title: Effects of coenzyme Q10 on changes in the membrane potential and rate of generation of reactive oxygen species in hydrazine- and chloramphenicol-treated rat liver mitochondria.
abstract: Effects of CoQ10 and cycloheximide (CHX) on hydrazine- and chloramphenicol (CP)-induced morphological and some functional changes of mitochondria using cultured rat hepatocytes and effects on the process of recovery from CP intoxication using mouse liver were examined. Results obtained are summarized as follows: (1) The formation of megamitochondria induced in the hepatocytes cultured for 22 h in the presence of 2 mM hydrazine or CP (300 microgram/ml) was suppressed by pretreatment of hepatocytes with CoQ10 (1 microM) or CHX (0.5 microgram/ml). This was proved by electron microscopic analysis of mitochondria. (2) Treatment of hepatocytes with hydrazine for 48 h or longer caused decreases in the membrane potential of mitochondria, which were suppressed by CoQ10. (3) Treatment of hepatocytes with hydrazine for 22 h or longer caused remarkable increases in intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species in hepatocytes, which were suppressed by CoQ10. (4) The process of recovery from the CP-induced changes of mitochondria in mouse liver was accelerated by CoQ10 and CHX.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Pathology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65, Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: M a
authors.initials: Ma
authors.lastname: Teranishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karbowski
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kurono
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishizawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Usukura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soji
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wakabayashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000494:pharmacology; D003067:Coenzymes; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006834:Hydrazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003067:Coenzymes; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D006834:Hydrazines; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D014451:Ubiquinone; C029424:hydrazine; D002701:Chloramphenicol; D003513:Cycloheximide; C024989:coenzyme Q10