Oxindole-Schiff base copper(II) complexes interactions with human serum albumin: Spectroscopic, oxidative damage, and computational studies

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• 作者：Vivian Chagas da Silveira ; Giovanni Finoto Caramori ; Mariana Pedrinha Abbott ; Marcos Brown Gonç ; alves ; Helena Maria Petrilli ; Ana Maria da Costa Ferreira
• 关键词：Copper(II) complexes ; Human serum albumin ; Spectroscopy ; Oxidative damage ; Binding energies ; CDA ; DFT
• 刊名：Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：October 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：103
• 期：10
• 页码：1331-1341
• 全文大小：969 K

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CD and EPR were used to characterize interactions of oxindole-Schiff base copper(II) complexes with human serum albumin (HSA). These imine ligands form very stable complexes with copper, and can efficiently compete for this metal ion towards the specific N-terminal binding site of the protein, consisting of the amino acid sequence Asp-Ala-His. Relative stability constants for the corresponding complexes were estimated from CD data, using the protein as competitive ligand, with values of log K_CuL in the range 15.7–18.1, very close to that of [Cu(HSA)] itself, with log K_CuHSA 16.2. Some of the complexes are also able to interfere in the α-helix structure of the protein, while others seem not to affect it. EPR spectra corroborate those results, indicating at least two different metal species in solution, depending on the imine ligand. Oxidative damage to the protein after incubation with these copper(II) complexes, particularly in the presence of hydrogen peroxide, was monitored by carbonyl groups formation, and was observed to be more severe when conformational features of the protein were modified. Complementary EPR spin-trapping data indicated significant formation of hydroxyl and carbon centered radicals, consistent with an oxidative mechanism. Theoretical calculations at density functional theory (DFT) level were employed to evaluate Cu(II)–L binding energies, L → Cu(II) donation, and Cu(II) → L back-donation, by considering the Schiff bases and the N-terminal site of HSA as ligands. These results complement previous studies on cytotoxicity, nuclease and pro-apoptotic properties of this kind of copper(II) complexes, providing additional information about their possibilities of transport and disposition in blood plasma.