Protein Information

Name statins
Synonyms STN; statin; statins

Compound Information

Name rotenone
CAS

Reference List

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19504041 Pienaar IS, Schallert T, Hattingh S, Daniels WM: Behavioral and quantitative mitochondrial proteome analyses of the effects of simvastatin: implications for models of neural degeneration. J Neural Transm. 2009 Jul;116(7):791-806. Epub 2009 Jun 6.

Rats were pre-treated with simvastatin for 14 days, followed by a single unihemispheric (substantia nigra; SN) injection of rotenone, a mitochondrial complex I (Co-I) inhibitor.
Statins have been shown to protect neurons from degeneration in a number of animal models.
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17361016 Marroquin LD, Hynes J, Dykens JA, Jamieson JD, Will Y: Circumventing the Crabtree effect: replacing media glucose with galactose increases susceptibility of HepG2 cells to mitochondrial toxicants. Toxicol Sci. 2007 Jun;97(2):539-47. Epub 2007 Mar 14.

Such anaerobically poised cells are resistant to xenobiotics that impair mitochondrial function, such as the inhibitors rotenone, antimycin, oligomycin, and compounds like carbonyl cyanide 4-(trifluoromethoxy) phenylhydrazone (FCCP), that uncouple the respiratory electron transfer system from phosphorylation.
Drug-induced mitochondrial toxicity is shown by members of important drug classes, including the thiazolidinediones, statins, fibrates, antivirals, antibiotics, and anticancer agents.
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