Biodistribution and catabolism of 18F-labelled isopeptide Nε-(γ-glutamyl)-L-lysine

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Contributors

  • C Hultsch - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • R Bergmann - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • B Pawelke - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • J Pietzsch - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • F Wuest - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • B Johannsen - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • T Henle - , Chair of Food Chemistry (Author)

Abstract

Isopeptide bonds between the epsilon-amino group of lysine and the gamma-carboxamide group of glutamine are formed during strong heating of pure proteins or, more important, by enzymatic reaction mediated by transglutaminases. Despite the wide use of a microbial transglutaminase in food biotechnology, up to now little is known about the metabolic fate of the isopeptide N-epsilon-(gamma-glutamyl)-L-lysine. In the present study, N-succinimidyl-4-[F-18]fluorobenzoate was used to modify N-epsilon-(gamma-glutamyl)-L-lysine at each of its two alpha-amino groups, resulting in the 4-[F-18]fluorobenzoylated derivatives, for which biodistribution, catabolism, and elimination were investigated in male Wistar rats. A significant different biochemical behavior of the two labelled isopeptides was observed in terms of in vitro stability, in vivo metabolism as well as biodistribution. The results suggest that the metabolic fate of isopeptides is likely to be dependent on how they are reabsorbed - free or peptide bound.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)405-413
Number of pages9
JournalAmino Acids
Volume29
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2005
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

WOS 000234016000009
Scopus 29144435995

Keywords

Keywords

  • transglutaminase, N-epsilon-(gamma-glutamyl)-L-lysine, crosslinking, positron emission tomography, EPSILON-(GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL)-L-LYSINE, TRANSGLUTAMINASES, PROTEINS