function. MA, USA) was also used to assess the oxygen consumption rate. 40,000 fibroblasts were transferred to each well in Seahorse XF24 plates. OCR was measured the following day on the XF24 flux analyzer. Three replicate OCR measurements were MedChemExpress Lonafarnib obtained at baseline and following injection of oligomycin, carbonylcyanide-ptrifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone and rotenone. The value of the basal respiration, mitochondrial proton leak, maximal respiration, and nonmitochondrial PubMed ID:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22205151 respiration was determined as described in the Seahorse Operator’s Manual. Results were normalized to protein concentration. The metabolic capacity of mitochondria in the DJ-12/2 and control cortex was measured similarly to what was previously described in. DJ-12/2 and littermate DJ-1+/+ mice were used at the ages of 3 and 2426 months. Measurement of the Specific Enzymatic Activities of the Individual Complexes in the ETS All assays were performed on mitochondria isolated from MEFs according to a previously established method. All spectrophotometric measures were conducted on a Benchmark plus 96 well plate reader. Complex I activity was determined by adding 100 ml of assay buffer to 5 mg of mitochondrial proteins. Only the rotenone sensitive activity was considered, and activities were monitored following the oxidation of NADH at 340 nm. Complex II activity was determined by adding 100 ml of assay buffer to 5 mg of mitochondrial proteins. Enzymatic activity was monitored spectrophotometrically by the reduction of 
dichloroindophenol/phenazine ethosulfate at 600 nm. Complex IV activity was determined following the oxidation of reduced Cytochrome C at 550 nm by adding 100 ml of assay buffer to 5 mg mitochondrial proteins. Measurement of Adenosine-59-triphosphate concentration was performed using the Enliten ATP Assay Kit from Promega according to manufacturer’s instruction. Materials and Methods Ethics Statement The animal protocol used in the study was approved by the Harvard Center for Animal Resources and Comparative Medicine. Mouse Embryonic Fibroblast Preparation MEFs were derived from embryos resulting from breeding heterozygous DJ-1+/2 mice, which were described previously in. Specifically, at embryonic day 14.5 embryos were obtained by cesarean section, and the head and inner organs were removed. Each embryo was individually minced with scissors, incubated twice with 1 ml of 16 trypsin-EDTA for 10 min at 37uC and dissociated by pipetting vigorously. MEFs derived from embryos were grown and maintained in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum at 37uC in a humidified incubator with 95% air and 5% CO2. After identification of DJ-12/2 and +/+ embryos by genotyping, MEFs from each embryo were expanded and frozen in DMEM containing 10% DMSO. The number of MEF cells used in each experiment and the number of embryos used to prepare the MEFs are specified in the figure legend. Mitochondrial Respiration Assay DJ-1 in ROS Production and mPTP Opening conjugated secondary antibodies. Two hours later membranes were washed again, three times in 16 PBS containing 0.1% Tween, following by a final wash in 16 PBS then analyzed using an Odyssey Infrared Imaging System. Reactive Oxygen Species Measurement ROS production was measured using 3 different specific dyes. Intracellular H2O2 production was determined by measuring the fluorescence intensity of Amplex Red dye in isolated mitochondria using the mitochondrial isolation kit from Sigma following th
