Table 4.

Chimeric mtRNA frequency in rat muscle samples

Database
Experimental group (n)Average base pairs sequencedChimeric mtRNA FFPMMt-co1, 2, 3-Mt-cyb chimeric mtRNA FFPM
Rat aging muscle

(PRJNA793055)
2.6 ± 0.17 × 109
18-month control (5)0.44 ± 0.12a0.050 ± 0.035a
18-month GPA treated (5)0.55 ± 0.10a0.11 ± 0.026a
34-month control (6)1.93 ± 0.27b0.94 ± 0.13a
34-month GPA treated (6)4.20 ± 0.80c2.32 ± 0.45b

[i] (n) Number of rats. Data shown are mean ± SEM. Different superscript letters denote significance at P < 0.05 within the column using pairwise t-test.