Study on the interaction between NCP-(4-hydroxycoumarins) and bovine serum albumin by spectroscopic techniques

The interaction between N-confused porphyrins-(4-hydroxycoumarins) diad (NCP-(4-hydroxycoumarins)) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) was studied using fluorescence and ultraviolet spectroscopy at different temperatures under imitated physiological conditions. The experimental results showed that the fluorescence of BSA was quenched by NCP-(4-hydroxycoumarins) through a combined quenching procedure. The binding constants, binding sites and corresponding thermodynamic parameters between NCP-(4-hydroxycoumarins) and BSA at different temperatures were obtained. According to Forster non-radiation energy transfer theory, the binding distance between BSA and NCP-(4-hydroxycoumarins) was calculated to be about 2.1 nm. The effect of NCP-(4-hydroxycoumarins) on the conformation of BSA was analyzed using synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy. In addition, the effect of some metal ions Cu2+, Ca2+, Mg2+, and Ni2+ on the binding constant between NCP-(4-hydroxycoumarins) and BSA was examined. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.