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. 2021 Apr 17;10(4):618. doi: 10.3390/antiox10040618

Table 3.

GSEA for mitochondrial metabolism/signaling in primary human epidermal keratinocytes treated with melatonin, 6(OH)Mel or AFMK; NES—Normalized Enriched Score; FDR—False Discovery Rate; (×)—the effect is absent.

Influence of Melatonin Metabolites on Mitochondrial Metabolism
Reactome Pathway GSEA for Melatonin GSEA for 6(OH)Mel GSEA for AFMK
NES FDR Direction NES FDR Direction NES FDR Direction
Citric acid cycle 1.06 0.50 1.07 0.49 1.06 0.52
Glucose metabolism 1.06 0.50 1.05 0.51 1.05 0.51
Mitochondrial translation 1.07 0.50 1.07 0.49 1.07 0.50
Cristae formation 1.07 0.50 1.07 0.49 1.09 0.54
Pyruvate metabolism and citric acid cycle 1.05 0.50 1.05 0.51 1.05 0.51
Mitochondrial translation elongation 1.08 0.51 1.09 0.57 1.09 0.53
Pyruvate metabolism 1.05 0.52 1.03 0.53 1.06 0.50
Mitochondrial protein import 1.04 0.53 1.05 0.51 1.03 0.54
Mitochondrial biogenesis 1.04 0.53 1.05 0.51 1.03 0.54
Mitochondrial translation initiation 1.09 0.54 1.07 0.48 1.08 0.51
Mitochondrial fatty acid
β-oxidation
1.03 0.56 × × × × × ×
The citric acid (TCA) cycle and respiratory electron transport 1.09 0.57 1.09 0.56 1.08 0.52
Gluconeogenesis 1.12 0.85 1.13 0.77 1.12 0.86
Glycogen metabolism 1.11 0.76 1.11 0.72 1.11 0.79
Mitochondrial tRNA aminoacylation 1.00 0.61 1.00 0.59 1.00 0.60
Respiratory electron transport 1.10 × × 1.10 0.63 1.09 0.57
Respiratory electron transport, ATP synthesis by chemiosmotic coupling, and heat production by uncoupling proteins × × × 1.10 0.68 1.11 0.78
Glycogen synthesis 1.10 0.67 × × × 1.09 0.57