Research Article

Exercise-Induced Changes in Caveolin-1, Depletion of Mitochondrial Cholesterol, and the Inhibition of Mitochondrial Swelling in Rat Skeletal Muscle but Not in the Liver

Table 1

Oxidative stress parameters (carbonyl groups and lipid dienes) in Quadriceps and Liver mitochondria of the C and E groups of rats.

Quadriceps mitochondriaLiver mitochondria
CECE

Carbonyl groups (nmol (mg of protein)−1)1.460 ± 0.081.364 ± 0.12 1.125 ± 0.071.732 ± 0.12
Lipid dienes (oxidation index (233/215))0.172 ± 0.0030.169 ± 0.004 0.230 ± 0.0050.260 ± 0.005#

The mean values ± SE are expressed as nmol (mg of protein)−1 (for carbonyl groups) and oxidation index 233/215 (lipid dienes). , #. The E (exercise) group is significantly different from the C (control) group ( in each group).