020

Isolation of mitochondria from cells and tissues.

Pin-Chao Liao, Christian Bergamini, Romana Fato, Liza A Pon, Francesco Pallotti

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Article in Methods in cell biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 91 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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91citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

91 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 161 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Pin-Chao LiaoDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States.
Christian BergaminiDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Romana FatoDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Liza A PonDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States. Electronic address: lap5@cumc.columbia.edu.
Francesco PallottiDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy. Electronic address: francesco.pallotti@uninsubria.it.
Columbia University · USUniversity of Bologna · ITUniversity of Insubria · IT

Funding

Mitochondrial inheritance and quality controlR35GM122589 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Liza A Pon · 2017 to 2026
$5.1M
MITOCHONDRIAL MOTILITY AND INHERITANCER01GM045735 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI PON, LIZA A · 1993 to 2016
$4.2M
The Role of Actin in Cellular AgingR33AG051047 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI PON, LIZA A · 2018 to 2020
$1.4M
The Role of Actin in Cellular AgingR21AG051047 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI PON, LIZA A · 2016 to 2017
$427k
NIA NIH HHS R21 AG051047NIA NIH HHS R33 AG051047NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM045735NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122589
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Isolated mitochondria are useful to study fundamental processes including mitochondrial respiration, metabolic activity, protein import, membrane fusion, protein complex assembly, as well as interactions of mitochondria with the cytoskeleton, nuclear encoded mRNAs, and other organelles. In addition, studies of the mitochondrial proteome, phosphoproteome, and lipidome are dependent on preparation of highly purified mitochondria (Boldogh, Vojtov, Karmon, & Pon, 1998; Cui, Conte, Fox, Zara, & Winge, 2014; Marc et al., 2002; Meeusen, McCaffery, & Nunnari, 2004; Reinders et al., 2007; Schneiter et al., 1999; Stuart & Koehler, 2007). Most methods to isolate mitochondria rely on differential centrifugation, a two-step centrifugation carried out at low speed to remove intact cells, cell and tissue debris, and nuclei from whole cell extracts followed by high speed centrifugation to concentrate mitochondria and separate them from other organelles. However, methods to disrupt cells and tissue vary. Moreover, density gradient centrifugation or affinity purification of the organelle are used to further purify mitochondria or to separate different populations of the organelle. Here, we describe protocols to isolate mitochondria from different cells and tissues as well as approaches to assess the purity and integrity of isolated organelles.

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Organ SpecificityAnimalsBrainCell FractionationCells, CulturedCentrifugation, Density GradientMitochondriaMitochondria, HeartMitochondria, LiverMitochondria, MuscleRatsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeAffinity purificationMitochondriaSubcellular fractionationYeast

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PMCPMC8530414
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