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. 2018 Apr 11;49(5):1223–1231. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.019687

Figure 3.

Figure 3.

Complex I (C-I) impairment is associated with the multiphasic pattern of respiratory decline observed in ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). A, Overall activity of C-I at critical time points after I/R in mitochondrial membranes. B, In vitro time course of the reductive inactivation of NADH:hexaammineruthenium (HAR) reductase activity in mitochondrial membranes. Ischemic over-reduction of the ETC resulted in a decrease of the relative amount of C-I (red line) compared with control (black line). Addition of reduced FMN restored NADH:HAR reductase activity (arrow). C, Decrease of FMN in mitochondrial membranes obtained from the ischemic area after 35 minutes of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) compared with sham controls (n=6–12 per group; P=0.0048; ANOVA). n.s. indicates not signficant.