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The accumulation of JC-1 in these organelles leads to the formation J-aggregates (with a specific red fluorescence emission maximum at 590 nm), which is in addition to the typical green fluorescence of J-monomers (emission maximum of \u223c529 nm). The lack of mitochondrial \u0394\u03a8 leads to the depression of JC-1 mitochondrial accumulation and a decrease in J-aggregate formation. Therefore, the ratio between the red and green fluorescence of cells loaded with JC-1 is often used for the detection of the mitochondrial membrane potential. However, JC-1 represents a suitable substrate of the multidrug transporter P-glycoprotein (P-gp). Therefore, the depression of the JC-1 content in intracellular space and particularly in the mitochondria to a level that is inefficient for J-aggregate formation could be expected in P-gp-positive cells. In the current paper, we proved this behavior on parental P-gp-negative L1210 (S) cells and their P-gp-positive variants obtained by either selection with vincristine (R) or transfection with the human gene encoding P-gp (T). P-glycoprotein inhibitors cyclosporine A and verapamil fail to restore JC-1 loading of the R and T cells to an extent similar to that observed in S cells. In contrast, the noncompetitive high affinity P-gp inhibitor tariquidar fully restored JC-1 accumulation and the presence of the typical red fluorescence of J-aggregates. 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