Lipid‐lowering drugs and mitochondrial function: effects of HMG‐CoA reductase inhibitors on serum ubiquinone and blood lactate/pyruvate ratio
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1 Statins inhibit synthesis of mevalonate, a precursor of ubiquinone that is a central compound of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. The main adverse effect of statins is a toxic myopathy possibly related to mitochondrial dysfunction. 2 This study was designed to evaluate the effect of lipid‐lowering drugs on ubiquinone (coenzyme Q10) serum level and on mitochondrial function assessed by blood lactate/pyruvate ratio. 3 Eighty hypercholesterolaemic patients (40 treated by statins, 20 treated by fibrates, and 20 untreated patients, all 80 having total cholesterol levels >6.0 mmol l−1) and 20 healthy controls were included. Ubiquinone serum level and blood lactate/pyruvate ratio used as a test for mitochondrial dysfunction were evaluated in all subjects. 4 Lactate/pyruvate ratios were significantly higher in patients treated by statins than in untreated hypercholesterolaemic patients or in healthy controls (P<0.05 and P<0.001). The difference was not significant between fibrate‐treated patients and untreated patients. 5 Ubiquinone serum levels were lower in statin‐treated patients (0.75 mg l−1±0.04) than in untreated hypercholesterolaemic patients (0.95 mg l−1±0.09; P<0.05). 6 We conclude that statin therapy can be associated with high blood lactate/pyruvate ratio suggestive of mitochondrial dysfunction. It is uncertain to what extent low serum levels of ubiquinone could explain the mitochondrial dysfunction.
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Mitochondrial dysfunction in muscle cells can lead to altered biochemical parameters such as a higher lactate to pyruvate ratio and to development of myopathic symptoms.
“Mitochondrial dysfunction in muscle cells can lead to altered biochemical parameters such as a higher lactate to pyruvate ratio (L/P ratio), but also to development of myopathic symptoms.(20)”
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- Authors
- DE PINIEUX, G., CHARIOT, P., AMMI‐SAÏD, M., LOUARN, F., LEJONC, J. L., ASTIER, A., JACOTOT, B., & GHERARDI, R.
- Affiliations
- Hôpital Albert-Chenevier (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri-Mondor (FR)
- Corresponding author
- CHARIOT, P.
- Venue
- British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1996-09
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 333-337
- ISSN
- 0306-5251 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2125
- PMC
- PMC2042680
- OpenAlex
- W2095119347
- Cited by
- 262
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 18
- FWCI
- 0.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
- Keywords
- statins, mitochondrial dysfunction, coenzyme Q10, lactate/pyruvate ratio, statin-induced myopathy, hypercholesterolemia, fibrates, lipid-lowering drugs, mevalonate
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Hypolipidemic Agents, Enzyme Inhibitors, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mitochondria, Ubiquinone, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Pyruvic Acid, Lactic Acid
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