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. 2019 Dec 11;9:18907. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55329-x

Figure 5.

Figure 5

τbound exhibits an inverse correlation with oxidative stress in HEK293 cells. (A) Using monochlorobimane (MCB) imaging, the levels of reduced glutathione (normalised to inner sulcus, IS, as previously31) in each cell type at 2 W, 1 M and 1Y time-points showed a minor correlation (R2 = 0.6) with the corresponding enzyme-bound NAD(P)H fluorescence lifetime data, suggesting that the antioxidative capacity of a system contributes, in part, to the value of τbound measured. (B,C) Culturing cells for 24 hours in rotenone (200 nM) or BSO (100 μM) each caused a significant increase in oxidative stress, based on the rate of DHE oxidation. Overexpression of NAD kinase (NADK+) caused this quantity to decrease (*P < 0.05). (D) Changes in oxidative stress were mirrored by opposite changes in τbound (*P < 0.001). NADK+ fluorescence lifetime data was taken from previous work19.