Abstract

We report the first evidence of a mitochondrial NO synthase (mtNOS) in bird skeletal muscle. In vitro, mtNOS activity stimulated by l-arginine reduced intermyofibrillar mitochondrial oxygen uptake and ATP synthesis rates, stimulated endogenous H2O2 generation, but had no effect on oxidative phosphorylation efficiency. Arginine-induced effects were fully reversed by l-NAME, a known NOS inhibitor. When ducklings were cold exposed for 4weeks, muscle mitochondria displayed an increased state 3 respiration, a reduced H2O2 generation but no significant alteration in mtNOS activity. We conclude that mtNOS is expressed in avian skeletal muscle.

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