Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 60, Issue 33, Pages 8190-8196Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jf302188a
Keywords
methylglyoxal; advanced glycation end products; curcumin; HUVECs
Funding
- Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC, under the ATU plan
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Curcumin, the most active compound of curcuminoids, has been shown to inhibit formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. However, little is known on whether curcumin may trap methylglyoxal (MGO), a major reactive dicarbonyl compound, to inhibit AGE formation. We found that one molecule of curcumin effectively trapped one molecule of MGO at a 1:3 ratio at 24 h of incubation under physiological conditions (pH 7.4, 37 degrees C). Curcumin decreased N-epsilon-(carboxymethyl)lysine (CML) expression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. We further used two curcumin analogues, dimethoxycurcumin (DIMC) and ferulic acid, to investigate the possible MGO-trapping mechanism of curcumin. Results reveal that DIMC, but not ferulic acid, exhibited MGO-trapping capacity, indicating curcumin traps MGO at the electron-dense carbon atom (C10) between the two keto carbon groups. Thus, curcumin may prevent MGO-induced endothelial dysfunction by directly trapping MGO.
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