期刊
FEBS LETTERS
卷 592, 期 20, 页码 3357-3366出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13123
关键词
antioxidant; ergothioneine; oxidative damage; reactive oxygen/nitrogen species
资金
- National Medical Research Council [NMRC/1264/2010/082/12]
- Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professorship
Ergothioneine is a thiol/thione molecule synthesised only by some fungi and bacteria. Nonetheless, it is avidly taken up from the diet by humans and other animals through a transporter, OCTN1, and accumulates to high levels in certain tissues. Ergothioneine is not rapidly metabolised, or excreted in urine and is present in many, if not all, human tissues and body fluids. Ergothioneine has powerful antioxidant and cytoprotective properties in vitro and there is evidence that the body may concentrate it at sites of tissue injury by raising OCTN1 levels. Decreased blood and/or plasma levels of ergothioneine have been observed in some diseases, suggesting that a deficiency could be relevant to the disease onset or progression. This brief Review explores the possible roles of ergothioneine in human health and disease.
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