Coenzyme Q10 levels correlate with the activities of complexes I and II/III in mitochondria from parkinsonian and nonparkinsonian subjects.
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Abstract
The activities of complex I and complex II/III in platelet mitochondria are reduced in patients with early, untreated Parkinson's disease. Coenzyme Q10 is the electron acceptor for complex I and complex II. We found that the level of coenzyme Q10 was significantly lower in mitochondria from parkinsonian patients than in mitochondria from age- and sex-matched control subjects and that the levels of coenzyme Q10 and the activities of complex I and complex II/III were significantly correlated.
Medical subject headings
- Electron Transport Complex III
- Mitochondria
- Multienzyme Complexes
- NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone)
- Oxidoreductases
- Parkinson Disease
- Succinate Dehydrogenase
- Ubiquinone