title: Effect of coenzyme Q10 supplementation on cardiac hypertrophy of male rats consuming a high-fructose, low-copper diet.
abstract: Administration of coenzyme Q10 to humans and animals has a beneficial effect on a number of cardiac diseases. The purpose of the present study was to determine if coenzyme Q10 treatment could ameliorate cardiac abnormalities associated with the carbohydrate x copper interaction in rats. Weanling male rats were provided with a copper-deficient diet (0.6 microgram Cu/g) containing either 62.7% starch (S-Cu) or fructose (F-Cu) for 5 wk. Half of the rats provided with the F-Cu diet were given daily oral supplements of 300 mg coenzyme Q10/kg body weight (F-Cu + Q). Heart hypertrophy, liver enlargement, or pancreatic atrophy were not affected by, nor was body growth or anemia improved by, supplementation with coenzyme Q10 when compared to rats fed only the F-Cu diet. Hearts from rats fed the F-Cu diet had severe inflammation, degeneration, fibrosis, and giant mitochondria with abnormal cristae. Hearts from F-Cu + Q rats had similar mitochondrial changes as the F-Cu rat hearts but without any apparent degenerative changes. None of the F-Cu + Q rats, but 30% of the F-Cu rats, died during the study as a result of heart rupture. These observations show that whereas coenzyme Q10 treatment did not prevent the cardiac hypertrophy of the carbohydrate x copper interaction, it did play a role in maintaining the integrity of the heart.
authors.affiliation: USDA, Carbohydrate Nutrition Laboratory Beltsville, MD 20705.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fields
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Lure
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D003067:Coenzymes; D003300:Copper / Q000172:deficiency*; D004032:Diet; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000494:pharmacology; D005632:Fructose / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009206:Myocardium / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D003067:Coenzymes; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D014451:Ubiquinone; D005632:Fructose; D003300:Copper; C024989:coenzyme Q10