DESIGN OF THE MAMMALIAN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM .7. SCALING MITOCHONDRIAL VOLUME IN SKELETAL-MUSCLE TO BODY-MASS
DESIGN OF THE MAMMALIAN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM .7. SCALING MITOCHONDRIAL VOLUME IN SKELETAL-MUSCLE TO BODY-MASS
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10.1016/0034-5687(81)90079-7
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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WEIBEL, ER
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MATHIEU, O;KRAUER, R;WEIBEL, ER
Since O2 is mainly consumed in muscle mitochondria during heavy physical work, a relationship between the volume density of mitochondria in skeletal muscles and maximal O2 uptake would be expected. The volume density of mitochondria, Vv(mt, f), was analyzed in 4 muscles of a series of African mammals ranging in body mass from 0.4-251 kg. Vv(mt,f) was scaled as Mb [body mass] -0.231, Mb-0.163, Mb-0.139 and Mb-0.055 in Mm. [musculus] semitendinosus, longissimus dorsi, vastus medialis and diaphragm, respectively. The mass or volume of diaphragm scaled as Mb0.865. For Mm. semitendinosus and vastus medialis, muscle volume (Vmu) scaled as Mb1.030 and Mb0.956, respectively. Scaling the absolute volume of mitochondria Vmt in these muscles (Vmt = Vv(mt.f) .times. Vmu) against Mb gives regression lines whose slopes closely parallel that obtained for .ovrhdot.VO2 max [maximal O2 consumption rate] against body mass. The ratio of volume of mitochondria in these muscles to .ovrhdot.VO2 max is body mass independent.