Neurophysiology Unit, Cardiac Electrophysiology Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University , Chiang Mai , Thailand.
Center of Excellence in Cardiac Electrophysiology Research, Chiang Mai University , Chiang Mai , Thailand.
Free Radic Res. 2019 Aug;53(8):901-909. doi: 10.1080/10715762.2019.1645955. Epub 2019 Aug 7.
Although coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) supplementation has shown to reduce pain levels in chronic pain, the effects of CoQ10 supplementation on pain, anxiety, brain activity, mitochondrial oxidative stress, antioxidants, and inflammation in pregabalin-treated fibromyalgia (FM) patients have not clearly elucidated. We hypothesised that CoQ10 supplementation reduced pain better than pregabalin alone reducing brain activity, mitochondrial oxidative stress, inflammation, and increasing antioxidant levels in pregabalin-treated FM patients. A double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial was conducted. Eleven FM patients were enrolled with 2 weeks wash-out then randomly allocated to 2 treatment groups; pregabalin with CoQ10 or pregabalin with placebo for 40 d. Then, patients in CoQ10 group were switched to placebo, and patients in placebo group were switched to CoQ10 for another 40 d. Pain pressure threshold (PPT), FM questionnaire, anxiety, and pain score were examined. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were isolated to investigate mitochondrial oxidative stress and inflammation at day 0, 40, and 80. The level of antioxidants and brain positron emission tomography (PET) scan were also determined at these time points. Pregabalin alone reduced pain and anxiety decreasing brain activity compared with their baseline. However, it did not affect mitochondrial oxidative stress and inflammation. Supplementation with CoQ10 effectively reduced greater pain, anxiety and brain activity, mitochondrial oxidative stress, and inflammation. CoQ10 also increased a reduced glutathione levels and superoxide dismutase (SOD) levels in FM patients. These findings provide new evidence that CoQ10 supplementation provides further benefit for relieving pain sensation in pregabalin-treated FM patients, possibly improving mitochondrial function, reducing inflammation, and decreasing brain activity.
虽然辅酶 Q10(CoQ10)补充剂已被证明可降低慢性疼痛患者的疼痛水平,但 CoQ10 补充剂对普瑞巴林治疗纤维肌痛(FM)患者的疼痛、焦虑、大脑活动、线粒体氧化应激、抗氧化剂和炎症的影响尚不清楚。我们假设 CoQ10 补充剂的疗效优于单独使用普瑞巴林,能更好地减轻疼痛,降低大脑活动、线粒体氧化应激、炎症,并增加普瑞巴林治疗 FM 患者的抗氧化剂水平。进行了一项双盲随机安慰剂对照试验。招募了 11 名 FM 患者,进行 2 周洗脱期后,随机分为 2 个治疗组:普瑞巴林加 CoQ10 或普瑞巴林加安慰剂治疗 40 天。然后,CoQ10 组患者换用安慰剂,安慰剂组患者换用 CoQ10 治疗 40 天。检查疼痛压力阈值(PPT)、FM 问卷、焦虑和疼痛评分。在第 0、40 和 80 天分离外周血单核细胞(PBMC),以研究线粒体氧化应激和炎症。还在这些时间点测定抗氧化剂和大脑正电子发射断层扫描(PET)扫描的水平。单独使用普瑞巴林可降低疼痛和焦虑,与基线相比降低大脑活动。然而,它并不影响线粒体氧化应激和炎症。补充 CoQ10 可有效降低疼痛、焦虑和大脑活动、线粒体氧化应激和炎症。CoQ10 还增加了 FM 患者谷胱甘肽和超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)水平的降低。这些发现为 CoQ10 补充剂在普瑞巴林治疗 FM 患者中提供了进一步缓解疼痛感觉的益处提供了新的证据,可能改善线粒体功能、减少炎症和降低大脑活动。
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