Evidence for cooperative binding of chlorpromazine with hemoglobin: equilibrium dialysis, fluorescence quenching and oxygen release study. 1990

M Bhattacharyya, and U Chaudhuri, and R K Poddar
Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Calcutta, India.

Binding of chlorpromazine (CPZ) with human hemoglobin has been studied by equilibrium dialysis and fluorescence quenching. Results of equilibrium dialysis experiment when analysed by Hill plot revealed that the binding was positively cooperative with overall affinity constant K = 3.8 x 10(3) M-1. CPZ quenched the fluorescence of hemoglobin and the analysis of the quenching data by Stern-Volmer equation indicated two types of quenching process, namely, dynamic and static quenching. Dynamic quenching constant was measured from the decay of fluorescent life time of tryptophans of hemoglobin in presence of CPZ. Static quenching constant concerned with the ground state complex formation between CPZ and hemoglobin was found to be 5 x 10(3) M-1. Almost all the tryptophans of hemoglobin were found to be accessible for CPZ to interact with. Oxygen was found to be released when CPZ was added to hemoglobin. Extent of release of oxygen depends on the D/P ratio of CPZ(D): hemoglobin(P).

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D010108 Oxyhemoglobins A compound formed by the combination of hemoglobin and oxygen. It is a complex in which the oxygen is bound directly to the iron without causing a change from the ferrous to the ferric state. Oxycobalt Hemoglobin,Oxycobalthemoglobin,Oxyhemoglobin,Hemoglobin, Oxycobalt
D011485 Protein Binding The process in which substances, either endogenous or exogenous, bind to proteins, peptides, enzymes, protein precursors, or allied compounds. Specific protein-binding measures are often used as assays in diagnostic assessments. Plasma Protein Binding Capacity,Binding, Protein
D002746 Chlorpromazine The prototypical phenothiazine antipsychotic drug. Like the other drugs in this class chlorpromazine's antipsychotic actions are thought to be due to long-term adaptation by the brain to blocking DOPAMINE RECEPTORS. Chlorpromazine has several other actions and therapeutic uses, including as an antiemetic and in the treatment of intractable hiccup. Aminazine,Chlorazine,Chlordelazine,Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride,Contomin,Fenactil,Largactil,Propaphenin,Thorazine,Hydrochloride, Chlorpromazine
D003956 Dialysis A process of selective diffusion through a membrane. It is usually used to separate low-molecular-weight solutes which diffuse through the membrane from the colloidal and high-molecular-weight solutes which do not. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Dialyses
D006454 Hemoglobins The oxygen-carrying proteins of ERYTHROCYTES. They are found in all vertebrates and some invertebrates. The number of globin subunits in the hemoglobin quaternary structure differs between species. Structures range from monomeric to a variety of multimeric arrangements. Eryhem,Ferrous Hemoglobin,Hemoglobin,Hemoglobin, Ferrous
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013050 Spectrometry, Fluorescence Measurement of the intensity and quality of fluorescence. Fluorescence Spectrophotometry,Fluorescence Spectroscopy,Spectrofluorometry,Fluorescence Spectrometry,Spectrophotometry, Fluorescence,Spectroscopy, Fluorescence
D013056 Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet Determination of the spectra of ultraviolet absorption by specific molecules in gases or liquids, for example Cl2, SO2, NO2, CS2, ozone, mercury vapor, and various unsaturated compounds. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Ultraviolet Spectrophotometry

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