Table 1. Mitochondrial oxygen consumption (nmol O 2/min.mg prot) in three wild type strains of Drosophila melanogaster.
Results are presented as mean ±SEM. Number of independent samples in parentheses. Different letters (a, b) denote statically significant differences between groups. DAH = Dahomey, CS = Canton S, OR = Oregon R.
| DAH | CS | OR | ANOVA | ||||
| males | females | males | females | males | females | ||
| Pyruvate + Proline | |||||||
| State 4 | 30 ± 3 (6) | 29 ± 4 (6) | 28 ± 4 (6) | 25 ± 1 (6) | 36 ± 3 (6) | 23 ± 4 (6) | NS |
| State 3 | 313 ± 24 (6) | 390 ± 24 (6) | 366 ± 16 (6) | 393 ± 25 (6) | 316 ± 24 (6) | 324 ± 24 (6) | NS |
| RCI | 10.6 ± 1.1 (6)a | 15.2 ± 2.1 (6)b | 13.8 ± 1.1 (6)a | 15.7 ± 1 (6)b | 9 ± 1 (6)a | 14.9 ± 1.7 (6)b | p < 0.01 |
| sn-glycerol-3-Phosphate + rotenone | |||||||
| State 4 | 77 ± 10 (8) | 73 ± 9 (6) | 78 ± 10 (8) | 70 ± 7 (7) | 74 ± 11 (7) | 67 ± 6 (8) | NS |
| State 3 | 153 ± 19 (8) | 187 ± 25 (6) | 156 ± 32 (8) | 152 ± 19 (7) | 116 ± 15 (7) | 158 ± 18 (8) | NS |
| RCI | 2.2 ± 0.1 (8)a | 3 ± 0.1 (6)a | 2.3 ± 0.2 (8)a | 2.6 ± 0.2 (7)a | 1.9 ± 0.2(7)b | 2.6 ± 0.1 (8)a | p < 0.001 |