Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its animal model adjuvant arthritis (AA) are inflammatory diseases characterized by chronic inflammation, systemic oxidative stress and disturbed mitochondrial bioenergetics of skeletal muscle. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of coenzyme Q10 - CoQ10 (100 mg/kg b.w.), omega-3-polyunsaturated fatty acids - ω-3-PUFA (400 mg/kg b.w.) and their combined treatment in AA on impaired skeletal muscle mitochondrial bioenergetics, inflammation and changes in levels CoQ9 and CoQ10 in plasma. Markers of inflammation (C-reactive protein, monocytechemotactic protein-1), antioxidant capacity of plasma, respiratory chain parameters of skeletal muscle mitochondria and concentrations of CoQ9 and CoQ10 in plasma and in muscle tissue were estimated. Treatment of the arthritic rats with CoQ10, ω-3-PUFA alone and in combination partially reduced markers of inflammation and increased antioxidant capacity of plasma, significantly increased concentrations of coenzyme Q in mitochondria and improved mitochondrial function in the skeletal muscle. Combined treatment has similar effect on the mitochondrial function as monotherapies; however, it has affected inflammation and antioxidant status more intensively than monotherapies. Long-term supplementary administration of coenzyme Q10 and ω-3-PUFA and especially their combination is able to restore the impaired mitochondrial bioenergetics and antioxidant status in AA., Jarmila Kucharská, Silvester Poništ, Oľga Vančová, Anna Gvozdjáková, Oľga Uličná, Lukáš Slovák, Mohsen Taghdisiesfejir, Katarína Bauerová., and Obsahuje bibliografii
Příčina neplodnosti infertilního páru v polovině případů stojí na straně muže. Oxidační stres je jedním z důvodů zhoršené plodnosti muže. Článek rozebírá etiologii a mechanizmus vzniku oxidačního stresu a shrnuje současné poznatky o možnostech diagnostiky a léčby oxidačního stresu spermií., In half of the cases of infertility in infertile pairs is due to the pathology of the man. Oxidative stress is one of the reasons of impaired fertility in a male. This article analyses the etiology and mechanism of oxidative stress and summarizes the current state of knowledge regarding the diagnostics options and treatment of oxidative stress of sperm., Lukáš Bittner, Matúš Chocholatý, Marcela Čechová, Tomáš Zima, Robert Grill, and Literatura