Research Article

Morphofunctional and Biochemical Approaches for Studying Mitochondrial Changes during Myoblasts Differentiation

Table 2

Mitochondrial area and number variability during differentiation by means of ultrastructural observations of resin-embedded sections.

Differentiation dayΔ cell mitochondria area/  cm total surfaceΔ isolated mitochondria area/  cm total surfaceNumber of mitochondria/  cm total area

T = 03.30E−02 ± 0.0056.90E−02 ± 0.0096 ± 0.89
T = 19.30E−02 ± 0.0089.80E−02 ± 0.00810 ± 1.14
T = 48.20E−02 ± 0.0048.10E−02 ± 0.00413 ± 0.91
T = 73.40E−02 ± 0.0085.40E−02 ± 0.00515 ± 0.86