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Measurement of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and Mitochondrial ROS in AMPK Knockout Mice Blood Vessels

Measurement of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and Mitochondrial ROS in AMPK Knockout Mice Blood Vessels

Qilong Wang, Ming-Hui Zou

Methods Mol Biol. 2018;1732:507-517.

PMID: 29480496

Abstract:

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a group of unstable and highly reactive molecules or free radicals typically generated as by-products of cellular processes involving molecular oxygen. In vascular cells, the excessive ROS generation results in the initiation and progression of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Therefore, a dynamic, robust, and accurate ROS detection method in the blood vessels is essential for pathophysiological research studies of the cardiovascular system.In this chapter, we describe a fluorescence dye-based detection method for assaying superoxide and mitochondrial superoxide in mouse aorta using dihydroethidium (DHE) and MitoSOX. The protocol includes preparation of frozen aortic tissue sections, monitoring DHE oxidation-derived fluorescence by fluorescence microscopy, and high-performance liquid chromatograph-based analysis of MitoSOX and its oxidation products. For studying the role of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in the redox regulation, we employed AMPKα2 knockout mice and observed increased superoxide and mitochondrial superoxide levels in the aorta of AMPK knockout mice relative to the wild-type group. This novel ROS detection method will be valuable for investigating the roles of cellular and/or mitochondrial ROS in the pathogenesis of CVDs.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP104821252	Dihydroethidium		104821-25-2	Price

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