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Understanding the Changes in Mitochondrial Morphology through Dynamic and Three-dimensional Fluorescence Micrographs
Published on: August 15, 2025
Protocol update to: Protocol for rapid manipulation of mitochondrial morphology in living cells using inducible
Mayuko Kano1, Naoko Onodera1, Tomoto Ura2
1Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
Abstract:
Disruption of mitochondrial morphology occurs during various diseases, but the biological significance is not entirely clear. Here, we describe a detailed step-by-step protocol for a chemically inducible dimerization (CID) system-based synthetic protein device, termed inducible counter mitochondrial morphology (iCMM). This system allows artificial manipulation of mitochondrial morphology on a timescale of minutes in living mammalian cells. We also describe an AI-assisted image processing approach. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Miyamoto et al.1 This protocol provides an updated version of the method described by Miyamoto et al.2.

