Carnitine protects the molecular chaperone activity of lens alpha-crystallin and decreases the post-translational protein modifications induced by oxidative stress.
Peluso
G
G
Institute of Protein Biochemistry and Enzymology, C.N.R., Arco Felice, and Department of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy. peluso@dafne.ibpe.na.cnr.it
Petillo
O
O
Barbarisi
A
A
Melone
M A
MA
Reda
E
E
Nicolai
R
R
Calvani
M
M
D000108:Acetylcarnitine / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002331:Carnitine / Q000378:metabolism*; D003459:Crystallins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000378:metabolism*; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000502:physiology*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats
D003459:Crystallins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D000108:Acetylcarnitine; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D005978:Glutathione; D002331:Carnitine