Interaction of ionic liquids with human serum albumin in the view of bioconcentration: a preliminary study

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Contributors

  • Dorota Kowalska - , University of Gdańsk (Author)
  • Stefan Stolte - , Chair of Hydrochemistry and Water Technology, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Dariusz Wyrzykowski - , University of Gdańsk (Author)
  • Piotr Stepnowski - , University of Gdańsk (Author)
  • Joanna Dołżonek - , University of Gdańsk, University of Bremen (Author)

Abstract

Bioaccumulation potential is critical in PBT and risk assessment of chemicals. However, for ionic liquids (ILs), this aspect remains neglected. It is especially important to fill this gap, because for this group of compounds, existing data confirm their risk of being environmentally persistent and toxicity. Moreover, considering preliminary reports on the interactions of ILs with lipids, it may be assumed that ILs have a higher potential for bioaccumulation than indicated by previous estimations built upon octanol–water partition coefficients. Moreover, the bioconcentration of ionizable chemical compounds may also be strongly related to plasma protein contents. Therefore, in this work, the affinity of a set of imidazolium cations and organic anions, and their combination to human serum albumin (HSA) was determined. The obtained results reveal that both cations and anions can be strongly bound to HSA, and blood proteins might play an important role in overall bioaccumulation. Furthermore, it was observed that HSA binding properties towards IL cations depend on the hydrophobicity of cations. The obtained data also provide indication that cation–anion interaction may affect ILs ions affinity to HSA.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2405-2417
Number of pages13
JournalChemical papers
Volume76
Publication statusPublished - 5 Jan 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-5186-3955/work/168207394

Keywords

Keywords

  • Bioaccumulation, Bioconcentration, Human serum albumin, Ionic liquids, Protein binding