scholarly journals Fluorimetric study of the binding of protoporphyrin to haemopexin and albumin

1981 ◽  
Vol 196 (3) ◽  
pp. 693-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
A A Lamola ◽  
I Asher ◽  
U Muller-Eberhard ◽  
M Poh-Fitzpatrick

Fluorescence spectra of protoporphyrin bound to its most affinitive site on human serum albumin, bound to human haemopexin and dissolved in human plasma reveal that, when present in plasma, at least 90% of this porphyrin is bound to albumin. Human serum albumin binds protoporphyrin with an affinity KA = 3 } 10(9)M-1 in phosphate-buffered saline. The affinity of haemopexin for protoporphyrin is 4 times smaller. From these data it is concluded that less than 1% of plasma protoporphyrin is bound to haemopexin. Implications of the data for protoporphyrin transport and clearance are discussed.

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 806-812
Author(s):  
Liangliang Liu ◽  
Yi Liu ◽  
Aiping Xiao ◽  
Shiyong Mei ◽  
Yixi Xie

AbstractIncreasing the degree of glycation in diabetes could affect the ability of plasma proteins in binding to small molecules and active compounds. In this study, the influence of glycation of Human serum albumin (HSA) on the binding affinities for six dietary flavonoids was investigated by fluorescence spectra. Glycated HSA was prepared through incubation with glucose and characterized by several methods to confirm the glycation. It was found that the level of glycation increased with the increasing incubation time. The glycation of HSA increased the binding affinities for flavonoids by 1.40 to 48.42 times, which indicates that modifications caused by the glycation may have different influences on the interactions of flavonoids with HSA at separate binding sites on this protein. These results are valuable for understanding the influence of diabetes on the metabolism of flavonoids and other bioactive small molecules in human body.


1978 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 446P-447P ◽  
Author(s):  
HE Barber ◽  
GM Hawksworth ◽  
NR Kitteringham ◽  
J Petersen ◽  
JC Petrie ◽  
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2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 547-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Chen ◽  
Jia-Ming Ma ◽  
Ke-Lan Yong ◽  
Jing-Ci Lv ◽  
Xia-Bing Zhang

The interaction between loureirin B (Lour B) and human serum albumin (HSA) was investigated by fluorescence and UV–vis absorption spectroscopy. Experimental results indicated that loureirin B had a strong ability to quench the intrinsic fluorescence of HSA through a dynamic quenching procedure. The fluorescence quenching data revealed that the quenching constants (KSV) 2.68×104, 3.30×104and 4.10×104l/mol at 300, 310 and 320 K, respectively. Based on the thermodynamic parameters obtained, the positive values of enthalpy change ΔH and entropy change ΔS suggested that hydrophobic forces played a major role in the interaction of Lour B with HSA. According to Förster theory of energy transfer, the distancerbetween HSA and Lour B was calculated to be 2.85 nm. Furthermore, the effect of Lour B on the conformation of HSA was analyzed by synchronous fluorescence and three-dimensional fluorescence spectra.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Ting Zhao ◽  
Zihui Liu ◽  
Jingmei Niu ◽  
Baoxing Lv ◽  
Yuliang Xiao ◽  
...  

Salbutamol (SBAL), a kind of short-acting beta 2-adrenergic agonist, has been mainly used to treat bronchial asthma and other allergic airway diseases clinically. In this study, the interaction mechanism between salbutamol and human serum albumin was researched by the multispectral method and molecular docking. The fluorescence intensity of HSA could be regularly enhanced with the increase of SBAL concentration. Both the results of the multispectral method and molecular docking showed that SBAL could bind HSA with van der Waals force and hydrogen bonds. The binding mechanism was further analysed by UV-Vis and synchronous fluorescence spectra. The contents of the secondary structure of free HSA and SBAL-HSA complex were evaluated using CD spectra.


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