ALBUMIN-LIPID INTERACTIONS - PROSTAGLANDIN STABILITY AS A PROBE FOR CHARACTERIZING BINDING-SITES ON VERTEBRATE ALBUMINS
ALBUMIN-LIPID INTERACTIONS - PROSTAGLANDIN STABILITY AS A PROBE FOR CHARACTERIZING BINDING-SITES ON VERTEBRATE ALBUMINS
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00524a033
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
WYNALDA, MA
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作者:
FITZPATRICK, FA;WYNALDA, MA
The effect of vertebrate albumins on the stability of several physiologically relevant prostaglandins [PG] was determined. All naturally occurring PG with a .beta.-hydroxy ketone group decomposed by 1st-order kinetics, dependent on the albumin concentration in 0.1 M, pH 7.4, buffer at 37.degree. C. Even subphysiological levels of albumin (1-20 mg/ml) significantly reduced the stability of these compounds in vitro. The PG with a .beta.-hydroxy ketone responded to albumin in the order of their intrinsic stability; namely, less stable compounds were more susceptible. The destructive effect of albumin was nearly maximal at a 1:1 mole ratio of albumin (20 mg/ml):PG (100 .mu.g/ml). Albumin had no destructive effect on PG without a .beta.-hydroxy ketone. Albumins from different vertebrates varied in destructive severity, but all were effective. Near neutrality, in the absence of albumin, decomposition of E-type PG was practically suspended at the dehydration stage. In the presence of albumin, dehydration was accompanied by rapid isomerization reactions (e.g., PGA1 .fwdarw. PGB1) that occur only at an elevated pH. Albumin apparently sequesters PG to 1 principal binding site and exposes them to its associated highly alkaline microenvironment. This results in a uniform and predictable influence on PG stability. The proposed model system successfully reconciles apparently anomalous or contradictory reports regarding the effect of albumin on PG stability.