title: PFA: program for the quantitative assessment of cell metabolism by spectral data analysis.
abstract: Assessment of mitochondrial oxidative metabolism has wide-ranging importance, from pharmacokinetic analysis to studies in cell viability and apoptosis. Here we present the Perfusion File Analyzer (PFA) application for the real-time analysis of spectral data to measure cytochrome c reduction, cytochrome a3 reduction, and other parameters important to cellular metabolism, which are collected during tissue perfusion experiments. Our current efforts are focused on quantitating changes in mitochondrial function by normalizing baseline drift of spectral data while addressing two major challenges: (1) a lack of real-time feedback from the system when aiming is compromised, and (2) an inability to adjust calculated data in the event of spectral shift. PFA has been developed to address these issues, and is currently used for quality assessment of human islets prior to clinical transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Southern California Islet Cell Resources Center, Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA. rahsaan26@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Orr
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Fouad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kandeel
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ferreri