The thermodynamics and kinetics of binding between human serum albumin (HSA) and resveratrol (RES) or its analog (RESAn1) were investigated by surface plasmon resonance (SPR). The binding constant and the kinetic constants of association and dissociation indicated that RESAn1 has higher affinity toward HSA than does RES. The formation of these complexes was entropically driven ( [Formula: see text] , [Formula: see text] KJ mol-1). However, for both polyphenols, the activation energy (Eact) of association (a) of free molecules was higher than that for dissociation (d) of the stable complex ( [Formula: see text] KJ mol-1), and the rate of association was faster than that of dissociation since the activation Gibbs free energy (ΔG‡) was lower for the former (ΔGaHSA-RES‡≅54.73,ΔGdHSA-RES‡≅73.83,ΔGaHSA-RESAn1‡≅54.14,ΔGdHSA-RESAn1‡≅73.97 KJ mol-1). This study showed that small differences in the structure of polyphenols such as RES and RESAn1 influenced the thermodynamics and kinetics of the complex formation with HSA.
Keywords: Activated complex; Comparative study; Human serum albumin; Human serum albumin (PubChem CID: 72941834); Kinetic constants; Resveratrol; Resveratrol (PubChem CID: 445154); Resveratrol analogue; Thermodynamic binding.
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