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. 2016 Dec 30;26(4):702–716. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddw431

Table 1.

Respiratory chain enzyme activities in multiple tissues

Tissue/complex Activity� (controls) SD Ratio/CS� (controls) SD Ratio/complex II� (controls) SD
MUSCLE
Complex I 5�.0� (23�.6–74�.8) 6�.0 37� (98–271) 6�.5 67� (285–767) 7�.2
Complex II 74�.2� (49�.0–133�.4) −0�.4 550� (251–573) 1�.4 NA NA
Complex III 16�.1� (5�.7–31�.4) 0�.2 119� (19–172) 0�.7 216� (45–369) 0�.3
Complex II–III 101�.6� (34�.2–107�.6) 1�.4 753� (172–472) 0�.3 1370� (549–1226) 2�.1
Complex IV 1�.5� (1�.1–3�.8) −1�.1 11� (4–23) −1�.0 20� (11–68) −1�.1
Citrate synthase 134�.9� (159�.8–353�.3) −2�.3 NA NA NA NA
HEART
Complex I 5�.9� (146�.9–366�.9) 11�.6 5� (144–376) 12�.5 14� (506–1064) 13�.7
Complex II 431�.7� (176�.4–412�.5) 1�.4 387� (235–356) 2�.3 NA NA
Complex III 208�.7� (16�.5–260�.4) 1�.3 187� (12–210) 1�.1 483� (45–680) 0�.9
Complex II–III 467�.3(179�.2–546�.0) 1�.2 418� (189–433) 1�.3 1082� (680–1468) 0�.4
Complex IV 17�.0� (12�.0–32�.0) −0�.4 15� (11–32) −0�.5 39� (36–100) −1�.0
Citrate synthase 1117� (497–1473) 1�.6 NA NA NA NA
LIVER
Complex I 7�.3� (14�.4–56�.0) 3�.0 76� (162–730) 3�.1 60� (68–252) 2�.6
Complex II 122�.2� (174�.7–309�.8) 2�.4 1264� (2304–3311) 4�.3 NA NA
Complex III 26�.4� (13�.8–27�.6) 0�.9 273� (128–315) 0�.6 216� (50–118) 1�.9
Complex II–III 146�.7� (10�.8–107�.3) 1�.5 1519� (138–1062) 1�.5 1202� (62–383) 2�.7
Complex IV 4�.5� (0�.5–3�.2) 1�.9 47� (6–35) 1�.8 37� (3–13) 2�.3
Citrate synthase 96�.5� (59�.5–109�.3) 0�.6 NA NA NA NA
FIBROBLAST
Complex I 79�.4� (48�.9–120�.1) 0�.0 133� (151–387) −1�.3 181� (255–539) −1�.9
Complex II 438�.2� (144�.4–349�.2) 2�.1 736� (471–919) 0�.8 NA NA
Complex III 9�.0� (7�.92–30�.38) −1�.0 15� (21–79) −1�.5 20� (37–118) −1�.6
Complex II–III 188�.3� (102�.1–210�.6) 0�.9 316� (265–571) −0�.6 430� (437–812) −1�.5
Complex IV 10�.8� (2�.13–6�.84) 2�.3 18� (6–25) 1�.9 25� (12–37) 1�.8
Citrate synthase 595�.5� (245�.4–540�.4) 1�.6 NA NA NA NA

Legend: Activities with range of control values are provided�. The patient value is listed as the Z-score expressed in SD of the log transformed normal value population, with bolded values outside 2 SD�. CS is citrate synthase�.