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Assessment of Open Probability of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore in the Setting of Coenzyme Q Excess
Published on: June 1, 2022
COVID-19 and the Assessment of Coenzyme Q10
Nadia Turton1, Robert A Heaton1, Iain P Hargreaves2
1School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.
Abstract:
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) plays an essential electron carrier role in the mitochondrial electron transfer chain (ETC) as well as being a potent antioxidant and influencing inflammatory mediators. In view of these functions, the reason why certain individuals may be more susceptible to the severe disease or long-term complications (long COVID) of COVID-19 infection may be associated with an underlying deficit in cellular CoQ10 status. Thus, our group has outlined an analytical method for the determination of cellular CoQ10 status using HPLC linked UV detection at 275 nm. This method has been utilized in patient tissue samples to investigate evidence of a CoQ10 deficiency and thus may have potential in determining the possible susceptibility of individuals to severe disease associated with COVID-19 infection or to long COVID.
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