title: Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative damage in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and coenzyme Q10 as a potential treatment.
abstract: There is substantial evidence that mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative damage may play a key role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disease. Evidence supporting this in both Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases is continuing to accumulate. This review discusses the increasing evidence for a role of both mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative damage in contributing to beta-amyloid deposition in Alzheimer's disease. I also discuss the increasing evidence that Parkinson's disease is associated with abnormalities in the electron transport gene as well as oxidative damage. Lastly, I reviewed the potential efficacy of coenzyme Q as well as a number of other antioxidants in the treatment of both Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 East 68th Street, New York, New York 10021, USA. fbeal@med.cornell.edu
authors.forename: M Flint
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Beal
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism*; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D003067:Coenzymes; D006801:Humans; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D028361:Mitochondrial Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D003067:Coenzymes; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D014451:Ubiquinone; C024989:coenzyme Q10