Diets Rich in Olive Oil, Palm Oil, or Lard Alter Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Mitochondrial Membrane Composition in Rat Liver

Table 5

Variation in mitochondrial enzyme activity.

	Control	Crude PO	Refined PO	OO	Lard
Complex I (mU/mg protein)	1.56 ± 0.25	1.31 ± 0.16	1.40 ± 0.14	1.41 ± 0.14	1.42 ± 0.11	NS
Complex II (mU/mg protein)	1.85 ± 0.05^a	1.74 ± 0.04^ab	1.80 ± 0.08^a	1.57 ± 0.07^b	1.70 ± 0.07^ab	0.028
Complex II + III (mU/mg protein)	0.078 ± 0.006	0.077 ± 0.005	0.094 ± 0.010	0.065 ± 0.007	0.069 ± 0.007	NS
Complex IV (mU/mg protein)	0.796 ± 0.086	0.767 ± 0.090	0.846 ± 0.129	0.819 ± 0.097	0.902 ± 0.058	NS
Citrate synthase (mU/mg protein)	96.9 ± 6.12	103 ± 7.12	101 ± 6.68	106 ± 5.12	104 ± 6.72	NS
CLS (WB)	1.00 ± 0.22^a	0.64 ± 0.84^a	0.63 ± 0.90^a	0.52 ± 0.12^b	0.38 ± 0.84^b	0.023

Values are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 7-8). On the same line, values with different letters are significantly different. CLS, cardiolipin synthase; WB, western blot.