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Rauchová H. Coenzyme Q10 effects in neurological diseases. Physiol Res 2021. [DOI: 10.33549//physiolres.934712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), a lipophilic substituted benzoquinone, is present in animal and plant cells. It is endogenously synthetized in every cell and involved in a variety of cellular processes. CoQ10 is an obligatory component of the respiratory chain in inner mitochondrial membrane. In addition, the presence of CoQ10 in all cellular membranes and in blood. It is the only endogenous lipid antioxidant. Moreover, it is an essential factor for uncoupling protein and controls the permeability transition pore in mitochondria. It also participates in extramitochondrial electron transport and controls membrane physicochemical properties. CoQ10 effects on gene expression might affect the overall metabolism. Primary changes in the energetic and antioxidant functions can explain its remedial effects. CoQ10 supplementation is safe and well-tolerated, even at high doses. CoQ10 does not cause any serious adverse effects in humans or experimental animals. New preparations of CoQ10 that are less hydrophobic and structural derivatives, like idebenone and MitoQ, are being developed to increase absorption and tissue distribution. The review aims to summarize clinical and experimental effects of CoQ10 supplementations in some neurological diseases such as migraine, Parkinson´s disease, Huntington´s disease, Alzheimer´s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Friedreich´s ataxia or multiple sclerosis. Cardiovascular hypertension was included because of its central mechanisms controlling blood pressure in the brainstem rostral ventrolateral medulla and hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. In conclusion, it seems reasonable to recommend CoQ10 as adjunct to conventional therapy in some cases. However, sometimes CoQ10 supplementations are more efficient in animal models of diseases than in human patients (e.g. Parkinson´s disease) or rather vague (e.g. Friedreich´s ataxia or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
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- H Rauchová
- Institute of Physiology Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Kellermann MY, Yoshinaga MY, Valentine RC, Wörmer L, Valentine DL. Important roles for membrane lipids in haloarchaeal bioenergetics. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2016; 1858:2940-2956. [PMID: 27565574 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2016.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2016] [Revised: 08/11/2016] [Accepted: 08/19/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Recent advances in lipidomic analysis in combination with various physiological experiments set the stage for deciphering the structure-function of haloarchaeal membrane lipids. Here we focused primarily on changes in lipid composition of Haloferax volcanii, but also performed a comparative analysis with four other haloarchaeal species (Halobacterium salinarum, Halorubrum lacusprofundi, Halorubrum sodomense and Haloplanus natans) all representing distinctive cell morphologies and behaviors (i.e., rod shape vs. pleomorphic behavior). Common to all five haloarchaea, our data reveal an extraordinary high level of menaquinone, reaching up to 72% of the total lipids. This ubiquity suggests that menaquinones may function beyond their ordinary role as electron and proton transporter, acting simultaneously as ion permeability barriers and as powerful shield against oxidative stress. In addition, we aimed at understanding the role of cations interacting with the characteristic negatively charged surface of haloarchaeal membranes. We propose for instance that by bridging the negative charges of adjacent anionic phospholipids, Mg2+ acts as surrogate for cardiolipin, a molecule that is known to control curvature stress of membranes. This study further provides a bioenergetic perspective as to how haloarchaea evolved following oxygenation of Earth's atmosphere. The success of the aerobic lifestyle of haloarchaea includes multiple membrane-based strategies that successfully balance the need for a robust bilayer structure with the need for high rates of electron transport - collectively representing the molecular basis to inhabit hypersaline water bodies around the planet.
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- Matthias Y Kellermann
- Department of Earth Science and Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Earth Science and Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
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Agmo Hernández V, Eriksson EK, Edwards K. Ubiquinone-10 alters mechanical properties and increases stability of phospholipid membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2015; 1848:2233-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Revised: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Sarewicz M, Osyczka A. Electronic connection between the quinone and cytochrome C redox pools and its role in regulation of mitochondrial electron transport and redox signaling. Physiol Rev 2015; 95:219-43. [PMID: 25540143 PMCID: PMC4281590 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00006.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial respiration, an important bioenergetic process, relies on operation of four membranous enzymatic complexes linked functionally by mobile, freely diffusible elements: quinone molecules in the membrane and water-soluble cytochromes c in the intermembrane space. One of the mitochondrial complexes, complex III (cytochrome bc1 or ubiquinol:cytochrome c oxidoreductase), provides an electronic connection between these two diffusible redox pools linking in a fully reversible manner two-electron quinone oxidation/reduction with one-electron cytochrome c reduction/oxidation. Several features of this homodimeric enzyme implicate that in addition to its well-defined function of contributing to generation of proton-motive force, cytochrome bc1 may be a physiologically important point of regulation of electron flow acting as a sensor of the redox state of mitochondria that actively responds to changes in bioenergetic conditions. These features include the following: the opposing redox reactions at quinone catalytic sites located on the opposite sides of the membrane, the inter-monomer electronic connection that functionally links four quinone binding sites of a dimer into an H-shaped electron transfer system, as well as the potential to generate superoxide and release it to the intermembrane space where it can be engaged in redox signaling pathways. Here we highlight recent advances in understanding how cytochrome bc1 may accomplish this regulatory physiological function, what is known and remains unknown about catalytic and side reactions within the quinone binding sites and electron transfers through the cofactor chains connecting those sites with the substrate redox pools. We also discuss the developed molecular mechanisms in the context of physiology of mitochondria.
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- Marcin Sarewicz
- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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Garrido-Maraver J, Cordero MD, Moñino ID, Pereira-Arenas S, Lechuga-Vieco AV, Cotán D, De la Mata M, Oropesa-Ávila M, De Miguel M, Bautista Lorite J, Rivas Infante E, Alvarez-Dolado M, Navas P, Jackson S, Francisci S, Sánchez-Alcázar JA. Screening of effective pharmacological treatments for MELAS syndrome using yeasts, fibroblasts and cybrid models of the disease. Br J Pharmacol 2013; 167:1311-28. [PMID: 22747838 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.02086.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE MELAS (mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes) is a mitochondrial disease most usually caused by point mutations in tRNA genes encoded by mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Approximately 80% of cases of MELAS syndrome are associated with a m.3243A > G mutation in the MT-TL1 gene, which encodes the mitochondrial tRNALeu (UUR). Currently, no effective treatments are available for this chronic progressive disorder. Treatment strategies in MELAS and other mitochondrial diseases consist of several drugs that diminish the deleterious effects of the abnormal respiratory chain function, reduce the presence of toxic agents or correct deficiencies in essential cofactors. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH We evaluated the effectiveness of some common pharmacological agents that have been utilized in the treatment of MELAS, in yeast, fibroblast and cybrid models of the disease. The yeast model harbouring the A14G mutation in the mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) gene, which is equivalent to the A3243G mutation in humans, was used in the initial screening. Next, the most effective drugs that were able to rescue the respiratory deficiency in MELAS yeast mutants were tested in fibroblasts and cybrid models of MELAS disease. KEY RESULTS According to our results, supplementation with riboflavin or coenzyme Q(10) effectively reversed the respiratory defect in MELAS yeast and improved the pathologic alterations in MELAS fibroblast and cybrid cell models. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Our results indicate that cell models have great potential for screening and validating the effects of novel drug candidates for MELAS treatment and presumably also for other diseases with mitochondrial impairment.
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- Juan Garrido-Maraver
- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red: Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Junta de Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain
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Crane FL. Discovery of ubiquinone (coenzyme Q) and an overview of function. Mitochondrion 2007; 7 Suppl:S2-7. [PMID: 17446142 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2007.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2006] [Revised: 01/11/2007] [Accepted: 02/03/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Details of the discovery of ubiquinone (coenzyme Q) are described in the context of research on mitochondria in the early 1950s. The importance of the research environment created by David E. Green to the recognition of the compound and its role in mitochondria is emphasized as well as the dedicated work of Karl Folkers to find the medical and nutritional significance. The development of diverse functions of the quinone from electron carrier and proton carrier in mitochondria to proton transport in other membranes and uncoupling protein control as well as antioxidant and prooxidant functions is introduced. The successful application in medicine points the way for future development.
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- Frederick L Crane
- Department of Biological Science, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, USA.
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Marriage B, Clandinin MT, Glerum DM. Nutritional cofactor treatment in mitochondrial disorders. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION 2003; 103:1029-38. [PMID: 12891154 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-8223(03)00476-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mitochondrial disorders are degenerative diseases characterized by a decrease in the ability of mitochondria to supply cellular energy requirements. Substantial progress has been made in defining the specific biochemical defects and underlying molecular mechanisms, but limited information is available about the development and evaluation of effective treatment approaches. The goal of nutritional cofactor therapy is to increase mitochondrial adenosine 5'-triphosphate production and slow or arrest the progression of clinical symptoms. Accumulation of toxic metabolites and reduction of electron transfer activity have prompted the use of antioxidants, electron transfer mediators (which bypass the defective site), and enzyme cofactors. Metabolic therapies that have been reported to produce a positive effect include Coenzyme Q(10) (ubiquinone); other antioxidants such as ascorbic acid, vitamin E, and lipoic acid; riboflavin; thiamin; niacin; vitamin K (phylloquinone and menadione); creatine; and carnitine. A literature review of the use of these supplements in mitochondrial disorders is presented.
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- Barbara Marriage
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Constantinescu A, Maguire JJ, Packer L. Interactions between ubiquinones and vitamins in membranes and cells. Mol Aspects Med 1994; 15 Suppl:s57-65. [PMID: 7752845 DOI: 10.1016/0098-2997(94)90013-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The interaction between ubiquinones and vitamin E was studied in the inner membranes of rat liver mitochondria, liposomes and human erythrocyte plasma membranes. Free radicals were produced by addition of exogenous oxidants, and their reaction with chromanols and ubiquinone was followed by ESR and HPLC. Membranes were made deficient in ubiquinone but sufficient in alpha-tocopherol and were reconstituted with added ubiquinone. With these membrane preparations it was shown that (i) in the inner mitochondrial membranes there is a requirements for ubiquinone in the enzymatic recycling of vitamin E; (ii) succinate-ubiquinone reductase incorporated in liposomes cannot protect vitamin E in the absence of ubiquinone and (iii) in human erythrocyte plasma membranes protection against the loss of vitamin E can be provided by NADH-cytochrome-b5-dependent enzymatic recycling. We conclude that ubiquinonols (ubisemiquinones) reduce vitamin E through electron transport.
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- A Constantinescu
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA
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Bresolin N, Doriguzzi C, Ponzetto C, Angelini C, Moroni I, Castelli E, Cossutta E, Binda A, Gallanti A, Gabellini S. Ubidecarenone in the treatment of mitochondrial myopathies: a multi-center double-blind trial. J Neurol Sci 1990; 100:70-8. [PMID: 2089142 DOI: 10.1016/0022-510x(90)90015-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Forty-four patients with mitochondrial myopathies were treated with Ubidecarenone (CoQ10) for 6 months in an open multi-center trial. No side effects of the drug were observed. Sixteen patients showing at least 25% decrease of post-exercise lactate levels were selected as responders. Responsiveness was apparently not related to CoQ10 level in serum and platelets or to the presence or absence of mtDNA deletions. The responders were treated for a further 3 months with CoQ10 or placebo in the second blind part of the trial; no significant differences were observed between the 2 groups. It is not clear why CoQ10 had therapeutic effects in some patients and not in others with the same clinical presentation and biochemical defect, and we failed to identify candidate responders before treatment. At the dose of CoQ10 used in this study (2 mg/kg/day) the therapy requires a long administration time before a response is seen.
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- N Bresolin
- Institute of Clinical Neurology, University of Milan, Italy
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Lenaz G, Battino M, Castelluccio C, Fato R, Cavazzoni M, Rauchova H, Bovina C, Formiggini G, Parenti Castelli G. Studies on the role of ubiquinone in the control of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. FREE RADICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 1990; 8:317-27. [PMID: 2354808 DOI: 10.3109/10715769009053365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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This study examines the possible role of Coenzyme Q (CoQ, ubiquinone) in the control of mitochondrial electron transfer. The CoQ concentration in mitochondria from different tissues was investigated by HPLC. By analyzing the rates of electron transfer as a function of total CoQ concentration, it was calculated that, at physiological CoQ concentration NADH cytochrome c reductase activity is not saturated. Values for theoretical Vmax could not be reached experimentally for NADH oxidation, because of the limited miscibility of CoQ10 with the phospholipids. On the other hand, it was found that CoQ3 could stimulate alpha-glycerophosphate cytochrome c reductase over three-fold. Electron transfer being a diffusion-coupled process, we have investigated the possibility of its being subjected to diffusion control. A reconstruction study of Complex I and Complex III in liposomes showed that NADH cytochrome c reductase was not affected by changing the average distance between complexes by varying the protein: lipid ratios. The results of a broad investigation on ubiquinol cytochrome c reductase in bovine heart submitochondrial particles indicated that the enzymic rate is not diffusion-controlled by ubiquinol, whereas the interaction of cytochrome c with the enzyme is clearly diffusion-limited.
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- G Lenaz
- Dept. of Biology, University of Bologna, Italy
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Zierz S, Jahns G, Jerusalem F. Coenzyme Q in serum and muscle of 5 patients with Kearns-Sayre syndrome and 12 patients with ophthalmoplegia plus. J Neurol 1989; 236:97-101. [PMID: 2709060 DOI: 10.1007/bf00314404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ) was measured in serum and muscle of 17 patients with ophthalmoplegia plus (including 5 patients with Kearns-Sayre syndrome), in muscle of 9 patients with neurogenic atrophies, 5 patients with myositis, and 5 patients with progressive muscular dystrophies (including 1 patient with oculopharyngeal dystrophy), and in serum and muscle of normal controls. CoQ was markedly decreased in serum and muscle of 1 patient with Kearns-Sayre syndrome and treatment with CoQ resulted in a significant clinical improvement. The other 4 patients with Kearns-Sayre syndrome and the patients with ophthalmoplegia plus exhibited normal concentrations of CoQ in serum and muscle. CoQ levels in muscle of patients with progressive muscular dystrophies, myositis or neurogenic atrophies were within the normal range. Concentrations of CoQ in serum and muscle of normal controls were independent of age and showed no sex difference. The data indicate that CoQ deficiency might be the specific cause of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy in 1 patient but it was not the underlying defect common to all cases with Kearns-Sayre syndrome and ophthalmoplegia plus, although the possibility of a focal CoQ deficiency affecting only single muscle fibres cannot be excluded.
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- S Zierz
- Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany
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Kalén A, Norling B, Appelkvist EL, Dallner G. Ubiquinone biosynthesis by the microsomal fraction from rat liver. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1987; 926:70-8. [PMID: 3651503 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(87)90183-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The distribution and biosynthesis of ubiquinone were investigated in vivo in rats and using liver slices. In addition to mitochondria, Golgi vesicles and lysosomes also contain large amounts of this lipid, and even the plasma membrane, peroxisomes and microsomes demonstrate easily measurable amounts. The spectral and chromatographic properties of microsomal ubiquinone were identical to those of its mitochondrial counterpart. When pentane was used to deplete beef heart submitochondrial particles of ubiquinone, NADH and succinate oxidase activities could be restored by reincorporation of microsomal ubiquinone. Injection of [3H]mevalonate into the portal vein of rats and incubation of liver slices with [3H]mevalonate and [3H]- and [14C]tyrosine demonstrated that labeling of mitochondrial ubiquinone was initially much lower than labeling of the microsomal lipid. Furthermore, intraportal injection of [3H]mevalonate resulted in the rapid appearance of labeled ubiquinone in the blood. These results indicate that ubiquinone is synthesized not only in mitochondria, but also on the endoplasmic reticulum of rat liver.
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- A Kalén
- Department of Pathology, Huddinge Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Battino M, Fahmy T, Lenaz G. Determination of the critical micelle concentration of short-chain ubiquinones in model systems. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(86)90074-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Ondarroa M, Quinn PJ. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies of the interaction of ubiquinone-10 with phospholipid model membranes. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1986; 155:353-61. [PMID: 3956491 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1986.tb09498.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Proton magnetic resonance spectra of ubiquinone-10 and ubiquinone-10 dispersed with dipalmitoylglycerophosphocholine or egg phosphatidylcholine in aqueous medium have been obtained. The dispersions are in the form of multilamellar liposomes as judged by 31P-NMR spectra and the thermal history of the samples have ensured that ubiquinone not incorporated into the phospholipid structure only gives rise to a broad-line NMR proton spectrum. A high-resolution proton spectrum of ubiquinone is observed with upfield shifts of the O-methyl protons of the benzoquinone rings, indicating close proximity of the molecules but with an arrangement different from the pure liquid ubiquinone. Spectra obtained in the presence of the lanthanide shift reagents, dysprosium fluorooctanedionate and Dy(NO3)3, which have a preferred location in the hydrophobic and hydrophilic domains, respectively, of ubiquinone/phospholipid codispersions, are consistent with the partitioning of ubiquinone into a hydrophobic phospholipid environment remote from the aqueous phase. The type of arrangements of ubiquinone that could be accommodated within bilayers of phospholipid are discussed.
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Casu A, Cottalasso D, Pronzato MA, Rolla C, Marinari UM, Nanni G. Investigation of the role of ubiquinone in rat liver subcellular compartments. Cell Biochem Funct 1986; 4:37-42. [PMID: 3002656 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.290040106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The role of ubiquinone in the Golgi apparatus is still unknown, even if it might be considered as a lipid marker of the Golgi compartment because of its high content in these subcellular fractions. In vivo modulation of ubiquinone with ethanol and in vitro pentane extraction show that ubiquinone is not required either for NADH-ferricyanide reductase, acetaldehyde dehydrogenase activity, or Ca2+ and Mg2+ stimulated ATPases. Since ubiquinone does not seem to be involved in these enzymic activities in Golgi compartments, other possible functions are discussed, related to a role in membrane fluidity or as a barrier to the propagation of free radicals.
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Fato R, Battino M, Parenti Castelli G, Lenaz G. Measurement of the lateral diffusion coefficients of ubiquinones in lipid vesicles by fluorescence quenching of 12-(9-anthroyl)stearate. FEBS Lett 1985; 179:238-42. [PMID: 3967755 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(85)80526-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The lateral diffusion coefficients of some ubiquinone homologues have been measured in phospholipid vesicles exploiting the fluorescence quenching of the probe 12-(9-anthroyl)stearate by the quinones. Diffusion coefficients higher than 10(-6) cm2 X s-1 have been found at 25 degrees C, compatible with the localization of the ubiquinones in the low-viscosity midplane region of the bilayer.
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