151. Stereoselective binding of flurbiprofen enantiomers and their methyl esters to human serum albumin studied by time-resolved phosphorescence.
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Lammers I, Lhiaubet-Vallet V, Consuelo Jiménez M, Ariese F, Miranda MA, and Gooijer C
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- Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal metabolism, Flurbiprofen metabolism, Humans, Protein Binding, Serum Albumin metabolism, Stereoisomerism, Time Factors, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal chemistry, Esters chemistry, Flurbiprofen chemistry, Luminescent Measurements, Serum Albumin chemistry
- Abstract
The interaction of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug flurbiprofen (FBP) with human serum albumin (HSA) hardly influences the fluorescence of the protein's single tryptophan (Trp). Therefore, in addition to fluorescence, heavy atom-induced room-temperature phosphorescence is used to study the stereoselective binding of FBP enantiomers and their methyl esters to HSA. Maximal HSA phosphorescence intensities were obtained at a KI concentration of 0.2 M. The quenching of the Trp phosphorescence by FBP is mainly dynamic and based on Dexter energy transfer. The Stern-Volmer plots based on the phosphorescence lifetimes indicate that (R)-FBP causes a stronger Trp quenching than (S)-FBP. For the methyl esters of FBP, the opposite is observed: (S)-(FBPMe) quenches more than (R)-FBPMe. The Stern-Volmer plots of (R)-FBP and (R)-FBPMe are similar although their high-affinity binding sites are different. The methylation of (S)-FBP causes a large change in its effect on the HSA phosphorescence lifetime. Furthermore, the quenching constants of 3.0 × 10(7) M(-1) s(-1) of the R-enantiomers and 2.5 × 10(7) M(-1) s(-1) for the S-enantiomers are not influenced by the methylation and indicate a stereoselectivity in the accessibility of the HSA Trp to these drugs., (Copyright © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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- 2012
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