Interactions between 1-benzoyl-4-p-chlorophenyl thiosemicarbazide and serum albumin: investigation by fluorescence spectroscopy.

The interactions between 1-benzoyl-4-p-chlorphenyl thiosemicarbazide (BCPT) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) or human serum albumin (HSA) have been studied by fluorescence spectroscopy. By the analysis of fluorescence spectrum and fluorescence intensity, it was showed that BCPT has a strong ability to quench the intrinsic fluorescence of both bovine serum albumin and human serum albumin through a static quenching procedure. The binding constants of BCPT with BSA or HSA were determined at different temperatures based on the fluorescence quenching results. The binding sites were obtained and the binding force were suggested to be mainly hydrophobic. The effect of common ions on the binding constants was also investigated. A new fluorescence spectroscopy assay of the proteins is presented. The linear range is 5.36-67.0 microg mL(-1) with recovery of 101.1% for BSA, and the linear range is 8.28-144.9 microg mL(-1) with recovery of 102.6% for HSA. Determination of the proteins in bovine serum or in human serum by this method gives results which are very close to those obtained by using Coomassie Brilliant Blue G-250 colorimetry. A practical method was proposed for the determination of BCPT in human serum samples.

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