Abstract:
:The aim of this study was to understand the mechanism of action through which carnosine (beta-alanyl-L-histidine) acts as a quencher of cytotoxic alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes, using 4-hydroxy-trans-2,3-nonenal (HNE) as a model aldehyde. In phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.4), carnosine was 10 times more active as an HNE quencher than L-histidine and N-acetyl-carnosine while beta-alanine was totally inactive; this indicates that the two constitutive amino acids act synergistically when incorporated as a dipeptide and that the beta-alanyl residue catalyzes the addition reaction of the histidine moiety to HNE. Two reaction products of carnosine were identified, in a pH-dependent equilibrium: (a) the Michael adduct, stabilized as a 5-member cyclic hemi-acetal and (b) an imine macrocyclic derivative. The adduction chemistry of carnosine to HNE thus appears to start with the formation of a reversible alpha,beta-unsaturated imine, followed by ring closure through an intra-molecular Michael addition. The biological role of carnosine as a quencher of alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes was verified by detecting carnosine-HNE reaction adducts in oxidized rat skeletal muscle homogenate.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Aldini G,Carini M,Beretta G,Bradamante S,Facino RMdoi
10.1016/s0006-291x(02)02545-7subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-11-15 00:00:00pages
699-706issue
5eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006291X02025457journal_volume
298pub_type
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