[Like anticataract agents, the antiaggregants of lens crystallin. Communication 2. Study of the impact of chaperon-like (protective) activity of short-chain peptides on the rate of UV-induced aggregation of betaL-crystallins by eximer laser]

Vestn Oftalmol. 2008 Mar-Apr;124(2):6-8.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

UV-induced aggregation of betaL-crystallin, one of the major lens proteins, was studied under its pulse radiation with XeCl laser at a wavelength of 308 nm. Unlike the in vitro tested dipeptides L-carnosine, N-acetyl carnosine, D-panthetine, and particularly their combination, the so-called new chaperon was demonstrated to slow down the rate of photoaggregatin of beta-crystallin. The new chaperon, a mixture of D-pathethine and N-acetyl carnosine was ascertained to protect a mixture of betaL- and alpha-crystallins from UV-induced aggregation to a greater extent than D-pathethine or N-acetyl carnosine used alone. An effective drug based on the new chaperon may be designed for the prevention of cataract in sight.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Carnosine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Carnosine / therapeutic use
  • Cataract / drug therapy*
  • Cataract / etiology
  • Cataract / metabolism
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Lasers, Excimer / adverse effects*
  • Lens, Crystalline / drug effects
  • Lens, Crystalline / metabolism*
  • Lens, Crystalline / radiation effects
  • Molecular Chaperones / therapeutic use*
  • Ultraviolet Rays / adverse effects*
  • beta-Crystallins / drug effects
  • beta-Crystallins / metabolism*
  • beta-Crystallins / radiation effects

Substances

  • Molecular Chaperones
  • beta-Crystallins
  • N-acetylcarnosine
  • Carnosine