PMID- 34311868 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211125 LR - 20211125 IS - 0091-679X (Print) IS - 0091-679X (Linking) VI - 165 DP - 2021 TI - Simultaneous determination of intraluminal lysosomal calcium and pH by dextran-conjugated fluorescent dyes. PG - 199-208 LID - S0091-679X(21)00020-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/bs.mcb.2021.02.007 [doi] AB - The lysosome is the main catabolic organelle in the cell, also serving as a signaling platform. Lysosomes maintain a low intraluminal pH where dozens of hydrolytic enzymes degrade a wide variety of macromolecules. Besides degradation of polymers, the lysosome is involved in various cellular processes, including energy metabolism, plasma membrane repair and antigen presentation. Recent work has shown that the lysosome is an important calcium store, modulating diverse cellular functions such as membrane fusion and fission, autophagy and lysosomal biogenesis. Precise measurement of free lysosomal calcium concentration has been hampered by its low luminal pH, since the affinity of most calcium probes decreases with higher proton concentration. Here we detailed an adapted protocol for the simultaneous measurement of lysosomal pH and calcium using dextran-conjugated ratiometric fluorescent dyes. As compared with indirect measurements of lysosomal calcium release using genetically-encoded calcium indicators (GECIs), the present method offers the possibility of obtaining pH-corrected, intraluminal calcium concentrations at single lysosome resolution. It also enables simultaneous temporal resolution of lysosomal calcium and pH. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Pihan, Philippe AU - Pihan P AD - Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile; Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. FAU - Nunes-Hasler, Paula AU - Nunes-Hasler P AD - Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. FAU - Demaurex, Nicolas AU - Demaurex N AD - Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: Nicolas.Demaurex@unige.ch. FAU - Hetz, Claudio AU - Hetz C AD - Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile; Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, United States. Electronic address: chetz@uchile.cl. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20210319 PL - United States TA - Methods Cell Biol JT - Methods in cell biology JID - 0373334 RN - 0 (Dextrans) RN - 0 (Fluorescent Dyes) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - *Calcium MH - Dextrans MH - *Fluorescent Dyes MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Lysosomes OTO - NOTNLM OT - Confocal microscopy OT - Lysosomal calcium OT - Lysosomal signaling OT - Ratiometric fluorescent probes EDAT- 2021/07/28 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/26 06:00 CRDT- 2021/07/27 05:47 PHST- 2021/07/27 05:47 [entrez] PHST- 2021/07/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/26 06:00 [medline] AID - S0091-679X(21)00020-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/bs.mcb.2021.02.007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Methods Cell Biol. 2021;165:199-208. doi: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2021.02.007. Epub 2021 Mar 19.