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Comprehensive study of interaction between biocompatible PEG‐InP/ZnS QDs and bovine serum albumin
Authors:M S Sannaikar  Laxmi S Inamdar  G H Pujar  M N Wari  Nafisa H Balasinor  S R Inamdar
Affiliation:1. Laser Spectroscopy Programme and UGC‐CPEPA, Department of Physics, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India;2. Molecular Endocrinology, Reproduction and Development Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India;3. Neuroendocrinology Department, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai, India
Abstract:Polyethylene glycol (PEG) surface modified biocompatible InP/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) act as a potential alternative for conventional carcinogenic cadmium‐based quantum dots for in vivo and in vitro studies. Comprehensively, we studied the interaction between a model protein bovine serum albumin (BSA) and PEGylated toxic free InP/ZnS QDs using various spectroscopic tools such as absorption, fluorescence quenching, time resolved and synchronous fluorescence spectroscopic measurements. These studies principally show that tryptophan (Trp) residues of BSA have preferable binding affinity towards PEG‐InP/ZnS QDs surface and a blue shift in Trp fluorescence emission is a signature of conformational changes in its hydrophobic microenvironment. Photoluminescence (PL) intensity of Trp is quenched by ground state complex formation (static quenching) at room temperature. However, InP/ZnS@BSA conjugates become unstable with increasing temperature and PL intensity of Trp is quenched via dynamic quenching by PEG‐InP/ZnS QDs. Experimentally determined thermodynamic parameters for these conjugates have shown spontaneity, entropy driven and exothermic nature of bio‐conjugation. The calculated binding affinity (n ? 1, Hill coefficient) suggest that the affinity of InP/ZnS QDs for a BSA protein is not dependent on whether or not other BSA proteins are already bound to the QD surface. Energy transfer efficiency (E), Trp residue to InP/ZnS QDs distances and energy transfer rate (kT) were all obtained from FÖrster resonance energy.
Keywords:bioconjugation  BSA  FRET  Hill coefficient  PEG‐InP/ZnS QDs
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