Figure 5.
Doxycycline causes mitochondrial fragmentation and decreases ΔΨm. Fibroblast, A549 and A549 ρ0 cultures were treated with vehicle (Veh) or doxycycline (DC) for 5 days, followed by staining with the ΔΨm-dependent dye TMRM. (a) Representative fluorescent micrographs of TMRM-stained cells. Scale bar: 10 μm. Inserts show mitochondrial morphology. (b) Mean TMRM fluorescence per mitochondrial mass per cell (n ≥ 36) in arbitrary fluorescent units (AFU). Error bars indicate standard deviations. Asterisks denote statistically significant differences (p < 0.005).