Spectroscopic and molecular modelling studies of binding mechanism of metformin with bovine serum albumin

Metformin is a biguanide class of drug used for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. It is well known that serum protein-ligand binding interaction significantly influence the biodistribution of a drug. Current study was performed to characterize the binding mechanism of metformin with serum albumin....

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Published in:Journal of molecular structure 2016-08, Vol.1118, p.267-274
Main Authors: Sharma, Deepti, Ojha, Himanshu, Pathak, Mallika, Singh, Bhawna, Sharma, Navneet, Singh, Anju, Kakkar, Rita, Sharma, Rakesh K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Binding
Bovine serum albumin
Circularity
DFT study
Dichroism
Docking
Drugs
Fluorescence
Fluorescence quenching
Metformin
Serum albumin
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Summary:Metformin is a biguanide class of drug used for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. It is well known that serum protein-ligand binding interaction significantly influence the biodistribution of a drug. Current study was performed to characterize the binding mechanism of metformin with serum albumin. The binding interaction of the metformin with bovine serum albumin (BSA) was examined using UV–Vis absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence, circular dichroism, density functional theory and molecular docking studies. Absorption spectra and fluorescence emission spectra pointed out the weak binding of metformin with BSA as was apparent from the slight change in absorbance and fluorescence intensity of BSA in presence of metformin. Circular dichroism study implied the significant change in the conformation of BSA upon binding with metformin. Density functional theory calculations showed that metformin has non-planar geometry and has two energy states. The docking studies evidently signified that metformin could bind significantly to the three binding sites in BSA via hydrophobic, hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions. The data suggested the existence of non-covalent specific binding interaction in the complexation of metformin with BSA. The present study will certainly contribute to the development of metformin as a therapeutic molecule. [Display omitted] •Metformin binds non-covalently to Bovine serum albumin (BSA).•Conformational perturbation of BSA occurred on metformin binding.•Binding interactions was electrostatic, H Bonding and hydrophobic in nature.•Validation by molecular docking studies.
ISSN:0022-2860
1872-8014
DOI:10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.04.030