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Light Scattering from Intact Cells Reports Oxidative-Stress-Induced Mitochondrial Swelling

Jeremy D. Wilson ^*, Chad E. Bigelow , David J. Calkins  and Thomas H. Foster ^*  

^* Department of Physics and Astronomy, Institute of Optics, Department of Ophthalmology, and Department of Radiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642

Correspondence: Address reprint requests to Thomas H. Foster, Dept. of Radiology, 601 Elmwood Ave., Box 648, Rochester, NY 14642. Tel.: 585-275-1347; E-mail: thomas.foster{at}rochester.edu.

Angularly resolved light scattering measurements were performed on suspensions of EMT6 cells and on mitochondria isolated from rabbit liver. Mie theory analysis of the scattering from intact cells indicated that mitochondrial-sized organelles dominated scattering in the range 5–90°. This interpretation was supported by the analysis of scattering from isolated mitochondria. Intact cells were subjected to oxidative stress by photodynamic insult. After 3 h of incubation in the heme precursor aminolevulinic acid hexylester, EMT6 cells accumulated abundant protoporphyrin IX, an endogenous photosensitizer formed in mitochondria. Irradiation of aminolevulinic acid/protoporphyrin IX-sensitized cells with 10 J cm^–2 of 514 nm light led to pronounced changes in angularly resolved light scattering consistent with mitochondrial swelling. Electron microscopy of similarly treated EMT6 cell monolayers showed significant changes in mitochondrial morphology, which included distension of the outer unit membrane and bloating of the internal mitochondrial compartment. Informed by these electron microscopy results, we implemented a coated sphere model to interpret the scattering from intact cells subjected to oxidative stress. The coated sphere interpretation was compatible with the scattering measurements from these cells, whereas simpler Mie theory models based on homogenous swelling were dramatically unsuccessful. Thus, in this system, angularly resolved light scattering reports oxidative-stress-induced changes in mitochondrial morphology.

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