期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 22, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126512
关键词
VUV and far-UV irradiation; protein photo-stability; synchrotron radiation circular dichroism; reactive oxygen species; UV protein denaturation assay
资金
- European Community's EU Programme for Research and Innovation HORIZON 2020 under CALIPSOplus [730872]
UV irradiation activates oxidative stress, photo-oxidation, and photosensitizers, affecting the photo-stability of proteins. Two major mechanisms for protein denaturation induced by UV irradiation have been identified: one involving local heating of water molecules bound to proteins and the other involving the formation of reactive free radicals. Studies have shown that protein denaturation induced by VUV and far-UV irradiation is mediated by the formation of reactive free radicals and reactive oxygen species.
Oxidative stress, photo-oxidation, and photosensitizers are activated by UV irradiation and are affecting the photo-stability of proteins. Understanding the mechanisms that govern protein photo-stability is essential for its control enabling enhancement or reduction. Currently, two major mechanisms for protein denaturation induced by UV irradiation are available: one generated by the local heating of water molecules bound to the proteins and the other by the formation of reactive free radicals. To discriminate which is the likely or dominant mechanism we have studied the effects of thermal and UV denaturation of aqueous protein solutions with and without DHR-123 as fluorogenic probe using circular dichroism (CD), synchrotron radiation circular dichroism (SRCD), and fluorescence spectroscopies. The results indicated that the mechanism of protein denaturation induced by VUV and far-UV irradiation were mediated by the formation of reactive free radicals (FR) and reactive oxygen species (ROS). The development at Diamond B23 beamline for SRCD of a novel protein UV photo-stability assay based on consecutive repeated CD measurements in the far-UV (180-250 nm) region has been successfully used to assess and characterize the photo-stability of protein formulations and ligand binding interactions, in particular for ligand molecules devoid of significant UV absorption.
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