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COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 140, Issue 2, Pages 287-297Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2004.10.014
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skeletal muscle; contractile type; mitochondria; oxidative phosphorylation; respiration regulation; ATP sensitivity; adenine nucleotides; pig
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Skeletal muscle exhibits considerable variation in mitochondrial content among fiber types. but it is less clear whether mitochondria from different fiber types also present specific functional and regulatory properties. The present experiment was undertaken on ten 170-day-old pigs to compare functional properties and control of respiration by adenine nucleotides in mitochondria isolated from predominantly slow-twitch (Rhomboideus (RM)) and fast-twitch (Longissimus (LM)) muscles. Mitochondrial ATP synthesis. respiratory control ratio (RCR) and ADP-stimulated respiration with either complex I or II substrates were significantly higher (25-30%, P < 0.05) in RM than in LM mitochondria, whereas no difference was observed for basal respiration. Based on mitochondrial enzyme activities, (cytochrome c oxidase [COX], F0F1-ATPase, mitochondrial creatine kinase [mi-CK]), the higher ADP-stimulated respiration rate of RAM mitochondria appeared mainly related to a higher maximal oxidative capacity, without any difference in die maximal phosphorylation potential. Mitochondrial K-m for ADP was similar in RM (4.4 +/- 0.9 muM) and LM (5.9 +/- 1.2 muM) muscles (P > 0.05) but the inhibitory effect of ATP was more marked in LM (P < 0.01). These findings demonstrate that the regulation of mitochondrial respiration by ATP differs according to muscle contractile type and that absolute muscle oxidative capacity not only relies on mitochondrial density but also on mitochondrial functioning per se. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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