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The role of methylglyoxal in the non-enzymatic conversion of tryptophan, its methyl ester and tryptamine to 1-acetyl-β-carbolines
Nemet, Ina,Varga-Defterdarovic, Lidija
, p. 4551 - 4562 (2008)
Non-enzymatic modification of l-tryptophan (1) and its metabolites and derivatives with aldehydes, via the Pictet-Spengler reaction, affords β-carbolines. Here we demonstrate that methylglyoxal (2) generates 1-acetyl-β-carbolines from tryptophan (1), from its methyl ester (6) and from tryptamine (4); however, 2 did not generate 1-(1-hydroxyethyl)-β-carboline derivates. HPLC analysis of model reaction systems showed formation of 1-acetyl-β-carboline (3) and 1-acetyl-β-carboline-3-carboxylic acid (5) during incubation of 1 and 2, at pH 5.7 and 7.4, at 100 °C, and only 5 at 37 °C, at the same pH values, with limited access of oxygen. Aerobic conditions caused higher formation of 3 at 37 °C at both pH values, while, at higher temperature, the same effect was only observed at pH 5.7. Lack of oxygen did not much influence the formation of 3 or 5 at both pH and temperature values, in comparison with the formation at limited access of oxygen. Incubation of 2 and 6 generated methyl-1-acetyl-β-carboline-3-carboxylate (7) together with 3 and 5 as a result of hydrolysis of 6 into 1 and, partially, 7 into 5, while in incubation mixtures of 2 and 4 only unstable 1-acetyl-3,4-dihydro-β-carboline (8) was observed. Incubation of 1 with d-glucose as well as incubation of tryptophan with Amadori product 18 under similar conditions did not generate carbolines 3 or 5. For the first time, we were able to demonstrate the presence of 1-acetyl-β-carboline-3-carboxylic acid (5) in some commercially available ketchups and in previously heated tomato concentrate.
Formation of tetrahydro-β-carbolines and β-carbolines during the reaction of L-tryptophan with D-glucose
Roenner, Birgit,Lerche, Holger,Bergmueller, Wolfgang,Freilinger, Christine,Severin, Theodor,Pischetsrieder, Monika
, p. 2111 - 2116 (2007/10/03)
The reaction of L-tryptophan (Trp) with D-glucose under conditions that can occur during food processing and preparation was studied by high- performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC/DAD). Besides the well-established glucose-tryptophan Amadori product (AP), (1R,3S)-1-(D-gluco-1,2,3,4,5-pentahydroxypentyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β- carboline-3-carboxylic acid (PHP-THβC) was identified as an important product of this reaction. For preparation, PHPTHβC was obtained in high yields when Trp and D-glucose were reacted under strongly acidic conditions after heating in methanol. At elevated reaction temperatures (150 °C) 1- acetyl-β-carboline (acetyl-βC), was detected in significant concentrations. The mixtures were heated under variations of reaction time and temperature, and AP, PHP-THβC, and acetyl-βC were quantified. In the presence of air oxygen or mild, food relevant oxidants, such as L-dehydroascorbic acid, PHP- THβC was readily oxidized to a product that was identified as the previously unknown 1-(D-gluco-1,2,3,4,5-pentahydroxypentyl)-β-carboline (PHP-βC). Formation of PHP-THβC and PHP-βC in foodstuffs would deserve particular interest because multiple physiological activity of THβC and βC derivatives has been shown previously.