Hydroxycinnamic acids (HCAs) are among the most abundant dietary polyphenols. Recent bioavailability studies have shown that HCAs enter the blood circulation mainly as glucuronides, which are thus most likely to express their potential health effects. In this work, an efficient synthesis of HCA O-arylglucuronides is developed. As for many xenobiotics, the resilience of HCA O-arylglucuronides in plasma and subsequent delivery to tissues could be governed by their binding to human serum albumin (HSA). Hence, the affinity of HCA O-arylglucuronides for HSA and its possible binding site were investigated by fluorescence spectroscopy. HCA O-arylglucuronides turn out to be moderate HSA ligands (K in the range 1–4 × 104 M−1) that bind HSA in sub-domain IIA, competitively or noncompetitively with other sub-domain IIA ligands such as dansylamide and the flavonol quercetin.
羟基肉桂酸(HCA)是最丰富的膳食多
酚之一。最近的
生物利用率研究表明,HCA 主要以
葡糖醛酸的形式进入血液循环,因此最有可能体现其潜在的健康功效。本研究开发了一种高效合成 HC
A O-芳基
葡萄糖醛酸的方法。与许多异种
生物一样,HC
A O-芳基
葡萄糖醛酸在血浆中的持久性以及随后向组织的输送可能受其与人
血清白蛋白(H
SA)结合的影响。因此,我们通过荧光光谱法研究了 HC
A O-芳基
葡萄糖醛酸与 H
SA 的亲和力及其可能的结合位点。结果表明,HC
A O-芳基
葡萄糖醛酸是一种温和的 H
SA 配体(K 值范围为 1-4 × 104 M-1),可与其他亚域 IIA
配体(如丹参酰胺和
黄酮醇
槲皮素)竞争性或非竞争性地在亚域 IIA 与 H
SA 结合。