Journal
REDOX BIOLOGY
Volume 55, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2022.102403
Keywords
Coenzyme Q; Mitochondrial disease; Therapy; Omics; Phenolic compound
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- MCIN/AEI, Spain
- ERDF [RTI2018093503-B-100]
- Muscular Dystrophy Association [MDA-602322]
- Junta de Andalucia [P20_00134, PEER-00832020]
- EPIC-XS - Horizon 2020 programme of the European Union [823839]
- Plan Propio de Investigacion from the University of Granada
- Consejeria de Salud, Junta de Andalucia, Spain
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The study reveals that CoQ deficiency leads to extensive changes in mitochondrial proteome and metabolism, as well as neuroinflammatory response and encephalopathic phenotype. Treatment with analogs of CoQ biosynthetic precursor partially restores CoQ metabolism and improves mitochondrial proteome and metabolism, resulting in reductions in gliosis, neuroinflammation, and spongiosis.
Defects in Coenzyme Q (CoQ) metabolism have been associated with primary mitochondrial disorders, neurodegenerative diseases and metabolic conditions. The consequences of CoQ deficiency have not been fully addressed, and effective treatment remains challenging. Here, we use mice with primary CoQ deficiency (Coq9R239X), and we demonstrate that CoQ deficiency profoundly alters the Q-junction, leading to extensive changes in the mitochondrial proteome and metabolism in the kidneys and, to a lesser extent, in the brain. CoQ deficiency also induces reactive gliosis, which mediates a neuroinflammatory response, both of which lead to an encephalopathic phenotype. Importantly, treatment with either vanillic acid (VA) or beta-resorcylic acid (beta-RA), two analogs of the natural precursor for CoQ biosynthesis, partially restores CoQ metabolism, particularly in the kidneys, and induces profound normalization of the mitochondrial proteome and metabolism, ultimately leading to reductions in gliosis, neuroinflammation and spongiosis and, consequently, reversing the phenotype. Together, these results provide key mechanistic insights into defects in CoQ metabolism and identify potential disease biomarkers. Furthermore, our findings clearly indicate that the use of analogs of the CoQ biosynthetic precursor is a promising alternative therapy for primary CoQ deficiency and has potential for use in the treatment of more common neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases that are associated with secondary CoQ deficiency.
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