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JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE & DYNAMICS
卷 38, 期 8, 页码 2338-2351出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2019.1630320
关键词
Bovine serum albumin; carrier protein; azapodophyllotoxin; fluorescence quenching; FRET; time-resolved fluorescence; molecular docking
资金
- National Institutes of Health
- Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health [P20 GM103475-14]
Bovine serum albumin (BSA) is a widely recognized plasma protein for its ubiquitous function as one of the paramount transporter of different drugs and enzymes inside biological systems. HPFQ, a member of azapodophyllotoxin family, has been observed to be highly bioactive against a majority of cancer cell lines; while subsequently showing impressive fluorescent properties throughout the polarity scale. However, further pursuit into compliance of this bioactive fluorophore with carrier protein remains imperative for excavating its suitable transporter inside human body. The present biophysical spectroscopic study attempts to exhibit the adaptability of BSA towards a potential therapeutic fluorophore (HPFQ) by combining in vitro optical spectroscopy and in silico molecular docking. The competitive site-binding studies demonstrated that BSA nurtures neutral anti-cancer fluorophore HPFQ into Sudlow site I, where it experiences varying interactions with surrounding hydrophobic amino acid residues viz. Phe 205, Trp 213, Ala 209, Leu 330, Ala 349, Leu 480 etc. HPFQ gets accommodated at the vicinity of Trp-213 in BSA and initiates operation of FRET between them. Adaptation of HPFQ encourages an allosteric modulation, leading to a minor deformation in secondary protein structure, which probably allows the invading water molecules to increase the micropolarity of the adjacent environment around Trp-213. HPFQ assumes to administer conformational alteration in BSA and regulate emissive population of two tryptophan residues Trp-134 and Trp-213. The amalgamated spectroscopic investigation described herein may encourage design of azapodophyllotoxin based potential therapeutic agents for effective in vivo bio-circulation using BSA-based drug distribution systems. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma
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