Metabolism of simple quinones in guinea pig and rat cardiac tissue.
1. The metabolism of the benzoquinone 2,5-dimethylbenzoquinone and of the naphthoquinone 2,3-dimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone was studied in subcellular fractions isolated from cardiac tissue of guinea pig and rat. 2. In both species the benzoquinone was mainly metabolized through the mitochondrial NADH-ubiquinone-oxidoreductase, whereas the naphthoquinone was metabolized to approximately equal extents by mitochondrial reductase and by soluble DT-diaphorase. 3. Guinea pig heart metabolized 3 times more naphthoquinone than rat heart. 4. As a consequence of quinone metabolism, marked amounts of O2- center dot - were generated; naphthoquinone-induced O2- center dot - generation was about 4-fold higher in guinea pig than in rat heart.
Floreani
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M
Department of Pharmacology, University of Padova, Italy.
Carpenedo
F
F
D000818:Animals; D016227:Benzoquinones / Q000378:metabolism*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D016660:NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone) / Q000378:metabolism; D009285:Naphthoquinones / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism
D016227:Benzoquinones; D009285:Naphthoquinones; D013481:Superoxides; D016660:NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone)