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. 2018 Nov 19;9:4859. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07253-3

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Loss of α-Klotho drives mitochondrial dysfunction and disrupts mitochondrial DNA integrity. a TEM images of young, old, young + scramble and young + siRNA MPCs showing mitochondria (M), lipid droplet accumulation (L), as well as endoplasmic reticuli (ER). Scale: 400 nm. b, c Seahorse analysis of young, old, young + scramble and young + siRNA MPCs quantifying the basal oxygen consumption rate (OCR). d Seahorse analysis of basal OCR of MPCs isolated from wild-type and Kl+/− mice. e, f Seahorse analysis of reserve capacity (calculated as the difference between basal and maximum OCR) of young, old, young + scramble and young + siRNA MPCs. g Seahorse analysis of reserve capacity of MPCs isolated from wild-type and Kl+/− mice. h, i RT-qPCR based analysis of mtDNA damage in young, old, young + scramble and young + siRNA MPCs. j RT-qPCR analysis of mtDNA damage in MPCs isolated from wild-type and Kl+/− mice (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ****p < 0.0001, one-tailed Student’s t test). Data represented as mean ± SEM