Table 3.
Protein content and SRT, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) and cytochrome c oxidase (COX) activities in different fractions obtained in the course of WM purification.
| Fraction | Protein (mg) | SRT | PEPC | COX | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAa | % Inhibition by NAM | (SAb∗, E∗) | TAc | (SAd, E) | TAe | (SAf, E) | ||
| Homogenate | 1000 | 429000 ± 58000 | 90.2 | (387, 1.00) | 52000 ± 4750 | (52, 1.00) | 13800 ± 720 | (13.8, 1.00) |
| Pellet | 35.1 ± 3.8 | 3300 ± 360 | 100 | (94, 0.24) | 1544 ± 170 | (44, 0.85) | 1035 ± 82 | (29.5, 2.14) |
| Mitochondria | 4.1 ± 0.3 | 720 ± 85 | 100 | (176, 0.45) | 49 ± 6 | (12, 0.23) | 1566 ± 185 | (382, 28) |
ang of hSIRT1 eq.; bng hSIRT1 eq. ⋅ mg-1 protein; cnmol of NADH oxidized ⋅ min-1; dnmol NADH oxidized ⋅ min-1. mg-1 protein; enmol of oxygen taken up ⋅ min-1; f nmol of oxygen taken up ⋅ min-1 ⋅ mg-1 protein; ∗values are obtained by using the NAM-sensitive activity. Protein content and enzymatic activities were carried out as reported in Section “Materials and Methods”. For each enzyme, total activity (TA) and specific activity (SA) with respect to 1 g homogenate proteins, as well as the enrichment (E) of SA with respect to homogenate, are reported for all tested fractions. For SRT activity, % of inhibition by 100 mM is also reported. Data are expressed as mean value ± S.D. (n = 3 different experiments).