scholarly journals Effect of Moderate UVC Irradiation on Bovine Serum Albumin and Complex with Antimetabolite 5-Fluorouracil: Fluorescence Spectroscopic and Molecular Modelling Studies

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanmugavel Chinnathambi ◽  
Subramani Karthikeyan ◽  
Devadasan Velmurugan ◽  
Nobutaka Hanagata ◽  
Prakasarao Aruna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bovine Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Molecular Modelling ◽  
Bovine Serum ◽  
Spectroscopic Techniques ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Vis Spectroscopy ◽  
Molecular Modelling Studies ◽  
Modelling Studies ◽  
The Stability

The interaction of antimetabolite 5-fluorouracil (5FU) with bovine serum albumin (BSA) under UVC (253.7 nm) irradiation was investigated in the present study using UV-Vis spectroscopy, steady state/time resolved fluorescence spectroscopic techniques. The stability of protein was found to be very strong when BSA gets bind to 5FU and moreover it is compared with the free BSA under UVC irradiation. From the fluorescence spectroscopic study, the stability of the complex was found to acquire 2-fold stronger than free protein. From the molecular modelling studies, we came to know the hydrogen bonds between BSA and antimetabolite 5FU are strong, up to 70.4 J/m2 under UVC irradiation.

Spectroscopic and molecular modelling studies of binding mechanism of metformin with bovine serum albumin

2016 ◽  
Vol 1118 ◽  
pp. 267-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepti Sharma ◽  
Himanshu Ojha ◽  
Mallika Pathak ◽  
Bhawna Singh ◽  
Navneet Sharma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bovine Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Molecular Modelling ◽  
Bovine Serum ◽  
Binding Mechanism ◽  
Molecular Modelling Studies ◽  
Modelling Studies

scholarly journals Investigating the Size-Dependent Binding of Pristine nC60 to Bovine Serum Albumin by Multi-Spectroscopic Techniques

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 298
Author(s):  
Shufang Liu ◽  
Shu’e Wang ◽  
Zhanzuo Liu
Keyword(s):  
Bovine Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Bovine Serum ◽  
Binding Constants ◽  
Inner Filter Effect ◽  
Spectroscopic Techniques ◽  
Size Distributions ◽  
Size Dependent ◽  
Filter Effect ◽  
Vis Spectroscopy

The morphology of nanomaterials may affect their interaction with biomacromolecules such as proteins. Previous work has studied the size-dependent binding of pristine nC60 to bovine/human serum albumin using the fluorometric method and found that the fluorescence inner filter effect might affect this interaction. However, if it is necessary to accurately calculate and obtain binding information, the fluorescence inner filter effect should not be ignored. This work aimed to further investigate the effect of the fluorescence inner filter on the interaction between pristine nC60 with different particle sizes (140–160, 120–140, 90–110, 50–70, and 30–50 nm) and bovine serum albumin for a more accurate comprehension of the binding of pristine nC60 to bovine serum albumin. The nC60 nanoparticles with different size distributions used in the experiments were obtained by the solvent displacement and centrifugation method. UV-Vis spectroscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy were used to study the binding of nC60 with different size distributions to bovine serum albumin (BSA) before and after eliminating the fluorescence inner filter effect. The results showed that the fluorescence inner filter effect had an influence on the interaction between nC60 and proteins to some extent, and still did not change the rule of the size-dependent binding of nC60 nanoparticles to BSA. Further studies on the binding parameters (binding constants and the number of binding sites) between them were performed, and the effect of the binding on BSA structures and conformation were also speculated.

scholarly journals How to Achieve High Encapsulation Efficiencies for Macromolecular and Sensitive APIs in Liposomes

Pharmaceutics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 691
Author(s):  
Kirsten Ullmann ◽  
Gero Leneweit ◽  
Hermann Nirschl
Keyword(s):  
Bovine Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Bovine Serum ◽  
Encapsulation Efficiency ◽  
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients ◽  
Pharmaceutical Ingredients ◽  
Bending Modulus ◽  
Vis Spectroscopy ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Very High

This research highlights the capacity of a newly introduced centrifugation process to form liposomes from water-in-fluorocarbon nano-emulsions stabilized with phospholipids to incorporate macromolecular and sensitive active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). The encapsulation efficiency of the produced liposomes, incorporating fluorescein-sodium, bovine serum albumin and fluorecein isothiocyanate dextran as model APIs, is determined by applying Vivaspin® centrifugation filtration and quantified by UV-Vis spectroscopy. It was found that higher densities of the fluorocarbons used as the hydrophobic phase enable a higher encapsulation efficiency and that an efficiency of up to 98% is possible depending on the used phospholipid. Among the engineering aspects of the process, a comparison between different membrane substances was performed. Efficiency increases with a higher phospholipid concentration but decreases with the addition of cholesterol. Due to the higher bending modulus, liposome formation is slowed down by cholesterol during liposome closure leading to a greater leakage of the model API. The encapsulation of bovine serum albumin and dextran, both investigated under different osmotic conditions, shows that an efflux negatively affects the encapsulation efficiency while an influx increases the stability. Overall, the process shows the potential for a very high encapsulation efficiency for macromolecules and future pharmaceutical applications.

Exploration of Fungal Lipase as Direct Target of Eugenol through Spectroscopic Techniques

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 919-929
Author(s):  
Farheen Naz ◽  
Haider Anis ◽  
Ziaul Hasan ◽  
Asimul Islam ◽  
Luqman A. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Bovine Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Bovine Serum ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Tertiary Structure ◽  
Spectroscopic Techniques ◽  
Vis Spectroscopy ◽  
Direct Target

Background:Fungal lipase dependent processes are important for their pathogenicity. Lipases can therefore be explored as direct target of promising herbal antifungals.Objective:We explored Aspergillus niger lipase as a direct target of eugenol through spectroscopic techniques and compare results with Bovine Serum Albumin and lysozyme to comment on selectivity of eugenol towards lipase.Methods:In vitro activity assays of lipase are used to determine concentration ranges. UV-Visible, Fluorescence and Circular dichroism spectroscopy were employed to determine binding constant, stoichiometric binding sites and structural changes in Lipase, BSA and lysozyme following incubation with varying concentrations of eugenol.Results:In activity assays 50% inhibition of lipase was obtained at 0.913 mmoles/litre eugenol. UV-vis spectroscopy shows formation of lipase-eugenol, Bovine Serum Albumin-eugenol and lysozyme-eugenol complex well below this concentration of eugenol. Eugenol binding caused blue shift with Bovine Serum Albumin and lysozyme suggestive of compaction, and red shift with lipase. Negative ellipticity decreased with lipase but increased with Bovine Serum Albumineugenol and lysozyme-eugenol complexes suggesting loss of helical structure for lipase and compaction for Bovine Serum Albumin and lysozyme. Binding of eugenol to lipase was strong (Ka= 4.7 x 106 M-1) as compared to Bovine Serum Albumin and lysozyme. The number of stoichiometric eugenol binding sites on lipase was found to be 2 as compared to 1.37 (Bovine Serum Albumin) and 0.32 (lysozyme). Docking results also suggest strong binding of eugenol with lipase followed by Bovine Serum Albumin and lysozyme.Conclusion:Eugenol is found to be effective inhibitor and disruptor of secondary and tertiary structure of lipase, whereas its binding to Bovine Serum Albumin and lysozyme is found to be weak and less disruptive of structures suggesting selectivity of eugenol towards lipase.

Recreational drugs 25I-NBOH and 25I-NBOMe bind to both Sudlow's sites I and II of Human Serum Albumin (HSA): Biophysical and molecular modeling studies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wellington Alves de Barros ◽  
Marina de Magalhães Silva ◽  
Maria Dayanne de Araújo Dantas ◽  
Josue Santos ◽  
Isis Figueiredo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Modeling ◽  
Human Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Human Serum ◽  
Molecular Modelling ◽  
Recreational Drugs ◽  
Modeling Studies ◽  
Molecular Modelling Studies ◽  
Modelling Studies ◽  
Molecular Modeling Studies

Experimental, biophysical, and molecular modelling studies between 25I-NBOH and 25I-NBOMe with human serum albumin (HSA) have indicated that these recreational drugs simultaneously bind to site I and II of the...

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