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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.75.2010.tde-05102010-105911
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Author
Full name
José Wilson Pires Carvalho
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Carlos, 2010
Supervisor
Committee
Tabak, Marcel (President)
Barbosa, Leandro Ramos Souza
Costa Filho, Antônio José da
Title in Portuguese
Estabilidade térmica da hemoglobina extracelular gigante de Glossoscolex paulistus (HbGp): estudos dos efeitos do pH do meio e do estado de oxidação do ferro por microcalorimetria diferencial de varredura (DSC), espectroscopia de absorção óptica e dicroísmo circular (CD)
Keywords in Portuguese
Calorimetria
Desnaturação térmica
Dicroísmo circular
DSC
Espectroscopia
Hemoglobina extracelular
pH
Abstract in Portuguese
A estabilidade térmica em função do pH para três formas da hemoglobina extracelular gigante do anelídeo Glossoscolex paulistus (HbGp), monitorada atraves de DSC, CD e absorção óptica, e estudada no presente trabalho. Estes estudos possibilitaram a determinação de parâmetros importantes do processo de desnaturação e dissociação da proteína oligomerica em pH ácido, neutro e alcalino. A HbGp se mostrou mais estável no pH ácido do que em pH neutro e alcalino. No meio alcalino a HbGp sofre dissociação oligomérica gerando subunidades tais como o dodecâmero, o trímero e o monômero. Além disso, as técnicas de DSC, dicroísmo circular (CD) e absorção óptica permitiram o monitoramento da desnaturação da estrutura protéica global, da estrutura secundária e do centro ativo da HbGp, em função da temperatura. Por DSC foi determinado que o mecanismo do processo de desnaturação térmica da HbGp é irreversível. As variações de entalpia calorimétrica, ΔHcal, e de van Hoff, ΔHvH, nas formas oxi-, meta- e cianometa-HbGp são bem distintas, em todos os pHs estudados, indicando que o processo de desnaturação é bastante complexo, sugerindo que o pico de transição deve ser composto por varias transições. A ordem de estabilidade apresentada pela HbGp em termos dos valores de temperatura de transição (Tm) foi a seguinte: cianometa- > oxi- > meta- no intervalo de pH 5,0 a 8,0. Os valores de ΔHcal no pH 7,0 para a oxi-HbGp, meta-HbGp e cianometa-HbGp foram de 25 ± 4, 20 ± 2 e 56 ± 4 MJ/mol, respectivamente. Os valores de energia de ativação (Ea) obtidos no pH 7,0 para a oxi- e cianometa-HbGp foram de 673 ± 99 e 780 ± 105 KJ/mol, e no pH 8,0 de 897 ± 106 e 850 ± 201 KJ/mol, respectivamente. Esses valores de energia de ativação são condizentes com os reportados na literatura para outras hemoglobinas. Nos estudos realizados por CD a oxi-HbGp forma hemicromo no pH 6,0 e 7,0, em temperaturas superiores a 40 °C, e se dissocia em meio alcalino. A oxi-HbGp apresenta temperatura crítica (Tc) nas regiões das hélices-α e do grupo heme praticamente idêntica nos vários pHs estudados. A cianometa-HbGp possui maior quantidade de estrutura secundária do que a oxi-HbGp, e maiores valores de temperatura crítica (Tc), sendo bem mais estável que a oxi-HbGp, assim como o observado por DSC. Por absorção óptica o comportamento térmico da HbGp é similar ao do CD, sendo observado ainda, além da formação de hemicromo, a presença de espécies pentacoordenadas no pH neutro e alcalino.
Title in English
Thermal stability of the giant extracellular hemoglobin of Glossoscolex paulistus (HbGp): studies of the effects of the mediam pH iron oxidation state by differential of scanning microcalorimetry (DSC), optical absorption and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopies
Keywords in English
Circular dichroism
DSC
Extracellular hemoglobin
Microcalorimetry
pH
Spectroscopy
Thermal denaturation
Abstract in English
The thermal stability as a function of the pH, for three forms of the extracellular giant hemoglobin of the annelid Glossoscolex paulistus (HbGp) was monitored by DSC, CD and optical absorption in the present work. These studies allowed the determination of important parameters characterizing the denaturation and dissociation at acid, neutral and alkaline pH values. HbGp was shown to be more stable in acid pH as compared to neutral and alkaline pH values. In alkaline medium, HbGp presents oligomeric dissociation generating smaller subunits such as the dodecamer, the trimer and the monomer. Besides that, the techniques of the DSC, circular dichroism (CD) and optical absorption spectroscopy allowed to monitor, respectively, the denaturation of the global protein structure, of the secondary structure and of the active center of the hemoglobin, as a function of the temperature. By DSC it was determined that the mechanism of the thermal denaturation of the HbGp is irreversible. The variations of calorimetric and van Hoff enthalpies, in the oxy- and cyanomet-HbGp forms, are quite different, for all studied pH values, indicating that the process of denaturation is complex, characterized by a transition peak composed by several contributions. The order of stability presented by the HbGp in terms of the transition temperature values (Tm) was the following: cyanomet-> oxy- for pH from 5.0 to 8.0. The values of ΔHcal at pH 7.0 for the oxy-HbGp, met-HbGp and cianomet-HbGp were 25 ± 4, 20 ± 2 and 56 ± 4 MJ/mol, respectively. The activation energy values (Ea) obtained at pH 7.0 for the oxy- and cyanomet-HbGp were 673 ± 99 and 780 ± 105 KJ/mol, and at pH 8.0 they were 897 ± 106 and 850 ± 201 KJ/mol, respectively. Those energy values are consistent with data reported in the literature for other hemoglobins. In the studies carried out by CD for oxy-HbGp formation of hemichrome was observed at pH 6.0 and 7.0, at temperatures above 40 °C. In alkaline medium the oligomeric dissociation is observed. Oxy-HbGp presents critical temperatures (Tc), which are practically identical in the spectral regions of the polypeptide and of the heme groups for all studied pH values. The cyanomet-HbGp own larger quantity of secondary structure than oxy-HbGp, and higher values of critical temperatures (Tc), being more stable than oxy-HbGp, in agreemente with DSC data. Optical absorption spectroscopy shows thermal behavior of HbGp similar to that observed by CD. Besides the formation of the hemichrome species upon heating, the presence of penta-coordinate species at neutral and alkaline pH values was observed.
 
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