Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 167, Issue -, Pages 415-422Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.11.203
Keywords
Fluorescent carbon dots; Human hemoglobin; Interaction; Esterase activity
Funding
- Central Funds Guiding the Local Science and Technology Development of China [2020JH6/10500002]
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [31872915]
- National Key Research and Development Project [2017YFC1600702]
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This study investigated the interaction between vinegar carbon dots (VCDs) and human hemoglobin (HHb), revealing that VCDs could quench the fluorescence of HHb and the binding process was spontaneous. Furthermore, the decrease in esterase activity of HHb after VCDs treatment confirmed the impact of VCDs on HHb. The results provided detailed information about the interaction between VCDs and HHb.
Foodborne nanoparticles have attracted considerable interest due to their distinctive fluorescence and physicochemical properties. The discovery of vinegar carbon dots (VCDs) has drawn our attention to study their effect on human plasma protein. Herein, spectral, constructional, morphological, and enzymatic activity assessments were carried out to investigate the interaction of VCDs with human hemoglobin (HHb). The intrinsic fluorescence of HHb was quenched significantly by the VCDs through a static quenching process. Furthermore, binding constants and important thermodynamic parameters were calculated, the negative enthalpy and entropy changes were accompanied by a negative Gibbs energy, which proposed the binding between VCDs with HHb was spontaneous. Moreover, negative enthalpy and entropy change corroborated the involvement of van der Waals force and hydrogen bonds in the binding process. Results from FTIR, atomic force microscopy and circular dichroism revealed change of HHB after binding with VCDs although their essential morphological features were unaffected. The esterase activity of HHb decreased after VCDs treatment in a dose-dependent manner, which further confirmed the effect of VCDs on HHb. The results offered detailed information about the interaction between VCDs and HHb. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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