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An NADH-tetrazolium-coupled sensitive assay for malate dehydrogenase in mitochondria and crude tissue homogenates. Export

J Biochem Biophys Methods, Vol. 68, No. 2. (31 August 2006), pp. 101-111.

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A sensitive spectrophotometric assay for determining mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase activity is described. The assay measures NADH production by coupling it to the reduction of 2-(p-iodophenyl)-3(p-nitrophenyl)-5-phenyl tetrazolium chloride (INT). Via an intermediate electron carrier, either phenazine methosulfate or lipoamide dehydrogenase, INT accepts electrons and is reduced to a red-colored formazan, which can be quantified by spectrophotometer at 500 nm. This assay uses only commercial reagents but gives a 2-5 fold (with lipoamide dehydrogenase) or 5-20 fold (with phenazine methosulfate) activity increase over currently available assays for pure enzyme in mitochondria isolated from human neuroblastoma cells, rat brain and liver, and crude homogenates of rat brain and liver. The assay can be easily performed with 96-well plate and less than 2.5 microg protein of isolated mitochondria or crude tissue homogenate. These results suggest that this assay is a simple, sensitive, stable and inexpensive method with wide application.


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