{{MitoPedia |description=Biochemical cell ergometry aims at measurement of J_O₂max (compare V_O₂max or V_O₂peak in exercise ergometry of humans and animals) of cell respiration linked to phosphorylation of ADP to ATP. The corresponding OXPHOS capacity is based on saturating concentrations of ADP, [ADP], and inorganic phosphate [Pi] available to the mitochondria. This is metabolically opposite to uncoupling of respiration, which yields ET capacity. The OXPHOS state can be established experimentally by selective permeabilization of cell membranes with maintenance of intact mitochondria, titrations of ADP and P_i to evaluate kinetically saturating conditions, and establishing fuel substrate combinations which reconstitute physiological TCA cycle function. Uncoupler titrations are applied to determine the apparent ET-pathway excess over OXPHOS capacity ([[E-P control efficiency |E-P control efficiency) and to calculate the P-L control efficiency j_P-L and E-L coupling efficiency j_E-L. These normalized flux ratios are the basis to calculate the ergometric or ergodynamic efficiency, ε = j · f, where f is the normalized force ratio.

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Cell ergometry and OXPHOS

Gnaiger E (2015) Cell ergometry and OXPHOS. Mitochondr Physiol Network 2015-01-18.

Oroboros (2015) MiPNet

Abstract: Spiroergometry on the organismic level is compared to cell ergometry as OXPHOS analysis on the cellular level.

• O2k-Network Lab: AT Innsbruck Gnaiger E

Spiroergometry

V_O₂max or V_O₂peak in cycle or treadmill spiroergometry is expressed in units of [mL O₂·min^-1·kg^-1] body mass. 1 mL oxygen at STPD is equivalent to 22.392 mmol O₂. Therefore, multiply by 1000/(22.392·60)=0.744 to convert V_O₂max to J_O₂max expressed in SI units [nmol·s^-1·g^-1]:

1 mL O₂·min^-1·kg^-1 = 0.744 µmol·s^-1·kg^-1

V_O₂max (J_O₂max) typically declines from 70 to 25 mL O₂·min^-1·kg^-1 (50 to 20 µmol·s^-1·kg^-1) in the range of healthy trained to obese untrained humans.

Keywords

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OXPHOS-, ROUTINE-, ET-, and LEAK states; respiratory capacities (P, R, E, L) corrected for residual oxygen consumption Rox.
4-compartmental OXPHOS model. (1) ET capacity E of the noncoupled electron transfer system ETS. OXPHOS capacity P is partitioned into (2) the dissipative LEAK component L, and (3) ADP-stimulated P-L net OXPHOS capacity. (4) If P-L is kinetically limited by a low capacity of the phosphorylation system to utilize the protonmotive force pmF, then the apparent E-P excess capacity is available to drive coupled processes other than phosphorylation P» (ADP to ATP) without competing with P».
(P-L)/P is the OXPHOS P-L control efficiency. The biochemical coupling efficiency is independent of kinetic control by the phosphorylation system when expressed as the E-L coupling efficiency, (E-L)/E. (E-P)/E is the kinetic E-P control efficiency.

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1. Mitochondrial and cellular respiratory rates in coupling-control states

» Baseline state

Respiratory rate	Defining relations
OXPHOS capacity	P = P´-Rox	mt-preparations
ROUTINE respiration	R = R´-Rox	living cells
ET capacity	E = E´-Rox	» Level flow
		» Noncoupled respiration - Uncoupler
LEAK respiration	L = L´-Rox	» Static head
		» LEAK state with ATP
		» LEAK state with oligomycin
		» LEAK state without adenylates
Residual oxygen consumption Rox	L = L´-Rox

Chance and Williams nomenclature: respiratory states

» State 1 —» State 2 —» State 3 —» State 4 —» State 5

2. Flux control ratios related to coupling in mt-preparations and living cells

» Flux control ratio

» Coupling-control ratio

» Coupling-control protocol

FCR	Definition
L/P coupling-control ratio	L/P	» Respiratory acceptor control ratio, RCR = P/L
L/R coupling-control ratio	L/R
L/E coupling-control ratio	L/E	» Uncoupling-control ratio, UCR = E/L (ambiguous)
P/E control ratio	P/E
R/E control ratio	R/E	» Uncoupling-control ratio, UCR = E/L
net P/E control ratio	(P-L)/E
net R/E control ratio	(R-L)/E

3. Net, excess, and reserve capacities of respiration

Respiratory net rate	Definition	Icon
P-L net OXPHOS capacity	P-L
R-L net ROUTINE capacity	R-L
E-L net ET capacity	E-L
E-P excess capacity	E-P
E-R reserve capacity	E-R

4. Flux control efficiencies related to coupling-control ratios

» Flux control efficiency j_Z-Y

» Background state

» Reference state

» Metabolic control variable

Coupling-control efficiency		Definition		Canonical term
P-L control efficiency	j_P-L	= (P-L)/P	= 1-L/P	P-L OXPHOS-flux control efficiency
R-L control efficiency	j_R-L	= (R-L)/R	= 1-L/R	R-L ROUTINE-flux control efficiency
E-L coupling efficiency	j_E-L	= (E-L)/E	= 1-L/E	E-L ET-coupling efficiency » Biochemical coupling efficiency
E-P control efficiency	j_E-P	= (E-P)/E	= 1-P/E	E-P ET-excess flux control efficiency
E-R control efficiency	j_E-R	= (E-R)/E	= 1-R/E	E-R ET-reserve flux control efficiency