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MTCH2’s ligand is the pro-apoptotic BID protein, and the love story between these two proteins involves the regulation of diverse cellular processes including apoptosis, energy metabolism, mitochondrial dynamics, and protein insertion into the mitochondrial outer membrane. This review offers an updated progress report of these two proteins and describes our hypotheses regarding their joint mechanism of action.</p> <p><strong>Cite:</strong></p> <p>Gross A, (2024) A BID-MTCH2 love story: Energizing mitochondria until apoptosis do them part? Bioenerg Commun 2024.1. <a href="https://doi.org/10.26124/bec:2024-0001">https://doi.org/10.26124/bec:2024-0001</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> Atan Gross Copyright (c) 2024 Atan Gross https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.bioenergetics-communications.org/index.php/bec/article/view/gross_2024 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bioenergetics-communications.org/index.php/bec/article/view/davis_2024 <p>Equine skeletal muscle provides a rich source of mitochondria, suitable for both basic and applied studies of cellular energetics. Inclusion of fluorophores and the associated endpoints provides valuable information to complement measurements of mitochondrial oxygen flux, but investigators must be aware of the possible artifacts created by those fluorophores. Our studies demonstrate that Magnesium Green has no significant effect on respiration of isolated mitochondria, whereas tetramethylrhodamine inhibits phosphorylating respiration and increases leak respiration. Amplex UltraRed increases phosphorylating and non-phosphorylating respiration through Complex I. The effect of Amplex UltraRed is a novel finding, and further study is necessary to determine the mechanism underlying this artifact.</p> <p><strong>Cite:</strong></p> <p>Davis MS, Barrett MR, Bayly WM, Bolinger A (2024) Effect of selected fluorophores on equine skeletal muscle mitochondrial respiration. Bioenerg Commun 2024.2. <a href="https://doi.org/10.26124/bec:2024-0002">https://doi.org/10.26124/bec:2024-0002</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> Michael Davis, Montana Barrett, Warwick Bayly, Amanda Bollinger Copyright (c) 2024 Michael Davis, Montana Barrett, Warwick Bayly, Amanda Bollinger https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.bioenergetics-communications.org/index.php/bec/article/view/davis_2024 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000