Interactions of Perfluorooctanesulfonate and 6:2 Chlorinated Polyfluorinated Ether Sulfonate with Human Serum Albumin: A Comparative Study
Interactions of Perfluorooctanesulfonate and 6:2 Chlorinated Polyfluorinated Ether Sulfonate with Human Serum Albumin: A Comparative Study
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全氟辛烷磺酸盐和6:2氯化多氟醚磺酸盐与人血清白蛋白的相互作用:比较研究
DOI:
10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00075
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Dai Jiayin
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作者:
Sheng Nan;Wang Jinghua;Guo Yong;Wang Jianshe;Dai Jiayin
6:2 Chlorinated polyfluorinated ether sulfonate (6:2 Cl-PFESA) possesses a similar structure to perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) and is the third most important polyfluoroalkyl/perfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) found in the general population of China. Studies have indicated that 6:2 Cl-PFESA exhibits a stronger bioaccumulative and toxicological potential than PFOS and is thus of considerable environmental concern. Here, the binding characteristics of PFOS and 6:2 Cl-PFESA to human serum albumin (HSA) were explored based onin vitroandin silicomethods. In the cell uptake assays, supplementation of HSA in the culture medium hindered diffusion of PFOS and 6:2 Cl-PFESA from the medium into cells. With the addition of 0.5, 10, and 200 μM HSA in the culture medium, the PFOS concentration in cells decreased by 21.4%, 78.1%, and 92.8%, whereas the 6:2 Cl-PFESA concentration in cells decreased by 28.4%, 84.4%, and 93.9%, respectively. Although no statistically significant difference between the reduction of PFOS and 6:2 Cl-PFESA was observed with 200 μM HSA in medium, the significant decrease in cellular 6:2 Cl-PFESA than PFOS after addition of 0.5 and 10 μM HSA implied that 6:2 Cl-PFESA had a stronger binding affinity than PFOS to HSA. Ultrafiltration centrifugation also suggested that 6:2 Cl-PFESA (Kd= 16.7 μM) had a higher affinity than PFOS (Kd= 30.7 μM) to HSA, though the binding molar ratios were similar, with 1 M HSA binding to 3–4 M PFOS/6:2 Cl-PFESA. Limited proteolysis further identified the core HSA peptides that bind to PFOS (peptide II, aa 189–457) and 6:2 Cl-PFESA (peptide I, aa 39–310). Using purified core peptides, 6:2 Cl-PFESA showed a stronger binding affinity than PFOS to both peptides I and II. The binding modes indicated that the chlorine and oxygen atoms in 6:2 Cl-PFESA were likely responsible for its preferential binding to Sudlow site I than to Trp214 or Sudlow site II, with the latter being the optimal binding site for PFOS. Overall, the stronger binding affinity of 6:2 Cl-PFESA to HSA may contribute to its higher bioaccumulation potential than PFOS.