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The role of mass spectrometry in studies of glycation processes and diabetes management
Author(s) -
D'Aronco Sara,
Crotti Sara,
Agostini Marco,
Traldi Pietro,
Chilelli Nino Cristiano,
Lapolla Annunziata
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
mass spectrometry reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.035
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1098-2787
pISSN - 0277-7037
DOI - 10.1002/mas.21576
Subject(s) - chemistry , glycation , methylglyoxal , diabetes mellitus , mass spectrometry , diabetology , glyoxal , diabetic nephropathy , biochemistry , endocrinology , chromatography , organic chemistry , medicine , receptor , enzyme
In the last decade, mass spectrometry has been widely employed in the study of diabetes. This was mainly due to the development of new, highly sensitive, and specific methods representing powerful tools to go deep into the biochemical and pathogenetic processes typical of the disease. The aim of this review is to give a panorama of the scientifically valid results obtained in this contest. The recent studies on glycation processes, in particular those devoted to the mechanism of production and to the reactivity of advanced glycation end products (AGEs, AGE peptides, glyoxal, methylglyoxal, dicarbonyl compounds) allowed to obtain a different view on short and long term complications of diabetes. These results have been employed in the research of effective markers and mass spectrometry represented a precious tool allowing the monitoring of diabetic nephropathy, cardiovascular complications, and gestational diabetes. The same approaches have been employed to monitor the non‐insulinic diabetes pharmacological treatments, as well as in the discovery and characterization of antidiabetic agents from natural products. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Mass Spec Rev 38:112–146, 2019.