[Determination of coenzyme Q10 and alpha-tocopherol levels in patients with cardiopathies of unknown origin: perspectives in diagnosis]. 1996

J Kucharská, and A Gvozdjáková, and M Snircová, and S Mizera, and E Schrameková, and Z Schreinerová, and I Pechán, and J Fabián
Farmakobiochemické laboratórium III. internej kliniky Lekárskej fakulty Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave, Slovakia.

The coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinone) plays an important role in bioenergetic conditions in myocardiac cells and together with alpha-tocopherol they act as endogenous antioxidants. Decreased levels in coenzyme Q10 were confirmed in some types of cardiomyopathies and in failing myocardium. Insufficiency of E vitamin is a risk factor in cardiovascular diseases. The study investigates the levels of coenzyme Q10 and alpha-tocopherol in the blood and in bioptic samples of the myocardium in patients with cardiopathies of unknown origin and it is aimed at their application as an auxiliary diagnostic method. The authors have introduced a method of coenzyme Q10 and alpha-tocopherol assessment from the bioptic samples of the myocardium, from the blood and plasma of these patients by means of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The authors detected decreased levels of coenzyme Q10 in the myocardium and blood of patients with cardiopathies. The dependence on the functional state of the myocardium according to NYHA was not confirmed due to the small number of patients. The plasmatic alpha-tocopherol levels decreased in dependence on the severeness of the disease. A more significant dependence was detected between the levels of alpha-tocopherol in the myocardium and its functional state. The average myocardial level of alpha-tocopherol in patients of the NYHA II group was almost ten-fold higher than in the NYHA II group. The gained results appoint to the meaning of investigation of the coenzyme Q10 and alpha-tocopherol in patients with cardiopathies of unknown origin and give a hint of prospective possibilities for application in the diagnosis assessment.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009202 Cardiomyopathies A group of diseases in which the dominant feature is the involvement of the CARDIAC MUSCLE itself. Cardiomyopathies are classified according to their predominant pathophysiological features (DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY) or their etiological/pathological factors (CARDIOMYOPATHY, ALCOHOLIC; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS). Myocardial Disease,Myocardial Diseases,Myocardial Diseases, Primary,Myocardial Diseases, Secondary,Myocardiopathies,Primary Myocardial Disease,Cardiomyopathies, Primary,Cardiomyopathies, Secondary,Primary Myocardial Diseases,Secondary Myocardial Diseases,Cardiomyopathy,Cardiomyopathy, Primary,Cardiomyopathy, Secondary,Disease, Myocardial,Disease, Primary Myocardial,Disease, Secondary Myocardial,Diseases, Myocardial,Diseases, Primary Myocardial,Diseases, Secondary Myocardial,Myocardial Disease, Primary,Myocardial Disease, Secondary,Myocardiopathy,Primary Cardiomyopathies,Primary Cardiomyopathy,Secondary Cardiomyopathies,Secondary Cardiomyopathy,Secondary Myocardial Disease
D009206 Myocardium The muscle tissue of the HEART. It is composed of striated, involuntary muscle cells (MYOCYTES, CARDIAC) connected to form the contractile pump to generate blood flow. Muscle, Cardiac,Muscle, Heart,Cardiac Muscle,Myocardia,Cardiac Muscles,Heart Muscle,Heart Muscles,Muscles, Cardiac,Muscles, Heart
D002851 Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Liquid chromatographic techniques which feature high inlet pressures, high sensitivity, and high speed. Chromatography, High Performance Liquid,Chromatography, High Speed Liquid,Chromatography, Liquid, High Pressure,HPLC,High Performance Liquid Chromatography,High-Performance Liquid Chromatography,UPLC,Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography,Chromatography, High-Performance Liquid,High-Performance Liquid Chromatographies,Liquid Chromatography, High-Performance
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014451 Ubiquinone A lipid-soluble benzoquinone which is involved in ELECTRON TRANSPORT in mitochondrial preparations. The compound occurs in the majority of aerobic organisms, from bacteria to higher plants and animals. Coenzyme Q
D014810 Vitamin E A generic descriptor for all TOCOPHEROLS and TOCOTRIENOLS that exhibit ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL activity. By virtue of the phenolic hydrogen on the 2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol nucleus, these compounds exhibit varying degree of antioxidant activity, depending on the site and number of methyl groups and the type of ISOPRENOIDS.

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