Ubiquinone;
Electron transport chain;
Statin;
Cytochrome oxidase;
COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS;
HIGH-DOSE SIMVASTATIN;
COENZYME-Q LEVELS;
NITRIC-OXIDE;
SKELETAL-MUSCLE;
RESPIRATORY-CHAIN;
NEUROBLASTOMA-CELLS;
SYNTHASE EXPRESSION;
PRIMARY CULTURE;
P-GLYCOPROTEIN;
D O I:
10.1080/15376510802305047
中图分类号:
R99 [毒物学(毒理学)];
学科分类号:
100405 ;
摘要:
In order to investigate the potential involvement of mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) dysfunction in myotoxicity associated with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor (statin) treatment, assessment was made of ETC activity and ubiquinone status in two patients experiencing myopathy following treatment with simvastatin (40 mg/day) and cyclosporin (patient 1) and simvastatin (40 mg/day) and itraconazole (patient 2). Analysis of skeletal muscle biopsies revealed a decreased ubiquinone status (77 and 132; reference range: 140-580 pmol/mg) and cytochrome oxidase (complex IV) activity (0.006 and 0.007 reference range: 0.014-0.034). To assess statin treatment in the absence of possible pharmacological interference from cyclosporin or itraconazole, primary astrocytes were cultured with lovastatin (100 M). Lovastatin treatment resulted in a decrease in ubiquinone (97.9 14.9; control: 202.9 18.4 pmol/mg; p 0.05), and complex IV activity (0.008 0.001; control: 0.011 0.001; p 0.05) relative to control. These data, coupled with the patient findings, indicate a possible association between statin treatment, decreased ubiquinone status, and loss of complex IV activity.