Due to its fundamental role in cellular energetics, metabolic regulation and cellular signalling, determination of intracellular adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) is an irreplaceable tool in the characterization of cellular physiology. Classical protocols describing the measurement of ATP from cells usually suffer from the use of relatively high reaction volumes and the according use of cuvettes for ATP determination, thus making them impractical for processing high sample numbers. We therefore present two methods for the fast and reliable measurement of intracellular ATP levels of cells cultured in 96-well microplates. The procedures are compared with each other concerning detection limit, dynamic range, precision and practicability. Both methods described allow the fast and standardized measurement of intracellular ATP using the 96-well microplate format that is applicable for both, high-throughput cell culture and subsequent determination of intracellular ATP.
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Sci Adv
January 2025
Department of Chemical Physiology & Biochemistry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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January 2025
Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University-Camden, NJ, USA.
Bioenergetic profiles of psychrophiles across domains of life are unusual in that intracellular ATP levels increase with declining temperature. Whole-transcriptome sequencing of the glacier ice worm Mesenchytraeus solifugus revealed a unique C-terminal extension on the ATP6 protein, which forms part of the proton pore of mitochondrial ATP synthase (Complex V). This extension, positioned near the proton exit pore, comprises alternating histidine residues thought to increase proton flux through Complex V leading to elevated ATP synthesis.
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Department of Rheumatology, Henan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine// Second Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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Scientifica (Cairo)
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Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo 1128610, Japan.
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