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. 2022 Feb 7;10(2):393. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10020393

Table 4.

Modification of some biochemical activities of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum, myofibrils and mitochondria upon incubation for 30 min with some oxyradical generating systems.

Parameters Control X+XO 1 mM H2O2
A. Sarcoplasmic reticulum:
Ca2+-release
(nmol Ca2+/mg/15 s)
8.5 ± 1.4 4.2 ± 0.8 * 3.9 ± 0.7 *
Ca2+-uptake
(nmol Ca2+/mg/min)
29.6 ± 2.4 15.9 ± 1.6 * 12.7 ± 1.5 *
Ca2+-pump ATPase
(µmol Pi/mg/h)
14.7 ± 1.3 6.4 ± 0.8 * 5.7 ± 0.9 *
B. Myofibrils:
Mg2+-ATPase
(µmol/mg/h)
2.53 ± 0.13 4.97 ± 0.16 * 5.46 ± 0.18 *
Ca2+-stimulated ATPase
(µmol/mg/h)
10.29 ± 0.17 6.48 ± 0.18 * 5.92 ± 0.38 *
Sulfhydryl group content
(nmol/mg protein)
67.0 ± 1.3 54.2 ± 1.6 * 47.6 ± 2.06 *
C. Mitochondria
State 3 respiration
(O/mg/min)
293 ± 7.0 138 ± 7.0 * 106 ± 4.0 *
RCI
(State 3 to state 4 ratio)
5.36 ± 0.13 2.66 ± 0.23 * 1.89 ± 0.07 *
ADP to O ratio
(nmol ADP/ng atom O)
3.00 ± 0.15 2.55 ± 0.07 * 2.37 ± 0.03 *

The data are taken from our papers (Matsubara and Dhalla [123], Takeda et al. [124], Suzuki et al. [125] and Makazan et al. [126]). X + XO, 2 mM xanthine plus 0.03 U xanthine oxidase. This mixture was used to generate superoxide radicals. * p < 0.05 vs. respective control.