title: Formation of dityrosine and other fluorescent amino acids by reaction of amino acids with lipid hydroperoxides.
abstract: Formation of fluorescence by the reaction of various amino acids with lipid hydroperoxides, i.e., linoleic acid 13-monohydroperoxide, methyl linoleate 13-monohydroperoxide and phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxide, in the presence of methemoglobin was investigated. Two types of fluorescence were produced: fluorescent dityrosine (3,3'-dityrosine) from tyrosine, and unidentified fluorophores with alpha- and epsilon-amino groups of various amino acids. While the former was stable after treatment with borohydride, the latter fluorophores were readily destroyed. The rate of dityrosine formation was rapid, and the yield of dityrosine was dependent on the concentrations of tyrosine and the lipid hydroperoxides. Butylated hydroxytoluene and tocopherol inhibited the formation of dityrosine, but did not affect the formation of fluorophores on the amino groups. Dityrosine appears to be formed by radical reaction of the lipid hydroperoxides, while the other fluorophores seem to be created by nonradical mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo College of Pharmacy, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kikugawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayasaka
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D001894:Borohydrides / Q000737:chemistry; D002084:Butylated Hydroxytoluene / Q000737:chemistry; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D007700:Kinetics; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008706:Methemoglobin / Q000737:chemistry; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000737:chemistry; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001894:Borohydrides; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D008041:Linoleic Acids; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; C057590:phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxide; C008464:methyl linoleate hydroperoxide; D014810:Vitamin E; D002084:Butylated Hydroxytoluene; C008285:linoleic acid hydroperoxide; D014443:Tyrosine; D008706:Methemoglobin; C007543:dityrosine