title: Oxidative phosphorylation analysis: assessing the integrated functional activity of human skeletal muscle mitochondria--case studies.
abstract: Oxidative phosphorylation analysis, performed on freshly-isolated mitochondria, assesses the integrated function of the electron transport chain (ETC) coupled to ATP synthesis, membrane transport, dehydrogenase activities, and the structural integrity of the mitochondria. In this review, a case study approach is employed to highlight detection of defects in the adenine nucleotide translocator, the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, fumarase, coenzyme Q function, fatty acid metabolism, and mitochondrial membrane integrity. Our approach uses the substrates glutamate, pyruvate, 2-ketoglutarate (coupled with malonate), malate, and fatty acid substrates (palmitoylcarnitine, octanoylcarnitine, palmitoyl-CoA (with carnitine), octanoyl-CoA (with carnitine), octanoate and acetylcarnitine) in addition to succinate, durohydroquinone and TMPD/ascorbate to uncover metabolic defects that would not be apparent from ETC assays performed on detergent-solubilized mitochondria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Center for Inherited Disorders of Energy Metabolism, Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Puchowicz
authors.forename: Marie E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Varnes
authors.forename: Bruce H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Neil R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: Douglas S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: Charles L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hoppel