Isolation and functional analysis of peridroplet mitochondria from murine brown adipose tissue

Jennifer Ngo, Ilan Y. Benador, Alexandra J. Brownstein, Laurent Vergnes, Michaela Veliova, Michael Shum, Rebeca Acín-Pérez, Karen Reue, Orian S. Shirihai, Marc Liesa

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Abstract

Mitochondria play a central role in lipid metabolism and can bind to lipid droplets. However, the role and functional specialization of the population of peridroplet mitochondria (PDMs) remain unclear, as methods to isolate functional PDMs were not developed until recently. Here, we describe an approach to isolate intact PDMs from murine brown adipose tissue based on their adherence to lipid droplets. PDMs isolated using our approach can be used to study their specialized function by respirometry. For complete information on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Benador et al. (2018).

Original languageEnglish
Article number100243
JournalSTAR Protocols
Volume2
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Mar 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Metabolism
  • Molecular biology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Neuroscience (all)
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)
  • Immunology and Microbiology (all)

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