Extended Data Fig. 3: Essential equipment for the tissue homogenization Step 16. | Nature Protocols

Extended Data Fig. 3: Essential equipment for the tissue homogenization Step 16.

From: Ex vivo immunocapture and functional characterization of cell-type-specific mitochondria using MitoTag mice

Extended Data Fig. 3: Essential equipment for the tissue homogenization Step 16.

a, Dounce glass tissue homogenizers of different sizes (volume and clearance, see Table 4). #A can be used for soft tissue and homogenization by hand, while #20, 22-24 are used in combination with a motorized rotor (300 rpm for the present protocol) and for different tissue sources (brain, liver, muscle tissue). b, Sample pictures illustrating the final immunocapture in Step 29 and 31. Note, final samples can vary in size and color between IC Tom and IC GFP dependent on the abundance of GFP-OMM tagged mitochondria in tissue lysate and the amount of microbeads used. Microbeads are present as dark central spot within the sample pellet and we have not observed adverse effects due to their presence in functional downstream assays. All animal experiments were approved by the responsible regulatory agencies (Regierung von Oberbayern).

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