Several measurements were performed on transverse slices of skin biopsies. Immunohistochemical staining was conducted with the anti-AGE antibodies anti-CML (
ab30917, Abcam, Cambridge, UK) and anti-N
δ-(5-hydro-5-methyl-4-imidazolon-2-yl)-ornithine ([MG-H1],
STA-011, cell biolabs, inc., NL) using goat anti-mouse IgG alkaline phosphatase (AP) conjugate ([Go-a-Mo-AP],
D0486, Dako, Glostrup, DK) as chromogenic reporter. Histological localization of CML and MG-H1 was evaluated semi-quantitatively by two independent investigators (I.M.A and G.F.H.D). Hematoxylin and eosin (HE) stains were added to be able to identify individual cells.
Invasively assessed intrinsic fluorescence was measured by confocal microscopy using the
ZEISS LSM 780 NLO (Zeiss, GER) and quantified by ImageJ. We used single (405nm and 440nm) and 2-photon (750nm, equivalent to 375nm) excitation, which corresponds to the excitation area of the AGE Reader.
In the second skin biopsy, including epidermis and dermis, the concentrations of CML, MG-H1 and pentosidine were assessed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry measurements (UPLC-MS/MS) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), respectively [20 , 21 (
link), 22 (
link)]. (Supplementary material).
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