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Antioxidant properties of argpyrimidine
Nair Sreejayan1, Xiaoping Yang, Kamalakannan Palanichamy
1Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences and Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA. sreejay@uwyo.edu
Abstract:
Argpyrimidine, the product of non-enzymatic protein glycation by methylglyoxal, has been implicated in the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus and neurodegenerative diseases. Chemically, argpyrimidine is a substituted pyrimidinol with structural features common to known antioxidants. The objective of this study was to investigate the antioxidant properties of argpyrimidine. Argpyrimidine was synthesized by mixing L-arginine with 3-acetoxypentane-2,4-dione under acidic conditions and purified by chromatography. Argpyrimidine inhibited lipid peroxidation of rat brain homogenates catalyzed by hydroxyl radicals, metal ions, and autooxidation in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. In addition, argpyrimidine scavenged superoxide anion, 1,1-diphenyl 2-picryl-hydrazyl-stable free radical, intracellular-hydrogen peroxide, and inhibited free-radical-mediated nicking of plasmid-DNA. Taken together, our data suggest that argpyrimidine has antioxidant properties and may therefore have biological relevance in pathophysiologies associated with diabetes mellitus and neurodegenerative diseases.
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