title: Water-soluble Coenzyme Q10 formulation (Q-ter) promotes outer hair cell survival in a guinea pig model of noise induced hearing loss (NIHL).
abstract: The mitochondrial respiratory chain is a powerful source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) also in noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) and anti-oxidants and free-radicals scavengers have been shown to attenuate the damage. Coenzyme Q(10) (CoQ(10)) or ubiquinone has a bioenergetic role as a component of the mithocondrial respiratory chain, it inhibits mitochondrial lipid peroxidation, inducing ATP production and it is involved in ROS removal and prevention of oxidative stress-induced apoptosis. However the therapeutic application of CoQ(10) is limited by the lack of solubility and poor bio- availability, therefore it is a challenge to improve its water solubility in order to ameliorate the efficacy in tissues and fluids. This study was conducted in a model of acoustic trauma in the guinea pig where the effectiveness of CoQ(10) was compared with a soluble formulation of CoQ(10) (multicomposite CoQ(10) Terclatrate, Q-ter) given intraperitoneally 1 h before and once daily for 3 days after pure tone noise exposure (6 kHz for 1 h at 120 dB SPL). Functional and morphological studies were carried out by measuring auditory brainstem responses, scanning electron microscopy for hair cell loss count, active caspase 3 staining and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP labelling assay in order to identify initial signs of apoptosis. Treatments decreased active caspase 3 expression and the number of apoptotic cells, but animals injected with Q-ter showed a greater degree of activity in preventing apoptosis and thus in improving hearing. These data confirm that solubility of Coenzyme Q(10) improves the ability of CoQ(10) in preventing oxidative injuries that result from mitochondrial dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy. afetoni@rm.unicatt.it
authors.forename: Anna Rita
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Fetoni
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Piacentini
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fiorita
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paludetti
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Troiani
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000187:drug effects; D053148:Caspase 3; D002452:Cell Count; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D018072:Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D020287:In Situ Nick-End Labeling; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D012995:Solubility; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D014451:Ubiquinone; D053148:Caspase 3; C024989:coenzyme Q10