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Mitoquinone supplementation alleviates oxidative stress and pathologic outcomes following repetitive mild traumatic… https://t.co/Z0v9TNBqV2
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This is no small effect. MitoQ is a compound that mimics COq10. The difference is that MitoQ is able to penetrate the lipid barriers of your cells and enter the cell to perform antioxidant work there. PubMed explains,
MitoQ has demonstrated encouraging preclinical results in numerous studies in isolated mitochondria, cells and tissues undergoing oxidative stress and apoptotic death. MitoQ aims to not only mimic the role of the endogenous mitochondrial antioxidant coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), but also to augment substantially the antioxidant capacity of CoQ to supraphysiological levels in a mitochondrial membrane potential-dependent manner. MitoQ represents the first foray into the clinic in an attempt to deliver an antioxidant to an intracellular region that is responsible for the formation of increased levels of potentially deleterious reactive oxygen species
The study above on Mitoquinone's effects on brain injury is a must-and-quick-read. I'm just thinking how many parents could benefit from knowing about this so that they can literally play Florence Nightingale with their active sons and daughters. It would eliminate the downtime and taken-out-of-the-game time for their children and themselves if an accident were to occur. And without melodramatic exaggeration, it could mean the difference between life and death. Check it out:
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability and death. Mild TBI (mTBI) constitutes ~75% of all TBI cases. Repeated exposure to mTBI (rmTBI), leads to the exacerbation of the symptoms compared to single mTBI. To date, there is no FDA-approved drug for TBI or rmTBI. This research aims to investigate possible rmTBI neurotherapy by targeting TBI pathology-related mechanisms. Oxidative stress is partly responsible for TBI/rmTBI neuropathologic outcomes. Thus, targeting oxidative stress may ameliorate TBI/rmTBI consequences. In this study, we hypothesized that mitoquinone (MitoQ), a mitochondria-targeted antioxidant, would ameliorate TBI/rmTBI associated pathologic features by mitigating rmTBI-induced oxidative stress. To model rmTBI, C57BL/6 mice were subjected to three concussive head injuries. MitoQ (5 mg/kg) was administered intraperitoneally to rmTBI+MitoQ mice twice per week over one month. Behavioral and cognitive outcomes were assessed, 30 days following the first head injury, using a battery of behavioral tests. Immunofluorescence was used to assess neuroinflammation and neuronal integrity. Also, qRT-PCR was used to evaluate the expression levels of antioxidant enzymes.
Here are the findings:
Our findings indicated that MitoQ alleviated fine motor function and learning impairments caused by rmTBI. Mechanistically, MitoQ reduced astrocytosis, microgliosis, dendritic and axonal shearing, and increased the expression of antioxidant enzymes. MitoQ administration following rmTBI may represent an efficient approach to ameliorate rmTBI neurological and cellular outcomes with no observable side effects.
So MitoQ is an advanced formula of COQ10 or Ubiquinol.
