Summary
The hydroxypyridinium crosslinks of collagen are believed to derive from reducible, divalent crosslinks. To study this concept further, both types of crosslink were quantified as a function of age in dentin, a tissue thought to have minimal collagen turnover. Human (5, 15, 28 and 56 years) and bovine (fetal and adult) root dentin was analyzed by a procedure that measures both hydroxypyridinium and reducible crosslinks on the amino acid analyzer. In human dentin, hydroxypyridinium crosslinks increased with age and became the predominant crosslinks as the two reducible residues, dehydrodihydroxylysinonorleucine and dehydrohydroxylsinonorleucine, diminished. Similarly in adult bovine dentin, hydroxypyridinium residues were sixfold more concentrated than in fetal bovine dentin. Borohydride treatment of tissue did not influence the measured content of hydroxypyridinium residues. The analyses also ruled out natural reduction as a stabilizing reaction for the divalent, reducible crosslinks. Though hydroxypyridinium residues became the major aldehyde-mediated crosslinks of adult dentin collagen, significant levels of reducible crosslinks remain throughout the tooth's adult life.
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Abbreviations
- DHLN:
-
dihydroxylysinonorleucine
- HLN:
-
hydroxylysinonorleucine
- HP:
-
hydroxylysino-hydroxypyridinium crosslink
- LP:
-
lysino-hydroxypyridinium crosslink
- Hyl:
-
hydroxylysine
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Walters, C., Eyre, D.R. Collagen crosslinks in human dentin: Increasing content of hydroxypyridinium residues with age. Calcif Tissue Int 35, 401–405 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02405067
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