title: Identification of 3-deoxyglucosone dehydrogenase as aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A1 (retinaldehyde dehydrogenase 1).
abstract: One of the metabolic fates of 3-deoxyglucosone, a product of protein deglycation and a potent glycating agent, is to be oxidized to 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate, but the enzyme that catalyzes this reaction is presently unknown. Starting from human erythrocytes, which are known to convert 3-deoxyglucosone to 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate, we have purified to near homogeneity a NAD-dependent dehydrogenase that catalyzes this last reaction at neutral pH. Sequencing of a 55 kDa band co-eluting with the enzymatic activity in the last step indicated that it corresponded to aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A1 (ALDH1A1), an enzyme known to catalyze the oxidation of retinaldehyde to retinoic acid. Overexpression of human ALDH1A1 in HEK cells led to a more than 20-fold increase in 3-deoxyglucosone dehydrogenase activity. In mouse tissues 3-deoxyglucosone dehydrogenase activity was highest in liver, intermediate in lung and testis, and negligible or undetectable in other tissues, in agreement with the tissue distribution of ALDH1A1 mRNA. 3-deoxyglucosone dehydrogenase activity was undetectable in tissues from ALDH1A1(-/-) mice. ALDH1A1 appears therefore to be the major if not the only enzyme responsible for the oxidation of 3-deoxyglucosone to 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate. The urinary excretion of 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate amounted to 16.7 micromol/g creatinine in humans, indicating that 3-deoxyglucosone may be quantitatively a more important substrate than retinaldehyde for ALDH1A1.
authors.affiliation: Université Catholique de Louvain, Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology, Avenue Hippocrate 75, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Collard
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vertommen
authors.forename: Juliette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fortpied
authors.forename: Gregg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Duester
authors.forename: Emile
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van Schaftingen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000080924:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 Family; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005942:Gluconates / Q000378:metabolism / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D008168:Lung / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050697:Retinal Dehydrogenase; D012172:Retinaldehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013737:Testis / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D005942:Gluconates; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C002957:2-keto-3-deoxygluconate; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases; D000080924:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 Family; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; C510223:ALDH1A1 protein, human; D050697:Retinal Dehydrogenase; C016350:3-deoxyglucosone; D012172:Retinaldehyde