title: MitoQ administration prevents endotoxin-induced cardiac dysfunction.
abstract: Sepsis elicits severe alterations in cardiac function, impairing cardiac mitochondrial and pressure-generating capacity. Currently, there are no therapies to prevent sepsis-induced cardiac dysfunction. We tested the hypothesis that administration of a mitochondrially targeted antioxidant, 10-(6'-ubiquinonyl)-decyltriphenylphosphonium (MitoQ), would prevent endotoxin-induced reductions in cardiac mitochondrial and contractile function. Studies were performed on adult rodents (n = 52) given either saline, endotoxin (8 mg x kg(-1) x day(-1)), saline + MitoQ (500 microM), or both endotoxin and MitoQ. At 48 h animals were killed and hearts were removed for determination of either cardiac mitochondrial function (using polarography) or cardiac pressure generation (using the Langendorf technique). We found that endotoxin induced reductions in mitochondrial state 3 respiration rates, the respiratory control ratio, and ATP generation. Moreover, MitoQ administration prevented each of these endotoxin-induced abnormalities, P < 0.001. We also found that endotoxin produced reductions in cardiac pressure-generating capacity, reducing the systolic pressure-diastolic relationship. MitoQ also prevented endotoxin-induced reductions in cardiac pressure generation, P < 0.01. One potential link between mitochondrial and contractile dysfunction is caspase activation; we found that endotoxin increased cardiac levels of active caspases 9 and 3 (P < 0.001), while MitoQ prevented this increase (P < 0.01). These data demonstrate that MitoQ is a potent inhibitor of endotoxin-induced mitochondrial and cardiac abnormalities. We speculate that this agent may prove a novel therapy for sepsis-induced cardiac dysfunction.
authors: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0284, USA. gsupi2@email.uky.edu
authors: G S
authors: GS
authors: Supinski
authors: M P
authors: MP
authors: Murphy
authors: L A
authors: LA
authors: Callahan
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D053148:Caspase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D053453:Caspase 9 / Q000378:metabolism; D019069:Cell Respiration / Q000187:drug effects; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D019446:Endotoxemia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D051379:Mice; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D050050:Protein Carbonylation / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000187:drug effects*; D017725:Ventricular Pressure / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D014451:Ubiquinone; C429014:mitoquinone; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D053148:Caspase 3; D053453:Caspase 9