Figure 1. (A) MS141 was used to determine the Complex I activity in normal fibroblasts and rho0 fibroblasts (cells in which the mtDNA is removed and hence essential Complex I proteins are not expressed). The rho0 cells showed no/little complex I activity. In a similar analysis, (B) rat cardiomyocytes were grown for 5 days in ± 40 µM chloramphenicol (CAM) to inhibit mitochondrial protein synthesis, Complex I assembly and hence activity was greatly reduced.

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