Deficit of coenzyme Q in heart and liver mitochondria of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes.

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Deficit of coenzyme Q in heart and liver mitochondria of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Abstract Text:

J ,Z ,O ,L Zlatos,A ,

Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress participate in the development of diabetic complications, however, the mechanisms of their origin are not entirely clear. Coenzyme Q has an important function in mitochondrial bioenergetics and is also a powerful antioxidant. Coenzyme Q (CoQ) regenerates alpha-tocopherol to its active form and prevents atherogenesis by protecting low-density lipoproteins against oxidation. The aim of this study was to ascertain whether the experimentally induced diabetes mellitus is associated with changes in the content of endogenous antioxidants (alpha-tocopherol, coenzymes Q9 and Q10) and in the intensity of lipoperoxidation. These biochemical parameters were investigated in the blood and in the isolated heart and liver mitochondria. Diabetes was induced in male Wistar rats by a single intravenous injection of streptozotocin (45 mg x kg(-1)), insulin was administered once a day for 8 weeks (6 U x kg(-1)). The concentrations of glucose, cholesterol, alpha-tocopherol and CoQ homologues in the blood of the diabetic rats were increased. The CoQ9/cholesterol ratio was reduced. In heart and liver mitochondria of the diabetic rats we found an increased concentration of alpha-tocopherol, however, the concentrations of CoQ9 and CoQ10 were decreased. The formation of malondialdehyde was enhanced in the plasma and heart mitochondria. The results have demonstrated that experimental diabetes is associated with increased lipoperoxidation, in spite of the increased blood concentrations of antioxidants alpha-tocopherol and CoQ. These changes may be associated with disturbances of lipid metabolism in diabetic rats. An important finding is that heart and liver mitochondria from the diabetic rats contain less CoQ9 and CoQ10 in comparison with the controls. We suppose that the deficit of coenzyme Q can participate in disturbances of mitochondrial energy metabolism of diabetic animals.

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Deficit of coenzyme Q in heart and liver mitochondria of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Journal Published:

PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov

Journal: Physiological research / Academia Scientiarum Bohe

VOLUME: 49

Page Numbers: 411-8

Journal Abbreviation: Physiol Res

ISSN: 0862-8408

DAY: 2

MONTH: 04

YEAR: 2000

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LANGUAGE: eng

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KEYWORDS: Ubiquinone

MESH TERMS: deficiency

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Substance Name: Streptozocin

Registry Number: 18883-66-4

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AFFILIATION: Pharmacobiochemical Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.

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