Interaction of remimazolam benzenesulfonate and human serum albumin: a simulated physiological study
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A Rapid and Quantitative Fluorimetric Method for Protein-Targeting Small Molecule Drug Screening
Published on: October 16, 2015
Abstract:
Here, to elucidate the interaction mechanism and physicochemical properties of remimazolam and human serum albumin interactions, techniques such as fluorescence, circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, and isothermal titration calorimetry have been applied for study. The thermodynamic parameters at body temperature (ΔS = -207 J·mol-1 ·K-1 , ΔS = -9.76 × 104 J·mol-1 and ΔG = -3.34 × 104 J·mol-1 ; 310 K) manifests one strong binding site on the protein, which was modulated by van der Waals forces and hydrogen bonds. What is more, the results of CD, synchronous and three-dimensional fluorescence showed that remimazolam altered the microenvironment of the protein amino acid residues. A distance of 2.1 nm between the remimazolam and Trp shows the potential for resonance energy transfer. Furthermore, these results potentially provide information for illustrating the pharmacodynamics and toxicodynamics of remimazolam when it is applied clinically.
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