title: The enzymatic defence against glycation in health, disease and therapeutics: a symposium to examine the concept.
abstract: Glycation of proteins, nucleotides and basic phospholipids by glucose, glyoxal, methylglyoxal, 3-deoxyglucosone and other saccharide derivatives is potentially damaging to the proteome and mutagenic. It is now recognized that there is an enzymatic defence against glycation--a group of enzymes that suppress the physiological levels of potent glycating agents and repair glycated proteins: glyoxalase I, aldehyde reductases and dehydrogenases, amadoriase and fructosamine 3-phosphokinase. The enzymatic defence against glycation influences morbidity and the efficiency of drug therapy in certain diseases. Improved understanding of the balance between glycation and the enzymatic anti-glycation defence will advance disease diagnosis and therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Central Campus, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, U.K. thorp@essex.ac.uk
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Thornalley
mesh_terms: D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D013812:Therapeutics
chemical_list: D005947:Glucose