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Table 1 Mitochondrial respiration protocol reagents listed in order of titrations and the corresponding pathway controls and respiratory states

From: Neonatal diet impacts liver mitochondrial bioenergetics in piglets fed formula or human milk

Substrates

Abbreviations

Pathway control/

Respiratory state

Pathway to Q

Explanation

Pyruvate (5 mM),

Malate (2 mM),

Glutamate (10 mM)

PMG

N/PMG(L)

CI

LEAK (L) respiration,

no adenylates

ADP (5 mM)

ADP

N/PMG(P)

CI

OXPHOS capacity (P)

Succinate (10 mM)

SUC

NS/PMGS(P)

CI + CII

Complex I + II-linked (P)

Oligomycin (0.2 μg/ml)

OMY

ROX

ROX

Inhibition of CV

Antimycin A (12.5 μM)

AMA

ROX

ROX

Inhibition of CIII

  1. Abbreviations: Adenosine diphosphate (ADP), Complex I (CI), Complex II (CII), LEAK (L), NADH- (N) pathway, OXPHOS capacity (P), Residual oxygen consumption (ROX)