Molecular interactions between serum albumin proteins and Keggin type polyoxometalates studied using luminescence spectroscopy.
The interaction between the plenary Keggin H3PW12O40, lacunary Keggin K7PW11O39 and the Eu(III)-substituted Keggin K4EuPW11O39 (Eu-Keggin) type polyoxometalates (POMs), and the proteins human and bovine serum albumin (HSA and BSA) was studied using steady state and time-resolved Eu(III) luminescence and tryptophan (Trp) fluorescence spectroscopy. The excitation spectrum of the Eu-Keggin POM is dominated by a ligand-to-metal charge transfer band at 291 nm. In the absence of proteins, the number of water molecules coordinated in the first coordination sphere of the Eu(III) center of Eu-Keggin was determined to be 4, indicating that Eu(III) occurs as a 1 : 1 isomer in solution. In the presence of HSA or BSA, the number of coordinated water molecules decreased to 0 and 1, respectively, suggesting interaction between the Eu-Keggin POM and the protein surface. As a result of this interaction, a five-fold increase of the hypersensitive (5)D0 → (7)F2 transition in the luminescence intensity was observed for the Eu-Keggin-HSA complex. The association constants were calculated to be 1.5 × 10(2) M(-1) and 2.0 × 10(3) M(-1) for the Eu-Keggin-HSA and Eu-Keggin-BSA complexes, respectively. Tryptophan fluorescence quenching studies were performed and the quenching constants were calculated using a Stern-Volmer analysis. The obtained values of the quenching constants were 6.1 × 10(4) M(-1) and 2.0 × 10(6) M(-1) for the Eu-Keggin-HSA and Eu-Keggin-BSA complexes, respectively. The surface map of both proteins shows that the cavity containing the tryptophan has a positive surface potential, providing a specific binding site at the surface of albumin proteins for the negatively charged POM.
Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium. tatjana.vogt@chem.kuleuven.be.
Vincent
V
Goovaerts
Karen
K
Stroobants
Gregory
G
Absillis
Tatjana N
TN
Parac-Vogt
D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002417:Cattle; D006801:Humans; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D017973:Tungsten Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D000099294:Polyoxometalates
D012709:Serum Albumin; D017973:Tungsten Compounds; C102296:polyoxometalate I; D000099294:Polyoxometalates