Figure 3. FA-OOH does not affect extra-mitochondrial superoxide release during forward electron transfer.

Amplex red was used to measure H2O2 production in the presence of substrates specific for complex I or II and complex I inhibitor, rotenone - (A) glutamate/malate, 5 mM and (B) succinate, 5 mM + rotenone, 0.5 μM. The amplex red buffer was prepared with ± 30 Units/mL of CuZnSOD. FA-OH or FA-OOH was added at a final concentration of 0.75 μM. Statistical significance was assessed by one-way ANOVA with Newman Keul’s multiple comparison test (* p < 0.0001 vs. untreated mitochondria). The results shown represent means ± S.E.M. for 5-6 individual mitochondrial preparations.