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ReviewCells2021

The Glyoxalase System in Age-Related Diseases: Nutritional Intervention as Anti-Ageing Strategy.

Gemma Aragonès, Sheldon Rowan, Sarah G Francisco, Elizabeth A Whitcomb, Wenxin Yang, Giuliana Perini-Villanueva, Casper G Schalkwijk, Allen Taylor, Eloy Bejarano

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Gemma AragonèsLaboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02155, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1924-9231
Sheldon RowanLaboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02155, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1123-6743
Sarah G FranciscoLaboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02155, USA.
Elizabeth A WhitcombLaboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02155, USA.
Wenxin YangLaboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02155, USA.
Giuliana Perini-VillanuevaLaboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02155, USA.
Casper G SchalkwijkDepartment of Internal Medicine, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Allen TaylorLaboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02155, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2581-1825
Eloy BejaranoLaboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02155, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8390-1581
Tufts University · USMaastricht University Medical Centre · NL

Funding

Mechanistically linking AMD, glycemic index and protein homeostasisR01EY028559 · NEI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI TAYLOR, ALLEN · 2018 to 2022
$1.5M
Ubiquitin function in eye lensR01EY026979 · NEI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI TAYLOR, ALLEN · 2016 to 2018
$1.2M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026979NEI NIH HHS R01 EY028559
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The glyoxalase system is critical for the detoxification of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs). AGEs are toxic compounds resulting from the non-enzymatic modification of biomolecules by sugars or their metabolites through a process called glycation. AGEs have adverse effects on many tissues, playing a pathogenic role in the progression of molecular and cellular aging. Due to the age-related decline in different anti-AGE mechanisms, including detoxifying mechanisms and proteolytic capacities, glycated biomolecules are accumulated during normal aging in our body in a tissue-dependent manner. Viewed in this way, anti-AGE detoxifying systems are proposed as therapeutic targets to fight pathological dysfunction associated with AGE accumulation and cytotoxicity. Here, we summarize the current state of knowledge related to the protective mechanisms against glycative stress, with a special emphasis on the glyoxalase system as the primary mechanism for detoxifying the reactive intermediates of glycation. This review focuses on glyoxalase 1 (GLO1), the first enzyme of the glyoxalase system, and the rate-limiting enzyme of this catalytic process. Although GLO1 is ubiquitously expressed, protein levels and activities are regulated in a tissue-dependent manner. We provide a comparative analysis of GLO1 protein in different tissues. Our findings indicate a role for the glyoxalase system in homeostasis in the eye retina, a highly oxygenated tissue with rapid protein turnover. We also describe modulation of the glyoxalase system as a therapeutic target to delay the development of age-related diseases and summarize the literature that describes the current knowledge about nutritional compounds with properties to modulate the glyoxalase system.

Indexed as

Cellular SenescenceStress, PhysiologicalAge FactorsAgingAnimalsDietDietary SupplementsGlycation End Products, AdvancedGlycosylationHumansLactoylglutathione LyasePhytochemicalsProtein CarbonylationProteolysisSubstrate SpecificityGlycation End Products, AdvancedLactoylglutathione LyasePhytochemicalsagingglycative stressglyoxalase systemproteotoxicity

Identifiers

PMID34440621
PMCPMC8393707
OpenAlexW3183889030

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