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Serum Albumin Binds ß- and -Monoolein In Vitro¹

Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

²To whom correspondence should be addressed at. E-mail: Eb112{at}umail.umd.edu

We investigated the interaction of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and monoolein (MO) and estimated the number of BSA binding sites for the - and ß-isomers of MO. The turbidity of increasing concentrations of aqueous dispersions of -MO and ß-MO in the presence and absence of BSA was measured in triplicate by absorption spectrophotometry. Aqueous dispersions of [¹³C₁]MO and [¹³C₁]MO/BSA mixtures at molar ratios of 1:1, 3:1 and 5:1 were analyzed in duplicate by [¹³C]nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) at pH 7.4 and 36°C. BSA bound significantly more ß-MO than -MO at 15 min: 5.4 ± 0.42 and 3.3 ± 0.60 mol MO/mol BSA, respectively (P < 0.05). [¹³C]NMR spectra of the 1:1 molar ratio of [¹³C₁]MO/BSA exhibited a single carbonyl peak at 175.19 ppm, whereas spectra of 3:1 and 5:1 molar ratios exhibited three peaks between 172 and 174 (ppm), each distinct from carbonyl resonances of either [¹³C₁]MO dispersed in water, 176.72 (ppm) or BSA alone. The intensities of individual peaks, but not their chemical shift values, varied between 3:1 and 5:1 molar ratios, indicating that BSA has at least three MO binding sites and may bind up to five molecules of MO per molecule. This study confirms that serum albumin binds MO in vitro and supports the theory that albumin transports monoglycerides produced by lipoprotein lipase hydrolysis of triglyceride.

KEY WORDS: • monoolein • serum albumin • [¹³C]NMR