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Fluorescent pigments by covalent binding of lipid peroxidation by-products to protein and amino acids

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The fluorescent products formed on reaction of 12-oxo-cis-9-octadecenoic acid (12-keto-oleic acid) with about 20 different amino acids, polylysine and bovine serum albumin (BSA) were studied. Besides glycine, only the basic amino acids histidine, lysine and arginine gave products with strong fluorescence. N-Acetylation of amino acids greatly reduced the fluorescence of their reaction products. The formation of fluorescent products was inhibited strongly by SH-amino acids such as N-acetyl-cysteine and glutathione. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that BSA treated with 12-keto-oleic acid was more acidic than untreated or ricinoleic acid-treated BSA, indicating that basic amino acid residues in BSA were modified by reaction with the keto fatty acid. None of the structural analogs of 12-keto-oleic acid tested–12-oxo-trans-10-octadecenoic acid, 12-oxo-octadecanoic acid, 12-hydroxy-cis-9-octadecenoic acid (ricinoleic acid),cis-9-octadecenoic acid (oleic acid) and linoleic acid—reacted with glycine to give a fluorescent product. The fluorescent products formed on reaction of 12-keto-oleic acid methyl ester with benzyl amine and glycine methyl ester were shown to be 8-(N-substituted-4,5-dihydro-4-oxo-5-hexyl-5-hydroxy-2-pyrrolyl) octanoic acid methyl esters. The fluorescence properties of these compounds were attributed to the chromophobic system NC=CC=O which contains 6π electrons. This investigation contributes to insight of the mechanism of formation of fluorescent pigments, probably by a similar reaction of other compounds of the β,γ-unsaturated carbonyl type.

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    Kenji Fukuzawa, Katsuya Kishikawa, Akira Tokumura, Hiroaki Tsukatani & Masayuki Shibuya

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Fukuzawa, K., Kishikawa, K., Tokumura, A. et al. Fluorescent pigments by covalent binding of lipid peroxidation by-products to protein and amino acids. Lipids 20, 854–861 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02534768

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