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Research Article
Identification of free radicals in oxidized and glycoxidized phosphatidylethanolamines by spin trapping combined with tandem mass spectrometry
Article first published online: 28 FEB 2012
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6186
Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Simões, C., Domingues, P. and Domingues, M. R. M. (2012), Identification of free radicals in oxidized and glycoxidized phosphatidylethanolamines by spin trapping combined with tandem mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., 26: 931–939. doi: 10.1002/rcm.6186
Publication History
- Issue published online: 28 FEB 2012
- Article first published online: 28 FEB 2012
- Manuscript Accepted: 4 FEB 2012
- Manuscript Revised: 12 JAN 2012
- Manuscript Received: 13 SEP 2011
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RATIONALE
Nonenzymatic glycation of phosphatidylethanolamines (PEs) seems to a have a role in angiogenesis and atherosclerosis. Glycated PEs are more easily oxidized, enhancing oxidative stress. This study aims to evaluate the influence of glycation on the formation of intermediate radical species during oxidation of glycated PEs.
METHODS
In the present study, the radical intermediaries formed during the oxidation of palmitoyl-lineoyl phosphatidylethanolamine (PLPE) and glycated PLPE (gPLPE) were trapped using a spin trap (DMPO) and the radical adducts were analyzed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS). Mass spectra were acquired using a electrospray Q-TOF 2 mass spectrometer.
RESULTS
Several spin adducts of PLPE and gPLPE were identified, corresponding to carbon- and oxygen-centered radicals. Interpretation of the MS/MS spectra showed the existence of different sites where radical formation occurred, at the sn-2 acyl chain, ethanolamine moiety (particularly in C-1) and, in the case of glycated derivatives, also in the glucose moiety (particularly in C-3, C-4 and C-5).
CONCLUSIONS
These results suggested the presence of more sites susceptible to oxidation in glycated PLPE, which may be responsible for the increase in the oxidative reaction rate occurring in glycated compounds. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.