List of AGEs studied in cancer so far

Categories of AGEsAGE modifications identifiedReferences
AGE-modified proteins/DNA

  • Annexin II

  • Apolipoprotein B100

  • N2-(1-carboxyethyl)-2’-deoxyguanosine (CEdG)-DNA adducts

  • Collagen type IV

  • Crystallin

  • DNA- and RNA-binding proteins

  • DNA-histone crosslinks

  • Fibrinogen

  • Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (G3PDH)

  • HDL

  • Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1C)

  • Heat shock proteins (HSPs)

  • Human serum albumin (HSA)

  • Histone proteins (H1, H2A and H2B)

  • Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)

  • Prohibitin

  • Transcription factors

  • Splicing factors

[1521]
Low molecular structures produced during glycation

  • Argpyrimidine

  • Fructosylysine

  • Imidazole

  • Methylglyoxal (MG) lysine dimer

  • Nε carboxy-methyl lysine (CML)

  • Nε carboxy-ethyl lysine (CEL)

  • Nδ-(5-hydro-5-methyl-4-imidazolon-2-yl)-ornithine (MG-H1)

  • Pyrraline

  • Pentosidine

[16, 19, 22, 23]
Unspecified structures formed by alterations with certain glycating agents

  • Acetaldehyde-derived AGEs

  • Glucose-derived AGEs

  • Glyceraldehyde-derived AGEs

  • Glycoaldehyde-derived AGEs

  • Glyoxal-derived AGEs

  • MG-derived AGEs

  • 3-Deoxyglucosone-derived AGEs

[19, 2426]

MG-H1: MG-derived hydroimidazolone