Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the role of mitochondria in postmortem muscle metabolism. Isolated mitochondria were incorporated into a reaction buffer that mimics postmortem glycolysis with or without mitochondrial electron transport chain inhibitors. Addition of mitochondria lowered pH values at 240 and 1440min regardless of inhibitors. Reduction in pH was accompanied by enhanced glycogen degradation and lactate accumulation. To explore the mechanism responsible for this exaggerated metabolism, mitochondrial preparations were mechanically disrupted and centrifuged. Resulting supernatants and pellets each were added to the in vitro model. Mitochondrial supernatants produced similar effects as those including intact mitochondria. To narrow further our target of investigation, mitochondrial supernatants were deproteinized with perchloric acid. The effect of mitochondrial supernatant was lost after perchloric acid treatment. These data indicate that a mitochondrial-based protein is capable of increasing glycolytic flux in an in vitro model and may partially explain acid meat development in highly oxidative AMPKγ3R200Q mutated pigs.
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