The impact of PGC-1alpha on the intrinsic properties of mitochondria
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Abstract
PGC-1alpha is a key factor controlling mitochondrial biogenesis. In this thesis, we demonstrate that PGC-1alpha is also a central regulator of the intrinsic properties of mitochondria. Using mitochondria isolated from muscle tissues of MCK- PGC-1alpha Tg mice that ectopically express PGC-1alpha under the control of the muscle creatine kinase promoter, we observed significant changes in their intrinsic properties compared with wild-type controls. The results illustrate that PGC-1alpha changes the respiratory and ROS generation capacities of mitochondria, while maintaining their topology/sidedness of ROS production. Additionally, PGC-1alpha did not alter the fraction of electrons escaping the respiratory chain to react with oxygen during oxygen consumption, ensuring a tight coupling between the respiratory and ROS generation capacities of mitochondria. These changes in the intrinsic properties of mitochondria upon ectopic expression of PGC-1alpha were accompanied by modifications in the expression of several components of the respiratory chain. Together, these data reveal that PGC-1alpha does not only change the number of mitochondria in cells but also the intrinsic properties of individual mitochondria within the cell.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
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