Figure 3.
Immunoreactivity of the immunopurified anti-AF-AGE antibody with various AGE proteins. (a–c) The anti-AF-AGE antibody obtained by CML-/CEL-BSA affinity chromatography was characterized by performing competitive ELISAs with several AGE-modified proteins. CML-BSA, N-(carboxymethyl)lysine-BSA: CEL-BSA, N-(carboxyethyl)lysine-BSA; NEL-BSA, N-(ethyl)lysine-BSA. Glu-AGEs-BSA, glucose-derived AGEs; Fru-AGEs-BSA, fructose-derived AGEs; 3-DG-AGEs-BSA, 3-deoxyglucosone-derived AGEs; APP-AGEs-BSA, ascopyrone P-derived AGEs; Glycer-AGEs-BSA, glyceraldehyde-derived AGEs; MGO-AGEs-BSA, methylglyoxal-derived AGEs; Glycol-AGEs-BSA, glycolaldehyde-derived AGEs; GO-AGEs-BSA, glyoxal-derived AGEs; AA-AGEs-BSA, acetaldehyde-derived AGEs.