期刊
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS
卷 1807, 期 12, 页码 1562-1572出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.09.022
关键词
Flavonoid; Mitochondria; Hydrogen peroxide production; Complex I; Ubiquinone; Cytochrome c
资金
- Junta de Extremadura [GRU09110, GR10092, CTS005]
- FEDER
Flavonoids can protect cells from different insults that lead to mitochondria-mediated cell death, and epidemiological data show that some of these compounds attenuate the progression of diseases associated with oxidative stress and mitochondria! dysfunction. In this work, a screening of 5 flavonoids representing major subclasses showed that they display different effects on H2O2 production by mitochondria isolated from rat brain and heart. Quercetin, kaempferol and epicatechin are potent inhibitors of H2O2 production by mitochondria from both tissues (IC50 approximate to 1-2 mu M), even when H2O2 production rate was stimulated by the mitochondrial inhibitors rotenone and antimycin A. Although the rate of oxygen consumption was unaffected by concentrations up to 10 mu M of these flavonoids, quercetin, kaempferol and apigenin inhibited complex I activity, while up to 100 mu M epicatechin produced less than 20% inhibition. The extent of this inhibition was found to be dependent on the concentration of coenzyme Q in the medium, suggesting competition between the flavonoids and ubiquinone for close binding sites in the complex. In contrast, these flavonoids did not significantly inhibit the activity of complexes II and III, and did not affect the redox state of complex IV. However, we have found that epicatechin, quercetin and kaempferol are able to stoichiometrically reduce purified cytochrome c. Our results reveal that mitochondria are a plausible main target of flavonoids mediating, at least in part, their reported preventive actions against oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction-associated pathologies. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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