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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 270, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129431
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AHTN; HSA; Spectroscopy; Molecular docking; Dynamics simulation; Esterase-like activity
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This study investigated the interaction mechanism between AHTN and HSA, revealing that the binding between AHTN and HSA is a moderate strength spontaneous process driven by hydrophobic forces. AHTN acts as a competitive inhibitor to weaken the esterase-like activity of HSA, potentially impairing the function of HSA.
Tonalide (AHTN) is a new category of pollutants with a wide range of potential environmental and organismal hazards due to its persistence and lipophilicity, and the safety evaluation of this pollutant under physiological condition is a pressing issue. This study investigated the mechanism of interaction between AHTN and human serum albumin (HSA) that is an important transporter in plasma using multiple spectroscopic, molecular docking, and dynamics simulation methods. The steady-state fluorescence and fluorescence lifetime experiments showed that AHTN quenches the inherent fluorescence of HSA through a static quenching mechanism. Thermodynamic parameters exhibited that the binding constant of AHTN and HSA is of the order of 10(boolean AND 4) L/mol, and the binding is a spontaneous process of moderate strength with hydrophobic forces as the main driving force. Site competition revealed that AHTN binds to site I of HSA IIA subdomain, which was evidenced by the molecular docking results. AHTN altered the HSA amino acid microenvironment and conformation can be derived from three-dimensional fluorescence, circular dichroism spectroscopy, and molecular dynamics simulation. The computer simulations corroborate the experimental results positively. Moreover, AHTN acted as a competitive inhibitor to weaken the esterase-like activity of HSA, leading to impaired function of HSA. Results suggest that interactions between AHTN and HSA may affect the normal structure and activities of the protein, this insight will be helpful to provide some basic information to further explore the potential hazards of AHTN in humans. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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