IngentaConnect Molecular Basis of Indomethacin-Human Serum Albumin Interaction

Authors: Trivedi V.D.¹; Vorum H.¹; Honoré B.¹; Qasim M.A.¹

Source: Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Volume 51, Number 5, 1 May 1999 , pp. 591-600(10)

Abstract:

Studies on the strength and extent of binding of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug indomethacin to human serum albumin (HSA) have provided conflicting results. In the present work, the serum-binding of indomethacin was studied in 55 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7·0) at 28°C, by using a fluorescence quench titration technique.

The interaction of indomethacin with human serum albumin has been studied as a function of temperature, ionic strength and pH. The results suggest that electrostatic interaction plays a major role in the binding. The possible role of lysine residues in this interaction was studied by modifying exposed and buried lysine residues of HSA with potassium cyanate and studying indomethacin binding with the modified HSA. The data suggest that the interaction takes place via a salt bridge formation between the carboxylate group of indomethacin and a buried lysine residue of HSA.

A technique involving fluorescence enhancement of bilirubin upon its interaction with HSA was used to study its displacement by indomethacin. The displacement, although apparently competitive in nature, was not strong suggesting that the primary sites of interaction of bilirubin and indomethacin are different.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1211/0022357991772691

Affiliations: 1: Department of Biochemistry Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, A. M. U. University of Aarhus DK-8000, Aligarh Aarhus C, India Denmark, 202 002, bh@biokemi.au.dk

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Molecular Basis of Indomethacin–Human Serum Albumin Interaction