title: Effect of coenzyme Q10 on structural alterations in the renal membrane of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: To test the hypothesis that structural abnormalities exist in the kidney membrane of spontaneously hypertensive rats, we examined the effect of long-term administration of coenzyme Q10 on membrane lipid alterations in the kidney of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP). As compared with normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats, renal membrane phospholipids, especially phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine, decreased and renal phospholipase A2 activity was enhanced with age in untreated SHRSP. Treatment with coenzyme Q10 attenuated the elevation of blood pressure, the membranous phospholipid degradation, and the enhanced phospholipase A2 activity. These results suggest that one factor contributing to the progress of hypertension is a structural membrane abnormality that alters the physical and functional properties of the cell membrane, and coenzyme Q10 might protect the renal membrane from damage due to hypertension in SHRSP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular, Hokkaido University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Togashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasuda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D003067:Coenzymes; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000378:metabolism*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR / Q000502:physiology*; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY / Q000502:physiology; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000031:analogs & derivatives
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D003067:Coenzymes; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D010743:Phospholipids; D014451:Ubiquinone; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; C024989:coenzyme Q10