Table 1.
31P-MRS data from calf muscle of FRDA patients, controls, and disease
Case no. | n of GAA repeats in the smaller allele | Rest, [Pi] (mM) | End-exercise, [ADP] (μM) | Recovery
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V (mM/min) | Vmax (mM/min) | ||||
1 | 900 | 5.5 | 46 | 6 | 10 |
2 | 590 | 5.1 | 98 | 18 | 24 |
3 | 890 | 4.1 | 25 | 5 | 11 |
4 | 540 | 3.4 | 86 | 12 | 16 |
5 | 460 | 5.2 | 29 | 10 | 20 |
6 | 650 | 4.6 | 72 | 11 | 16 |
7 | 290 | 5.1 | 54 | 16 | 25 |
8 | 450 | 4.1 | 47 | 12 | 19 |
9 | 630 | 4.0 | 51 | 11 | 18 |
10 | 780 | 3.5 | 69 | 11 | 16 |
11 | 620 | 5.1 | 59 | 7 | 11 |
12 | 400 | 4.5 | 58 | 11 | 17 |
FRDA patients (n = 12) | 4.5 ± 0.7 | 58 ± 21 | 11 ± 4 | 17 ± 5 | |
Controls | 3.9 ± 0.7 | 58 ± 17 | 33 ± 12 | 51 ± 16 | |
(n = 18) | (2.4–4.9) | (25–94) | (19–60) | (27–82) | |
(FRDA vs controls) | P, 0.01 | P, 0.3 | P, 0.0001 | P, 0.0001 | |
Disease controls (DC) (n = 12) | 4.7 ± 1.6 | 75 ± 24 | 33 ± 13 | 48 ± 18 | |
(FRDA vs DC) | P, 0.7 | P, 0.07 | P, 0.0001 | P, 0.0001 |
ADP, free cytosolic; V, initial rate of PCr postexercise resynthesis; Vmax, maximum rate of mitochondrial ATP production. Data are expressed as mean ± SD (range).