{"title":"Understanding ion transport by quantification of mitochondrial swelling","authors":"Mina Königsberg","doi":"10.1016/S0307-4412(99)00095-3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Suspensions of mitochondria are turbid and scatter light. An increase in the matrix volume (swelling) due to the influx of permeable solutes results in a decrease in the amount of light scattered. This property can be used to study solute fluxes across the mitochondrial inner membrane. A rapid method for isolating mitochondria is presented along with three swelling experiments using energized and non-energized mitochondria to illustrate ion transport across energy transducing membranes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":80258,"journal":{"name":"Biochemical education","volume":"28 1","pages":"Pages 24-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0307-4412(99)00095-3","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Biochemical education","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0307441299000953","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Suspensions of mitochondria are turbid and scatter light. An increase in the matrix volume (swelling) due to the influx of permeable solutes results in a decrease in the amount of light scattered. This property can be used to study solute fluxes across the mitochondrial inner membrane. A rapid method for isolating mitochondria is presented along with three swelling experiments using energized and non-energized mitochondria to illustrate ion transport across energy transducing membranes.