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Effect of acetonitrile on the hydration of human serum albumin films: a calorimetric and spectroscopic study
Authors:Vladimir A. Sirotkin  Denis V. Korolev
Affiliation:Butlerov Institute of Chemistry, Kazan State University, Kremlevskaya str., 18, Kazan 420008, Russia
Abstract:
A new experimental approach based on the combination of calorimetric and FTIR spectroscopic measurements was proposed to study simultaneously the sorption of water and organic solvent, and corresponding changes in the structure of protein films in the water activity range from 0 to 1.0. Enthalpy changes (ΔHtot) on the interaction of water with the dried human serum albumin (HSA) in the presence and absence of acetonitrile (AN) have been measured using a Setaram BT-2.15 calorimeter at 298 K. Spectroscopic data on water and organic solvent vapor sorption by the HSA films and the corresponding changes in the protein secondary structure were determined by means of a Bruker Vector-22 FTIR spectrometer. By using a water activity-based comparison we characterised the effect of acetonitrile on the hydration and structure of the HSA films. Acetonitrile (AN) sorption isotherm resembles a smooth curve. HSA film binds about 250 mol AN/mol protein at the lowest water activities. As the water activity increases from 0 to 0.8, the sorption of AN gradually decreases from 250 to 150 mol AN/mol HSA. At aw > 0.8, the sorption of AN sharply decreases to zero. Acetonitrile decreases markedly the water content at a given aw. This behavior suggests that the suppression in the uptake of water is due to a competition for water-binding sites on the HSA films by acetonitrile. Changes in the secondary structure of HSA were determined from infrared spectra by analyzing the structure of amide I band. Acetonitrile increases the intensity of the 1654 cm−1 band that was assigned to the α-helix structure. Changes in the intensity of the 1654 cm−1 band agree well with the decrease in water uptake in the presence of AN. An explanation of the acetonitrile effect on the hydration and structure of the HSA films was provided on the basis of hypothesis on water-assisted disruption of polar contacts in the initially dried protein.
Keywords:Protein films   Protein hydration   Protein structure   Human serum albumin   Organic solvent   Acetonitrile   Sorption   Isothermal calorimetry   Interaction enthalpies   Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR spectroscopy)
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