期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
卷 48, 期 -, 页码 114-123出版社
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2011.12.002
关键词
Retinoid; BSA; HSA; Spectroscopy; Modeling
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Retinoids are effectively transported in the bloodstream via serum albumins. We report the complexation of bovine serum albumin (BSA) with retinol and retinoic acid at physiological conditions, using constant protein concentration and various retinoid contents. FTIR, CD and fluorescence spectroscopic methods and molecular modeling were used to analyze retinoid binding site, the binding constant and the effects of complexation on BSA stability and secondary structure. Structural analysis showed that retinoids bind BSA via hydrophilic and hydrophobic interactions with overall binding constants of KRet-BSA = 5.3 (+/- 0.8) x 10(6) M-1 and KRetac-BSA = 2.3 (+/- 0.4) x 10(6) M-1. The number of bound retinoid molecules (n) was 1.20 (+/- 0.2) for retinol and 1.8 (+/- 0.3) for retinoic acid. Molecular modeling showed the participation of several amino acids in retinoid BSA complexes stabilized by H-bonding network. The retinoid binding altered BSA conformation with a major reduction of alpha-helix from 61% (free BSA) to 36% (retinol-BSA) and 26% (retinoic acid-BSA) with an increase in turn and random coil structures indicating a partial protein unfolding. The results indicate that serum albumins are capable of transporting retinoids in vitro and in vivo. (C) 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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