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ArticleScientific reports2017

Vanillin Affects Amyloid Aggregation and Non-Enzymatic Glycation in Human Insulin.

Clara Iannuzzi, Margherita Borriello, Gaetano Irace, Marcella Cammarota, Antimo Di Maro, Ivana Sirangelo

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Clara IannuzziDepartment of Biochemistry, Biophysics and General Pathology, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, 80138, Italy.
Margherita BorrielloDepartment of Biochemistry, Biophysics and General Pathology, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, 80138, Italy.
Gaetano IraceDepartment of Biochemistry, Biophysics and General Pathology, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, 80138, Italy.
Marcella CammarotaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, 80138, Italy.
Antimo Di MaroDepartment of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, 81100, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9595-9665
Ivana SirangeloDepartment of Biochemistry, Biophysics and General Pathology, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, 80138, Italy. ivana.sirangelo@unicampania.it.ORCID 0000-0002-6408-4990
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Curcumin is known for its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anticancer activity, as well as for its ability to interfere with amyloid aggregation and non-enzymatic glycation reaction, that makes it an attractive potential drug. However, curcumin therapeutic use is limited because of its low systemic bioavailability and chemical stability as it undergoes rapid hydrolysis in physiological conditions. Recently, much attention has been paid to the biological properties of curcumin degradation products as potential bioactive molecules. Between them, vanillin, a natural vanilla extract, is a stable degradation product of curcumin that could be responsible for mediating its beneficial effects. We have analyzed the effect of vanillin, in comparison with curcumin, in the amyloid aggregation process of insulin as well as its ability to prevent the formation of the advanced glycation end products (AGEs). Employing biophysical, biochemical and cell based assays, we show that vanillin and curcumin similarly affect insulin amyloid aggregation promoting the formation of harmless fibrils. Moreover, vanillin restrains AGE formation and protects from AGE-induced cytotoxicity. Our novel findings not only suggest that the main health benefits observed for curcumin can be ascribed to its degradation product vanillin, but also open new avenues for developing therapeutic applications of curcumin degradation products.

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AmyloidAntioxidantsBenzaldehydesCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalCurcuminGlycation End Products, AdvancedGlycosylationHumansInsulinMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionProtein AggregatesAmyloidAntioxidantsBenzaldehydesCurcuminGlycation End Products, AdvancedInsulinProtein Aggregatesvanillin

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PMID29118444
PMCPMC5678370
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