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. 2010 Apr 15;2(4):200–223. doi: 10.18632/aging.100137

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