Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
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Food & Nutrition Science Regular Papers
Human Serum Albumin as an Antioxidant in the Oxidation of (−)-Epigallocatechin Gallate: Participation of Reversible Covalent Binding for Interaction and Stabilization
Takeshi ISHIITatsuya ICHIKAWAKanako MINODAKoji KUSAKASohei ITOYukiko SUZUKIMitsugu AKAGAWAKazuki MOCHIZUKIToshinao GODATsutomu NAKAYAMA
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2011 Volume 75 Issue 1 Pages 100-106

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Human serum albumin (HSA) contributes to the stabilization of (−)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg) in serum. We characterize in the present study the mechanisms for preventing EGCg oxidation by HSA. EGCg was stable in human serum or buffers with HSA, but (−)-epigallocatechin (EGC) was unstable. We show by comparing EGCg and EGC in a neutral buffer that EGCg had a higher binding affinity than EGC. This indicates that the galloyl moiety participated in the interaction of EGCg with HSA and that this interaction was of critical importance in preventing EGCg oxidation. The binding affinity of EGCg for HSA and protein carbonyl formation in HSA were enhanced in an alkaline buffer. These results suggest the reversible covalent modification of EGCg via Schiff-base formation, and that the immobilization of EGCg to HSA, through the formation of a stable complex, prevented the polymerization and decomposition of EGCg in human serum.

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