title: Rapid spectrophotometric method for quantitation of cytochrome c release from isolated mitochondria or permeabilized cells revisited.
abstract: This paper recalls the earlier work by Keilin, Margoliash and others at the beginning of the 20th century and shows how their results can be used for the rapid solution of new problems of modern science. It describes a rapid and simple spectrophotometric method for quantitative determination of cytochrome c release from isolated mitochondria or permeabilized cells induced by proapoptotic proteins. For this, the Soret (gamma) peak at 414 nm in the spectrum of cytochrome c is used. The results of spectrophotometric assay of cytochrome c release are in accord with those of oxygraphic determination of cytochrome c-dependent respiration of isolated mitochondria and permeabilized cardiomyocytes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Bioenergetics, Joseph Fourier University, P.O. Box 53X, 38041, Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Appaix
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minatchy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Riva-Lavieille
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olivares
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Antonsson
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Saks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000032:analysis*; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D003574:Cytochrome c Group