Effect of volatile anesthetics on the circular dichroism of bilirubin bound to human serum albumin

The characteristic circular dichroism of bilirubin bound to human serum albumin undergoes a remarkable sign inversion on addition of halothane, chloroform and other volatile anesthetics. This sign inversion, which is completely reversed by removal of the anesthetic, reflects a pronounced conformational change of the bound ligand; probably a complete inversion of chirality. The observation suggests that association of volatile anesthetics with proteins can markedly alter the internal topography of receptor sites and potentially influence the stereoselectivity of ligand binding.     

Preferential excretion of glycated albumin in C57BL-Ks-J mice: Effects of diabetes

Urinary excretion of glycated albumin was quantitated in genetically hyperglycemic mice (C57BL-Ks-J, db/db mice), a model for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and compared with their non-diabetic littermates. The data indicated a preferential excretion of glycated albumin in non-diabetic mice. This phenomenon of editing of glycated albumin is decreased significantly in diabetic mice. Quantitative measurements of overall excretion of glycated albumin suggested that the loss of editing in diabetic mice is due to the dilution of glycated albumin by the unmodified albumin which is excreted in large amounts in diabetic mice. Therefore, the loss of editing observed in this model resembled the one we characterized in insulin-dependent diabetic humans and a streptozotocin-diabetic rat model³.     

Evaluation of the hepatotoxicological effects of a drug in an in vivo/in vitro model

Both in vivo and in vitro models have certain disadvantages for the study of the chronic hepatotoxicity of drugs. The aim of this work was to evaluate a new approach based on an in vivo/in vitro model. After chronic in vivo treatment of rats with Vincamine and Vindeburnol (an eburnamenine derivative which exhibits hepatotoxic properties in man) liver cells were isolated, and functional and metabolic disorders (metabolic utilization of fructose and protein biosynthesis) were studied to determine injury. The results showed no modification of blood parameters, but a direct relationship between the dose of Vindeburnol administered in vivo and the metabolic disorders observed in vitro, evidencing the high sensitivity and reliability of this model.     

In vitro amiodarone protein binding and its interaction with warfarin

Summary The binding of amiodarone to human plasma protein and to bovine serum, albumin was studied by three different methods, ultracentrifugation, equilibrium dialysis and fluorescence spectroscopy. The fraction of amiodarone bound to plasma protein amounted to 96.3%. The changes in the binding properties of 1-anilino-naphthalene-8-sulfonate for bovine serum albumin using warfarin and amiodarone as independent inhibitors were analyzed in terms of binding site specificity. The findings indicated that amiodarone and warfarin have two different binding sites on bovine serum albumin, so a noncompetitive inhibition mechanism was indicated. On the basis of our data we cannot exclude other mechanisms of interaction besides direct displacement of one drug by another; nevertheless, metabolite interference between amiodarone and coagulation cofactors may better explain the enhancement of warfarin's pharmacological action in association with amiodarone.This work was partially funded by the CNR (National Research Council, Rome, Italy), Program on Clinical Pharmacology and Rare Diseases. The authors would like to thanks Drs E. Marzi and E. riva for their help.     

重金属Hg^2＋对NBS修饰前后血清蛋白圆二色谱的影响

为了探明重金属Hg^2＋进入体内，对血清蛋白固有结构和功能的影响，我们用Hg^2＋对NBS修饰前后血清蛋白HSA和BSA进行处理，然后分析血清蛋白的圆二色谱特性，结果表明，近紫外区未修饰的HSA和BSA均具有典型的α螺旋构象；Hg^2＋处理或NBS修饰BSA溶液，均引起α-螺旋含量减少和三级结构构象的改变．Hg^2＋处理HSA，α-螺旋含量略有增加，构象也有变化．而NBS修饰导致α簇结构的严重破坏，蛋白构象无序化程度加深．修饰对BSA、HSA光谱特性的影响不同，可能与这两种蛋白的结构差异有关．     

金属离子与血清白蛋白结合反应研究进展

综述了金属离子与血清白蛋白结合反应的研究进展，简要介绍了研究中常用的紫外－可见光谱法、荧光光谱法以及平衡透析法。根据已发表的研究结果，对某些金属离子与血清白蛋白结合的位点、络合物的空间构型、结合数和稳定常数进行了总结，对金属离子与血清白蛋白之间的强结合位点进行了分类。最后讨论了此类研究中存在的问题和研究方向。     

牛血清白蛋白对牛红细胞SOD的化学修饰

应用戊二醛交联法研究了牛血甭白蛋白对牛红细胞ＳＯＤ的化学修饰，修饰酶活力回收率为５１．２％，氨基修饰率为３３．１％，ＳＯＤ经牛血清白蛋白修饰后提高了耐热、耐酸碱稳定性，并保持良好贮藏稳定性。     

用荧光法研究维生素B6与白蛋白的相互作用

本文来分析用荧光碎灭法研究维生素Ｂ_６与人血清白蛋白和牛血清白蛋白间的相互作用，并对作用机理进行了分析．     

马兜铃酸A与牛血清白蛋白相互作用的研究

应用光谱法和电化学方法研究了水溶液中马兜铃酸A与牛血清白蛋白分子间的结合反应,测定了反应的形成常数KA及热力学函数ΔG,ΔH和ΔS,并确定了分子间作用力性质;还讨论了温度和微量金属离子对药物与牛血清白蛋白形成常数的影响;采用同步荧光技术考察了马兜铃酸A对牛血清白蛋白构象的影响;依据Forster非辐射能量转移机制,确定了给体—受体间的结合距离和能量转移效率.     

Hg~(2+)与NBS修饰前后两种血清蛋白结合的研究(英文)

外加毫摩尔浓度的重金属离子Hg2+,会引起BSA或HSA的色氨酸荧光下降,并且35℃时的变化比25℃时更明显,HSA的变化比BSA的大.SternVol mer作图分析结果表明荧光淬灭主要是由动态淬灭引起的.用NBS对BSA和HSA的色氨酸残基进行特异性修饰后,Hg2+只引起NBS修饰的HSA的酪氨酸荧光轻微降低,但对NBS修饰的BSA的酪氨酸荧光几乎没有影响.远紫外和近紫外CD谱分析表明:Hg2+的结合要引起BSA,HSA以及NBS修饰的HSA二级结构的α螺旋减少,三级结构发生一定的改变.这些结果表明B