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ArticlePloS one2017

Study of conformational changes and protein aggregation of bovine serum albumin in presence of Sb(III) and Sb(V).

Marcelo Verdugo, Jorge Ruiz Encinar, José Manuel Costa-Fernández, Mario Menendez-Miranda, Diego Bouzas-Ramos, Manuel Bravo, Waldo Quiroz

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Risk of Cancer for Workers Exposed to Antimony Compounds: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Marcelo VerdugoInstituto de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.
Jorge Ruiz EncinarDepartment of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
José Manuel Costa-FernándezDepartment of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
Mario Menendez-MirandaDepartment of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
Diego Bouzas-RamosDepartment of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
Manuel BravoInstituto de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.
Waldo QuirozInstituto de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.
Universidad de Oviedo · ESPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso · CL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antimony is a metalloid that affects biological functions in humans due to a mechanism still not understood. There is no doubt that the toxicity and physicochemical properties of Sb are strongly related with its chemical state. In this paper, the interaction between Sb(III) and Sb(V) with bovine serum albumin (BSA) was investigated in vitro by fluorescence spectroscopy, and circular dichroism (CD) under simulated physiological conditions. Moreover, the coupling of the separation technique, asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation, with elemental mass spectrometry to understand the interaction of Sb(V) and Sb(III) with the BSA was also used. Our results showed a different behaviour of Sb(III) vs. Sb(V) regarding their effects on the interaction with the BSA. The effects in terms of protein aggregates and conformational changes were higher in the presence of Sb(III) compared to Sb(V) which may explain the differences in toxicity between both Sb species in vivo. Obtained results demonstrated the protective effect of GSH that modifies the degree of interaction between the Sb species with BSA. Interestingly, in our experiments it was possible to detect an interaction between BSA and Sb species, which may be related with the presence of labile complex between the Sb and a protein for the first time.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntimonyCattleChromatography, GelCircular DichroismFractionation, Field FlowGlutathioneHumansIn Vitro TechniquesProtein AggregatesProtein ConformationProtein Structure, SecondarySerum Albumin, BovineSpectrometry, FluorescenceAntimonyGlutathioneProtein AggregatesSerum Albumin, Bovine

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PMID28151990
PMCPMC5289473
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