Abstract
The effect of Maillard reaction products (MRPs) on induced DNA damage in human lymphocytes was investigated using single-cell gel electrophoresis (comet assay). Three MRPs, Xyl-Lys MRP, Glu-Lys MRP, and Fru-Lys MRP, were prepared by heating lysine with xylose, glucose, and fructose, respectively, at pH 9.0 and 100 degrees C for 3 h and called undialyzed MRPs. The prepared MRPs were further dialyzed, and three undialyzable MRPs were obtained. The undialyzed MRPs caused significant (p < 0.05) DNA damage in human lymphocytes at a concentration of 0.05-0.1 mg/mL by the comet assay. Compared with the control, the undialyzable Xyl-Lys MRP and Glu-Lys MRP caused significant DNA damage in human lymphocytes at a concentration >0.1 mg/mL, whereas Fru-Lys MRP did so at a concentration >0.2 mg/mL. Moreover, undialyzed MRPs caused less DNA damage than did undialyzable MRPs. The undialyzable MRPs did not affect the activity of glutathione peroxidase or lipid peroxidation in human lymphocytes at a concentration of 0.05-0.8 mg/mL. However, these three undialyzable MRPs decreased the glutathione (GSH) contents and the activities of GSH reductase and catalase in human lymphocytes. On the basis of the results of the formation of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine, radicals, and hydrogen peroxide, the radicals might play an important role in the DNA damage in human lymphocytes induced by these MRPs in this reaction system.
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