A theoretical study of the binding of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dibenzodioxins, and dibenzofuran to human plasma prealbumin.
A theoretical study of the binding of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dibenzodioxins, and dibenzofuran to human plasma prealbumin.
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多氯联苯 (PCB)、二苯并二恶英和二苯并呋喃与人血浆前白蛋白结合的理论研究。
DOI:
10.1021/jm00162a006
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发表时间:
1986
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
McKinney,JD
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作者:
Pedersen,LG;Darden,TA;Oatley,SJ;McKinney,JD
Binding energies to human plasma prealbumin using the energy minimization program amber are found for a series of polychlorinated biphenyls, dibenzodioxins, and dibenzofuran. Corrections for solvation free energies of the chlorinated analogues lead to estimates of the differential free energies of complex formation. These are compared in a number of cases to known experimental log {Kkb/KK {) values. The theory correctly separates strong, intermediate, and nonbinders. On the basis of calculations, 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxinand 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran are predicted to be strong binders, 3, 3', 5, 5'-tetrachlorodiphenoquinone is predicted to be a weak binder, and octachlorodibenzodioxin is predicted to not bind at all. This theoretical model for prealbumin interactions may be of use in estimating the toxic potential of PCBs and related halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons of environmental importance.The distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dibenzodioxins, and dibenzofurans in the environment constitutes a potentially serious public health problem. Several accidents1-3 have helped to focus the concern relating to these and related compounds on their molecular mechanism of toxic action. It is now known, for instance, that the compounds bind to cytosolic receptors and thereby apparently enhance the activity of certain enzymes implicated in carcinogenicbehavior. 4 Recently, we have shown5 that PCBs hydroxylated to increase solubility will quantitatively displace thyroxine ([125I] thyroxine) from its complex with prealbumin, one of the majorthyroxine (T4) transport proteins. From this data we have been able to determine equilibrium constants for PCBs binding to prealbumin as well as verify the thyroxine-prealbumin