scholarly journals SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein binding of glycated serum albumin - its potential role in the pathogenesis of the COVID-19 clinical syndromes and bias towards individuals with pre-diabetes/type 2 diabetes & metabolic diseases.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason K Iles ◽  
Raminta Zmuidinaite ◽  
Christoph Saddee ◽  
Anna Gardiner ◽  
Jonathan Lacy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Human Serum ◽  
Immune Evasion ◽  
Magnetic Beads ◽  
Metabolic Diseases ◽  
Serum Proteins ◽  
Diabetes Type 2 ◽  
Spike Protein ◽  
Albumin Concentration

Since the immune response to SARS-CoV2 infection requires antibody recognition of the Spike protein, we used MagMix, a semi-automated magnetic rack to reproducibly isolate patient plasma proteins bound to a pre-fusion stabilised Spike and nucleocapsid proteins conjugated to magnetic beads. Once eluted, MALDI-ToF mass spectrometry identified a range of immunoglobulins, but also in Spike protein magnetic beads we found a high affinity for human serum albumin. Careful mass comparison revealed a preferential capture of AGE glycated human serum albumin by the pre-fusion Spike protein. The ability of bacteria and viruses to surround themselves with serum proteins is a recognised process of immune evasion. A lower serum albumin concentration is a reported feature of COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms and high probability of death. This binding preference of the Spike protein for AGE glycated serum albumin may contribute to immune evasion and influence the severity & pathology of SARS-COV2 towards acute respiratory distress. Thus contributing to the symptom severity bias and mortality risk for the elderly and those with (pre)diabetic and atherosclerotic/metabolic diseases who contract SARS-CoV2 infections.

Ausscheidung von 131J-Humanalbumin im Primärharn der Froschniere

1959 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 323-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Heinzel ◽  
Ekkehard Kallee
Keyword(s):  
Human Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Human Serum ◽  
Serum Proteins ◽  
Human Albumin ◽  
Protein Solution ◽  
Bladder Urine

1. The glomerular capsules of 8 Bombinata toads have been tapped. The glomerula have been found to excrete 0.035-0.15 μg of protein in about 0.11 μl of urine per hour, i. e., a 0.1 p.c. protein solution.2. Radioiodinated human serum albumin when injected intraperitoneally was excreted by the toad glomerula into the primary urine and resorbed back by the tubuli in principle in the same ways as toad serum proteins. However, the human albumin was excreted by the glomerula to a significantly larger extent than toad proteins.3. The concentration of both toad protein and 131I-labelled human albumin was approximately seven times lower in the bladder urine than in the primary urine.

scholarly journals 1723. Human Serum Albumin Regulates the Growth of Candida auris in vitro

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. S631-S632
Author(s):  
Jun Sakai
Keyword(s):  
Human Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Human Serum ◽  
Candida Species ◽  
Blood Protein ◽  
Albumin Concentration ◽  
Blood Proteins ◽  
Candida Auris ◽  
Xtt Assay ◽  
High Albumin

Abstract Background Candida auris is commonly detected in human ear secretions. However, C. auris occasionally causes bloodstream infections even in immunocompetent patients resulting in poor prognosis. It was speculated that C. auris growth within the blood might be regulated by proteins in the bloodstream. Thus, in this study, the potential role of blood proteins in the regulation of C. auris growth was investigated. Methods Five Candida species (C. albicans, C. auris, C. glabrata, C. parapsilosis, and C. tropicalis) were incubated overnight. Colony suspensions for each species were prepared and adjusted to OD 1.0 at absorbance 0.1. Then, human serum albumin (HSA) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) were diluted (2.5 g/dL–0.002 g/dL) and mixed with the suspensions. Mixed samples were adjusted to 100 μL and incubated on MHA plates at 35°C for 2 days. Then, 50 μL of the combined sample was extracted and streaked onto Yeast extract-Peptone-Dextrose (YPD) agar. The remaining 50 μL sample was analyzed using an XTT assay. Further testing was then conducted on the effects of a specific blood protein albumin on Candida. Thereby, C. albicans and C. auris were cultured following the procedure above and stained with Annexin V and PI. Results The growth of C. auris mixed with a high albumin concentration (2.5~0.15 g/dL) was regulated compared with that of other Candida species (P < 0.01) (Figures 1 and 2); however, the growth of C. auris mixed with a lower albumin concentration was similar to that of other species. The wash-out study showed that C. auris growth and survival in the high albumin concentration was not different than that of other species. Conclusion HSA and BSA regulated C. auris growth which led to increased necrosis of C. auris. Conversely, growth of the other Candida species was not regulated. Therefore, albumin might be involved in the growth and necrosis of C. auris. As the highest concentration at which albumin regulated C. auris growth was similar to that found in human serum, it is possible that serum albumin might help prevent C. auris from entering the bloodstream via the ear or skin. Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.

scholarly journals EVIDENCE FOR SPECIES' DIFFERENCES IN THE EFFECT OF SERUM γ-GLOBULIN CONCENTRATION ON γ-GLOBULIN CATABOLISM

1964 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. 967-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stewart Sell
Keyword(s):  
Human Serum Albumin ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Human Serum ◽  
Guinea Pigs ◽  
Serum Proteins ◽  
Elevated Serum ◽  
Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin ◽  
Normal Numbers ◽  
Γ Globulins

The fractional rates of catabolism of isotopically labeled mouse, human, bovine, and guinea pig γ-globulins and human serum albumin were determined in mice and in guinea pigs whose serum γ-globulin and serum albumin levels were elevated by immunization or by injections of exogenous serum proteins. These serum proteins were also followed in mice with different serum γ-globulin levels due to different bacterial environments. The fractional rates of catabolism of the labeled γ-globulins from all species tested were markedly increased in mice with elevated γ-globulins due to immunization; to injections of human, mouse, guinea pig, or rabbit γ-globulins; to exposure to supra normal numbers of bacteria in the environment. Injections of bovine γ-globulin were only partially effective, and injections of human serum albumin had no effect. The γ-globulin catabolic rates were decreased in mice with subnormal serum γ-globulin levels (germfree mice). The catabolic rate of human serum albumin was essentially the same in all mice in spite of differences in serum γ-globulin levels. In contrast, elevation of the serum γ-globulin levels by injections of exogenous γ-globulins or by hyperimmunization with keyhole limpet hemocyanin produced no change in the fractional catabolic rates of the isotopically labeled γ-globulins and labeled albumin in guinea pigs. Thus, a feedback mechanism for the control of the serum γ-globulin concentration appears to be operative in the mouse, but not in the guinea pig. Guinea pigs immunized with antigens in complete Freund's adjuvant or a saline suspension of killed E. coli had an increase in the catabolic rates of all labeled proteins tested including human serum albumin. Evidence is presented that the mechanism of this increase in catabolism is not the same as that seen in mice with elevated serum γ-globulin levels.

Automated Ligand Fishing Using Human Serum Albumin-Coated Magnetic Beads

2007 ◽  
Vol 79 (14) ◽  
pp. 5414-5417 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Moaddel ◽  
M. P. Marszałł ◽  
F. Bighi ◽  
Q. Yang ◽  
X. Duan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Human Serum ◽  
Magnetic Beads ◽  
Ligand Fishing

Measurement of human serum albumin concentration using Raman spectroscopy setup

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry N. Artemyev ◽  
Valery P. Zakharov ◽  
Igor L. Davydkin ◽  
Julia A. Khristoforova ◽  
Anastasia A. Lykina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Human Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Human Serum ◽  
Albumin Concentration ◽  
Serum Albumin Concentration ◽  
Human Serum Albumin Concentration

Investigation of relaxation times in 5-fluorouracil and human serum albumin mixtures

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 524-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sibel Korunur ◽  
Bilgin Zengin ◽  
Ali Yilmaz
Keyword(s):  
Human Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Human Serum ◽  
Relaxation Times ◽  
Solution Temperature ◽  
Cancer Drug ◽  
Human Blood Plasma ◽  
Albumin Concentration ◽  
Protein Drug ◽  
Relaxation Rates

Abstract Background Human serum albumin (HSA) is often selected as a subject of any study because albumin is the most abundant protein in human blood plasma. NMR is recognized as a valuable method to determine the structure of proteins-ligand and protein-drug complexes. Objective – Aim of the study In this study, protein drug interactions were investigated using 5-Fluorouracil anti-cancer drug and human serum albumin protein. Materials and methods In this context 400 MHz NMR spectrometry was used and NMR relaxation rates in drug-albumin complex were investigated with respect to increase albumin concentration and increase in 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU)-albumin solution temperature. Results The results of this study indicated that 5-FU had a weak association with albumin, and it easily dissociated from the protein to which it was attached. Conclusion The obtained results also gave us useful information about molecular dynamics of drug-albumin interactions.

scholarly journals Studies in Bisalbuminemia: Binding Properties of the Two Albumins

Blood ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDWARD J. SARCIONE ◽  
C. WILLIAM AUNGST
Keyword(s):  
Human Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Human Serum ◽  
Serum Protein ◽  
Serum Proteins ◽  
Protein Pattern ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Binding Properties ◽  
Normal Human ◽  
Serum Components

Abstract 1. An abnormal serum protein pattern in a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis and five of his relatives was identified as bisalbuminemia by electrophoretic and immunochemical methods. 2. With the exception of the patient with Wegener’s syndrome, the presence of bisalbuminemia was not associated with a significant change in total serum proteins, total albumin, serum components other than albumin, or any disease. 3. Addition of I131-thyroxine to bisalbumin sera resulted in thyroxine binding by albumin B but not by albumin A. The failure of albumin A to bind added I131-thyroxine leads to speculation that, in this family, neither albumin A nor B are identical to normal human serum albumin.

Complexation of Cm(III) with blood serum proteins: recombinant human serum albumin (rHSA)

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Adam ◽  
Cédric Y. Reitz ◽  
Anna-Lena Ditter ◽  
Petra J. Panak
Keyword(s):  
Human Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Human Serum ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Metal Binding ◽  
Serum Proteins ◽  
Laser Fluorescence ◽  
Conditional Stability ◽  
Conditional Stability Constant ◽  
Recombinant Human Serum Albumin

Abstract The complexation of Cm(III) with the recombinant human serum albumin (rHSA) (characterized by single deletion of residue Asp-1), is studied in dependence of pH and rHSA concentration using time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS). A Cm(III) rHSA species is formed between pH 6.4 and 10.0 with the conditional stability constant being logK = 6.47 at pH = 7.4. Competition titration experiments with Cu(II) and Zn(II) confirm complexation at the N-terminal binding site (NTS) of rHSA and exclude the involvement of the Multi-Metal Binding Site (MBS). Comparison with a previous study on Cm(III) interaction with native albumin, HSA, points out, that residue Asp-1 is involved in Cm(III) binding to HSA but is not crucial for Cm(III) complexation at the NTS. The results are of major importance for a better understanding of fundamental actinide-protein interaction mechanisms which are highly required for the identification and characterization of relevant distribution pathways of incorporated radionuclides.

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