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Braasch-Turi MM, Koehn JT, Crans DC. Chemistry of Lipoquinones: Properties, Synthesis, and Membrane Location of Ubiquinones, Plastoquinones, and Menaquinones. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:12856. [PMID: 36361645 PMCID: PMC9656164 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232112856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Lipoquinones are the topic of this review and are a class of hydrophobic lipid molecules with key biological functions that are linked to their structure, properties, and location within a biological membrane. Ubiquinones, plastoquinones, and menaquinones vary regarding their quinone headgroup, isoprenoid sidechain, properties, and biological functions, including the shuttling of electrons between membrane-bound protein complexes within the electron transport chain. Lipoquinones are highly hydrophobic molecules that are soluble in organic solvents and insoluble in aqueous solution, causing obstacles in water-based assays that measure their chemical properties, enzyme activities and effects on cell growth. Little is known about the location and ultimately movement of lipoquinones in the membrane, and these properties are topics described in this review. Computational studies are particularly abundant in the recent years in this area, and there is far less experimental evidence to verify the often conflicting interpretations and conclusions that result from computational studies of very different membrane model systems. Some recent experimental studies have described using truncated lipoquinone derivatives, such as ubiquinone-2 (UQ-2) and menaquinone-2 (MK-2), to investigate their conformation, their location in the membrane, and their biological function. Truncated lipoquinone derivatives are soluble in water-based assays, and hence can serve as excellent analogs for study even though they are more mobile in the membrane than the longer chain counterparts. In this review, we will discuss the properties, location in the membrane, and syntheses of three main classes of lipoquinones including truncated derivatives. Our goal is to highlight the importance of bridging the gap between experimental and computational methods and to incorporate properties-focused considerations when proposing future studies relating to the function of lipoquinones in membranes.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Chemistry Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
- Cell & Molecular Biology Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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Braasch-Turi MM, Koehn JT, Kostenkova K, Van Cleave C, Ives JW, Murakami HA, Crick DC, Crans DC. Electron Transport Lipids Fold Within Membrane-Like Interfaces. Front Chem 2022; 10:827530. [PMID: 35350775 PMCID: PMC8957872 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.827530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Lipoquinones, such as ubiquinones (UQ) and menaquinones (MK), function as essential lipid components of the electron transport system (ETS) by shuttling electrons and protons to facilitate the production of ATP in eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Lipoquinone function in membrane systems has been widely studied, but the exact location and conformation within membranes remains controversial. Lipoquinones, such as Coenzyme Q (UQ-10), are generally depicted simply as “Q” in life science diagrams or in extended conformations in primary literature even though specific conformations are important for function in the ETS. In this study, our goal was to determine the location, orientation, and conformation of UQ-2, a truncated analog of UQ-10, in model membrane systems and to compare our results to previously studied MK-2. Herein, we first carried out a six-step synthesis to yield UQ-2 and then demonstrated that UQ-2 adopts a folded conformation in organic solvents using 1H-1H 2D NOESY and ROESY NMR spectroscopic studies. Similarly, using 1H-1H 2D NOESY NMR spectroscopic studies, UQ-2 was found to adopt a folded, U-shaped conformation within the interface of an AOT reverse micelle model membrane system. UQ-2 was located slightly closer to the surfactant-water interface compared to the more hydrophobic MK-2. In addition, Langmuir monolayer studies determined UQ-2 resided within the monolayer water-phospholipid interface causing expansion, whereas MK-2 was more likely to be compressed out and reside within the phospholipid tails. All together these results support the model that lipoquinones fold regardless of the headgroup structure but that the polarity of the headgroup influences lipoquinone location within the membrane interface. These results have implications regarding the redox activity near the interface as quinone vs. quinol forms may facilitate locomotion of lipoquinones within the membrane. The location, orientation, and conformation of lipoquinones are critical for their function in generating cellular energy within membrane ETS, and the studies described herein shed light on the behavior of lipoquinones within membrane-like environments.
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- Chemistry Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Chemistry Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Chemistry Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Chemistry Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Chemistry Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Cell and Molecular Biology Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
- Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Chemistry Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
- Cell and Molecular Biology Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
- *Correspondence: Debbie C. Crans,
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Gupta C, Khaniya U, Chan CK, Dehez F, Shekhar M, Gunner MR, Sazanov L, Chipot C, Singharoy A. Charge Transfer and Chemo-Mechanical Coupling in Respiratory Complex I. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:9220-9230. [PMID: 32347721 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b13450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The mitochondrial respiratory chain, formed by five protein complexes, utilizes energy from catabolic processes to synthesize ATP. Complex I, the first and the largest protein complex of the chain, harvests electrons from NADH to reduce quinone, while pumping protons across the mitochondrial membrane. Detailed knowledge of the working principle of such coupled charge-transfer processes remains, however, fragmentary due to bottlenecks in understanding redox-driven conformational transitions and their interplay with the hydrated proton pathways. Complex I from Thermus thermophilus encases 16 subunits with nine iron-sulfur clusters, reduced by electrons from NADH. Here, employing the latest crystal structure of T. thermophilus complex I, we have used microsecond-scale molecular dynamics simulations to study the chemo-mechanical coupling between redox changes of the iron-sulfur clusters and conformational transitions across complex I. First, we identify the redox switches within complex I, which allosterically couple the dynamics of the quinone binding pocket to the site of NADH reduction. Second, our free-energy calculations reveal that the affinity of the quinone, specifically menaquinone, for the binding-site is higher than that of its reduced, menaquinol form-a design essential for menaquinol release. Remarkably, the barriers to diffusive menaquinone dynamics are lesser than that of the more ubiquitous ubiquinone, and the naphthoquinone headgroup of the former furnishes stronger binding interactions with the pocket, favoring menaquinone for charge transport in T. thermophilus. Our computations are consistent with experimentally validated mutations and hierarchize the key residues into three functional classes, identifying new mutation targets. Third, long-range hydrogen-bond networks connecting the quinone-binding site to the transmembrane subunits are found to be responsible for proton pumping. Put together, the simulations reveal the molecular design principles linking redox reactions to quinone turnover to proton translocation in complex I.
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- Chitrak Gupta
- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States.,Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States
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- Department of Physics, City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States.,Department of Physics, City University of New York, New York, New York 10017, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Physics, City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States.,Department of Physics, City University of New York, New York, New York 10017, United States
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- Institute of Science and Technology, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,University of Lorraine, Nancy 54000, France
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States.,Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States
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Rojo-Portillo T, Reyes-López E, Hernández-Huerta E, Quiroz-García B, Joseph-Nathan P, Sánchez-Castellanos M, Cuétara-Guadarrama F, Cuevas G. Is the VCD spectrum a fingerprint of the conformational population? The conformation of perezone in the spotlight. J Mol Struct 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.127273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Singharoy A, Maffeo C, Delgado-Magnero KH, Swainsbury DJK, Sener M, Kleinekathöfer U, Vant JW, Nguyen J, Hitchcock A, Isralewitz B, Teo I, Chandler DE, Stone JE, Phillips JC, Pogorelov TV, Mallus MI, Chipot C, Luthey-Schulten Z, Tieleman DP, Hunter CN, Tajkhorshid E, Aksimentiev A, Schulten K. Atoms to Phenotypes: Molecular Design Principles of Cellular Energy Metabolism. Cell 2019; 179:1098-1111.e23. [PMID: 31730852 PMCID: PMC7075482 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We report a 100-million atom-scale model of an entire cell organelle, a photosynthetic chromatophore vesicle from a purple bacterium, that reveals the cascade of energy conversion steps culminating in the generation of ATP from sunlight. Molecular dynamics simulations of this vesicle elucidate how the integral membrane complexes influence local curvature to tune photoexcitation of pigments. Brownian dynamics of small molecules within the chromatophore probe the mechanisms of directional charge transport under various pH and salinity conditions. Reproducing phenotypic properties from atomistic details, a kinetic model evinces that low-light adaptations of the bacterium emerge as a spontaneous outcome of optimizing the balance between the chromatophore's structural integrity and robust energy conversion. Parallels are drawn with the more universal mitochondrial bioenergetic machinery, from whence molecular-scale insights into the mechanism of cellular aging are inferred. Together, our integrative method and spectroscopic experiments pave the way to first-principles modeling of whole living cells.
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- Abhishek Singharoy
- School of Molecular Sciences, Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University at Tempe, Tempe, AZ 85282, USA.
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- Department of Physics, NSF Center for the Physics of Living Cells, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Centre for Molecular Simulation and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, Germany
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University at Tempe, Tempe, AZ 85282, USA
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University at Tempe, Tempe, AZ 85282, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, NSF Center for the Physics of Living Cells, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Laboratoire International Associé CNRS-UIUC, UMR 7019, Université de Lorraine, 54506 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Department of Physics, NSF Center for the Physics of Living Cells, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Centre for Molecular Simulation and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Departments of Biochemistry, Chemistry, Bioengineering, and Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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- Department of Physics, NSF Center for the Physics of Living Cells, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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- Department of Physics, NSF Center for the Physics of Living Cells, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Teixeira MH, Arantes GM. Effects of lipid composition on membrane distribution and permeability of natural quinones. RSC Adv 2019; 9:16892-16899. [PMID: 35516391 PMCID: PMC9064471 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01681c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Lipid acyl chain unsaturation modulates the barrier for ubiquinone flip-flop over the membrane.
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- Murilo Hoias Teixeira
- Department of Biochemistry
- Instituto de Química
- Universidade de São Paulo
- São Paulo
- Brazil
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Borisova-Mubarakshina MM, Ivanov BN, Orekhova NI, Osochuk SS. Antioxidant Properties of Plastoquinone and Prospects of its Practical Application. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350918060040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Tiefenbach J, Magomedova L, Liu J, Reunov AA, Tsai R, Eappen NS, Jockusch RA, Nislow C, Cummins CL, Krause HM. Idebenone and coenzyme Q 10 are novel PPARα/γ ligands, with potential for treatment of fatty liver diseases. Dis Model Mech 2018; 11:11/9/dmm034801. [PMID: 30171034 PMCID: PMC6177011 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.034801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Current peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-targeted drugs, such as the PPARγ-directed diabetes drug rosiglitazone, are associated with undesirable side effects due to robust agonist activity in non-target tissues. To find new PPAR ligands with fewer toxic effects, we generated transgenic zebrafish that can be screened in high throughput for new tissue-selective PPAR partial agonists. A structural analog of coenzyme Q10 (idebenone) that elicits spatially restricted partial agonist activity for both PPARα and PPARγ was identified. Coenzyme Q10 was also found to bind and activate both PPARs in a similar fashion, suggesting an endogenous role in relaying the states of mitochondria, peroxisomes and cellular redox to the two receptors. Testing idebenone in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes revealed the ability to reverse fatty liver development. These findings indicate new mechanisms of action for both PPARα and PPARγ, and new potential treatment options for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and steatosis. This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper. Summary: A zebrafish screen identifies a novel PPARα/γ ligand, idebenone, with potential for treatment of fatty liver diseases, as seen by testing it in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes.
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- Jens Tiefenbach
- University of Toronto, Donnelly Ctr., 160 College St, Toronto, ON M5S 3E1, Canada .,InDanio Bioscience Inc., 160 College Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, 144 College St, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3M2, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Donnelly Ctr., 160 College St, Toronto, ON M5S 3E1, Canada
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- InDanio Bioscience Inc., 160 College Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, 144 College St, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3M2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, 80 St George St, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, 80 St George St, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada
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- The University of British Columbia, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2405 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, 144 College St, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3M2, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Donnelly Ctr., 160 College St, Toronto, ON M5S 3E1, Canada .,InDanio Bioscience Inc., 160 College Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3E1, Canada.,Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
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Garg S, Swaminathan V, Dhavala S, Kiebish MA, Sarangarajan R, Narain NR. CoQ 10 selective miscibility and penetration into lipid monolayers with lower lateral packing density. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2017; 1859:1173-1179. [PMID: 28366515 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Revised: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
CoQ10 is ubiquitously present in eukaryotic cells. It acts as electron carrier in the electron transport chain of the inner membrane of the mitochondria to facilitate aerobic cellular respiration. A highly stable lipid nanodispersion formulation containing CoQ10 (BPM31510) is currently in clinical investigation for treatment of cancer. This study was designed to determine whether biophysical interactions between CoQ10 and lipid, in part, explain the observed stability and cellular accumulation of CoQ10 in cells and tissues. A lipid monolayer at the air-water interface was used as an experimental membrane model to measure CoQ10 penetration and solubility. Lipid monolayers with varying proportions of CoQ10 were laterally compressed to measure CoQ10 miscibility and lateral organization. Additionally, lipid monolayers with varying lateral packing densities were spread at the air-water interface and CoQ10 was injected in proximity to measure its rate of penetration. Our results demonstrate that CoQ10 selectively penetrates into lipid monolayers with a lower lateral packing density, and is excluded by monolayers of higher packing densities. Data also indicates that CoQ10-lipid mixing is non-ideal. CoQ10 presence in lipid monolayers is biphasic, with one phase occupying the interstitial space between the DMPC lipids, and the other phase is present as pure CoQ10 domains. This work provides further insight into mechanism of action of CoQ10 based formulations that can significantly increase intracellular CoQ10 concentration to show pleotropic effects on cellular functions.
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- Sumit Garg
- BERG, LLC, 500 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01710, USA.
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- BERG, LLC, 500 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01710, USA.
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- BERG, LLC, 500 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01710, USA.
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Higashi T, Tanaka H, Yoshimatsu A, Ikeda H, Arima K, Honjo M, Iwamoto C, Motoyama K, Arima H. Improvement of Pharmaceutical Properties of Isoprenoid Compounds through the Formation of Cyclodextrin Pseudorotaxane-Like Supramolecules. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2016; 64:340-5. [PMID: 26852798 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c15-00931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to design cyclodextrin (CyD)-based pseudorotaxane-like supramolecular complexes with various isoprenoid compounds, such as reduced coenzyme Q10 (R-CoQ10), squalene, tocotrienol, and teprenone, and to evaluate their pharmaceutical properties. Squalene, tocotrienol, and teprenone formed precipitates with β-CyD and γ-CyD in aqueous solution, whereas R-CoQ10 formed precipitates with γ-CyD aqueous solution. The results of powder X-ray diffraction and (1)H-NMR analyses indicated that these precipitates are derived from pseudorotaxane-like supramolecular complexes. The photostability of teprenone was markedly improved by complexation with CyDs, especially in the γ-CyD system. In addition, the dispersion rates of teprenone in the γ-CyD system were higher than those in the β-CyD system, compared with the corresponding physical mixtures. In conclusion, pharmaceutical properties such as photostability and dispersion rates of isoprenoid compounds were improved by the formation of pseudorotaxane-like supramolecular complexes with β-CyD and/or γ-CyD.
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- Taishi Higashi
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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Partition, orientation and mobility of ubiquinones in a lipid bilayer. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2015; 1847:1560-73. [PMID: 26255075 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Revised: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Ubiquinone is the universal mobile charge carrier involved in biological electron transfer processes. Its redox properties and biological function depend on the molecular partition and lateral diffusion over biological membranes. However, ubiquinone localization and dynamics within lipid bilayers are long debated and still uncertain. Here we present molecular dynamics simulations of several ubiquinone homologs with variable isoprenoid tail lengths complexed to phosphatidylcholine bilayers. Initially, a new force-field parametrization for ubiquinone is derived from and compared to high level quantum chemical data. Free energy profiles for ubiquinone insertion in the lipid bilayer are obtained with the new force-field. The profiles allow for the determination of the equilibrium location of ubiquinone in the membrane as well as for the validation of the simulation model by direct comparison with experimental partition coefficients. A detailed analysis of structural properties and interactions shows that the ubiquinone polar head group is localized at the water-bilayer interface at the same depth of the lipid glycerol groups and oriented normal to the membrane plane. Both the localization and orientation of ubiquinone head groups do not change significantly when increasing the number of isoprenoid units. The isoprenoid tail is extended and packed with the lipid acyl chains. For ubiquinones with long tails, the terminal isoprenoid units have high flexibility. Calculated ubiquinone diffusion coefficients are similar to that found for the phosphatidylcholine lipid. These results may have further implications for the mechanisms of ubiquinone transport and binding to respiratory and photosynthetic protein complexes.
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Effects of the mitochondrial respiratory chain on longevity in C. elegans. Exp Gerontol 2014; 56:245-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2013] [Revised: 03/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Is carotenoid ornamentation linked to the inner mitochondria membrane potential? A hypothesis for the maintenance of signal honesty. Biochimie 2013; 95:436-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2012.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2012] [Accepted: 10/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Genova ML, Lenaz G. New developments on the functions of coenzyme Q in mitochondria. Biofactors 2011; 37:330-54. [PMID: 21989973 DOI: 10.1002/biof.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2011] [Accepted: 04/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The notion of a mobile pool of coenzyme Q (CoQ) in the lipid bilayer has changed with the discovery of respiratory supramolecular units, in particular the supercomplex comprising complexes I and III; in this model, the electron transfer is thought to be mediated by tunneling or microdiffusion, with a clear kinetic advantage on the transfer based on random collisions. The CoQ pool, however, has a fundamental function in establishing a dissociation equilibrium with bound quinone, besides being required for electron transfer from other dehydrogenases to complex III. The mechanism of CoQ reduction by complex I is analyzed regarding recent developments on the crystallographic structure of the enzyme, also in relation to the capacity of complex I to generate superoxide. Although the mechanism of the Q-cycle is well established for complex III, involvement of CoQ in proton translocation by complex I is still debated. Some additional roles of CoQ are also examined, such as the antioxidant effect of its reduced form and the capacity to bind the permeability transition pore and the mitochondrial uncoupling proteins. Finally, a working hypothesis is advanced on the establishment of a vicious circle of oxidative stress and supercomplex disorganization in pathological states, as in neurodegeneration and cancer.
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Lipids in photosystem II: Multifunctional cofactors. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2011; 104:19-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2011.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2010] [Revised: 01/31/2011] [Accepted: 02/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cramer WA, Hasan SS, Yamashita E. The Q cycle of cytochrome bc complexes: a structure perspective. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2011; 1807:788-802. [PMID: 21352799 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2010] [Revised: 02/08/2011] [Accepted: 02/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Aspects of the crystal structures of the hetero-oligomeric cytochrome bc(1) and b(6)f ("bc") complexes relevant to their electron/proton transfer function and the associated redox reactions of the lipophilic quinones are discussed. Differences between the b(6)f and bc(1) complexes are emphasized. The cytochrome bc(1) and b(6)f dimeric complexes diverge in structure from a core of subunits that coordinate redox groups consisting of two bis-histidine coordinated hemes, a heme b(n) and b(p) on the electrochemically negative (n) and positive (p) sides of the complex, the high potential [2Fe-2S] cluster and c-type heme at the p-side aqueous interface and aqueous phase, respectively, and quinone/quinol binding sites on the n- and p-sides of the complex. The bc(1) and b(6)f complexes diverge in subunit composition and structure away from this core. b(6)f Also contains additional prosthetic groups including a c-type heme c(n) on the n-side, and a chlorophyll a and β-carotene. Common structure aspects; functions of the symmetric dimer. (I) Quinone exchange with the bilayer. An inter-monomer protein-free cavity of approximately 30Å along the membrane normal×25Å (central inter-monomer distance)×15Å (depth in the center), is common to both bc(1) and b(6)f complexes, providing a niche in which the lipophilic quinone/quinol (Q/QH(2)) can be exchanged with the membrane bilayer. (II) Electron transfer. The dimeric structure and the proximity of the two hemes b(p) on the electrochemically positive side of the complex in the two monomer units allow the possibility of two alternate routes of electron transfer across the complex from heme b(p) to b(n): intra-monomer and inter-monomer involving electron cross-over between the two hemes b(p). A structure-based summary of inter-heme distances in seven bc complexes, representing mitochondrial, chromatophore, cyanobacterial, and algal sources, indicates that, based on the distance parameter, the intra-monomer pathway would be favored kinetically. (III) Separation of quinone binding sites. A consequence of the dimer structure and the position of the Q/QH(2) binding sites is that the p-side QH(2) oxidation and n-side Q reduction sites are each well separated. Therefore, in the event of an overlap in residence time by QH(2) or Q molecules at the two oxidation or reduction sites, their spatial separation would result in minimal steric interference between extended Q or QH(2) isoprenoid chains. (IV) Trans-membrane QH(2)/Q transfer. (i) n/p-side QH(2)/Q transfer may be hindered by lipid acyl chains; (ii) the shorter less hindered inter-monomer pathway across the complex would not pass through the center of the cavity, as inferred from the n-side antimycin site on one monomer and the p-side stigmatellin site on the other residing on the same surface of the complex. (V) Narrow p-side portal for QH(2)/Q passage. The [2Fe-2S] cluster that serves as oxidant, and whose histidine ligand serves as a H(+) acceptor in the oxidation of QH(2), is connected to the inter-monomer cavity by a narrow extended portal, which is also occupied in the b(6)f complex by the 20 carbon phytyl chain of the bound chlorophyll.
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- William A Cramer
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
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Devarajan A, Bourquard N, Hama S, Navab M, Grijalva VR, Morvardi S, Clarke CF, Vergnes L, Reue K, Teiber JF, Reddy ST. Paraoxonase 2 deficiency alters mitochondrial function and exacerbates the development of atherosclerosis. Antioxid Redox Signal 2011; 14:341-51. [PMID: 20578959 PMCID: PMC3011913 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2010.3430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2010] [Accepted: 06/27/2010] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as a result of decreased activities of mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) complexes plays a role in the development of many inflammatory diseases, including atherosclerosis. Our previous studies established that paraoxonase 2 (PON2) possesses antiatherogenic properties and is associated with lower ROS levels. The aim of the present study was to determine the mechanism by which PON2 modulates ROS production. In this report, we demonstrate that PON2-def mice on the hyperlipidemic apolipoprotein E(-/-) background (PON2-def/apolipoprotein E(-/-)) develop exacerbated atherosclerotic lesions with enhanced mitochondrial oxidative stress. We show that PON2 protein is localized to the inner mitochondrial membrane, where it is found associated with respiratory complex III. Employing surface-plasmon-resonance, we demonstrate that PON2 binds with high affinity to coenzyme Q(10), an important component of the ETC. Enhanced mitochondrial oxidative stress in PON2-def mice was accompanied by significantly reduced ETC complex I + III activities, oxygen consumption, and adenosine triphosphate levels in PON2-def mice. In contrast, overexpression of PON2 effectively protected mitochondria from antimycin- or oligomycin-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction. Our results illustrate that the antiatherogenic effects of PON2 are, in part, mediated by the role of PON2 in mitochondrial function.
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- Asokan Devarajan
- Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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Lenaz G, Genova ML. Structure and organization of mitochondrial respiratory complexes: a new understanding of an old subject. Antioxid Redox Signal 2010; 12:961-1008. [PMID: 19739941 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2009.2704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The enzymatic complexes of the mitochondrial respiratory chain have been extensively investigated in their structural and functional properties. A clear distinction is possible today between three complexes in which the difference in redox potential allows proton translocation (complexes I, III, and IV) and those having the mere function to convey electrons to the respiratory chain. We also have a clearer understanding of the structure and function of most respiratory complexes, of their biogenesis and regulation, and of their capacity to generate reactive oxygen species. Past investigations led to the conclusion that the complexes are randomly dispersed and functionally connected by diffusion of smaller redox components, coenzyme Q and cytochrome c. More-recent investigations by native gel electrophoresis and single-particle image processing showed the existence of supramolecular associations. Flux-control analysis demonstrated that complexes I and III in mammals and I, III, and IV in plants kinetically behave as single units, suggesting the existence of substrate channeling. This review discusses conditions affecting the formation of supercomplexes that, besides kinetic advantage, have a role in the stability and assembly of the individual complexes and in preventing excess oxygen radical formation. Disruption of supercomplex organization may lead to functional derangements responsible for pathologic changes.
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- Giorgio Lenaz
- Dipartimento di Biochimica "G. Moruzzi," Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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Lenaz G, Genova ML. Structural and functional organization of the mitochondrial respiratory chain: a dynamic super-assembly. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2009; 41:1750-1772. [PMID: 19711505 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2009.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The structural organization of the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system has received large attention in the past and most investigations led to the conclusion that the respiratory enzymatic complexes are randomly dispersed in the lipid bilayer of the inner membrane and functionally connected by fast diffusion of smaller redox components, Coenzyme Q and cytochrome c. More recent investigations by native gel electrophoresis, however, have shown the existence of supramolecular associations of the respiratory complexes, confirmed by electron microscopy analysis and single particle image processing. Flux control analysis has demonstrated that Complexes I and III in mammalian mitochondria and Complexes I, III, and IV in plant mitochondria kinetically behave as single units with control coefficients approaching unity for each single component, suggesting the existence of substrate channelling within the supercomplexes. The reasons why the presence of substrate channelling for Coenzyme Q and cytochrome c was overlooked in the past are analytically discussed. The review also discusses the forces and the conditions responsible for the formation of the supramolecular units. The function of the supercomplexes appears not to be restricted to kinetic advantages in electron transfer: we discuss evidence on their role in the stability and assembly of the individual complexes and in preventing excess oxygen radical formation. Finally, there is increasing evidence that disruption of the supercomplex organization leads to functional derangements responsible for pathological changes.
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- Giorgio Lenaz
- Dipartimento di Biochimica G. Moruzzi, Università di Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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Lenaz G, Genova ML. Mobility and function of Coenzyme Q (ubiquinone) in the mitochondrial respiratory chain. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2009; 1787:563-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2008] [Revised: 02/23/2009] [Accepted: 02/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fir MM, Smidovnik A, Milivojevic L, Zmitek J, Prosek M. Studies of CoQ10 and cyclodextrin complexes: solubility, thermo- and photo-stability. J INCL PHENOM MACRO 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s10847-009-9555-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Efrat R, Kesselman E, Aserin A, Garti N, Danino D. Solubilization of hydrophobic guest molecules in the monoolein discontinuous QL cubic mesophase and its soft nanoparticles. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:1316-1326. [PMID: 18781793 DOI: 10.1021/la8016084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Hydrophobic bioactive guest molecules were solubilized in the discontinuous cubic mesophase (QL) of monoolein. Their effects on the mesophase structure and thermal behavior, and on the formation of soft nanoparticles upon dispersion of the bulk mesophase were studied. Four additives were analyzed. They were classified into two types based on their presumed location within the lipid bilayer and their influence on the phase behavior and structure. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), polarized light microscopy, cryogenic-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM), and dynamic light scattering (DLS) were used for the analysis. We found that carbamazepine and cholesterol (type I molecules) likely localize in the hydrophobic domains, but close to the hydrophobic-hydrophilic region. They induce strong perturbation to the mesophase packing by influencing both the order of the lipid acyl chains and interactions between lipid headgroups. This results in significant reduction of the phase transition enthalpy, and phase separation into lamellar and cubic mesophases above the maximum loading capacity. The inclusion of type I molecules in the mesophase also prevents the formation of soft nanoparticles with long-range internal order upon dispersion. In their presence, only vesicles or sponge-like nanoparticles form. Phytosterols and coenzyme Q10 (type II molecules) present only moderate effects. These molecules reside in the hydrophobic domains, where they cannot alter the lipid curvature or transform the QL mesophase into another phase. Therefore, above maximum loading, excess solubilizate precipitates in crystal forms. Moreover, when type II-loaded QL is dispersed, nanoparticles with long-range order and cubic symmetry (i.e., cubosomes) do form. A model for the growth of the ordered nanoparticles was developed from a series of intermediate structures identified by cryo-TEM. It proposes the development of the internal structure by fusion events between bilayer segments.
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- Rivka Efrat
- Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Jeuken LJC, Weiss SA, Henderson PJF, Evans SD, Bushby RJ. Impedance spectroscopy of bacterial membranes: coenzyme-Q diffusion in a finite diffusion layer. Anal Chem 2008; 80:9084-90. [PMID: 19551979 PMCID: PMC3650574 DOI: 10.1021/ac8015856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The inner membrane of Escherichia coli, overexpressing an ubiquinol oxidase, cytochrome bo3 (cbo3), was "tethered" in a planar configuration to a gold electrode. Electron transfer to cbo3 was achieved via native ubiquinol-8 or added ubiquinol-10, and impedance spectroscopy was used to characterize the diffusion properties of the ubiquinol/ubiquinone in the tethered membrane system. Spectra were obtained at varying direct current (DC) potentials covering the potential window in which the voltammetric catalytic wave of cbo3 is visible. These spectra were compared to those obtained after addition of a potent inhibitor of cbo3, cyanide, and the difference in impedance was analyzed using a derived equivalent circuit, which is similar to that of open finite-length diffusion (OFLD) or the finite Warburg circuit, but with the boundary conditions modified to account for the fact that ubiquinol reoxidation is limited by enzyme activity. Analysis of the impedance spectra of the tethered membrane system gave kinetic parameters that are consistent with values obtained using cyclic voltammetry. Importantly, the diffusion rate of ubiquinone (10(-13)-10(-12) cm2/s) was found to be orders of magnitude lower than accepted values for lateral diffusion (10(-8)-10(-7) cm2/ s). It is hypothesized that this result represent perpendicular diffusion of quinone across the membrane, corresponding to a "flip" time between 0.05 and 1 s.
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- Lars J C Jeuken
- Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, School of Physics and Astronomy, and Centre for Self-Organising Molecular Systems, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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Bioavailability of water-soluble CoQ10 in beagle dogs. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2008; 47:918-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2008.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2008] [Revised: 04/03/2008] [Accepted: 04/03/2008] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Lenaz G, Fato R, Formiggini G, Genova ML. The role of Coenzyme Q in mitochondrial electron transport. Mitochondrion 2007; 7 Suppl:S8-33. [PMID: 17485246 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2007.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2006] [Revised: 03/20/2007] [Accepted: 03/22/2007] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In mitochondria, most Coenzyme Q is free in the lipid bilayer; the question as to whether tightly bound, non-exchangeable Coenzyme Q molecules exist in mitochondrial complexes is still an open question. We review the mechanism of inter-complex electron transfer mediated by ubiquinone and discuss the kinetic consequences of the supramolecular organization of the respiratory complexes (randomly dispersed vs. super-complexes) in terms of Coenzyme Q pool behavior vs. metabolic channeling, respectively, both in physiological and in some pathological conditions. As an example of intra-complex electron transfer, we discuss in particular Complex I, a topic that is still under active investigation.
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- Giorgio Lenaz
- Dipartimento di Biochimica, Università di Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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Roura-Pérez G, Quiróz B, Aguilar-Martínez M, Frontana C, Solano A, Gonzalez I, Bautista-Martínez JA, Jiménez-Barbero J, Cuevas G. Remote Position Substituents as Modulators of Conformational and Reactive Properties of Quinones. Relevance of the π/π Intramolecular Interaction. J Org Chem 2007; 72:1883-94. [PMID: 17300203 DOI: 10.1021/jo061576v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Several studies have described that quinoid rings with electron-rich olefins at remote position experience changes in their redox potential. Since the original description of these changes, different approaches have been developed to describe the properties of the binding sites of ubiquinones. The origin of this phenomenon has been attributed to lateral chain flexibility and its effect on the recognition between proteins and substrates associated with their important biological activity. The use of electrochemical-electron spin resonance (EC-ESR) assays and theoretical calculations at MP2/6-31G(d,p) and MP2/6-31++G(d,p)//MP2/6-31G(d,p) levels of several conformers of perezone [(2-(1,5-dimethyl-4-hexenyl)-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone] established that a weak pi-pi interaction controls not only the molecular conformation but also its diffusion coefficient and electrochemical properties. An analogous interaction can be suggested as the origin of similar properties of ubiquinone Q10. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance rendered, for the first time, direct evidence of the participation of different perezone conformers in solution and explained the cycloaddition process observed when the aforementioned quinone is heated to form pipitzols, sesquiterpenes with a cedrene skeleton. The fact that biological systems can modulate the redox potential of this type of quinones depending on the conformer recognized by an enzyme during a biological transformation is of great relevance.
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- Guillermo Roura-Pérez
- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, Apdo. Postal 70213, 04510, México, D. F. México
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Aird A, Wrachtrup J, Schulten K, Tietz C. Possible pathway for ubiquinone shuttling in Rhodospirillum rubrum revealed by molecular dynamics simulation. Biophys J 2006; 92:23-33. [PMID: 17028136 PMCID: PMC1697858 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.084715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In the last decade, the structures of many components of the photosynthetic apparatus of purple bacteria, as well as the mutual organization of these components within the purple membrane, were resolved. One key question that emerged concerned the assembly of the core complex consisting of the reaction center (RC) and the light-harvesting 1 (LH1) complex. In some species, like Rhodobacter sphaeroides, the ring-shaped LH1 complex was found to be open, whereas other species, like Rhodospirillum rubrum, have a closed ring surrounding the reaction center. This poses the question of how the ubiquinone molecule that transports electrons and protons from the RC to the cytochrome bc(1) complex overcomes the apparent barrier of the LH1 ring. In this study, we investigated how, in the case of a closed LH1 ring, the ubiquinone molecule diffuses through the LH1 ring. For this purpose, the LH1 structure of R. rubrum was modeled and the potential of mean force along the diffusion pathway through the LH1 was determined by steered molecular-dynamics simulations. The potential was reconstructed using the fluctuation theorem in combination with the stiff spring approximation. An upper limit for the mean first-passage time for diffusion of ubiquinone through the LH1 ring, based on a worst-case scenario potential, was calculated as approximately 8 x 10(-3) s, which is still in agreement with known turnover rates of RC and RC-LH1 complexes in the range of approximately 1000 Hz.
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- A Aird
- Institute of Physics, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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Cui G, Wang B, Merz KM. Computational studies of the farnesyltransferase ternary complex part I: substrate binding. Biochemistry 2006; 44:16513-23. [PMID: 16342942 PMCID: PMC2566548 DOI: 10.1021/bi051020m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Farnesyltransferase (FTase) catalyzes the transfer of farnesyl from farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) to cysteine residues at or near the C-terminus of protein acceptors with a CaaX motif (a, aliphatic; X, Met). Farnesylation is a critical modification to many switch proteins involved in the extracellular signal transduction pathway, which facilitates their fixation on the cell membrane where the extracellular signal is processed. The malfunction caused by mutations in these proteins often causes uncontrolled cell reproduction and leads to tumor formation. FTase inhibitors have been extensively studied as potential anticancer agents in recent years, several of which have advanced to different phases of clinical trials. However, the mechanism of this biologically important enzyme has not been firmly established. Understanding how FTase recruits the FPP substrate is the first and foremost step toward further mechanistic investigations and the design of effective FTase inhibitors. Molecular dynamic simulations were carried out on the ternary structure of FTase complexed with the FPP substrate and an acetyl-capped tetrapeptide (acetyl-CVIM), which revealed that the FPP substrate maintains an inactive conformation and the binding of the diphosphate group can be largely attributed to residues R291beta, K164alpha, K294beta, and H248beta. The FPP substrate assumes an extended conformation in the binding site with restricted rotation of the backbone dihedral angles; however, it does not have a well-defined conformation when unbound in solution. This is evident from multinanosecond MD simulations of the FPP substrate in a vacuum and solution. Our conclusion is further supported by theoretical J coupling calculations. Our results on the FPP binding are in good agreement with previous experimental kinetic studies on FTase mutants. The hypothetical conformational activation of the FPP substrate is currently under investigation.
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- Guanglei Cui
- Department of Chemistry, 104 Chemistry Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Fernández-Ayala DJM, López-Lluch G, García-Valdés M, Arroyo A, Navas P. Specificity of coenzyme Q10 for a balanced function of respiratory chain and endogenous ubiquinone biosynthesis in human cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2005; 1706:174-83. [PMID: 15620378 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2004.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2004] [Revised: 10/08/2004] [Accepted: 10/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Coenzyme Q (Q) is an obligatory component of both respiratory chain and uncoupling proteins. Also, Q acts as an antioxidant in cellular membranes. Several neurodegenerative diseases are associated with modifications of Q10 levels. For these reasons, therapies based on Q supplementation in the diet are currently studied in order to mitigate the symptoms of these diseases. However, the incorporation of exogenous Q also affects aging process in nematodes probably affecting reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. The aim of the present work is to clarify if supplementation with both Q10 and Q6 isoforms affects mitochondrial Q10 content, respiratory chain activity and ROS levels in human cells. Cells incorporated exogenously added Q10 and Q6 isoforms into mitochondria that produced changes in mitochondrial activity depending on the side chain length. Supplementation with Q10, but not with Q6, increased mitochondrial Q-dependent activities. However, Q6 affected the mitochondrial membrane potential, ROS production, and increased the protein levels of both catalase and Mn-superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD). Also, Q6 induced a transient decrease in endogenous mitochondrial Q10 levels by increasing its catabolism. These results show that human cells supplemented with Q6 undergo a mitochondrial impairment, which is not observed with Q10 supplementation.
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- Daniel J M Fernández-Ayala
- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD), Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Carretera de Utrera Km 1, 43013, Sevilla, Spain
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Medvedeva N, Papper V, Likhtenshtein GI. Study of rare encounters in a membrane using quenching of cascade reaction between triplet and photochrome probes with nitroxide radicals. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2005; 7:3368-74. [PMID: 16240052 DOI: 10.1039/b506135k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Measurements of active encounters between molecules in native membranes containing ingredients, including proteins, are of prime importance. To estimate rare encounters in a high range of rate constants (rate coefficients) and distances between interacting molecules in membranes, a cascade of photochemical reactions for molecules diffusing in multilamellar liposomes was investigated. The sensitised cascade triplet cis-trans photoisomerisation of the excited stilbene involves the use of a triplet sensitiser (Erythrosin B), a photochrome stilbene-derivative probe (4-dimethylamino-4'-aminostilbene) exhibiting the phenomenon of trans-cis photoisomerisation, and nitroxide radicals (5-doxyl stearic acid) to quench the excited triplet state of the sensitiser. Measurement of the phosphorescence lifetime of Erythrosin B and the fluorescence enhancement of the stilbene-derivative photochrome probe, at various concentrations of the nitroxide probe, made it possible to calculate the quenching rate constant k(q)= 1.1 x 10(15) cm2 M(-1) s(-1) and the rate constant of the triplet-triplet energy transfer between the sensitiser and stilbene probe k(T)= 1.0 x 10(12) cm2 M(-1) s(-1). These values, together with the data on diffusion rate constant, obtained by methods utilising various theoretical characteristic times of about seven orders of magnitude and the experimental rate constants of about five orders of magnitude, were found to be in good agreement with the advanced theory of diffusion-controlled reactions in two dimensions. Because the characteristic time of the proposed cascade method is relatively large (0.1 s), it is possible to follow rare collisions between molecules and free radicals in model and biological membranes with a very sensitive fluorescence spectroscopy technique, using a relatively low concentration of probes.
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- Nataly Medvedeva
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 653, 84105, Be'er-Sheva, Israel
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Prosek M, Smidovnik A, Fir M, Strazisar M. TLC identification and quantification of coenzyme Q10-β-cyclodextrin complex. JPC-J PLANAR CHROMAT 2004. [DOI: 10.1556/jpc.17.2004.3.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Jonassen T, Davis DE, Larsen PL, Clarke CF. Reproductive Fitness and Quinone Content of Caenorhabditis elegans clk-1 Mutants Fed Coenzyme Q Isoforms of Varying Length. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:51735-42. [PMID: 14530273 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m308760200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Caenorhabditis elegans clk-1 mutants lack coenzyme Q9 and accumulate the biosynthetic intermediate demethoxy-Q9. A dietary source of ubiquinone (Q) is required for larval growth and development of the gonad and germ cells. We considered that uptake of the shorter Q8 isoform present in the Escherichia coli food may contribute to the Clk phenotypes of slowed development and reduced brood size observed when the animals are fed Q-replete E. coli. To test the effect of isoprene tail length, N2 and clk-1 animals were fed E. coli engineered to produce Q7, Q8, Q9, or Q10. Wild-type nematodes showed no change in reproductive fitness regardless of the Qn isoform fed. clk-1(e2519) fed the Q9 diet showed increased egg production; however, this diet did not improve reproductive fitness of the clk-1(qm30) animals. Furthermore, animals with the more severe clk-1(qm30) allele become sterile and their progeny inviable when fed Q7-containing bacteria. The content of Q7 in the mitochondria of clk-1 animals was decreased relative to Q8, suggesting less effective transport of Q7 to the mitochondria, impaired retention, or decreased stability. Additionally, regardless of E. coli diet, clk-1(qm30) animals contain a dysfunctional dense form of mitochondria. The gonads of clk-1(qm30) worms fed Q7-containing food were severely shrunken and disordered. The differential fertility of clk-1 mutant nematodes fed Q isoforms may result from changes in Q localization, altered recognition by Q-binding proteins, and/or potential defects in mitochondrial function resulting from the mutant CLK-1 polypeptide itself.
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- Tanya Jonassen
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, USA
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Papucci L, Schiavone N, Witort E, Donnini M, Lapucci A, Tempestini A, Formigli L, Zecchi-Orlandini S, Orlandini G, Carella G, Brancato R, Capaccioli S. Coenzyme q10 prevents apoptosis by inhibiting mitochondrial depolarization independently of its free radical scavenging property. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:28220-8. [PMID: 12736273 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m302297200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The permeability transition pore (PTP) is a mitochondrial channel whose opening causes the mitochondrial membrane potential (deltapsi) collapse that leads to apoptosis. Some ubiquinone analogues have been demonstrated previously to modulate the PTP open-closed transition in isolated mitochondria and thought to act through a common PTP-binding site rather than through oxidation-reduction reactions. We have demonstrated recently both in vitro and in vivo that the ubiquitous free radical scavenger and respiratory chain coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) prevents keratocyte apoptosis induced by excimer laser irradiation more efficiently than other antioxidants. On this basis, we hypothesized that the antiapoptotic property of CoQ10 could be independent of its free radical scavenging ability and related to direct inhibition of PTP opening. In this study, we have verified this hypothesis by evaluating the antiapoptotic effects of CoQ10 in response to apoptotic stimuli, serum starvation, antimycin A, and ceramide, which do not generate free radicals, in comparison to control, free radical-generating UVC irradiation. As hypothesized, CoQ10 dramatically reduced apoptotic cell death, attenuated ATP decrease, and hindered DNA fragmentation elicited by all apoptotic stimuli. This was accompanied by inhibition of mitochondrial depolarization, cytochrome c release, and caspase 9 activation. Because these events are consequent to mitochondrial PTP opening, we suggest that the antiapoptotic activity of CoQ10 could be related to its ability to prevent this phenomenon.
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- Laura Papucci
- Department of Experimental Pathology and Oncology, University of Florence, 50134-Florence, Italy
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Olgun A, Akman S, Tezcan S, Kutluay T. The effect of isoprenoid side chain length of ubiquinone on life span. Med Hypotheses 2003; 60:325-7. [PMID: 12581604 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-9877(02)00392-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The isoprenoid side chain length of ubiquinone (Q) can have an effect on the life span of mammals. The short living mouse and rat have Q(9), while primates have Q(10) as the major form. Ubiquinones (Qs) having longer hydrophobic tail are likely more imbedded in the mitochondrial inner membrane than the ones having shorter tails. In case of short tail length, ubisemiquinone (Q(*-)) produced during electron transport can be more exposed to the aqueous phase on both sides of the membrane, generate more superoxide radical and damage the neighbouring macromolecules. Considering the inefficient subcellular distribution of exogenous Q, production of transgenic animals synthesizing Qs having longer than 10 isoprenoid units (Q(>10)) can increase their life span.
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The function of the coenzyme Q (CoQ) pool in the inner mitochondrial membrane is reviewed in view of recent findings suggesting a supramolecular organization of the mitochondrial respiratory complexes. In spite of the structural evidence for preferential aggregations of the inner membrane components, most kinetic evidence is in favor of a dispersed organization based on random collisions of the small connecting redox components, in particular CoQ, with the individual complexes. The shape of the CoQ molecule in the pool, suggested to be a folded one, is in agreement with its very rapid lateral diffusion mobility in the membrane midplane. Since the structural evidence in favor of specific supercomplexes is rather strong, it cannot be excluded that electron transfer may follow either pool behavior or preferential channeling depending on the physiological conditions. Another function ascribed to the CoQ pool is the antioxidant action of the reduced CoQ molecules; although it cannot be excluded that protein-bound ubisemiquinones may be a source of oxygen radicals, particularly at the level of complex III, the available evidence suggests that the mitochondrial pool only behaves as an antioxidant under physiological conditions.
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- G Lenaz
- Dipartimento di Biochimica, Università di Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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Söderhäll JA, Laaksonen A. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Ubiquinone inside a Lipid Bilayer. J Phys Chem B 2001. [DOI: 10.1021/jp011001w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- J. Arvid Söderhäll
- Division of Physical Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, University of Stockholm, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Physical Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, University of Stockholm, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Echtay KS, Winkler E, Frischmuth K, Klingenberg M. Uncoupling proteins 2 and 3 are highly active H(+) transporters and highly nucleotide sensitive when activated by coenzyme Q (ubiquinone). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:1416-21. [PMID: 11171965 PMCID: PMC29271 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.98.4.1416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2000] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Based on the discovery of coenzyme Q (CoQ) as an obligatory cofactor for H(+) transport by uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) [Echtay, K. S., Winkler, E. & Klingenberg, M. (2000) Nature (London) 408, 609-613] we show here that UCP2 and UCP3 are also highly active H(+) transporters and require CoQ and fatty acid for H(+) transport, which is inhibited by low concentrations of nucleotides. CoQ is proposed to facilitate injection of H(+) from fatty acid into UCP. Human UCP2 and 3 expressed in Escherichia coli inclusion bodies are solubilized, and by exchange of sarcosyl against digitonin, nucleotide binding as measured with 2'-O-[5-(dimethylamino)naphthalene-1-sulfonyl]-GTP can be restored. After reconstitution into vesicles, Cl(-) but no H(+) are transported. The addition of CoQ initiates H(+) transport in conjunction with fatty acids. This increase is fully sensitive to nucleotides. The rates are as high as with reconstituted UCP1 from mitochondria. Maximum activity is at a molar ratio of 1:300 of CoQ:phospholipid. In UCP2 as in UCP1, ATP is a stronger inhibitor than ADP, but in UCP3 ADP inhibits more strongly than ATP. Thus UCP2 and UCP3 are regulated differently by nucleotides, in line with their different physiological contexts. These results confirm the regulation of UCP2 and UCP3 by the same factors CoQ, fatty acids, and nucleotides as UCP1. They supersede reports that UCP2 and UCP3 may not be H(+) transporters.
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- K S Echtay
- Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University of Munich, Schillerstrasse 44, D-80336 Munich, Germany
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NILSSON JARVID, ERIKSSON LEIFA, LAAKSONEN AATTO. Molecular dynamics simulations of plastoquinone in solution. Mol Phys 2001. [DOI: 10.1080/00268970010010204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Zahn TJ, Eilers M, Guo Z, Ksebati MB, Simon M, Scholten JD, Smith SO, Gibbs RA. Evaluation of Isoprenoid Conformation in Solution and in the Active Site of Protein-Farnesyl Transferase Using Carbon-13 Labeling in Conjunction with Solution- and Solid-State NMR. J Am Chem Soc 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/ja000860f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Todd J. Zahn
- Contribution from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 528 Shapero Hall, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Department of Biochemistry, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, and Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, SUNY Stony Brook, 312 Life Sciences Building, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- Contribution from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 528 Shapero Hall, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Department of Biochemistry, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, and Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, SUNY Stony Brook, 312 Life Sciences Building, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- Contribution from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 528 Shapero Hall, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Department of Biochemistry, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, and Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, SUNY Stony Brook, 312 Life Sciences Building, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- Contribution from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 528 Shapero Hall, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Department of Biochemistry, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, and Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, SUNY Stony Brook, 312 Life Sciences Building, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- Contribution from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 528 Shapero Hall, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Department of Biochemistry, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, and Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, SUNY Stony Brook, 312 Life Sciences Building, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- Contribution from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 528 Shapero Hall, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Department of Biochemistry, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, and Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, SUNY Stony Brook, 312 Life Sciences Building, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- Contribution from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 528 Shapero Hall, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Department of Biochemistry, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, and Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, SUNY Stony Brook, 312 Life Sciences Building, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- Contribution from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 528 Shapero Hall, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Department of Biochemistry, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, and Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, SUNY Stony Brook, 312 Life Sciences Building, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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Stojkovic M, Westesen K, Zakhartchenko V, Stojkovic P, Boxhammer K, Wolf E. Coenzyme Q(10) in submicron-sized dispersion improves development, hatching, cell proliferation, and adenosine triphosphate content of in vitro-produced bovine embryos. Biol Reprod 1999; 61:541-7. [PMID: 10411538 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.2.541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Coenzyme Q(10) (CoQ(10)) is an essential component of the plasma membrane ion transporter (PMIT) system and of the electron transport chain in the inner mitochondrial membrane. Because of its intrinsic functions in cell growth and energy metabolism (ATP synthesis), and its protective effects against oxidative stress, CoQ(10) is a good candidate for supporting growth of cells in culture. However, because of its quinone structure, CoQ(10) is extremely lipophilic and practically insoluble in water. We used a specific technology to prepare a submicron-sized dispersion of CoQ(10), inhibiting re-crystallization by a stabilizer. This dispersion, which exhibits a very large specific surface area for drug dissolution, was tested as a supplement for the in vitro culture of bovine embryos in a chemically defined system. The rate of early cleavage of embryos (5- to 8-cell stages) was evaluated 66 h postinsemination (hpi) and was highest in medium supplemented with 30 or 100 microM CoQ(10) (66.5 +/- 0.8% and 68.7 +/- 1.1%, respectively) and lowest in 10 microM CoQ(10) (55.3 +/- 0.8%). The proportions of oocytes developing to blastocysts by 186 hpi were 19.0 +/- 0.6% and 25.2 +/- 0.3% in medium supplemented with 10 microM and 30 microM CoQ(10), respectively, and were significantly (p < 0.001) higher than those obtained with the equivalent amounts of stabilizer (9.9 +/- 0.4% and 11.3 +/- 0.4%). In the presence of 30 microM CoQ(10), significantly (p < 0.001) more blastocysts hatched by 210 hpi than in the equivalent amount of stabilizer (31.8 +/- 1.3 vs. 8.4 +/- 2.2). Expanded blastocysts produced in the presence of 30 microM CoQ(10) had significantly (p < 0.01) more inner cell mass cells and trophectoderm cells, and a significantly (p < 0.001) increased ATP content as compared to expanded blastocysts produced in the presence of the corresponding amount of stabilizer. Our results show that noncrystalline CoQ(10) in submicron-sized dispersion supports the development and viability of bovine embryos produced in a chemically defined culture system.
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- M Stojkovic
- Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Tierzucht und Haustiergenetik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany
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Lenaz G, Fato R, Di Bernardo S, Jarreta D, Costa A, Genova ML, Parenti Castelli G. Localization and mobility of coenzyme Q in lipid bilayers and membranes. Biofactors 1999; 9:87-93. [PMID: 10416019 DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520090202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We have studied the mobility of coenzyme Q (CoQ) in lipid bilayers and mitochondrial membranes in relation to the control of electron transfer activities. A molecular dynamics computer simulation in the vacuum yielded a folded structure for CoQ10, with a length of only 21 A. Using this information we were able to calculate diffusion coefficients in the range of 10(-6) cm2/s in good agreement with those found experimentally by fluorescence quenching of pyrene derivatives. To investigate if CoQ diffusion may represent the rate-limiting step of electron transfer, we reconstituted complexes I and III and assayed the resulting NADH-cytochrome c reductase activity in presence of different CoQ10 levels and at different distances between complexes; the experimental turnovers were higher than the collision frequencies calculated using diffusion coefficients of 10(-9) cm2/s but compatible with values found by us by fluorescence quenching. Since the experimental turnovers are independent of the distance between complexes, we conclude that CoQ diffusion is not rate-limiting for electron transfer.
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- G Lenaz
- Dipartimento di Biochimica G. Moruzzi, Università di Bologna, Italy.
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