Native PAGE was carried out as previously reported [51 (link)]. Briefly, 3–13% acrylamide gradient gels were loaded with 60 μg of mitochondrial protein and processed as described. After electrophoresis, proteins were transferred to a PROTAN® nitrocellulose membrane (Schleicher and Schuell, Bioscience GmbH, Dassel, Germany) at 35 V, overnight, and probed with specific antibodies raised against the following human OXPHOS subunits: NDUFA9, CORE2, COX2, COX5A, and SDHA (from Mitosciences, Eugene, OR, USA). Peroxidase-conjugated anti-mouse IgG was used as a secondary antibody (Molecular Probes, Thermofisher Scientific, Gilligham, UK). The signal was detected with ECL® plus (Amersham Biosciences, Freiburg, Germany).
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