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ArticleNature communications2020

A dual-labeling probe to track functional mitochondria-lysosome interactions in live cells.

Qixin Chen, Hongbao Fang, Xintian Shao, Zhiqi Tian, Shanshan Geng, Yuming Zhang, Huaxun Fan, Pan Xiang, Jie Zhang, Xiaohe Tian and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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61citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed, 197 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Qixin ChenState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry Institute, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Hongbao FangState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry Institute, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Xintian ShaoDepartment of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Zhiqi TianDepartment of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Shanshan GengState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry Institute, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Yuming ZhangState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry Institute, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Huaxun FanDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3657-9758
Pan XiangAnhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University, Hefei, China.
Jie ZhangAdvanced Medical Research Institute/Translational Medicine Core Facility of Advanced Medical Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Xiaohe TianAnhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University, Hefei, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2294-3945
Kai ZhangDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA. kaizkaiz@illinois.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6687-4558
Weijiang HeState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry Institute, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. heweij69@nju.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-3157-5769
Zijian GuoState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry Institute, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. zguo@nju.edu.cn.
Jiajie DiaoDepartment of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA. jiajie.diao@uc.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4288-3203
Nanjing University · CNUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center · USAnhui University · CNUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · USShandong First Medical University · CNShandong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondria-lysosome interactions are essential for maintaining intracellular homeostasis. Although various fluorescent probes have been developed to visualize such interactions, they remain unable to label mitochondria and lysosomes simultaneously and dynamically track their interaction. Here, we introduce a cell-permeable, biocompatible, viscosity-responsive, small organic molecular probe, Coupa, to monitor the interaction of mitochondria and lysosomes in living cells. Through a functional fluorescence conversion, Coupa can simultaneously label mitochondria with blue fluorescence and lysosomes with red fluorescence, and the correlation between the red-blue fluorescence intensity indicates the progress of mitochondria-lysosome interplay during mitophagy. Moreover, because its fluorescence is sensitive to viscosity, Coupa allowed us to precisely localize sites of mitochondria-lysosome contact and reveal increases in local viscosity on mitochondria associated with mitochondria-lysosome contact. Thus, our probe represents an attractive tool for the localization and dynamic tracking of functional mitochondria-lysosome interactions in living cells.

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MitophagyFluorescence Recovery After PhotobleachingFluorescent DyesHeLa CellsHumansIntravital MicroscopyLysosomesMicroscopy, FluorescenceMitochondriaMolecular ProbesMolecular Probe TechniquesPhotobleachingFluorescent DyesMolecular Probes

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PMID33293545
PMCPMC7722883
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