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The course of glycation of calf skin fibrous type I collagen was monitored in vitro under physiological conditions during an 8-week incubation period in order to take into account the long half-life of this protein. The formation of glycated compounds was measured by determining fructosamine, pentosidine, and carboxymethyllysine content. The incubation conditions were as physiological as possible in sterile saline phosphate buffer, except glucose concentration. With incubation medium containing 200 mmol glucose, fibrous collagen underwent solubilization; in addition an increase in fructosamine, pentosidine, and carboxymethyllysine content in both solubilized and remaining insoluble collagen was noticed. There was a spontaneous, restricted, and time-dependent native glycated state of collagen; high concentration glucose enhanced the formation of glycated compounds and induced changes in solubility and glycoxidated products. The production of pentosidine during incubation without glucose should be considered as an event resulting from the initial fructosamine. Whereas the production of carboxymethyllysine during long-term incubation with glucose provided indirect proof of an additional oxidative process after early glycated product formation. These experimental observations provide insight into the in vivo context of advanced glycation end product formation in chronic hyperglycemia and aging.
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Meli, M., Granouillet, R., Reynaud, E. et al. Changes in Glycation of Fibrous Type I Collagen During Long-Term In Vitro Incubation with Glucose. J Protein Chem 22, 521–525 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOPC.0000005501.48719.84
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