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Characterization of peroxy-A2E and furan-A2E photooxidation products and detection in human and mouse retinal pigment epithelial cell lipofuscin.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16186115     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The nondegradable pigments that accumulate in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells as lipofuscin constituents are considered to be responsible for the loss of RPE cells in recessive Stargardt disease, a blindness macular disorder of juvenile onset. This autofluorescent material may also contribute to the etiology of age-related macular degeneration. The best characterized of these fluorophores is A2E, a compound consisting of two retinoid-derived side arms extending from a pyridinium ring. Evidence indicates that photochemical mechanisms initiated by excitation from the blue region of the spectrum may contribute to the adverse effects of A2E accumulation, with the A2E photooxidation products being damaging intermediates. By studying the oxidation products (oxo-A2E) generated using oxidizing agents that add one or two oxygens at a time, together with structural analysis by heteronuclear single quantum correlation-NMR spectroscopy, we demonstrated that the oxygen-containing moieties generated within photooxidized A2E include a 5,8-monofuranoid and a cyclic 5,8-monoperoxide. We have shown that the oxidation sites can be assigned to the shorter arm of A2E, to the longer arm, or to both arms by analyzing changes in the UV-visible spectrum of A2E, and we have observed a preference for oxidation on the shorter arm. By liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, we have also detected both monofuran-A2E and monoperoxy-A2E in aged human RPE and in eye cups of Abca4/Abcr-/- mice, a model of Stargardt disease. Because the cytotoxicity of endoperoxide moieties is well known, the production of endoperoxide-containing oxo-A2E may account, at least in part, for cellular damage ensuing from A2E photooxidation.
Authors:
Young P Jang; Hiroko Matsuda; Yasuhiro Itagaki; Koji Nakanishi; Janet R Sparrow
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2005-09-26
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of biological chemistry     Volume:  280     ISSN:  0021-9258     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Biol. Chem.     Publication Date:  2005 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-11-28     Completed Date:  2006-02-03     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985121R     Medline TA:  J Biol Chem     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  39732-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / genetics
Aged
Animals
Cells, Cultured
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Chromatography, Liquid
Epithelial Cells / cytology*
Furans / chemistry*
Humans
Light
Lipofuscin / chemistry*,  metabolism*
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Mass Spectrometry
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Transgenic
Middle Aged
Models, Chemical
Oxygen / chemistry,  metabolism
Peroxides / chemistry
Pigment Epithelium of Eye / metabolism*
Pyridinium Compounds / chemistry*
Retinal Degeneration / metabolism
Retinoids / chemistry*
Solvents / chemistry
Time Factors
Ultraviolet Rays
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
EY 12951/EY/NEI NIH HHS; GM 34509/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/A2E compound; 0/ABCA4 protein, human; 0/ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; 0/Abca4 protein, mouse; 0/Furans; 0/Lipofuscin; 0/Peroxides; 0/Pyridinium Compounds; 0/Retinoids; 0/Solvents; 7782-44-7/Oxygen

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