Search Results - "Castelli, Giovanna Parenti"
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Role of Mitochondria in Oxidative Stress and Aging
Published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (01-04-2002)“…The mitochondrial respiratory chain is a powerful source of reactive oxygen species (ROS), considered as the pathogenic agent of many diseases and of aging. We…”
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Mitochondrial production of oxygen radical species and the role of Coenzyme Q as an antioxidant
Published in Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) (01-05-2003)“…The mitochondrial respiratory chain is a powerful source of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which is considered as the pathogenic agent of many diseases and of…”
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The mitochondrial respiratory chain is partially organized in a supercomplex assembly: kinetic evidence using flux control analysis
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (27-08-2004)“…The model of the respiratory chain in which the enzyme complexes are independently embedded in the lipid bilayer of the inner mitochondrial membrane and…”
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Steady-State Kinetics of the Reduction of Coenzyme Q Analogs by Complex I (NADH:Ubiquinone Oxidoreductase) in Bovine Heart Mitochondria and Submitochondrial Particles
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (27-02-1996)“…The reduction kinetics of coenzyme Q (CoQ, ubiquinone) by NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I, EC 1.6.99.3) was investigated in bovine heart…”
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Structural and functional organization of Complex I in the mitochondrial respiratory chain
Published in BioFactors (Oxford) (2003)“…Metabolic flux control analysis of NADH oxidation in bovine heart submitochondrial particles revealed high flux control coefficients for both Complex I and…”
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The Mitochondrial Production of Reactive Oxygen Species in Relation to Aging and Pathology
Published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (01-04-2004)“…: Mitochondria are known to be strong producers of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and, at the same time, particularly susceptible to the oxidative damage…”
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Ubiquinol and a coenzyme Q reducing system protect platelet mitochondrial function of transfusional buffy coats from oxidative stress
Published in Free radical research (01-04-2002)“…The conditions under which Coenzyme Q (CoQ) may protect platelet mitochondrial function of transfusional buffy coats from aging and from induced oxidative…”
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Impairment of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in rat fatty liver exposed to preservation-reperfusion injury
Published in Journal of hepatology (01-07-2004)“…As the impairment of the cellular energy metabolism contributes to the failure of fatty liver grafts after transplantation, we aimed to determine whether…”
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Yessotoxin, a shellfish biotoxin, is a potent inducer of the permeability transition in isolated mitochondria and intact cells
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (07-06-2004)“…The diarrhetic poisoning by bivalve molluscs, diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, is due to consumption of mussels containing biotoxins produced by some…”
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Determination of partition and lateral diffusion coefficients of ubiquinones by fluorescence quenching of n-(9-anthroyloxy)stearic acids in phospholipid vesicles and mitochondrial membranes
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (03-06-1986)“…The quenching of fluorescence of n-(9-anthroyloxy)stearic acids and other probes by different ubiquinone homologues and analogues has been exploited to assess…”
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The Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Is Partially Organized in a Supercomplex Assembly
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (27-08-2004)“…The model of the respiratory chain in which the enzyme complexes are independently embedded in the lipid bilayer of the inner mitochondrial membrane and…”
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Decreased Pasteur effect in platelets of aged individuals
Published in Mechanisms of ageing and development (01-06-2001)“…We have investigated the mitochondrial energy state in human platelets of young (19–30 years old) and aged individuals (65–87 years old) exploiting the Pasteur…”
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Localization and mobility of coenzyme Q in lipid bilayers and membranes
Published in BioFactors (Oxford) (1999)“…We have studied the mobility of coenzyme Q (CoQ) in lipid bilayers and mitochondrial membranes in relation to the control of electron transfer activities. A…”
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The site of production of superoxide radical in mitochondrial Complex I is not a bound ubisemiquinone but presumably iron–sulfur cluster N2
Published in FEBS letters (21-09-2001)“…The mitochondrial respiratory chain is a powerful source of reactive oxygen species, considered as the pathogenic agent of many diseases and of aging. We have…”
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Mitochondrial complex I defects in aging
Published in Molecular and cellular biochemistry (01-09-1997)“…According to the 'mitochondrial theory of aging' it is expected that the activity of NADH Coenzyme Q reductase (Complex I) would be most severely affected…”
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Mitochondria, oxidative stress, and antioxidant defences
Published in Acta biochimica polonica (01-01-1999)“…Mitochondria are strongly involved in production of reactive oxygen species, considered today as the main pathogenic agent of many diseases. A vicious circle…”
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The inhibition of NADH oxidase by the lower homologs of coenzyme Q
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The effect of aging and an oxidative stress on peroxide levels and the mitochondrial membrane potential in isolated rat hepatocytes
Published in FEBS letters (16-04-1999)“…We have investigated the effect of ageing and of adriamycin treatment on the bioenergetics of isolated rat hepatocytes. Ageing per se, whilst being associated…”
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Enhanced Activity of the Plasma Membrane Oxidoreductase in Circulating Lymphocytes from Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Patients
Published in Biochemical and biophysical research communications (08-02-2002)“…Circulating human lymphocytes contain a transmembrane oxidoreductase (PMOR) capable of reducing dichlorophenol indophenol (DCIP) by endogenous reductants,…”
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Fatty degeneration exacerbates mitochondrial dysfunction in the rat liver exposed to preservation-reperfusion injury
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