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Toriumi K, Iino K, Ozawa A, Miyashita M, Yamasaki S, Suzuki K, Sugawa H, Tabata K, Yamaguchi S, Usami S, Itokawa M, Nishida A, Nagai R, Kamiguchi H, Arai M. Glucuronic acid is a novel source of pentosidine, associated with schizophrenia. Redox Biol 2023; 67:102876. [PMID: 37703666 PMCID: PMC10502438 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2023.102876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
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Pentosidine (PEN) is an advanced glycation end-product (AGEs), where a fluorescent cross-link is formed between lysine and arginine residues in proteins. Accumulation of PEN is associated with aging and various diseases. We previously reported that a subpopulation of patients with schizophrenia showed PEN accumulation in the blood, having severe clinical features. PEN is thought to be produced from glucose, fructose, pentoses, or ascorbate. However, patients with schizophrenia with high PEN levels present no elevation of these precursors of PEN in their blood. Therefore, the molecular mechanisms underlying PEN accumulation and the molecular pathogenesis of schizophrenia associated with PEN accumulation remain unclear. Here, we identified glucuronic acid (GlcA) as a novel precursor of PEN from the plasma of subjects with high PEN levels. We demonstrated that PEN can be generated from GlcA, both in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, we found that GlcA was associated with the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Among patients with high PEN, the proportion of those who also have high GlcA is 25.6%. We also showed that Aldo-keto reductase (AKR) activity to degrade GlcA was decreased in patients with schizophrenia, and its activity was negatively correlated with GlcA levels in the plasma. This is the first report to show that PEN is generated from GlcA. In the future, this finding will contribute to understanding the molecular pathogenesis of not only schizophrenia but also other diseases with PEN accumulation.
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- Kazuya Toriumi
- Schizophrenia Research Project, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, 156-8506, Japan
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- Schizophrenia Research Project, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, 156-8506, Japan
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- Schizophrenia Research Project, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, 156-8506, Japan
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- Schizophrenia Research Project, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, 156-8506, Japan; Unit for Mental Health Promotion, Research Center for Social Science & Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, 156-8506, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Tokyo, 156-0057, Japan
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- Unit for Mental Health Promotion, Research Center for Social Science & Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, 156-8506, Japan
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- Schizophrenia Research Project, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, 156-8506, Japan; Department of Community Mental Health, School of Medicine, Shinshu University, Nagano, 390-8621, Japan
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- Laboratory of Food and Regulation Biology, Graduate School of Bioscience, Tokai University, Kumamoto, 862-0970, Japan
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- Schizophrenia Research Project, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, 156-8506, Japan; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Unit for Mental Health Promotion, Research Center for Social Science & Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, 156-8506, Japan
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- Center for Research and Development on Transition from Secondary to Higher Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Schizophrenia Research Project, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, 156-8506, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Tokyo, 156-0057, Japan
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- Unit for Mental Health Promotion, Research Center for Social Science & Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, 156-8506, Japan
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- Laboratory of Food and Regulation Biology, Graduate School of Bioscience, Tokai University, Kumamoto, 862-0970, Japan
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- Schizophrenia Research Project, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, 156-8506, Japan.
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Mukunda DC, Rodrigues J, Joshi VK, Raghushaker CR, Mahato KK. A comprehensive review on LED-induced fluorescence in diagnostic pathology. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 209:114230. [PMID: 35421670 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Revised: 03/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Sensitivity, specificity, mobility, and affordability are important criteria to consider for developing diagnostic instruments in common use. Fluorescence spectroscopy has been demonstrating substantial potential in the clinical diagnosis of diseases and evaluating the underlying causes of pathogenesis. A higher degree of device integration with appropriate sensitivity and reasonable cost would further boost the value of the fluorescence techniques in clinical diagnosis and aid in the reduction of healthcare expenses, which is a key economic concern in emerging markets. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which are inexpensive and smaller are attractive alternatives to conventional excitation sources in fluorescence spectroscopy, are gaining a lot of momentum in the development of affordable, compact analytical instruments of clinical relevance. The commercial availability of a broad range of LED wavelengths (255-4600 nm) has opened up new avenues for targeting a wide range of clinically significant molecules (both endogenous and exogenous), thereby diagnosing a range of clinical illnesses. As a result, we have specifically examined the uses of LED-induced fluorescence (LED-IF) in preclinical and clinical evaluations of pathological conditions, considering the present advancements in the field.
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- Department of Biophysics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka-576104, India
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- Department of Biophysics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka-576104, India
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- Department of Biophysics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka-576104, India
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- Department of Biophysics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka-576104, India.
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Takahashi M, Taniguchi N. Maillard reaction in vivo and its relevance to diseases: editorial and dedication. Glycoconj J 2021; 38:277-281. [PMID: 33893942 PMCID: PMC8116256 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-021-09996-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Motoko Takahashi
- Sapporo Medical University, South-1 West-17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 0608556, Japan.
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- Osaka International Cancer Institute, 3-1-69, Otemae, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 541-8567, Japan
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Duconseille A, Gaillard C, Santé-Lhoutellier V, Astruc T. Molecular and structural changes in gelatin evidenced by Raman microspectroscopy. Food Hydrocoll 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2017.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Sell DR, Nemet I, Liang Z, Monnier VM. Evidence of glucuronidation of the glycation product LW-1: tentative structure and implications for the long-term complications of diabetes. Glycoconj J 2018; 35:177-190. [PMID: 29305779 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-017-9810-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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LW-1 is a collagen-linked blue fluorophore whose skin levels increase with age, diabetes and end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and correlate with the long-term progression of microvascular disease and indices of subclinical cardiovascular disease in type 1 diabetes. The chemical structure of LW-1 is still elusive, but earlier NMR analyses showed it has a lysine residue in an aromatic ring coupled to a sugar molecule reminiscent of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs). We hypothesized and demonstrate here that the unknown sugar is a N-linked glucuronic acid. LW-1 was extracted and highly purified from ~99 g insoluble skin collagen obtained at autopsy from patients with diabetes/ESRD using multiple rounds of proteolytic digestion and purification by liquid chromatography (LC). Advanced NMR techniques (1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, 1H-13C HSQC, 1H-1H TOCSY, 1H-13C HMBC) together with LC-mass spectrometry (MS) revealed a loss of 176 amu (atomic mass unit) unequivocally point to the presence of a glucuronic acid moiety in LW-1. To confirm this data, LW-1 was incubated with β-glycosidases (glucosidase, galactosidase, glucuronidase) and products were analyzed by LC-MS. Only glucuronidase could cleave the sugar from the parent molecule. These results establish LW-1 as a glucuronide, now named glucuronidine, and for the first time raise the possible existence of a "glucuronidation pathway of diabetic complications". Future research is needed to rigorously probe this concept and elucidate the molecular origin and biological source of a circulating glucuronidine aglycone.
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- David R Sell
- Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Wolstein Research Bldg. 5-301, 2103 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Wolstein Research Bldg. 5-301, 2103 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA. .,Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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Sell DR, Sun W, Gao X, Strauch C, Lachin JM, Cleary PA, Genuth S, Monnier VM. Skin collagen fluorophore LW-1 versus skin fluorescence as markers for the long-term progression of subclinical macrovascular disease in type 1 diabetes. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2016; 15:30. [PMID: 26864236 PMCID: PMC4750185 DOI: 10.1186/s12933-016-0343-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2015] [Accepted: 01/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Skin collagen Long Wavelength Fluorescence (LWF) is widely used as a surrogate marker for accumulation of advanced glycation end-products. Here we determined the relationship of LWF with glycemia, skin fluorescence, and the progression of complications during EDIC in 216 participants from the DCCT. METHODS LW-1 and collagen-linked fluorescence (CLF) were measured by either High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection (LW-1) or total fluorescence of collagenase digests (CLF) in insoluble skin collagen extracted from skin biopsies obtained at the end of the DCCT (1993). Skin intrinsic fluorescence (SIF) was noninvasively measured on volar forearm skin at EDIC year 16 by the SCOUT DS instrument. RESULTS LW-1 levels significantly increased with age and diabetes duration (P < 0.0001) and significantly decreased by intensive vs. conventional glycemic therapy in both the primary (P < 0.0001) and secondary (P < 0.037) DCCT cohorts. Levels were associated with 13-16 year progression risk of retinopathy (>3 sustained microaneurysms, P = 0.0004) and albumin excretion rate (P = 0.0038), the latter despite adjustment for HbA1c. Comparative analysis for all three fluorescent measures for future risk of subclinical macrovascular disease revealed the following significant (P < 0.05) associations after adjusting for age, diabetes duration and HbA1c: coronary artery calcium with SIF and CLF; intima-media thickness with SIF and LW-1; and left ventricular mass with LW-1 and CLF. CONCLUSIONS LW-1 is a novel risk marker that is robustly and independently associated with the future progression of microvascular disease, intima-media thickness and left ventricular mass in type 1 diabetes. Trial registration NCT00360815 and NCT00360893 at clinicaltrials.gov.
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- David R Sell
- Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Wolstein Research Bldg. 5-301, 2103 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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- Biostatistics Center, George Washington University, Rockville, MD, 20852, USA.
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- Biostatistics Center, George Washington University, Rockville, MD, 20852, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Wolstein Research Bldg. 5-301, 2103 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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- Biostatistics Center, George Washington University, Rockville, MD, 20852, USA.
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- Biostatistics Center, George Washington University, Rockville, MD, 20852, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Wolstein Research Bldg. 5-301, 2103 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA. .,Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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Atomic force microscopy investigation of the interaction of low-level laser irradiation of collagen thin films in correlation with fibroblast response. Lasers Med Sci 2015; 30:2369-79. [PMID: 26498450 DOI: 10.1007/s10103-015-1823-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2014] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Low-level red laser (LLRL)-tissue interactions have a wide range of medical applications and are garnering increased attention. Although the positive effects of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) have frequently been reported and enhanced collagen accumulation has been identified as one of the most important mechanisms involved, little is known about LLRL-collagen interactions. In this study, we aimed to investigate the influence of LLRL irradiation on collagen, in correlation with fibroblast response. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and fluorescence spectroscopy were used to characterize surfaces and identify conformational changes in collagen before and after LLRL irradiation. Irradiated and non-irradiated collagen thin films were used as culturing substrates to investigate fibroblast response with fluorescence microscopy. The results demonstrated that LLRL induced small alterations in fluorescence emission and had a negligible effect on the topography of collagen thin films. However, fibroblasts cultured on LLRL-irradiated collagen thin films responded to LRLL. The results of this study show for the first time the effect of LLRL irradiation on pure collagen. Although irradiation did not affect the nanotopography of collagen, it influenced cell behavior. The role of collagen appears to be crucial in the LLLT mechanism, and our results demonstrated that LLRL directly affects collagen and indirectly affects cell behavior.
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Gopal P, Gosker HR, Theije CCD, Eurlings IM, Sell DR, Monnier VM, Reynaert NL. Effect of chronic hypoxia on RAGE and its soluble forms in lungs and plasma of mice. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2015; 1852:992-1000. [PMID: 25703138 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2015.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Revised: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is a multi-ligand receptor. Alternative splicing and enzymatic shedding produce soluble forms that protect against damage by ligands including Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs). A link between RAGE and oxygen levels is evident from studies showing RAGE-mediated injury following hyperoxia. The effect of hypoxia on pulmonary RAGE expression and circulating sRAGE levels is however unknown. Therefore mice were exposed to chronic hypoxia for 21 d and expression of RAGE, sheddases in lungs and circulating sRAGE were determined. In addition, accumulation of AGEs in lungs and expression of the AGE detoxifying enzyme GLO1 and receptors were evaluated. In lung tissue gene expression of total RAGE, variants 1 and 3 were elevated in mice exposed to hypoxia, whereas mRAGE and sRAGE protein levels were decreased. In the hypoxic group plasma sRAGE levels were enhanced. Although the levels of pro-ADAM10 were elevated in lungs of hypoxia exposed mice, the relative amount of the active form was decreased and gelatinase activity unaffected. In the lungs, the RAGE ligand HMGB1 was decreased and of the AGEs, only LW-1 was increased by chronic hypoxia. Gene expression of AGE receptors 2 and 3 was significantly upregulated. Chronic hypoxia is associated with downregulation of pulmonary RAGE protein levels, but a relative increase in sRAGE. These alterations might be part of the adaptive and protective response mechanism to chronic hypoxia and are not associated with AGE formation except for the fluorophore LW-1 which emerges as a novel marker of tissue hypoxia.
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- P Gopal
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Stirban A, Heinemann L. Skin Autofluorescence - A Non-invasive Measurement for Assessing Cardiovascular Risk and Risk of Diabetes. EUROPEAN ENDOCRINOLOGY 2014; 10:106-110. [PMID: 29872473 DOI: 10.17925/ee.2014.10.02.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The results of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial-Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (DCCT-EDIC) study have strengthened the 'glycaemic memory' concept, postulating that the quality of metabolic control over several years predicts the development of diabetic complications. To mirror long-term metabolic control, the degree of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) might not represent the optimal biomarker. Other substances with a longer persistence, like the so-called advanced glycation end-products (AGEs), which probably form the substrate of the glycaemic memory, might perform better. Newly developed methods such as the assessment of skin autofluorescence (SAF), enable fast, uncomplicated and non-invasive AGEs assessment. SAF was validated for diabetes screening and shows a good predictive value for the development of diabetic and cardiovascular complications. This article deals with the theoretical background and with available clinical data on this new variable.
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- Alin Stirban
- Director Endocrinology and Diabetes Complications
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The development of cost-effective, simple, and reproducible tests for diabetes screening represents a priority of modern medicine in light of the increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus. Besides fasting plasma glucose, the oral glucose tolerance test, and glycated hemoglobin A1c, several tests have been proposed, among them the assessment of skin fluorescence spectroscopy (SFS). This article comments on the article by Olson and coauthors published in this issue of Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology and comprehensively reviews related available information. Overall, SFS seems to represent an easy-to-use, noninvasive tool that adds value to existing tests for diabetes screening.
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- Alin Stirban
- Profil Institut für Stoffwechselforschung GmbH, Neuss, Germany.
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Beisswenger PJ, Howell S, Mackenzie T, Corstjens H, Muizzuddin N, Matsui MS. Two fluorescent wavelengths, 440(ex)/520(em) nm and 370(ex)/440(em) nm, reflect advanced glycation and oxidation end products in human skin without diabetes. Diabetes Technol Ther 2012; 14:285-92. [PMID: 22023375 DOI: 10.1089/dia.2011.0108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and oxidation products (OPs) play an important role in diabetes complications, aging, and damage from sun exposure. Measurement of skin autofluorescence (SAF) has been promoted as a noninvasive technique to measure skin AGEs, but the actual products quantified are uncertain. We have compared specific SAF measurements with analytically determined AGEs and oxidative biomarkers in skin collagen and determined if these measurements can be correlated with chronological aging and actinic exposure. METHODS SAF at four excitation (ex)/emission (em) intensities was measured on the upper inner arm ("sun protected") and dorsal forearm ("sun exposed") in 40 subjects without diabetes 20-60 years old. Skin collagen from the same sites was analyzed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for three AGEs-pentosidine, carboxymethyllysine (CML), and carboxyethyllysine (CEL)-and the OP methionine sulfoxide (MetSO). RESULTS There was poor correlation of AGE-associated fluorescence spectra with AGEs and OP in collagen, with only pentosidine correlating with fluorescence at 370(ex)/440(em) nm. A little-studied SAF (440(ex)/520(em) nm), possibly reflecting elastin cross-links, correlated with all AGEs and OPs. Levels of CML, pentosidine, and MetSO, but not SAF, were significantly higher in sun-exposed skin. These AGEs and OPs, as well as SAF at 370(ex)/440(em) nm and 440(ex)/520(em) nm, increased with chronological aging. CONCLUSIONS SAF measurements at 370(ex)/440(em) nm and 335(ex)/385(em) nm, except for pentosidine, which correlated with fluorescence at 370(ex)/440(em), correlate poorly with glycated and oxidatively modified protein in human skin and do not reflect actinic modification. A new fluorescence measurement (440(ex)/520(em) nm) appears to reflect AGEs and OPs in skin.
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Existence of different structural intermediates and aggregates on the folding pathway of ovalbumin. J Fluoresc 2011; 22:47-57. [PMID: 21837385 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-011-0929-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2011] [Accepted: 07/28/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Structural modifications of ovalbumin in presence of different concentration of guanidine hydrochloride (Gdn HCl) and glucose were investigated by using intrinsic fluorescence, Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy, circular dichroism and 8-anilino-1-naphthalene-sulphonic acid, to confirm that partially folded intermediates of ovalbumin lead to aggregation. The two partially folded intermediates of ovalbumin were observed one at 1 M Gdn HCl and another in the presence of 20 mM glucose at 3 M Gdn HCl. Both intermediates exist as compact states with altered intrinsic fluorescence, prominent β-sheet secondary structure and enhanced ANS binding. Ovalbumin in the presence of glucose required more concentration of Gdn HCl (3 M) to exist as an intermediate state than control (1 M). Such alpha-helix/beta-sheet transition of proteins is a crucial step in amyloidogenic diseases and represents an internal rearrangement of local contacts in an already folded protein. Further, incubation for 24 h resulted in the formation of aggregates as detected by thioflavin T-assay. On further increasing the concentration of glucose to 50 mM and incubation time for various days resulted in the formation of molten globule state of ovalbumin at 6th day. Later on, at 10th day advanced glycated end products were observed.
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Skin autofluorescence as a measure of advanced glycation endproduct deposition: a novel risk marker in chronic kidney disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2011; 19:527-33. [PMID: 20844429 DOI: 10.1097/mnh.0b013e32833e9259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Skin autofluorescence (SAF) is a new method to noninvasively assess accumulation of advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) in a tissue with low turnover. Recent progress in the clinical application of SAF as a risk marker for diabetic nephropathy as well as cardiovascular disease in nondiabetic end-stage kidney disease, less advanced chronic kidney disease, and renal transplant recipients is reviewed. RECENT FINDINGS Experimental studies highlight the fundamental role of the interaction of AGEs with the receptor for AGEs (RAGEs), also called the AGE-RAGE axis, in the pathogenesis of vascular and chronic kidney disease. SAF predicts (cardiovascular) mortality in renal failure and also chronic renal transplant dysfunction. Long-term follow-up results from the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial and UK Prospective Diabetes Study suggest that AGE accumulation is a key carrier of metabolic memory and oxidative stress. Short-term intervention studies in diabetic nephropathy with thiamine, benfotiamine and angiotensin-receptor blockers aimed at reducing AGE formation have reported mixed results. SUMMARY SAF is a noninvasive marker of AGE accumulation in a tissue with low turnover, and thereby of metabolic memory and oxidative stress. SAF independently predicts cardiovascular and renal risk in diabetes, as well as in chronic kidney disease. Further long-term studies are required to assess the potential benefits of interventions to reduce AGE accumulation.
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Barnaby OS, Cerny RL, Clarke W, Hage DS. Comparison of modification sites formed on human serum albumin at various stages of glycation. Clin Chim Acta 2011; 412:277-85. [PMID: 21034726 PMCID: PMC3053033 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2010] [Revised: 10/18/2010] [Accepted: 10/20/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Many of the complications encountered during diabetes can be linked to the non-enzymatic glycation of proteins, including human serum albumin (HSA). However, there is little information regarding how the glycation pattern of HSA changes as the total extent of glycation is varied. The goal of this study was to identify and conduct a semi-quantitative comparison of the glycation products on HSA that are produced in the presence of various levels of glycation. METHODS Three glycated HSA samples were prepared in vitro by incubating physiological concentrations of HSA with 15 mmol/l glucose for 2 or 5 weeks, or with 30 mmol/l glucose for 4 weeks. These samples were then digested and examined by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) to identify the glycation products that were formed. RESULTS It was found that the glycation pattern of HSA changed with its overall extent of total glycation. Many modifications including previously-reported primary glycation sites (e.g., K199, K281, and the N-terminus) were consistently found in the tested samples. Lysines 199 and 281, as well as arginine 428, contained the most consistently identified and abundant glycation products. Lysines 93, 276, 286, 414, 439, and 524/525, as well as the N-terminus and arginines 98, 197, and 521, were also found to be modified at various degrees of HSA glycation. CONCLUSIONS The glycation pattern of HSA was found to vary with different levels of total glycation and included modifications at the 2 major drug binding sites on this protein. This result suggests that different modified forms of HSA, both in terms of the total extent of glycation and glycation pattern, may be found at various stages of diabetes. The clinical implication of these results is that the binding of HSA to some drug may be altered at various stages of diabetes as the extent of glycation and types of modifications in this protein are varied.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
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Méndez JD, Xie J, Aguilar-Hernández M, Méndez-Valenzuela V. Molecular susceptibility to glycation and its implication in diabetes mellitus and related diseases. Mol Cell Biochem 2010; 344:185-93. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-010-0541-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2010] [Accepted: 07/14/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND The purpose of the study was to examine racial/ethnic differences in cervical insufficiency risk. METHODS We used the US 2005 Natality data file. Analysis was limited to singleton births. The prevalence of cervical insufficiency was examined by the maternal characteristic for each racial group. Unconditional logistic regression modeling was used to assess the association between race and cervical insufficiency while controlling for confounders. RESULTS Cervical insufficiency risk for Black women was more than twice that for their White counterparts [odds ratio (OR) (95% confidence interval (CI)) of 2.45 (2.22–2.71)]. Prior pregnancy termination showed a dose–response relationship with cervical insufficiency. Compared with women with no history of prior pregnancy termination, primiparous women who have had one pregnancy termination had an OR (95% CI) of 2.49 (2.23–2.77). The OR for two, three and four or more terminations were 4.66 (4.07–5.33), 8.07 (6.77–9.61) and 12.36 (10.19–15.00), respectively. Other predictors of cervical insufficiency included previous preterm birth, parity, marital status, renal disease, history of diabetes, polyhydramnios and anemia. CONCLUSIONS There were significant racial/ethnic disparities with Black women having increased cervical insufficiency risk, independent of other studied factors. Prior pregnancy termination is also a major risk factor for cervical insufficiency. The White/Black disparity is evident in both primiparous and multiparous women.
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Affiliation(s)
- Emmanuel A Anum
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Center on Health Disparities and Institute for Women's Health, MCV Campus, Sanger Hall, 1st Floor, Room 1-071, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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