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ArticleToxicological research2022

Mitoquinol mesylate (MITOQ) attenuates diethyl nitrosamine-induced hepatocellular carcinoma through modulation of mitochondrial antioxidant defense systems.

Rahmat Adetutu Adisa, Lateef Adegboyega Sulaimon, Ebele Geraldine Okeke, Olubukola Christianah Ariyo, Fatimah B Abdulkareem

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Article in Toxicological research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rahmat Adetutu AdisaLaboratories for Bio-membranes and Cancer Research, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine of University of Lagos, Idi-araba, Lagos, P.M.B. 12003 Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0001-9624-4680
Lateef Adegboyega SulaimonLaboratories for Bio-membranes and Cancer Research, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine of University of Lagos, Idi-araba, Lagos, P.M.B. 12003 Nigeria.
Ebele Geraldine OkekeLaboratories for Bio-membranes and Cancer Research, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine of University of Lagos, Idi-araba, Lagos, P.M.B. 12003 Nigeria.
Olubukola Christianah AriyoLaboratories for Bio-membranes and Cancer Research, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine of University of Lagos, Idi-araba, Lagos, P.M.B. 12003 Nigeria.
Fatimah B AbdulkareemDepartment of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences,, College of Medicine of University of Lagos, Idi-araba, P.M.B. 12003 Lagos, Nigeria.
University of Lagos · NG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diethyl nitrosamine (DEN) induced cirrhosis-hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) model associates cancer progression with oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. This study investigated the effects of mitoquinol mesylate (MitoQ), a mitochondrial-targeted antioxidant on DEN-induced oxidative damage in HCC Wistar rats. Fifty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups. Healthy control, DEN, and MitoQ groups were orally administered exactly 10 mg/kg of distilled water, DEN, and MitoQ, respectively for 16 weeks. Animals in the MitoQ + DEN group were pre-treated with MitoQ for a week followed by co-administration of 10 mg/kg each of MitoQ and DEN. DEN + MitoQ group received DEN for 8 weeks, then co-administration of 10 mg/kg each of DEN and MitoQ till the end of 16th week. Survival index, tumour incidence, hematological profile, liver function indices, lipid profile, mitochondrial membrane composition, mitochondrial respiratory enzymes, and antioxidant defense status in both mitochondrial and post-mitochondrial fractions plus expression of antioxidant genes were assessed. In MitoQ + DEN and DEN + MitoQ groups, 80% survival occurred while tumour incidence decreased by 60% and 40% respectively, compared to the DEN-only treated group. Similarly, MitoQ-administered groups showed a significant (

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Antioxidant enzymesDiethyl nitrosamineHepatocellular carcinomaMitoQOxidative stress

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