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Polyamines regulate cell growth and cellular methylglyoxal in high‐glucose medium independently of intracellular glutathione
Author(s) -
Kwak MinKyu,
Lee MunHyoung,
Park SeongJun,
Shin SangMin,
Liu Rui,
Kang SaOuk
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1002/1873-3468.12102
Subject(s) - methylglyoxal , intracellular , glutathione , chemistry , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , lactoylglutathione lyase , biology , enzyme
Polyamines can presumably inhibit protein glycation, when associated with the methylglyoxal inevitably produced during glycolysis. Herein, we hypothesized a nonenzymatic interaction between putrescine and methylglyoxal in putrescine‐deficient or ‐overexpressing Dictyostelium cells in high‐glucose medium, which can control methylglyoxal production. Putrescine was essentially required for growth rescue accompanying methylglyoxal detoxification when cells underwent growth defect and cell cycle G1‐arrest when supplemented with high glucose. Furthermore, methylglyoxal regulation by putrescine seemed to be a parallel pathway independent of the changes in cellular glutathione content in high‐glucose medium. Consequently, we suggest that Dictyostelium cells need polyamines for normal growth and cellular methylglyoxal regulation.