PMID- 17942641 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080221 LR - 20200930 IS - 0363-6143 (Print) IS - 0363-6143 (Linking) VI - 294 IP - 1 DP - 2008 Jan TI - Linear relation between time constant of oxygen uptake kinetics, total creatine, and mitochondrial content in vitro. PG - C79-87 AB - Following the onset of moderate aerobic exercise, the rate of oxygen consumption (J(o)) rises monoexponentially toward the new steady state with a time constant (tau) in the vicinity of 30 s. The mechanisms underlying this delay have been studied over several decades. Meyer's electrical analog model proposed the concept that the tau is given by tau = R(m) x C, where R(m) is mitochondrial resistance to energy transfer, and C is metabolic capacitance, determined primarily by the cellular total creatine pool (TCr = phosphocreatine + creatine). The purpose of this study was to evaluate in vitro the J(o) kinetics of isolated rat skeletal muscle mitochondria at various levels of TCr and mitochondrial protein. Mitochondria were incubated in a medium containing 5.0 mM ATP, TCr pools of 0-1.5 mM, excess creatine kinase, and an ATP-splitting system of glucose + hexokinase (HK). Pyruvate and malate (1 mM each) were present as oxidative substrates. J(o) was measured across time after HK was added to elicit one of two levels of J(o) (40 and 60% of state 3). At TCr levels (in mM) of 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.75, and 1.5, the corresponding tau values (s, means +/- SE) were 22.2 +/- 3.0, 36.3 +/- 2.2, 65.7 +/- 4.3, 168.1 +/- 22.2, and 287.3 +/- 25.9. Thus tau increased linearly with TCr (R(2) = 0.916). Furthermore, the experimentally observed tau varied linearly and inversely with the mitochondrial protein added. These in vitro results consistently conform to the predictions of Meyer's electrical analog model. FAU - Glancy, Brian AU - Glancy B AD - Department of Kinesiology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-0404, USA. FAU - Barstow, Thomas AU - Barstow T FAU - Willis, Wayne T AU - Willis WT LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Validation Study DEP - 20071017 PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Cell Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Cell physiology JID - 100901225 RN - 0 (Malates) RN - 817L1N4CKP (malic acid) RN - 8558G7RUTR (Pyruvic Acid) RN - 8L70Q75FXE (Adenosine Triphosphate) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (Hexokinase) RN - EC 2.7.3.2 (Creatine Kinase) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) RN - MU72812GK0 (Creatine) SB - IM CIN - Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2008 Sep;295(3):C844-6; author reply C847-8. PMID: 18776157 MH - Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Creatine/*metabolism MH - Creatine Kinase/metabolism MH - Glucose/metabolism MH - Hexokinase/metabolism MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Kinetics MH - Linear Models MH - Malates/metabolism MH - Male MH - Mitochondria, Muscle/*metabolism MH - Models, Biological MH - Muscle, Skeletal/*metabolism MH - *Oxidative Phosphorylation MH - *Oxygen Consumption MH - Physical Exertion/*physiology MH - Pyruvic Acid/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Reproducibility of Results EDAT- 2007/10/19 09:00 MHDA- 2008/02/22 09:00 CRDT- 2007/10/19 09:00 PHST- 2007/10/19 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/02/22 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/10/19 09:00 [entrez] AID - 00138.2007 [pii] AID - 10.1152/ajpcell.00138.2007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2008 Jan;294(1):C79-87. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00138.2007. Epub 2007 Oct 17.