Elevation of tissue coenzyme Q (ubiquinone) and cytochrome c concentrations by endurance exercise in the rat

Six months of enforced and voluntary endurance training of young female Wistar rats resulted in significant decreases of body weight and gastrocnemius muscle wet weight and protein content, and increases in heart weight and protein content, and liver protein content. The coenzyme Q and cytochrome c...

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Published inArchives of biochemistry and biophysics Vol. 234; no. 2; pp. 323 - 329
Main Authors Beyer, Robert E., Morales-Corral, Pedro G., Ramp, Bobbi J., Kreitman, Kevan R., Falzon, Michael J., Rhee, Stephen Yung Shik, Kuhn, Thomas W., Stein, Mona, Rosenwasser, Mitchell J., Cartwright, Kenneth J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Diego, CA Elsevier Inc 01.11.1984
Elsevier
Subjects
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Body Weight
Cytochrome c Group - metabolism
Enzymes. Coenzymes. Vitamins. Pigments
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Heart - anatomy & histology
Liver - metabolism
Lung - anatomy & histology
Lung - metabolism
Male
Metabolisms and neurohumoral controls
Muscles - anatomy & histology
Muscles - metabolism
Myocardium - metabolism
Organ Size
Physical Conditioning, Animal
Physical Endurance
Proteins - metabolism
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Space life sciences
Ubiquinone - metabolism
Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems
Cytochrome c
Physical exercise
Vertebrata
Mammalia
Ubiquinone
Rat
Rodentia
Metabolism
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Summary:Six months of enforced and voluntary endurance training of young female Wistar rats resulted in significant decreases of body weight and gastrocnemius muscle wet weight and protein content, and increases in heart weight and protein content, and liver protein content. The coenzyme Q and cytochrome c concentrations of cardiac, gastrocnemius, and deep red region of the vastus lateralis muscles were increased, while small or nonsignificant trends toward increases in cytochrome c and coenzyme Q were seen in kidney, brain, lung, liver, internal + external oblique muscles, and the superficial white region of the vastus lateralis muscle. These results are discussed with regard to several roles for coenzyme Q in cellular function.
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ISSN:0003-9861
1096-0384
DOI:10.1016/0003-9861(84)90277-7