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- Measuring physicochemical parameters in living cells helps us understand how individual organelles function during health and disease.
- A new multifunctional mitochondrial probe (MMP) allows simultaneous measurement of mitochondrial local microviscosity and micropolarity through advanced fluorescence techniques.
- This MMP provides precise data on changes in these parameters and links them to mitochondrial structure and movement, presenting a valuable tool for studying organelle dynamics.
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The measurement of physicochemical parameters in living cells can provide information on individual cellular organelles, helping us to understand subcellular function in health and disease. While organelle-specific chemical probes have allowed qualitative evaluation of microenvironmental variations, the simultaneous quantification of mitochondrial local microviscosity (η ) and micropolarity (ϵ ), along with concurrent structural variations, has remained an unmet need. Herein, we describe a new multifunctional mitochondrial probe (MMP) for simultaneous monitoring of η and ϵ by fluorescence lifetime and emission intensity recordings, respectively. The MMP enables highly precise measurements of η and ϵ in the presence of a variety of agents perturbing cellular function, and the observed changes can also be correlated with alterations in mitochondrial network morphology and motility. This strategy represents a promising tool for the analysis of subtle changes in organellar structure.
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