Estudo do mecanismo de interação de Mangiferina e Mangiferitina com Soroalbumina

Abstract

The binding of mangiferin (MGF), a natural xantone isolated from mangoes, and mangiferitin (MGT), a modified MGF analog without its glycoside group, were both studied with bovine serum albumin (BSA) through difference-spectra using spectrophotometry and spectrofluorimetry, as well cyclic voltammetry and molecular modelling, aiming to disclose binding and stability constants, pH and ionic strength effects, electrical charge transfer, conformational analysis, and interaction mechanisms. The binding model MGF-BSA and MGT-BSA exhibited an specific binding site with 1:1 stoichiometry and with apparent binding constant of 0.38 (MGF) and 0.87 mmol.L-1 (MGT), together with cooperativity and site unspecificity. Salt and pH effects together with docking studies showed prevailing hydrophobic forces and secondarily electrostatic forces involved in the binding of both ligands to the IIA subdomain of BSA. Synchronous fluorescence spectra revealed conformational changes in the polypeptide backbone upon binding with MGF and MGT. Cyclic voltammetry experiments presented an irreversible nature for charge tranfer of MGF controlled by diffusion on the electrode surface, with an oxidation peak at 0.289 V and E0’ of 0.264 and 0.248 V for free and bound MGF, respectively. Furthermore, it was found no difference between the parameters of kinetic charge transfer, lower oxidation energy for the complex in alkaline medium, and little effects for the additional glycoside group in MGF. The overall results can contribute to the understanding of pharmacokinetics effects of xantone-based drugs, naturally occurred or chemically modified, related to its binding mechanism with plasma proteins.