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ArticleJournal of pharmaceutical analysis2018

Insight into the interaction of inhaled corticosteroids with human serum albumin: A spectroscopic-based study.

Carlotta Pontremoli, Nadia Barbero, Guido Viscardi, Sonja Visentin

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Article in Journal of pharmaceutical analysis, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carlotta PontremoliDepartment of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), Politecnico of Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino 10129, Italy.
Nadia BarberoDepartment of Chemistry and NIS Interdepartmental Centre, University of Torino, via Pietro Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy.
Guido ViscardiDepartment of Chemistry and NIS Interdepartmental Centre, University of Torino, via Pietro Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy.
Sonja VisentinMolecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences Department, University of Torino, via Quarello 15, 10135 Torino, Italy.
University of Turin · ITPolytechnic University of Turin · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is well known that the safety and efficacy profile of an inhaled cortocosteroid (ICS) is influenced by the pharmacokinetic properties and associated pharmacodynamic effects of the drug. Freely circulating, protein unbound, and active ICS can cause systemic adverse effects. Therefore, a detailed investigation of drug-protein interaction could be of great interest to understand the pharmacokinetic behaviour of corticosteroids and for the design of new analogues with effective pharmacological properties. In the present work, the interaction between some corticosteroids and human serum albumin (HSA) has been studied by spectroscopic approaches. UV-Vis spectroscopy confirmed that all the investigated corticosteroids can bind to HSA forming a protein-drug complex. The intrinsic fluorescence of HSA was quenched by all the investigated drugs, which was rationalized in terms of a static quenching mechanism. The thermodynamic parameters determined by the Van't Hoff analysis of the binding constants (negative ΔH and ΔS values) clearly indicate thathydrogen bonds and van der Waals forces play a major role in the binding process between albumin and betamethasone, flunisolide and prednisolone, while hydrophobic forces may play a major role in stabilizing albumin-triamcinolone complexes.

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Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)Fluorescence spectroscopyHuman serum albuminInhaled corticosteroids

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PMID29568666
PMCPMC5859165
OpenAlexW2729720592

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