Table 1.
Summary of TEM measurements of ID structures
Mean ± Standard Error (N) (Quartile range, Q1–Q3)Baseline value for model fit (Range investigated)
TEM measurementPlicateInterplicateID
Diameter (μm)  9.83 ± 0.49 (53) (7.84–11.50) 11.0 
Region length (μm) 1.76 ± 0.09 (207) (0.77–2.39) 2.0 1.54 ± 0.08 (131) (0.90–2.01) 1.0  
GJ length (μm)a 0.21 ± 0.022 (48) (0.13–0.24) 0.27 0.51 ± 0.034 (135) (0.26–0.63) 0.52  
Intermembrane distance (nm)a 17.25 ± 0.52 (154) (12.30–20.72) 30b (15–60) 14.16 ± 0.55 (91) (10.14–17.53) 15 (7.5–60)  
GJ membrane fraction (%)a 11.05 ± 1.74 (16) (5.34–16.87) 12 46.15 ± 2.55 (64) (29.82–62.61) 45  
Fold frequency (folds/µm) 2.51 ± 0.08 (92) (1.92–3.02) 2.50  
Fold amplitude (μm) 0.17 ± 0.0070 (109) (0.12–0.22) 0.18  
Mean ± Standard Error (N) (Quartile range, Q1–Q3)Baseline value for model fit (Range investigated)
TEM measurementPlicateInterplicateID
Diameter (μm)  9.83 ± 0.49 (53) (7.84–11.50) 11.0 
Region length (μm) 1.76 ± 0.09 (207) (0.77–2.39) 2.0 1.54 ± 0.08 (131) (0.90–2.01) 1.0  
GJ length (μm)a 0.21 ± 0.022 (48) (0.13–0.24) 0.27 0.51 ± 0.034 (135) (0.26–0.63) 0.52  
Intermembrane distance (nm)a 17.25 ± 0.52 (154) (12.30–20.72) 30b (15–60) 14.16 ± 0.55 (91) (10.14–17.53) 15 (7.5–60)  
GJ membrane fraction (%)a 11.05 ± 1.74 (16) (5.34–16.87) 12 46.15 ± 2.55 (64) (29.82–62.61) 45  
Fold frequency (folds/µm) 2.51 ± 0.08 (92) (1.92–3.02) 2.50  
Fold amplitude (μm) 0.17 ± 0.0070 (109) (0.12–0.22) 0.18  

Data are pooled from images of 3 mouse hearts, 51 IDs (for intermembrane distance), and 76 IDs (for all other measurements).

a

Statistically significant differences (P < 0.01) between plicate and interplicate measurements.

b

Baseline model value for the plicate intermembrane separation parameter was based on our earlier work in atria (Veeraraghavan et al., 2018; Mezache et al., 2020).

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