Measurement of 5-hydroxy-2-aminovaleric acid as a specific marker of metal catalysed oxidation of proline and arginine residues of low density lipoprotein apolipoprotein B-100 in human atherosclerotic lesions
- Institute of Bioinorganic and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry, Research Center Rossendorf, PO Box 510119, D-01314 Dresden, Germany
- Correspondence to: Dr J Pietzsch, Institute of Bioinorganic and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry, Research Center Rossendorf, PO Box 510119, D-01314 Dresden, Germany; j.pietzsch{at}fz-rossendorf.de
- Accepted 18 March 2003
Abstract
γ-Glutamyl-semialdehyde (γGSA) is a major product of the metal catalysed oxidation of apolipoprotein B-100 (apoB-100) proline and arginine residues. On reduction, γGSA forms 5-hydroxy-2-aminovaleric acid (HAVA). This report describes the application of HAVA measurement to characterise the formation of γGSA in low density lipoprotein (LDL) recovered from human atherosclerotic lesions. HAVA concentrations were greatly increased in LDL from early (mean, 10.25; SD, 3.49 mol/mol apoB-100; p < 0.01), intermediate (mean, 11.18; SD, 2.37 mol/mol apoB-100; p < 0.01), and advanced (mean, 9.91; SD, 2.15 mol/mol apoB-100; p < 0.01) lesions, when compared with LDL from normal aortic tissue (mean, 0.05; SD, 0.01 mol/mol apoB-100). These findings support the hypothesis that pathways involving metal catalysed oxidation of LDL apoB-100 are of pathological importance in atherogenesis.
- apo, apolipoprotein
- CV, coefficient of variation
- GC-MS, gas chromatography mass spectrometry
- γGSA, γ-glutamyl-semialdehyde
- HAVA, 5-hydroxy-2-aminovaleric acid
- LDL, low density lipoprotein
