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  • Title: Acetylation of lens crystallins: a possible mechanism by which aspirin could prevent cataract formation.
    Author: Rao GN, Lardis MP, Cotlier E.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1985 May 16; 128(3):1125-32. PubMed ID: 4004853.
    Abstract:
    The calf eye lens homogenate incubated with [1-14C-acetyl] aspirin and separated into HMW, alpha, beta H, beta L and gamma-crystallins by means of Sepharose 6B and Bio-Gel P2 columns showed radioactivity in all the crystallins. In contrast, no radioactivity was found in the crystallins when the lens homogenate was incubated with [14C-carboxyl] aspirin. These experiments clearly indicated that the eye lens crystallins are acetylated with aspirin. Furthermore, no decrease in the radioactivity in the crystallins after exhaustive dialysis against 0.15M NaCl suggests a covalent type of binding of acetyl moiety of aspirin to the lens crystallins. The significant decrease in the free epsilon-amino groups of aspirin-treated crystallins further suggests the probable sites of acetylation in the crystallins. It may be concluded that acetylation of free epsilon-amino groups of lens crystallins by aspirin may confer protection against crystallin aggregation in cataractogenesis.
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