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Thyroid hormones are involved in numerous physiological processes as regulators of metabolism, regulating organ growth, and mental state. Bisphenol compounds (BPs) are recognized as chemicals that interfere with endocrine balance. Because BPs have a similar structure to thyroxine, they can compete for binding to thyroid protein and disrupt the normal physiological activity of the thyroid system. In this study, three typical bisphenol compounds were selected to explore the interaction between BPs and TTR by computer simulations and multi-spectroscopic methods. The results revealed that BPs quenched the endogenous fluorescence of TTR via the combination of static quenching and non-radiative energy transfer, and the van der Waals forces and hydrogen bonding played a synergistic role in the binding process of BPs and TTR. Furthermore, the three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy, UV–vis spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, which were employed to determine the conformation of protein, revealed that binding of BPs with TTR could induce conformational changes in TTR. In addition, the binding sites and the residues surrounding the BPs within the TTR were determined through molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation. Therefore, this work provides new insights into the interaction between BPs and TTR to evaluate the potential toxicity of BPs.
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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21866011) and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province (No. 2017GXNSFAA198354).
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Huang, M., Huang, X., Yong, L. et al. Insight on the microscopic binding mechanism of bisphenol compounds (BPs) with transthyretin (TTR) based on multi-spectroscopic methods and computational simulations. Anal Bioanal Chem 414, 3765–3780 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-022-04028-0
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