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Dyscoupled respiration
Description
Dyscoupled respiration is LEAK respiration distinguished from intrinsically (physiologically) uncoupled and from extrinsic experimentally uncoupled respiration as an indication of extrinsic uncoupling (pathological, toxicological, pharmacological by agents that are not specifically applied to induce uncoupling, but are tested for their potential dyscoupling effect). Dyscoupling indicates a mitochondrial dysfunction.
In addition to intrinsic uncoupling, dyscoupling occurs under pathological and toxicological conditions. Thus a distinction is made between physiological uncoupling and pathologically defective dyscoupling in mitochondrial respiration.
Reference: Gnaiger 2014 MitoPathways
MitoPedia concepts:
Respiratory state,
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MitoPedia methods:
Respirometry
MitoPedia topics:
EAGLE
Communicated by Gnaiger E 2010-10-19, edited 2012-10-31.
Coupling efficiency: from 0 to <1
- More details: Uncoupler ♦ ETS coupling efficiency
