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Aggregation and self assembly of non-enzymatic glycation of collagen in the presence of amino guanidine and aspirin: an in vitro study.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20600266     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Non-enzymatic glycation of collagen has been used in modern biomaterials science. This paper deals with in vitro studies on the effects of amino guanidine (AG) and aspirin in the non-enzymatic glycation (NEG) of collagen using thermal, conformational, fluorescence, turbidity and powder XRD measurements. There is no significant change in the fluorescence emission spectra for different concentrations of AG treated NEG of collagen whereas the emission intensity decreases as the concentration of aspirin increases. Circular dichroism (CD) revealed the disappearance of the positive peak at 220nm for glycated collagen in the presence of amino guanidine and aspirin suggesting the collapse of triple helical configuration. Nearly 15 degrees C decrease is observed in shrinkage temperature of glycated rat tail tendon (RTT) collagen fibres in the presence of aspirin. Powder XRD of glycated collagen nano-fibrils in the presence of amino guanidine reveals high crystalline nature and the enhancement of self assembly processes when compared to aspirin. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of powder XRD of the self assembly of collagen nano-fibrils without mineralization. Our experimental results suggest that in the non-enzymatic glycation of collagen both AG and aspirin play a pivotal role in the aggregation and self assembly processes. From the present study, it is possible to conclude that while AG significantly influences the self assembly processes, aspirin facilitates the aggregation processes.
Authors:
R Usha; S M Jaimohan; A Rajaram; A B Mandal
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-07-01
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of biological macromolecules     Volume:  47     ISSN:  1879-0003     ISO Abbreviation:  Int. J. Biol. Macromol.     Publication Date:  2010 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-06     Completed Date:  2011-01-10     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7909578     Medline TA:  Int J Biol Macromol     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  402-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Biophysics Laboratory, Central Leather Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Adyar, Chennai, India. usharamamoorthy54@yahoo.co.in
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Absorption
Animals
Aspirin / pharmacology*
Calorimetry, Differential Scanning
Circular Dichroism
Collagen / chemistry,  metabolism*
Glycosylation / drug effects
Guanidines / pharmacology*
Nephelometry and Turbidimetry
Protein Conformation
Rats
Spectrometry, Fluorescence
Temperature
Viscosity
X-Ray Diffraction
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Guanidines; 50-78-2/Aspirin; 79-17-4/pimagedine; 9007-34-5/Collagen

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