Table 2.
Quantitative comparison between experimental and modeling results of respiration, maximal H2O2 emission (after inhibition of GSH/Trx systems), ΔΨm and NADH in isolated heart mitochondria from guinea pig
Variable | Experimental∗ |
Model |
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Guinea pig |
Simulations |
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St 4 | St 3 | St 4 | St 3 | |
Respiration | 46 ± 2.6 | 152 ± 8.5 | 18.0 | 56.5 |
(nmol/mg prot/min) | ||||
H2O2 emission | 0.56 ± 0.01 | 0.48 ±0.06 | 0.32† | 0.29† |
(nmol/mg prot/min) | ||||
% respiratory flux as H2O2 emission | 0.74 | 0.29 | 1.8 | 0.8 |
ΔΨm (mV) | 167 ± 7 | 142 ± 2 | 200 | 180 |
NADH (%) | 98 ± 4 | 78 ± 5 | 98 | 65 |
Aon et al. (24).
Total inhibition of glutathione reductase and thioredoxin reductase was achieved by setting the parameters GRm, GR, Trxm, and Trx at a concentration of 10−9 mM.