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ArticleThe protein journal2011

Spermidine delays eye lens opacification in vitro by suppressing transglutaminase-catalyzed crystallin cross-linking.

Alessandro Lentini, Claudio Tabolacci, Palma Mattioli, Bruno Provenzano, Simone Beninati

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Article in The protein journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alessandro LentiniDepartment of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Claudio Tabolacci
Palma Mattioli
Bruno Provenzano
Simone Beninati
University of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A Ca(2+)-dependent TG activity, identified in the eye lens of several mammalian species, has long been implicated in cataract formation. The precise mechanism of the involvement of this enzyme in this process remains unclear. The purpose of this work was to investigate the modulatory effect of polyamines on TG activity during rabbit eye lens in vitro opacification. We observed, in an in vitro Ca(2+)-induced cataract model, a rapid decrease of the endogenous levels of SPD with the progression of opacification, paralleled by an increase of crystallin cross-linking by bis(γ-glutamyl)SPD. This pattern was reversed adding exogenous SPD to the incubation medium. Indeed, endogenous SPD levels were restored and cross-linking by bis(γ-glutamyl)SPD were drastically reduced. Surprisingly, under this experimental condition, the loss of transparency of lens was delayed. We found that exogenous SPD incubation led to a remarkable increase of mono(γ-glutamyl)SPD, likely responsible of the inhibition of cross-linking of lens crystallins and of the transparency persistence.

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AnimalsCalciumCapsule OpacificationCataractCrystallinsDisease Models, AnimalLens, CrystallineRabbitsSpermidineSpermineTransglutaminasesCalciumCrystallinsSpermidineSpermineTransglutaminases

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PMID21287398
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