Characterization of the interaction between farrerol and bovine serum albumin by fluorescence and circular dichroism

The binding of farrerol to bovine serum albumin (BSA) in aqueous solution was investigated by fluorescence quenching spectra, synchronous fluorescence spectra, circular dichroism (CD) and the three-dimensional (3D) fluorescence spectra at pH 7.40. The results of fluorescence titration indicated that farrerol could quench the intrinsic fluorescence of BSA in a static quenching way. The cause of showing upward curvy patterns in Stern-Volmer plots was analyzed. The binding sites number n and binding constant K using fluorescence quenching equation at 310 K were calculated. The binding distance and the energy transfer efficiency between farrerol and BSA were also obtained according to the theory of F?rster's non-radiation energy transfer. The effect of some metal ions on the binding constant of farrerol with BSA was also studied. The effect of farrerol on the conformation of BSA was analyzed using CD, synchronous fluorescence spectra and three-dimensional (3D) fluorescence spectra under experimental conditions. Furthermore, the fluorescence displacement experiments indicated that farrerol could bind to the site I of BSA.     

Spectroscopic studies on binding of Puerarin to human serum albumin

The interaction between Puerarin with human serum albumin has been studied for the first time by spectroscopic methods including fluorescence quenching technology, circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy under simulative physiological conditions. The results of fluorescence titration revealed that Puerarin can strongly quench the intrinsic fluorescence of HSA by static quenching and there is a single class of binding site on HSA. In addition, the studies of CD spectroscopy and FT-IR spectroscopy showed that the binding of Puerarin to HSA changed slightly molecular conformation of HSA. Furthermore, the thermodynamic functions ΔH⁰ and ΔS⁰ for the reaction were calculated to be −9.067 kJ mol⁻¹ and 54.315 J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹ according to van’t Hoff equation. These data suggested that both hydrogen bond and hydrophobic interaction play a major role in the binding of Puerarin to HSA, which is in good agreement with the result of molecular modeling study.     

Spectroscopic Studies on the Interaction of Asiatic Acid with Bovine Serum Albumin

Fluorescence spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FT‐IR) spectroscopy, circular dichroism (CD) and FT‐Raman spectroscopy were employed to analyze the binding of the asiatic acid (AA) to bovine serum albumin (BSA) under simulative physiological conditions. Fluorescence data revealed that the fluorescence quenching of BSA by AA was the result of the formation of BSA‐AA complex. The fluorescence quenching mechanism of BSA by AA was a static quenching procedure. According to the Van′t Hoff equation, the thermodynamic parameters enthalpy change (ΔH⁰) and entropy change (ΔS⁰) for the reaction were evaluated to be ?12.55 kJ·mol^?1 and 67.08 kJ·mol^?1, respectively, indicating that hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions played a major role in stabilizing the complex. The influence of AA on the conformation of BSA has also been analyzed on the basis of FT‐IR, CD and FT‐Raman spectra.     

Study on the interaction between antibacterial drug and bovine serum albumin: A spectroscopic approach

The binding of sulfamethoxazole (SMZ) to bovine serum albumin (BSA) was investigated by spectroscopic methods viz., fluorescence, FT-IR and UV–vis absorption techniques. The binding parameters have been evaluated by fluorescence quenching method. The thermodynamic parameters, ΔH°, ΔS°and ΔG° were observed to be −58.0 kJ mol⁻¹, −111 J K⁻¹ mol⁻¹ and −24 kJ mol⁻¹, respectively. These indicated that the hydrogen bonding and weak van der Waals forces played a major role in the interaction. Based on the Forster's theory of non-radiation energy transfer, the binding average distance, r, between the donor (BSA) and acceptor (SMZ) was evaluated and found to be 4.12 nm. Spectral results showed the binding of SMZ to BSA induced conformational changes in BSA. The effect of common ions and some of the polymers used in drug delivery for control release was also tested on the binding of SMZ to BSA. The effect of common ions revealed that there is adverse effect on the binding of SMZ to BSA.     

Interaction of colloidal AgTiO2 nanoparticles with bovine serum albumin

The interaction between colloidal AgTiO₂ nanoparticles and bovine serum albumin (BSA) was studied by using absorption, steady state, time resolved and synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy measurements. Absorption spectroscopy proved the formation of a ground state BSA?AgTiO₂ complex. Upon excitation of BSA, colloidal AgTiO₂ nanoparticles effectively quenched the intrinsic fluorescence of BSA. The number of binding sites (n = 1.06) and apparent binding constant (K = 3.71 × 10⁵ M⁻¹) were calculated by the fluorescence quenching method. A static mechanism and conformational changes of BSA were observed.     

Spectroscopic Studies on the Interaction of 2,4-Dichlorophenol with Bovine Serum Albumin

The interaction between 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) was investigated by fluorescence spectroscopy combined with UV-vis absorption and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy under simulative physiological conditions. The experiment results show that the fluorescence intensity of BSA is dramatically decreased owing to the formation of a DCP–BSA complex. The corresponding effective quenching constants (K _a) between DCP and BSA at four different temperatures (292, 298, 304 and 310 K) were determined to be 10.08×10⁴, 9.082×10⁴, 8.177×10⁴, and 7.260×10⁴ L?mol^?1, respectively. The thermodynamics parameters enthalpy change (ΔH) and entropy change (ΔS) were calculated to be ?13.64 kJ?mol^?1 and 49.08 J?mol^?1?K^?1, which suggested that hydrophobic interaction was the predominant intermolecular force. Site marker competitive experiments indicated that the binding of DCP to BSA primarily takes place in subdomain IIA. The binding distance (r) between DCP and the tryptophan residue of BSA ias 4.09 nm according to Förster’s theory of non-radioactive energy transfer. The conformational investigation demonstrated that the presence of DCP decreased the α-helical content of BSA and induced a slight unfolding of the polypeptides of protein, which confirmed the occurrence some micro environmental and conformational changes of BSA molecules.     

Studies of the interaction between apigenin and bovine serum albumin by spectroscopic methods

The interaction between apigenin (Ap) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) in physiological buffer (pH = 7.4) is investigated by fluorescence quenching technique and UV-vis absorption spectra. The results reveal that Ap could strongly quench the intrinsic fluorescence of BSA. The quenching mechanism of Ap for BSA varies with the change of Ap concentration. when Ap concentration is lower, it is a static quenching procedure, when Ap concentration is higher, a combined quenching (both static and dynamic) would operate. The apparent binding constants Ka and number of binding sites n of Ap with BSA are obtained by fluorescence quenching method. The thermodynamic parameters, enthalpy change (Δ_r H ^m and entropy change (Δ_r S ^m ), are calculated to be −15.382 kJ mol⁻¹ K⁻¹ < 0 and 104.888 J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹ > 0, respectively, which indicate that the interaction of Ap with BSA is driven mainly by hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic interactions. The distance r between BSA and Ap is calculated to be 1.89 nm based on F?rster’s non-radiative energy transfer theory. The results of synchronous fluorescence spectra show that binding of Ap with BSA cannot induce conformational changes in BSA.     

Interaction between Xanthoxylin and Bovine Serum Albumin

在模拟生理条件下,采用荧光光谱法、圆二色光谱法和红外光谱法研究了花椒油素(XT)与牛血清白蛋白（BSA）的相互作用。结果表明花椒油素与牛血清白蛋白之间发生动态和静态联合猝灭,二者间的的猝灭常数(K)在286, 298和310 K分别为3.31 × 105, 到2.03 × 105 和 0.94 × 105 L∙mol-1. 热力学参数表明, 花椒油素与牛血清白蛋白间以疏水作用力为主。圆二色光谱和红外光谱法表明加入花椒油素后,牛血清白蛋白的二级结构发生了变化,其中α-螺旋减少了3.9%。另外,我们还研究了共存离子对两者结合的影响。     

Spectrometric study of the interaction between Alpinetin and bovine serum albumin using chemometrics approaches

The binding interaction of Alpinetin (APT) with bovine serum albumin (BSA) was studied by fluorescence, UV-visible and synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy (SFS) under simulated physiological conditions. The measured complex spectra were resolved by multivariate curve resolution-alternating least squares (MCR-ALS), yielding a host of data and information, which otherwise would have been impossible to obtain. The extracted profiles corresponded to the spectra of the single species in the APT/BSA mixture. In addition, the presence of the APT-BSA complex was demonstrated, and it was shown that the associated quenching of the fluorescence from the BSA protein resulted from the formation of APT-BSA complex via a static mechanism. The binding constant (K_a(ave) = 2.34 × 10⁶ L mol⁻¹) and the number of sites (n = 1) were obtained by fluorescence methods as were the thermodynamic parameters (ΔH⁰, ΔS⁰ and ΔG⁰). This work suggested that the principal binding between APT to BSA was facilitated by hydrophobic interactions. The thermodynamic parameters for APT were compared to those from the structurally similar Chrysin and Wogonin molecules. It appeared that the entropy parameters were relatively more affected by the small structural changes. SFS from the interaction of BSA and APT showed that the ligand affected the conformation of BSA. The competitive interaction of APT and site makers with BSA indicated site I as the binding area of APT in BSA.     

Multispectroscopic Studies on the Interaction of a Platinum(II) Complex Containing l-Histidine and 1,10-Phenanthroline Ligands with Bovine Serum Albumin

The mechanism of the interaction between bovine serum albumin (BSA) and [Pt(phen) (histidine)]⁺ complex was studied employing ultraviolet (UV) absorption, circular dichroism (CD), FT-IR, differential pulse voltammetry (DPV), and fluorescence spectral methods. Fluorescence data showed that the intrinsic fluorescence of BSA was strongly quenched by Pt(II) complex in terms of an untypical static quenching process. The corresponding number of binding sites (n) and binding constant (K _b) of BSA and complex at 283, 298, and 310 K were calculated to be 0.61?×?10⁶, 19?×?10⁶, and 42?×?10⁶ M^?1, respectively. The results showed that the increasing temperature improves the stability of the complex–BSA system, which results in a higher binding constant and the number of binding sites of the complex–BSA system. The positive ΔH and positive ΔS indicated that hydrophobic forces might play a major role in the binding between complex and BSA. Based on Forster’s theory of non-radiation energy transfer, the binding distance (r) between the donor (BSA) and acceptor (Pt(II) complex) was evaluated. The results of CD, UV–vis, DPV, and FT-IR spectroscopy showed that the binding of Pt(II) complex to BSA induced conformational changes in BSA     

Binding Studies of a Schiff Base Compound Containing a 1,2,4-Triazole Ring with Bovine Serum Albumin Using Spectroscopic Methods

The binding interaction of a Schiff base compound containing a 1,2,4‐triazole ring [4‐(4‐chlorobenzyl‐ideneamino)‐5‐methyl‐1,2,4‐triazole‐3‐thiol, CTT] with bovine serum albumin (BSA) was studied by spectroscopy methods including fluorescence and circular dichroism spectrum under simulative physiological conditions. Fluorescence investigation revealed that the fluorescence quenching of BSA was induced by the formation of a relative stable CTT‐BSA complex. The corresponding binding constants (K_a) between CTT and BSA at three different temperatures were calculated according to the modified Stern‐Volmer equation. The enthalpy change (ΔH^⊖) and entropy change (ΔS^⊖) were calculated to be −15.78 kJ·mol⁻¹ and 49.23 J·mol⁻¹·K⁻¹, respectively, which suggested that hydrophobic forces and hydrogen bond played major roles in stabilizing the CTT‐BSA complex. Site marker competitive experiments indicated that the binding of CTT to BSA primarily took place in sub‐domain IIIA (site II) of BSA. The binding distance (r) between CTT and the tryptophan residue of BSA was obtained to be 4.3 nm based on F?rster theory of non‐radioactive energy transfer. The conformational investigation revealed that the presence of CTT decreased the α‐helix content of BSA (from 58.62% to 54.66%) and induced the slight unfolding of the polypeptides of protein, which confirmed some micro‐environmental and conformational changes of BSA molecules.     

Studies of (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxylsilane and bis(trimethoxysilyl)ethane sol–gel coating on copper and aluminum

Berbamine, a naturally occurring isoquinoline alkaloid extracted from Berberis sp., is the active constituent of some Chinese herbal medicines and exhibits a variety of pharmacological activities. The effects of berbamine on the structure of bovine serum albumin (BSA) were investigated by circular dichroism, fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy under physiological conditions. Berbamine caused a static quenching of the intrinsic fluorescence of BSA, and the quenching data were analyzed by application of the Stern–Volmer equation. There was a single primary berbamine-binding site on BSA with a binding constant of 2.577 × 10⁴ L mol⁻¹ at 298 K. The thermodynamic parameters, enthalpy change (ΔH⁰) and entropy change (ΔS⁰) for the reaction were −76.5 kJ mol⁻¹ and −173.4 J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹ according to the van’t Hoff equation. The results showed that the hydrogen bond and van der Waals interaction were the predominant forces in the binding process. Competitive experiments revealed a displacement of warfarin by berbamine, indicating that the binding site was located at Drug sites I. The distance r between the donor (BSA) and the acceptor (berbamine) was obtained according to the Förster non-radiation energy transfer theory. The results of three-dimensional fluorescence spectra, UV–vis absorption difference spectra and circular dichroism of BSA in the presence of berbamine showed that the conformation of BSA was changed. The results provide a quantitative understanding of the effect of berbamine on the structure of bovine serum albumin, providing a useful guideline for further drug design.     

Spectroscopic Investigation of the Interactions of Cryptotanshinone and Icariin with Two Serum Albumins

The interactions of two drugs, cryptotanshinone (CTS) and icariin, with bovine serum albumin (BSA) and human serum albumin (HSA) have been investigated using multiple spectroscopic techniques under imitated physiological conditions. CTS and icariin can quench the fluorescence intensity of BSA/HSA by a static quenching mechanism with complex formation. The binding constants of CTS–BSA, CTS–HSA, icariin–BSA and icariin–HSA complexes were observed to be 1.67 × 10⁴, 4.04 × 10⁴, 4.52 × 10⁵ and 4.20 × 10⁵ L·mol^?1, respectively at 298.15 K. The displacement experiments suggested icariin/CTS are primarily bound to tryptophan residues of the proteins within site I and site II. The thermodynamic parameters calculated on the basis of the temperature dependence of the binding constants revealed that the binding of CTS–BSA/HSA mainly depends on van der Waals interaction and hydrogen bonds, and yet the binding of icariin–HSA/BSA strongly relies on the hydrophobic interactions. The binding distances between BSA/HSA and CTS/icariin were evaluated by the Föster non-radiative energy transfer theory. The results of synchronous fluorescence, 3D fluorescence, FT-IR and CD spectra indicates that the conformations of proteins were altered with the addition of CTS or icariin. In addition, the effects of some common ions on the binding constants of CTS/icariin to proteins are also discussed.     

Study on the interaction of 3,3-bis(4-hydroxy-1-naphthyl)-phthalide with bovine serum albumin by fluorescence spectroscopy

The interaction between 3,3-bis(4-hydroxy-1-naphthyl)-phthalide (NPP) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) have been studied by fluorescence spectroscopy. The binding of NPP quenches the BSA fluorescence. By the fluorescence quenching results, it was found that the binding constant K = 5.30 × 10⁴ L mol⁻¹, and number of binding sites n = 0.9267. In addition, according to the synchronous fluorescence spectra of BSA, the results showed that the fluorescence spectra of BSA mainly originate from the tryptophan residues. Finally, the distance between the acceptor NPP and BSA was estimated to be 1.94 nm using Föster's equation on the basis of fluorescence energy transfer. The interaction between NPP and BSA has been verified as consistent with the static quenching procedure and the quenching mechanism is related to the energy transfer.     

Investigation of the Interaction Between Ofloxacin and Bovine Serum Albumin: Spectroscopic Approach

Ofloxacin is an antibacterial compound that belongs to the fluoroquinolone family. In this paper, the interaction between ofloxacin and bovine serum albumin (BSA) was investigated by fluorescence spectroscopy and UV-Vis absorbtion spectroscopy under approximately the human physiological conditions. The thermodynamic parameters were calculated according to the dependence of enthalpy change on the temperature as follows: ΔH has a small negative value (−9.96 kJ⋅mol⁻¹), whereas ΔS has a positive value (54.77 J⋅mol⁻¹⋅K⁻¹). In this work, it was proved that the fluorescence quenching of BSA by ofloxacin is a result of the formation of an ofloxacin–BSA complex. Binding studies concerning the number of binding sites (n=1.14) and apparent binding constant were performed by Scatchard’s procedure. The binding distance r between donor (BSA) and acceptor (ofloxacin) was obtained according to the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) method.     

Photoinduced interactions between colloidal TiO2 nanoparticles and calf thymus-DNA

The interaction of colloidal TiO₂ nanoparticles with calf thymus-DNA was studied by using absorption, FT-IR, steady state and time resolved fluorescence spectroscopic techniques. The apparent association constant has been deduced (K_app = 2.85 × 10³ M⁻¹) from the absorption spectral changes of the DNA-colloidal TiO₂ nanoparticles using the Benesi–Hildebrand equation. Addition of colloidal TiO₂ nanoparticles quenched the fluorescence of EtBr–DNA. The number of binding sites (n = 0.97) and the apparent binding constant (K = 6.68 × 10³ M⁻¹) were calculated from relevant fluorescence quenching data. The quenching, through a static mechanism, was confirmed by time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy.     

Study on Interactions of Phenolic Acid-Like Drug Candidates with Bovine Serum Albumin by Capillary Electrophoresis and Fluorescence Spectroscopy

The interactions of the phenolic acids cinnamic acid (CNA), ferulic acid (FA), caffeic acid (CA) and chlorogenic acid (CLA) with bovine serum albumin (BSA) were investigated and compared using affinity capillary electrophoresis (ACE) and the fluorescence quenching methods. ACE gives binding constants (K _b) and thermodynamic parameters. The thermodynamic parameters show that each of four phenolic acids bind to BSA mainly by hydrogen bonds, electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions. The fluorescence quenching method provided quenching constant K _sv, binding site number n and K _b. The fluorescence results indicate that BSA fluorescence quenching is mainly a static quenching process. The binding constants (K _b) of CNA, FA, CA and CLA were from 2.52×10⁴ to 7.90×10⁴ L⋅mol⁻¹ from ACE experiments and 1.19×10⁴ to 5.21×10⁴ L⋅mol⁻¹ from fluorescence, their increase corresponded to the increase in the number of hydroxyl groups. These results imply that molecular structure and the number of hydroxyl groups of phenolic acids play act key roles in the affinity of natural phenolic acids towards BSA.     

Binding Interaction of Xanthoxylin with Bovine Serum Albumin

Three independent techniques have been used to investigate the interaction between bovine serum albumin (BSA) and xanthoxylin (XT). UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy measurements showed that there is a XT-BSA complex formed with an overall binding constant of K=1.01×10⁵ L⋅mol⁻¹. Spectroscopic techniques including synchronous fluorescence and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) were used to assess the structural effects of XT binding on BSA. The FT-IR experiments showed that there is a decrease of the amount of α-helix from 50.2 to 48.1% and an increase of the β-sheet from 32.9 to 36.9% in the XT-BSA complex. In addition, XT binds to site I of the protein with a distance of 2.07 nm between tryptophan residues and XT.     

Multi-spectroscopic Study on the Interaction between CdTe Quantum Dots and Bovine Serum Albumin

The interaction between CdTe quantum dots (QDs) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) was systematically investigated by fluorescence, UV‐vis absorption and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy under physiological conditions. The experimental results showed that the fluorescence of BSA could be quenched by CdTe QDs with a static quenching mechanism, indicating that CdTe QDs could react with BSA. The quenching constants according to the modified Stern‐Volmer equation were obtained as 1.710×10⁶, 1.291×10⁶ and 1.010×10⁶ L·mol^?1 at 298, 304, and 310 K, respectively. ΔH, ΔS and ΔG for CdTe QDs‐BSA system were calculated to be ?33.68 kJ·mol^?1, 6.254 J·mol^?1·K^?1 and ?35.54 kJ·mol^?1 (298 K), respectively, showing that electrostatic interaction in the system played a major role. According to F?rster theory, the distance between Trp‐214 in BSA and CdTe QDs was given as 2.18 nm. The UV‐vis, synchronous fluorescence and CD spectra confirmed further that the conformations of BSA after addition of CdTe QDs have been changed.     

Effect of Hydrogenation on Ring C of Flavonols on Their Affinity for Bovine Serum Albumin

In this paper, the effect of hydrogenation on ring C of flavonols on the affinity for bovine serum albumin was investigated. Two differently substituted B-ring hydroxylation flavonols (myricetin and quercetin) and their dihydrides (dihydromyricetin and dihydroquercetin) were used to study their affinities for BSA by quenching the intrinsic BSA fluorescence in solution. From the spectra, the bimolecular quenching constants, the binding constants, the number of binding sites and the binding distances were calculated. The hydroxylation on ring B and hydrogenation on ring C of flavonols significantly affected the binding/quenching process; in general, the hydroxylation increased the affinity and the hydrogenation decreased the affinity. For myricetin and quercetin, the binding constants (K _a) for BSA were 1.84×10⁸ L⋅mol⁻¹ and 3.83×10⁷ L⋅mol⁻¹. For dihydromyricetin, the binding constant was 1.36×10⁴ L⋅mol⁻¹, while dihydroquercetin hardly quenched the BSA intrinsic fluorescence. These results showed that hydrogen bonding and conjugative effects may play an important role in binding of flavonols to BSA. These results also showed that the properties of flavonols are related to their chemical structure.