The accumulation of AGEs (advanced glycation end products) in diabetes mellitus has been implicated in the biochemical dysfunction associated with the chronic development of microvascular complications of diabetes – nephropathy, retinopathy and peripheral neuropathy. We investigated the concentrations of fructosyl-lysine and AGE residues in protein extracts of renal glomeruli, retina, peripheral nerve and plasma protein of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and normal healthy controls. Glycation adducts were determined by LC with tandem MS detection. In diabetic rats, the fructosyl-lysine concentration was increased markedly in glomeruli, retina, sciatic nerve and plasma protein. The concentrations of N∊-carboxymethyl-lysine and N∊-carboxyethyl-lysine were increased in glomeruli, sciatic nerve and plasma protein, and N∊-carboxymethyl-lysine also in the retina. Hydroimidazolone AGEs derived from glyoxal, methylglyoxal and 3-deoxylglucosone were major AGEs quantitatively. They were increased in the retina, nerve, glomeruli and plasma protein. AGE accumulation in renal glomeruli, retina, peripheral nerve and plasma proteins is consistent with a role for AGEs in the development of nephropathy, retinopathy and peripheral neuropathy in diabetes. High-dose therapy with thiamine and Benfotiamine suppressed the accumulation of AGEs, and is a novel approach to preventing the development of diabetic complications.
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Accumulation of fructosyl-lysine and advanced glycation end products in the kidney, retina and peripheral nerve of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats
N. Karachalias;
N. Karachalias
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Central Campus, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, U.K.
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R. Babaei-Jadidi;
R. Babaei-Jadidi
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Central Campus, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, U.K.
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N. Ahmed;
N. Ahmed
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Central Campus, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, U.K.
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P.J. Thornalley
P.J. Thornalley
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Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Central Campus, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, U.K.
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Online ISSN: 1470-8752
Print ISSN: 0300-5127
© 2003 Biochemical Society
2003
Biochem Soc Trans (2003) 31 (6): 1423–1425.
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N. Karachalias, R. Babaei-Jadidi, N. Ahmed, P.J. Thornalley; Accumulation of fructosyl-lysine and advanced glycation end products in the kidney, retina and peripheral nerve of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Biochem Soc Trans 1 December 2003; 31 (6): 1423–1425. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bst0311423
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