Abstract |
Fluorescence spectroscopy and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) were applied to study the interaction of the antitumoral drug 9-aminoacridine (9AA) with a trypsin-like protease guanidinobenzoatase (GB) extracted from a mouse Erlich tumor. As a consequence of this interaction, a strong 9AA exciplex emission was detected in the emission fluorescence spectra at certain drug and enzyme concentrations. A SERS study was accomplished on silver colloids at several excitation wavelengths in order to obtain more information about the interaction mechanism. The results derived from Raman spectroscopy indicated that 9AA in the amino monomeric form may interact with the enzyme by means of two different bonds: an ionic bond with a negatively charged amino acid and a ring stacking interaction with an aromatic residue placed in the catalytic site of GB. This interaction mechanism was responsible for a strong exciplex emission detected at a longer wavelength than the expected value of the normal fluorescence emission. Moreover, the GB concentration dependence of the interaction suggested that the drug was sensitive to the quaternary structure of the enzyme.
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Authors | A Murza, S Sánchez-Cortés, J V García-Ramos |
Journal | Biopolymers
(Biopolymers)
Vol. 62
Issue 2
Pg. 85-94
( 2001)
ISSN: 0006-3525 [Print] United States |
PMID | 11288057
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopolymers (Biospectroscopy) 62: 85-94, 2001 |
Chemical References |
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Aminacrine
- Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases
- guanidinobenzoate esterase
- Endopeptidases
- Trypsin
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Topics |
- Aminacrine
(chemistry, metabolism)
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents
(chemistry, metabolism)
- Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases
(chemistry, isolation & purification, metabolism)
- Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor
(enzymology)
- Drug Interactions
- Endopeptidases
(chemistry, isolation & purification, metabolism)
- Mice
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Spectrometry, Fluorescence
- Spectrum Analysis, Raman
- Surface Plasmon Resonance
- Trypsin
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