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Binding Models of Copper(II) Thiosemicarbazone Complexes with Human Serum Albumin: A Speciation Study

Journal

MOLECULES
Volume 26, Issue 9, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26092711

Keywords

peptide model; albumin binding; EPR spectroscopy; ternary complexes

Funding

  1. National Research, Development, and Innovation Office-NKFIA [FK124240]
  2. Ministry of Human Capacities through project Hungary grant TKP-2020

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Copper(II) complexes of thiosemicarbazones have been found to exhibit anticancer properties and their interaction with human serum albumin (HSA) can be influenced by blood transport proteins. The study revealed weak-to-moderate binding strength of the TSC complexes with HSA and observed molecular changes through spectral analysis during the binding process.
Copper(II) complexes of thiosemicarbazones (TSCs) often exhibit anticancer properties, and their pharmacokinetic behavior can be affected by their interaction with blood transport proteins. Interaction of copper(II) complexes of an {N,N,S} donor alpha-N-pyridyl TSC (Triapine) and an {O,N,S} donor 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde TSC (STSC) with human serum albumin (HSA) was investigated by UV-visible and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy at physiological pH. Asp-Ala-His-Lys and the monodentate N-methylimidazole were also applied as binding models. Conditional formation constants were determined for the ternary copper(II)-TSC complexes formed with HSA, DAHK, and N-methylimidazole based on the spectral changes of both charge transfer and d-d bands. The neutral N-methylimidazole displays a similar binding affinity to both TSC complexes. The partially negatively charged tetrapeptide binds stronger to the positively charged Triapine complex in comparison to the neutral STSC complex, while the opposite trend was observed for HSA, which demonstrates the limitations of the use of simple ligands to model the protein binding. The studied TSC complexes are able to bind to HSA in a fast process, and the conditional constants suggest that their binding strength is only weak-to-moderate.

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