The bilateral action between EQ14-2-14 gemini surfactant and bovine serum albumin by DPI and ~1H NMR

摘要

Gemini surfactant diglycol bis-N-tetradecyl nicotinate dibromide (designed as EQ14-2-14) has been synthesized. The interaction between EQ14-2-14 and bovine serum albumin (BSA) was studied by dual polarization interferometry (DPI), proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (~1H NMR), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and molecular docking. Owing to the binding of EQ14-2-14, the thickness and mass of BSA increased; refractive index (RI) and density firstly raised and then tended to a plateau. In addition, a decrease of α-helix was observed from 54.01% to 31.56% with an increase in random structure from 7.86% to 21.76%. Due to BSA intertwining, the proton resonance signals of EQ14-2-14 shifted up-field and relaxation time decreased with increasing concentration of BSA. The study of molecular docking indicated that EQ14-2-14 embedded into subdomain II of BSA by π-π stacking between the electron-deficit pyridinium rings in EQ14-2-14 and the electron-abundant pyrrole ring in Trp residues of BSA, by hydrogen bonding and by hydrophobic interaction. Therefore the present work offers a whole view of the interaction of BSA with a new gemini surfactant.