Biophysical and computational approaches to unravel the molecular interaction mechanism of bromodeoxyuridine, a proliferative marker with human serum albumin

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2019

Abstract

Abstract: The interaction of a nucleoside analogue bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) with human serum albumin (HSA) was studied to investigate the binding phenomenon and analyse the protein conformation upon BrdU binding. Multiple spectroscopic techniques, viz. intrinsic and 3-D fluorescence, UV–Vis absorption, and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy along with molecular docking were used. Decrease in the Stern–Volmer constant (Ksv) as well as the association constant (Ka) with increase in temperature suggested BrdU–HSA complex formation. Intermediate binding affinity between BrdU and HSA was evident from the Ka values (2.49–3.97 × 104 mol–1 dm3), while BrdU–HSA complex formation was driven by hydrophobic and van der Waals interactions along with hydrogen bonds, as revealed by thermodynamic data (ΔS = + 28.48 J mol−1 K−1; ΔH = − 17.16 kJ mol−1). Minor changes occur in both secondary and tertiary structures as well as in the fluorophores’ microenvironment of HSA, as recognized from the CD spectral results in the far-UV and the near-UV regions and 3-D fluorescence spectra, respectively. Use of site markers (warfarin and indomethacin for site I; diazepam for site II) as well as docking results suggested BrdU binding to both site I (more preferred) and site II, located in subdomains IIA and IIIA, respectively, of HSA. Graphic abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]. © 2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature.

Keywords

Bromodeoxyuridine, Drug–protein interaction, Fluorescence quenching, Human serum albumin, Molecular modelling

Divisions

InstituteofBiologicalSciences

Funders

Frontier Science Research Cluster (FSRC) (FG025-17-AFR) approved by the Institut Pengurusan dan Pemantauan Penyelidikan, University of Malaya

Publication Title

Monatshefte fur Chemie - Chemical Monthly

Volume

150

Issue

12

Publisher

Springer Verlag

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