Journal: Archives of Toxicology
Article Title: Multiparametric assessment of mitochondrial respiratory inhibition in HepG2 and RPTEC/TERT1 cells using a panel of mitochondrial targeting agrochemicals
doi: 10.1007/s00204-020-02792-5
Figure Lengend Snippet: Oxygen consumption rates in untreated and treated RPTEC/TERT1 and HepG2 cells. Effect on key parameters of mitochondrial function measured as changes in OCR with the Seahorse analyser upon 30 min exposure to range of concentrations (1.28E−10, 6.40E−10, 3.20E−9, 1.60E−8, 8.00E−8, 4.00E−7, 2.00E−6, 1.00E−5M) of complex I, complex II and complex III inhibitors of the ETC in RPTEC/TERT1 and HepG2 cells. a Overview of measurable parameters after subsequent injections of test compound and modulators of the oxidative phosphorylation of the mitostress assay in HepG2 cells. Respiration is first measured at the basal level of test system (I). Decrease in OCR upon test compound injection, indicate inhibition of the mitochondrial respiration (II). Changes in OCR upon oligomycin addition, indicate the portion of oxygen employed in ATP production (III). OCR increases after the protonophore addition indicates the maximal ability of the cell to increase mitochondrial respiration (IV). Addition of antimycin A and rotenone allows for identification of non-mitochondrial respiration (V). The difference between oligomycin and rotenone/antimycin response indicates the remaining basal respiration not coupled with ATP production to be attributed to proton leakage (VI). Arrows indicate time of injections. b OCR changes after mitostress test conducted in 0.1% DMSO control samples in RPTEC/TERT1 and HepG2. Data are represented as mean of at least seven independent experiments, expressed as percentage of basal respiration ± SD. c Representative response upon exposure to rotenone (1.28E−10, 6.40E−10, 3.20E−9, 1.60E−8, 8.00E−8, 4.00E−7, 2.00E−6, 1.00E−5M) in HepG2 cells showing a dose dependent effect in basal (I) and maximal (II) respiration rates. d, e Plots of concentration responses in terms of oxygen consumption rates extrapolated from the mitostress test of panel compounds. Data represents the mean of two independent experiments ± SD. All measurements were normalized for basal respiration prior to compound injection, slopes are generated by plotting dose responses of the direct oxygen consumption inhibition (OCR basal, D) and inhibition of the uncoupler stimulated respiration (OCR maximal respiration, E), the latter further represented as percentage of untreated controls samples. f Response of the mitostress assay after treatment with different concentrations of cyazofamid (1.28E−10, 6.40E−10, 3.20E−9, 1.60E−8, 8.00E−8, 4.00E−7, 2.00E−6, 1.00E−5M). The two highest concentrations indicate the uncoupling effect of the compound in the two cell systems
Article Snippet: The human renal proximal tubule-derived cell line RPTEC/TERT1, is a non-cancerous cell line which was immortalised by introduction of the catalytic unit of human telomerase (hTERT) (Wieser et al. ).
Techniques: Injection, Inhibition, Concentration Assay, Generated