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. 2018 Mar 28;9:286. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00286

Table 2.

Morphological changes in the different mitochondria subsets following ischaemia and reperfusion, and sodium nitrite administration.

Area (μm2) Perimeter (μm) Feret diameter (μm) Roundness
SC (n = 4)
SSM 0.48 ± 0.02 2.69 ± 0.03 1.04 ± 0.01 0.57 ± 0.05
IMF 0.68 ± 0.04 3.38 ± 0.06 1.37 ± 0.03 0.46 ± 0.03
PN 0.49 ± 0.02 2.77 ± 0.09 1.09 ± 0.04 0.58 ± 0.02
IC (n = 6)
SSM 0.35 ± 0.02* 2.12 ± 0.05* 0.77 ± 0.02* 0.75 ± 0.01*
IMF 0.39 ± 0.04* 2.30 ± 0.08* 0.88 ± 0.03* 0.67 ± 0.03*
PN 0.39 ± 0.02* 2.26 ± 0.05* 0.82 ± 0.02* 0.75 ± 0.02*
NaNO2-IC (n = 4)
SSM 0.65 ± 0.05# 3.15 ± 0.12# 1.22 ± 0.07# 0.58 ± 0.07#
IMF 0.54 ± 0.04# 2.88 ± 0.06# 1.13 ± 0.01# 0.53 ± 0.04#
PN 0.51 ± 0.02# 2.76 ± 0.05# 1.04 ± 0.02# 0.65 ± 0.02#
NaNO2 (n = 4)
SSM 0.58 ± 0.06# 2.96 ± 0.15# 1.13 ± 0.05# 0.58 ± 0.02#
IMF 0.67 ± 0.08# 3.18 ± 0.19# 1.22 ± 0.03# 0.54 ± 0.01#
PN 0.47 ± 0.02# 2.64 ± 0.08# 1.02 ± 0.03# 0.60 ± 0.02#

For each n, 5 images were evaluated and averaged. Values are means ± S.E.M.

*

P < 0.05 compared with SC;

#

P < 0.05 compared with IC.

SSM, sub-sarcolemmal; IMF, inter-myofibrillar; PN, perinuclear.