2-(2-Furoyl)-4(5)-(2-furanyl)-1H-imidazole
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2-(2-Furoyl)-4(5)-(2-furanyl)-1H-imidazole

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Category
Others
Catalog number
BAT-004740
CAS number
91037-91-1
Molecular Formula
C12H8N2O3
Molecular Weight
228.21
2-(2-Furoyl)-4(5)-(2-furanyl)-1H-imidazole
IUPAC Name
furan-2-yl-[5-(furan-2-yl)-1H-imidazol-2-yl]methanone
Synonyms
FFIFuran-2-yl-(4-furan-2-yl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-methanone
Appearance
Yellow powder
Purity
≥ 99% (TLC)
Density
1.342 g/cm3
Melting Point
182-186 °C
Storage
Store at 2-8°C
InChI
InChI=1S/C12H8N2O3/c15-11(10-4-2-6-17-10)12-13-7-8(14-12)9-3-1-5-16-9/h1-7H,(H,13,14)
InChI Key
DKZNJXJLTVYBRA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Canonical SMILES
C1=COC(=C1)C2=CN=C(N2)C(=O)C3=CC=CO3
1. Evidence against in vivo presence of 2-(2-furoyl)-4(5)-(2-furanyl)-1H-imidazole, a major fluorescent advanced end product generated by nonenzymatic glycosylation
S Horiuchi, M Shiga, N Araki, K Takata, M Saitoh, Y Morino J Biol Chem. 1988 Dec 15;263(35):18821-6.
The reaction of protein amino groups with glucose leads to the formation of a stable Amadori product via a Schiff base adduct, which is further converted to advanced glycosylation end products (AGE) with color and unique fluorescence characteristics. 2-(2-Furoyl)-4(5)-(2-furanyl)-1H-imidazole (FFI) was recently identified as a major fluorescent compound (Ponger, S., Ulrich, P.C., Bencsath, F.A., and Cerami, A. (1984) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 81, 2684-2688). Its in vivo and in situ presence was further demonstrated by radioimmunoassays (Chang, J.C.F., Ulrich, P.C., Bucala, R., and Cerami, A. (1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 7970-7974). In the present study the occurrence of FFI in AGE-proteins was reassessed. The radioimmunoassay using anti-FFI antibody and high performance liquid chromatography failed to detect FFI in AGE samples obtained from bovine serum albumin, poly-L-lysine, oligo-L-lysine, and L-lysine. Even after acid hydrolysis or proteinase K digestion, FFI was undetectable. To our surprise, however, the addition of ammonia to these acid hydrolysate led to the production of FFI, suggesting the importance of acid hydrolysis and subsequent reaction with ammonia for the generation of FFI. This observation was fully supported by model experiments using AGE-samples prepared by incubating glucose with monoaminocarboxylic acids such as beta-alanine, gamma-aminobutyric acid, and epsilon-aminocaproic acid. Thus, a nonfluorescent FFI precursor is produced by acid hydrolysis, and its conversion to fluorescent FFI occurs upon subsequent reaction with ammonia, the evidence against the presence of FFI in AGE-proteins.
2. Mechanism of formation of the putative advanced glycosylation end product and protein cross-link 2-(2-furoyl)-4(5)-(2-furanyl)-1H-imidazole
F G Njoroge, A A Fernandes, V M Monnier J Biol Chem. 1988 Aug 5;263(22):10646-52.
2-(2-Furoyl)-4(5)-(2-furanyl)-1H-imidazole (FFI) is a fluorescent molecule which was originally discovered in chloroform extract of ammoniacal solution of acid-hydrolyzed glycated proteins and proposed to represent a protein cross-link. The absence of a lysyl residue side chain and other observations promoted a detailed study of its mechanism of formation. Glycated alpha-t-Butoxycarbonyllysine was incubated for 29 days and periodically assayed for FFI and FFI-like fluorescence. Whereas fluorescence increased over time, FFI recovery was unexpectedly highest on day 0 and lowest on day 29, suggesting that FFI was directly derived from Amadori products. FFI was also recovered from hydrolysates of glycated neopentylamine, furosine, and browned poly-L-lysine but was virtually undetectable in similar solutions basified with NaOH, triethylamine, or pyridine instead of ammonia. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of FFI from similar hydrolysates basified in the presence of 15N-enriched NH4Cl revealed for all precursors a parent ion peak at 230 instead of 228 m/e units, suggesting that the two imidazole nitrogen atoms had been incorporated from free ammonia into FFI. Spontaneous FFI synthesis occurred when furosine was reacted with aqueous ammonia at room temperature. These results do not support the proposition that FFI is an advanced glycosylation end product or a protein cross-link. They suggest that FFI is formed from ammonia and furosine which are by-products of acid-hydrolyzed glycated proteins.
3. Collisional spectroscopy as a screening procedure for the determination of 2-(2-furoyl)-4(5)-(2-furanyl)-1H-imidazole from acid hydrolysis of B-poly(L-lysine) and B-albumin
B Pelli, A Sturaro, P Traldi, A Lapolla, T Poli, D Fedele, G Crepaldi Biomed Environ Mass Spectrom. 1988 Jan 1;15(1):7-11. doi: 10.1002/bms.1200150103.
The direct determination of 2-(2-furoyl)-4(5)-(2-furanyl)-1H-imidazole (FFI), present in the acid hydrolysis products of B-poly(L-lysine) and B-albumin and which appears to be a key intermediate in the physicochemical changes occurring during the incubation of protein with glucose, has been carried out by collisional spectroscopy, using a commercial double-focusing, reverse-geometry mass spectrometer and without any sample derivatization and chromatographic separation procedures.
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