Mitochondrial Morphofunctional Alterations in Smooth Muscle Cells of Aorta in Rats

Table 1

Mitochondrial quantifications in the smooth muscle of the thoracic aorta in rats with atherogenesis induced by hyperfibrinogenemia and treated with vitamin E.

Measurements	Ctr	AI	AIE
Total number of mitochondria*	54	34	46
Mean number of mitochondria*	9±0.30	7±0.46	6.9±0.48
Mean area of mitochondria (𝜇m^2)	465.61±28.06	552±65.73	592.29±16.28
Alteration grade (%)
Grade 1	87. 24	3.5	62
Grade 2	12.75	39.78	20
Grade 3	0.01	67.31	18

Ctr: control; AI: atherogenesis induced for 120 days; AIE: atherogenesis induced for 120 days and treated with vit. E (𝑛=12).
∗Total area measured 1986 𝜇m².