Protein-bound and free glycation compounds in human milk: A comparative study with minimally processed infant formula and pasteurized bovine milk

The role of the Maillard reaction and the accumulation of non-enzymatic glycation compounds in human milk have been scarcely considered. In this study, we investigated the proteins most susceptible to glycation, the identity of the corresponding modified residues and the quantitative relationship be...

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Autores: Arena, Simona, De Pascale, Sabrina, Ciaravolo, Valentina, Monroy, Mariela Mejia, Gouw, Joost W, Stahl, Bernd, Bäuerl, Christine, Collado, María Carmen, De Filippo, Carlotta, Scaloni, Andrea, Troise, Antonio Dario
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/372268
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/372268
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85203839912
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Human milk
Infant formula
Maillard reaction
Mass spectrometry
human milk
infant feeding
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Sumario:The role of the Maillard reaction and the accumulation of non-enzymatic glycation compounds in human milk have been scarcely considered. In this study, we investigated the proteins most susceptible to glycation, the identity of the corresponding modified residues and the quantitative relationship between protein-bound and free glycation compounds in raw human milk and, for comparison, in minimally processed infant formula and pasteurized bovine milk. In human milk, total protein-bound lysine modifications were up to 10% of the counterparts in infant formula, while Nε-carboxymethyllysine reached up to 27% of the concentration in the other two products. We demonstrated that the concentration of free pyrraline and methylglyoxal-hydroimidazolone were of the same order of magnitude in the three milk types. Our results delineate how the occurrence of some glycation compounds in human milk can be an unavoidable part of the breastfeeding and not an exclusive attribute of infant formulas and pasteurized bovine milk.