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'''Human serum albumin''' is the [[serum albumin]] found in human [[blood]]. It is the most abundant [[protein]] in human [[blood plasma]]; it constitutes about half of [[serum (blood)|serum]] protein. It is produced in the [[liver]]. It is soluble in water, and it is [[monomer]]ic.
'''Human serum albumin''' is the [[serum albumin]] found in human [[blood]]. It is the most abundant [[protein]] in human [[blood plasma]]; it constitutes about half of [[serum (blood)|serum]] protein. It is produced in the [[liver]]. It is soluble in water, and it is [[monomer]]ic.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}


[[Albumin]] transports hormones, fatty acids, and other compounds, buffers pH, and maintains [[oncotic pressure]], among other functions.
[[Albumin]] transports hormones, fatty acids, and other compounds, buffers [[pH]], and maintains [[oncotic pressure]], among other functions.


Albumin is synthesized in the liver as preproalbumin, which has an N-terminal peptide that is removed before the nascent protein is released from the rough endoplasmic reticulum. The product, proalbumin, is in turn cleaved in the [[Golgi apparatus]] to produce the secreted albumin.
Albumin is synthesized in the liver as preproalbumin, which has an N-terminal peptide that is removed before the nascent protein is released from the rough endoplasmic reticulum. The product, proalbumin, is in turn cleaved in the [[Golgi apparatus]] to produce the secreted albumin.
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The gene for albumin is located on chromosome 4 in locus 4q13.3 and mutations in this gene can result in anomalous proteins. The human albumin gene is 16,961 [[nucleotides]] long from the putative 'cap' site to the first poly(A) addition site. It is split into 15 exons that are symmetrically placed within the 3 domains thought to have arisen by triplication of a single primordial domain.
The gene for albumin is located on chromosome 4 in locus 4q13.3 and mutations in this gene can result in anomalous proteins. The human albumin gene is 16,961 [[nucleotides]] long from the putative 'cap' site to the first poly(A) addition site. It is split into 15 exons that are symmetrically placed within the 3 domains thought to have arisen by triplication of a single primordial domain.


Human serum albumin (HSA) is a highly water-soluble globular monomeric plasma protein with a relative molecular weight of 67 KDa, consisting of 585 amino acid residues, one sulfhydryl group and 17 disulfide bridges. Among nanoparticulate carriers, HSA nanoparticles have long been the center of attention in the pharmaceutical industry due to their ability to bind to various drug molecules, great stability during storage and in vivo usage, no toxicity and antigenicity, [[biodegradability]], reproducibility, scale up of the production process and a better control over release properties. In addition, significant amounts of drug can be incorporated into the particle matrix because of the large number of drug binding sites on the albumin molecule.<ref>{{cite journal| vauthors = Kouchakzadeh H, Shojaosadati SA, Shokri F |date=September 2014|title=Efficient loading and entrapment of tamoxifen in human serum albumin based nanoparticulate delivery system by a modified desolvation technique |journal=Chemical Engineering Research and Design|volume=92|issue=9|pages=1681–1692|doi=10.1016/j.cherd.2013.11.024 |bibcode=2014CERD...92.1681K }}</ref>
== Prolonged release of drugs ==
Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells with loss of differentiation and commonly with metastasis. Anticancer drugs are used to control the growth of cancerous cells. Oxaliplatin is a third-generation platinum-derived antineoplastic agent that has been proved effective mainly against advanced colorectal cancer (CRC). Oxaliplatin administration has an acute excitatory and sensitizing effect, including unpleasant cold allodynia in the distal extremities, mouth, and throat and usually associated with muscle cramps. However, the major side effect, a dose-limiting toxicity of the peripheral nerves, affects the sustainability of the planned treatment. Although these acute symptoms resolve within 1 week, severe chronic sensory neuropathy develops with the increasing cumulative dose and is characterized by distal paresthesia and numbness.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kokotis P, Schmelz M, Kostouros E, Karandreas N, Dimopoulos MA | title = Oxaliplatin-Induced Neuropathy: A Long-Term Clinical and Neurophysiologic Follow-Up Study | journal = Clinical Colorectal Cancer | volume = 15 | issue = 3 | pages = e133-40 | date = September 2016 | pmid = 27038553 | doi = 10.1016/j.clcc.2016.02.009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Krishnan AV, Goldstein D, Friedlander M, Kiernan MC | title = Oxaliplatin-induced neurotoxicity and the development of neuropathy | journal = Muscle & Nerve | volume = 32 | issue = 1 | pages = 51–60 | date = July 2005 | pmid = 15880395 | doi = 10.1002/mus.20340 | s2cid = 23098627 }}</ref> Drug  delivery  systems  aim to deliver the drugs over an extended duration or at a specific time during treatment. Therefore, the improvement of the efficiency and convenience of a drug release system is of paramount importance. In the past two decades, numerous nanoparticles (NPs) have been extensively explored in order to achieve precisely controlled drug delivery.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kaur IP, Singh H | title = Nanostructured drug delivery for better management of tuberculosis | journal = Journal of Controlled Release | volume = 184 | pages = 36–50 | date = June 2014 | pmid = 24732260 | doi = 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.04.009 }}</ref> However, the application and development of high-efficiency drug release system are still limited due to a lacking of simple, stable and efficient drug delivery vehicle. Human serum albumin (HSA) is a highly water-soluble globular monomeric plasma protein with a relative molecular weight of 67 KDa, consisting of 585 amino acid residues, one sulfhydryl group and 17 disulfide bridges. Among nanoparticulate carriers, HSA nanoparticles have long been the center of attention in the pharmaceutical industry due to their ability to bind to various drug molecules, great stability during storage and in vivo usage, no toxicity and antigenicity, biodegradability, reproducibility, scale up of the production process and a better control over release properties. In addition, significant amounts of drug can be incorporated into the particle matrix because of the large number of drug binding sites on the albumin molecule.<ref>{{cite journal| vauthors = Kouchakzadeh H, Shojaosadati SA, Shokri F |date=September 2014|title=Efficient loading and entrapment of tamoxifen in human serum albumin based nanoparticulate delivery system by a modified desolvation technique |journal=Chemical Engineering Research and Design|volume=92|issue=9|pages=1681–1692|doi=10.1016/j.cherd.2013.11.024 }}</ref>


== Function ==
== Function ==
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* Serum albumin, as a negative acute-phase protein, is down-regulated in inflammatory states. As such, it is not a valid marker of nutritional status; rather, it is a marker of an inflammatory state
* Serum albumin, as a negative acute-phase protein, is down-regulated in inflammatory states. As such, it is not a valid marker of nutritional status; rather, it is a marker of an inflammatory state
* Prevents photodegradation of [[folic acid]]
* Prevents photodegradation of [[folic acid]]
* Prevent pathogenic effects of ''[[Clostridium difficile infection|Clostridium difficile]]'' toxins<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = di Masi A, Leboffe L, Polticelli F, Tonon F, Zennaro C, Caterino M, Stano P, Fischer S, Hägele M, Müller M, Kleger A, Papatheodorou P, Nocca G, Arcovito A, Gori A, Ruoppolo M, Barth H, Petrosillo N, Ascenzi P, Di Bella S | title = Human Serum Albumin Is an Essential Component of the Host Defense Mechanism Against Clostridium difficile Intoxication | journal = The Journal of Infectious Diseases | volume = 218 | issue = 9 | pages = 1424–1435 | date = September 2018 | pmid = 29868851 | doi = 10.1093/infdis/jiy338 | ref = 2 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
* Prevent pathogenic effects of ''[[Clostridioides difficile infection|Clostridioides difficile]]'' toxins<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = di Masi A, Leboffe L, Polticelli F, Tonon F, Zennaro C, Caterino M, Stano P, Fischer S, Hägele M, Müller M, Kleger A, Papatheodorou P, Nocca G, Arcovito A, Gori A, Ruoppolo M, Barth H, Petrosillo N, Ascenzi P, Di Bella S | display-authors = 6 | title = Human Serum Albumin Is an Essential Component of the Host Defense Mechanism Against Clostridium difficile Intoxication | journal = The Journal of Infectious Diseases | volume = 218 | issue = 9 | pages = 1424–1435 | date = September 2018 | pmid = 29868851 | doi = 10.1093/infdis/jiy338 | ref = 2 | doi-access = free }}</ref>


==Measurement==
==Measurement==
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The normal range of human serum albumin in adults (> 3 y.o.) is 3.5–5.0&nbsp; g/dL (35–50&nbsp;g/L). For children less than three years of age, the normal range is broader, 2.9–5.5 g/dL.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rush.edu/webapps/rml/RMLRangesCMP.jsp |title=Normal Ranges for Common Laboratory Tests. |access-date=2007-12-06 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114222140/http://www.rush.edu/webapps/rml/RMLRangesCMP.jsp |archive-date=2013-01-14 }} [[Rush University]]</ref>
The normal range of human serum albumin in adults (> 3 y.o.) is 3.5–5.0&nbsp; g/dL (35–50&nbsp;g/L). For children less than three years of age, the normal range is broader, 2.9–5.5 g/dL.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rush.edu/webapps/rml/RMLRangesCMP.jsp |title=Normal Ranges for Common Laboratory Tests. |access-date=2007-12-06 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114222140/http://www.rush.edu/webapps/rml/RMLRangesCMP.jsp |archive-date=2013-01-14 }} [[Rush University]]</ref>


Low albumin ([[hypoalbuminemia]]) may be caused by [[liver disease]], [[nephrotic syndrome]], burns, [[protein-losing enteropathy]], [[malabsorption]], [[malnutrition]], late pregnancy, artefact, genetic variations and malignancy.
Low albumin ([[hypoalbuminemia]]) may be caused by [[liver disease]], [[nephrotic syndrome]], burns, [[protein-losing enteropathy]], [[malabsorption]], [[malnutrition]], late pregnancy, artefact, genetic variations and malignancy.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}


High albumin ([[hyperalbuminemia]]) is almost always caused by dehydration. In some cases of [[retinol]] ([[Vitamin A]]) deficiency, the albumin level can be elevated to high-normal values (e.g., 4.9 g/dL). This is because retinol causes cells to swell with water (this is also the reason too much Vitamin A is toxic).<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Pasantes-Morales H, Wright CE, Gaull GE | title = Protective effect of taurine, zinc and tocopherol on retinol-induced damage in human lymphoblastoid cells | journal = The Journal of Nutrition | volume = 114 | issue = 12 | pages = 2256–61 | date = December 1984 | pmid = 6502269 | doi = 10.1093/jn/114.12.2256 }}</ref>
High albumin ([[hyperalbuminemia]]) is almost always caused by dehydration. In some cases of [[retinol]] ([[Vitamin A]]) deficiency, the albumin level can be elevated to high-normal values (e.g., 4.9 g/dL) because retinol causes cells to swell with water. (This is also the reason too much Vitamin A is toxic.)<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Pasantes-Morales H, Wright CE, Gaull GE | title = Protective effect of taurine, zinc and tocopherol on retinol-induced damage in human lymphoblastoid cells | journal = The Journal of Nutrition | volume = 114 | issue = 12 | pages = 2256–2261 | date = December 1984 | pmid = 6502269 | doi = 10.1093/jn/114.12.2256 }}</ref>
This swelling also likely occurs during treatment with 13-cis retinoic acid ([[Isotretinoin|isotretnoin]]), a pharmaceutical for treating severe acne, amongst other conditions. In lab experiments it has been shown that all-trans retinoic acid down regulates human albumin production.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Masaki T, Matsuura T, Ohkawa K, Miyamura T, Okazaki I, Watanabe T, Suzuki T | title = All-trans retinoic acid down-regulates human albumin gene expression through the induction of C/EBPbeta-LIP | journal = The Biochemical Journal | volume = 397 | issue = 2 | pages = 345–53 | date = July 2006 | pmid = 16608438 | pmc = 1513275 | doi = 10.1042/BJ20051863 }}</ref>
This swelling also likely occurs during treatment with 13-cis retinoic acid ([[isotretinoin]]), a pharmaceutical for treating severe acne, amongst other conditions. In lab experiments it has been shown that all-trans retinoic acid down regulates human albumin production.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Masaki T, Matsuura T, Ohkawa K, Miyamura T, Okazaki I, Watanabe T, Suzuki T | title = All-trans retinoic acid down-regulates human albumin gene expression through the induction of C/EBPbeta-LIP | journal = The Biochemical Journal | volume = 397 | issue = 2 | pages = 345–353 | date = July 2006 | pmid = 16608438 | pmc = 1513275 | doi = 10.1042/BJ20051863 }}</ref>


==Pathology==
==Pathology==


===Hypoalbuminemia===
===Hypoalbuminemia===
[[Hypoalbuminemia]] means low blood albumin levels.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=Douglas M. | name-list-style = vanc |title=Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary |date=2000 |publisher=Saunders |location=Philadelphia [u.a.] |isbn=978-0721682617 |page=[https://archive.org/details/trent_0116404640520/page/860 860]|edition=29th |url=https://archive.org/details/trent_0116404640520/page/860}}</ref> This can be caused by:
[[Hypoalbuminemia]] means low blood albumin levels.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Anderson DM |title=Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary |date=2000 |publisher=Saunders |location=Philadelphia [u.a.] |isbn=978-0721682617 |page=[https://archive.org/details/trent_0116404640520/page/860 860]|edition=29th |url=https://archive.org/details/trent_0116404640520/page/860}}</ref> This can be caused by:

* [[Liver disease]]; [[cirrhosis]] of the liver is most common
* [[Liver disease]]; [[cirrhosis]] of the liver is most common
* Excess excretion by the [[kidneys]] (as in [[nephrotic syndrome]])
* Excess excretion by the [[kidneys]] (as in [[nephrotic syndrome]])
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* Burns (plasma loss in the absence of skin barrier)
* Burns (plasma loss in the absence of skin barrier)
* Redistribution (hemodilution [as in [[pregnancy]]], increased vascular permeability or [[decreased]] lymphatic clearance)
* Redistribution (hemodilution [as in [[pregnancy]]], increased vascular permeability or [[decreased]] lymphatic clearance)
* Acute disease states (referred to as a negative [[acute-phase protein]])<ref>{{Cite journal | vauthors = Zerbato V, Sanson G, De Luca M, Di Bella S, di Masi A, Caironi P, Marini B, Ippodrino R, Luzzati R | display-authors = 6 |date=2022-04-20 |title=The Impact of Serum Albumin Levels on COVID-19 Mortality |journal=Infectious Disease Reports |language=en |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=278–286 |doi=10.3390/idr14030034 | pmid = 35645213 | pmc = 9149867 |issn=2036-7449| doi-access = free }}</ref>
* Acute disease states (referred to as a negative [[acute-phase protein]])
* [[Malnutrition]] and wasting<ref name="pmid22995885">{{cite journal | vauthors = Green P, Woglom AE, Genereux P, Daneault B, Paradis JM, Schnell S, Hawkey M, Maurer MS, Kirtane AJ, Kodali S, Moses JW, Leon MB, Smith CR, Williams M | title = The impact of frailty status on survival after transcatheter aortic valve replacement in older adults with severe aortic stenosis: a single-center experience | journal = JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions | volume = 5 | issue = 9 | pages = 974–81 | date = September 2012 | pmid = 22995885 | pmc = 3717525 | doi = 10.1016/j.jcin.2012.06.011 }}</ref>
* [[Malnutrition]] and wasting<ref name="pmid22995885">{{cite journal | vauthors = Green P, Woglom AE, Genereux P, Daneault B, Paradis JM, Schnell S, Hawkey M, Maurer MS, Kirtane AJ, Kodali S, Moses JW, Leon MB, Smith CR, Williams M | display-authors = 6 | title = The impact of frailty status on survival after transcatheter aortic valve replacement in older adults with severe aortic stenosis: a single-center experience | journal = JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions | volume = 5 | issue = 9 | pages = 974–981 | date = September 2012 | pmid = 22995885 | pmc = 3717525 | doi = 10.1016/j.jcin.2012.06.011 }}</ref>
* Mutation causing analbuminemia (very rare)
* Mutation causing analbuminemia (very rare)
* [[Anorexia nervosa]] (most common cause in adolescents)
* [[Anorexia nervosa]] (most common cause in adolescents)
In clinical medicine, hypoalbuminemia significantly correlates with a higher mortality rates in several conditions such as heart failure, post-surgery, COVID-19.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Uthamalingam S, Kandala J, Daley M, Patvardhan E, Capodilupo R, Moore SA, Januzzi JL | title = Serum albumin and mortality in acutely decompensated heart failure | journal = American Heart Journal | volume = 160 | issue = 6 | pages = 1149–1155 | date = December 2010 | pmid = 21146671 | doi = 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.09.004 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Xu R, Hao M, Zhou W, Liu M, Wei Y, Xu J, Zhang W | title = Preoperative hypoalbuminemia in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis | journal = Surgery Today | date = August 2022 | volume = 53 | issue = 8 | pages = 861–872 | pmid = 35933630 | doi = 10.1007/s00595-022-02566-9 | s2cid = 251369303 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Zerbato V, Sanson G, De Luca M, Di Bella S, di Masi A, Caironi P, Marini B, Ippodrino R, Luzzati R | display-authors = 6 | title = The Impact of Serum Albumin Levels on COVID-19 Mortality | journal = Infectious Disease Reports | volume = 14 | issue = 3 | pages = 278–286 | date = April 2022 | pmid = 35645213 | pmc = 9149867 | doi = 10.3390/idr14030034 | doi-access = free }}</ref>


===Hyperalbuminemia===
===Hyperalbuminemia===
Hyperalbuminemia is an increased concentration of albumin in the blood.<ref name=Walker1990/> Typically, this condition is due to dehydration.<ref name=Walker1990>{{cite book |last=Busher |first=Janice T. |editor-last=Walker |editor-first=H. Kenneth |editor-last2=Hall |editor-first2=W. Dallas |editor-last3=Hurst |editor-first3=J. Willis | name-list-style = vanc |title=Clinical methods : the history, physical, and laboratory examinations |date=1990 |publisher=Butterworths |location=Boston |isbn=978-0409900774 |chapter=Chapter 101: Serum Albumin and Globulin |edition=3rd |chapter-url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK204/#_A3173_}}</ref> Hyperalbuminemia has also been associated with high protein diets.<ref name="pmid16716979">{{cite journal | vauthors = Mutlu EA, Keshavarzian A, Mutlu GM | title = Hyperalbuminemia and elevated transaminases associated with high-protein diet | journal = Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology | volume = 41 | issue = 6 | pages = 759–60 | date = June 2006 | pmid = 16716979 | doi = 10.1080/00365520500442625 | s2cid = 21264934 }}</ref>
Hyperalbuminemia is an increased concentration of albumin in the blood.<ref name=Walker1990/> Typically, this condition is due to dehydration.<ref name=Walker1990>{{cite book | vauthors = Busher JT | veditors = Walker HK, Hall WD, Hurst JW |title=Clinical methods : the history, physical, and laboratory examinations |date=1990 |publisher=Butterworths |location=Boston |isbn=978-0409900774 |chapter=Chapter 101: Serum Albumin and Globulin | pmid = 21250048 |edition=3rd |chapter-url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK204/#_A3173_}}</ref> Hyperalbuminemia has also been associated with high protein diets.<ref name="pmid16716979">{{cite journal | vauthors = Mutlu EA, Keshavarzian A, Mutlu GM | title = Hyperalbuminemia and elevated transaminases associated with high-protein diet | journal = Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology | volume = 41 | issue = 6 | pages = 759–760 | date = June 2006 | pmid = 16716979 | doi = 10.1080/00365520500442625 | s2cid = 21264934 }}</ref>


===Medical use===
===Medical use===
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Human albumin solution (HSA) is available for medical use, usually at concentrations of 5–25%.
Human albumin solution (HSA) is available for medical use, usually at concentrations of 5–25%.


Human albumin is often used to replace lost fluid and help restore blood volume in trauma, burns and surgery patients. There is no strong medical evidence that albumin administration (compared to saline) saves lives for people who have [[Hypovolemia|hypovolaemia]] or for those who are critically ill due to burns or [[Hypoalbuminemia|hypoalbuminaemia]].<ref name="Roberts_2011">{{cite journal | vauthors = Roberts I, Blackhall K, Alderson P, Bunn F, Schierhout G | title = Human albumin solution for resuscitation and volume expansion in critically ill patients | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | issue = 11 | pages = CD001208 | date = November 2011 | pmid = 22071799 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD001208.pub4 | pmc = 7055200 | hdl-access = free | hdl = 2299/5243 }}</ref> It is also not known if there are people who are critically ill that may benefit from albumin.<ref name="Roberts_2011" /> Therefore, the [[Cochrane Collaboration]] recommends that it should not be used, except in [[clinical trials]].<ref name="Coc11">{{cite journal | vauthors = Roberts I, Blackhall K, Alderson P, Bunn F, Schierhout G | title = Human albumin solution for resuscitation and volume expansion in critically ill patients | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | issue = 11 | pages = CD001208 | date = November 2011 | pmid = 22071799 | pmc = 7055200 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD001208.pub4 }}</ref>{{Update inline|reason=Updated version https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22071799|date=December 2016}}
Human albumin is often used to replace lost fluid and help restore blood volume in trauma, burns and surgery patients. There is no strong medical evidence that albumin administration (compared to saline) saves lives for people who have [[Hypovolemia|hypovolaemia]] or for those who are critically ill due to burns or [[Hypoalbuminemia|hypoalbuminaemia]].<ref name="Roberts_2011">{{cite journal | vauthors = Roberts I, Blackhall K, Alderson P, Bunn F, Schierhout G | title = Human albumin solution for resuscitation and volume expansion in critically ill patients | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | issue = 11 | pages = CD001208 | date = November 2011 | volume = 2011 | pmid = 22071799 | pmc = 7055200 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD001208.pub4 | hdl-access = free | hdl = 2299/5243 }}</ref> It is also not known if there are people who are critically ill that may benefit from albumin.<ref name="Roberts_2011" /> Therefore, the [[Cochrane Collaboration]] recommends that it should not be used, except in [[clinical trials]].<ref name="Roberts_2011" /><ref name="pmid34397592">{{cite journal | vauthors = Yu YT, Liu J, Hu B, Wang RL, Yang XH, Shang XL, Wang G, Wang CS, Li BL, Gong Y, Zhang S, Li X, Wang L, Shao M, Meng M, Zhu F, Shang Y, Xu QH, Wu ZX, Chen DC | display-authors = 6 | title = Expert consensus on the use of human serum albumin in critically ill patients | journal = Chinese Medical Journal | volume = 134 | issue = 14 | pages = 1639–1654 | date = July 2021 | pmid = 34397592 | pmc = 8318641 | doi = 10.1097/CM9.0000000000001661 }}</ref>


In [[acoustic droplet vaporization]] (ADV), albumin is sometimes used as a [[surfactant]]. ADV has been proposed as a cancer treatment by means of [[occlusion therapy]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Lo AH, Kripfgans OD, Carson PL, Rothman ED, Fowlkes JB | title = Acoustic droplet vaporization threshold: effects of pulse duration and contrast agent | journal = IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control | volume = 54 | issue = 5 | pages = 933–46 | date = May 2007 | pmid = 17523558 | doi = 10.1109/tuffc.2007.339 | s2cid = 11983041 }}</ref>
In [[acoustic droplet vaporization]] (ADV), albumin is sometimes used as a [[surfactant]]. ADV has been proposed as a cancer treatment by means of [[occlusion therapy]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Lo AH, Kripfgans OD, Carson PL, Rothman ED, Fowlkes JB | title = Acoustic droplet vaporization threshold: effects of pulse duration and contrast agent | journal = IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control | volume = 54 | issue = 5 | pages = 933–946 | date = May 2007 | pmid = 17523558 | doi = 10.1109/tuffc.2007.339 | s2cid = 11983041 }}</ref>


Human serum albumin may be used to potentially reverse drug/chemical toxicity by binding to free drug/agent.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ascenzi P, Leboffe L, Toti D, Polticelli F, Trezza V | title = Fipronil recognition by the FA1 site of human serum albumin | journal = Journal of Molecular Recognition | volume = 31 | issue = 8 | pages = e2713 | date = August 2018 | pmid = 29656610 | doi = 10.1002/jmr.2713 | s2cid = 4894574 }}</ref>
Human serum albumin may be used to potentially reverse drug/chemical toxicity by binding to free drug/agent.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ascenzi P, Leboffe L, Toti D, Polticelli F, Trezza V | title = Fipronil recognition by the FA1 site of human serum albumin | journal = Journal of Molecular Recognition | volume = 31 | issue = 8 | pages = e2713 | date = August 2018 | pmid = 29656610 | doi = 10.1002/jmr.2713 | s2cid = 4894574 }}</ref>


Human albumin may also be used in treatment of decompensated cirrhosis.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Caraceni P, Riggio O, Angeli P, Alessandria C, Neri S, Foschi FG, Levantesi F, Airoldi A, Boccia S, Svegliati-Baroni G, Fagiuoli S, Romanelli RG, Cozzolongo R, Di Marco V, Sangiovanni V, Morisco F, Toniutto P, Tortora A, De Marco R, Angelico M, Cacciola I, Elia G, Federico A, Massironi S, Guarisco R, Galioto A, Ballardini G, Rendina M, Nardelli S, Piano S, Elia C, Prestianni L, Cappa FM, Cesarini L, Simone L, Pasquale C, Cavallin M, Andrealli A, Fidone F, Ruggeri M, Roncadori A, Baldassarre M, Tufoni M, Zaccherini G, Bernardi M | display-authors = 6 | title = Long-term albumin administration in decompensated cirrhosis (ANSWER): an open-label randomised trial | journal = Lancet | volume = 391 | issue = 10138 | pages = 2417–2429 | date = June 2018 | pmid = 29861076 | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30840-7 | hdl-access = free | hdl = 2108/208667 | s2cid = 44120418 }}</ref>
Human albumin may also be used in treatment of decompensated cirrhosis.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Caraceni P, Riggio O, Angeli P, Alessandria C, Neri S, Foschi FG, Levantesi F, Airoldi A, Boccia S, Svegliati-Baroni G, Fagiuoli S, Romanelli RG, Cozzolongo R, Di Marco V, Sangiovanni V, Morisco F, Toniutto P, Tortora A, De Marco R, Angelico M, Cacciola I, Elia G, Federico A, Massironi S, Guarisco R, Galioto A, Ballardini G, Rendina M, Nardelli S, Piano S, Elia C, Prestianni L, Cappa FM, Cesarini L, Simone L, Pasquale C, Cavallin M, Andrealli A, Fidone F, Ruggeri M, Roncadori A, Baldassarre M, Tufoni M, Zaccherini G, Bernardi M | display-authors = 6 | title = Long-term albumin administration in decompensated cirrhosis (ANSWER): an open-label randomised trial | journal = Lancet | volume = 391 | issue = 10138 | pages = 2417–2429 | date = June 2018 | pmid = 29861076 | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30840-7 | hdl-access = free | s2cid = 44120418 | hdl = 2108/208667 }}</ref>


Human serum albumin has been used as a component of a [[frailty syndrome|frailty]] index.<ref name="pmid22995885" />
Human serum albumin has been used as a component of a [[frailty syndrome|frailty]] index.<ref name="pmid22995885" />

It has not been shown to give better results than other fluids when used simply to replace volume, but is frequently used in conditions where loss of albumin is a major problem, such as [[liver disease]] with [[ascites]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

== COVID-19 and Albumin ==
Latest research reported a link between albumin deficiency and severity of COVID-19 disease.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Zhou|first=Fei|last2=Yu|first2=Ting|last3=Du|first3=Ronghui|last4=Fan|first4=Guohui|last5=Liu|first5=Ying|last6=Liu|first6=Zhibo|last7=Xiang|first7=Jie|last8=Wang|first8=Yeming|last9=Song|first9=Bin|last10=Gu|first10=Xiaoying|last11=Guan|first11=Lulu|date=2020-03|title=Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30566-3|journal=The Lancet|volume=395|issue=10229|pages=1054–1062|doi=10.1016/s0140-6736(20)30566-3|issn=0140-6736|pmc=PMC7270627|pmid=32171076}}</ref> Albumin stabilized antivirals could be more effective in treating the patients an article published in ''Medical Hypotheses Journal'' reported.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mani Mishra|first=Pushpendra|last2=Uversky|first2=Vladimir N.|last3=Nandi|first3=Chayan K.|date=2020-04-24|title=Serum albumin-mediated strategy for the effective targeting of SARS-CoV-2|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32353740|journal=Medical Hypotheses|volume=140|pages=109790|doi=10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109790|issn=1532-2777|pmc=7195355|pmid=32353740}}</ref>


==Glycation==
==Glycation==
It has been known for a long time that human blood proteins like hemoglobin<ref name="pmid5687098">{{cite journal | vauthors = Rahbar S | title = An abnormal hemoglobin in red cells of diabetics | journal = Clinica Chimica Acta; International Journal of Clinical Chemistry | volume = 22 | issue = 2 | pages = 296–8 | date = October 1968 | pmid = 5687098 | doi = 10.1016/0009-8981(68)90372-0 }}</ref> and serum albumin<ref name="nonenzymatically595">{{cite journal | vauthors = Day JF, Thorpe SR, Baynes JW | title = Nonenzymatically glucosylated albumin. In vitro preparation and isolation from normal human serum | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry | volume = 254 | issue = 3 | pages = 595–7 | date = February 1979 | doi = 10.1016/S0021-9258(17)37845-6 | pmid = 762083 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name="identification13542">{{cite journal | vauthors = Iberg N, Flückiger R | title = Nonenzymatic glycosylation of albumin in vivo. Identification of multiple glycosylated sites | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry | volume = 261 | issue = 29 | pages = 13542–5 | date = October 1986 | doi = 10.1016/S0021-9258(18)67052-8 | pmid = 3759977 | doi-access = free }}</ref> may undergo a slow non-enzymatic [[glycation]], mainly by formation of a Schiff base between ε-amino groups of lysine (and sometimes arginine) residues and glucose molecules in blood ([[Maillard reaction]]). This reaction can be inhibited in the presence of antioxidant agents.<ref name="pmid10576452">{{cite journal | vauthors = Jakus V, Hrnciarová M, Cársky J, Krahulec B, Rietbrock N | title = Inhibition of nonenzymatic protein glycation and lipid peroxidation by drugs with antioxidant activity | journal = Life Sciences | volume = 65 | issue = 18–19 | pages = 1991–3 | year = 1999 | pmid = 10576452 | doi = 10.1016/S0024-3205(99)00462-2 }}</ref> Although this reaction may happen normally,<ref name="nonenzymatically595"/> elevated glycoalbumin is observed in diabetes mellitus.<ref name="identification13542"/>
It has been known for a long time that human blood proteins like hemoglobin<ref name="pmid5687098">{{cite journal | vauthors = Rahbar S | title = An abnormal hemoglobin in red cells of diabetics | journal = Clinica Chimica Acta; International Journal of Clinical Chemistry | volume = 22 | issue = 2 | pages = 296–298 | date = October 1968 | pmid = 5687098 | doi = 10.1016/0009-8981(68)90372-0 }}</ref> and serum albumin<ref name="nonenzymatically595">{{cite journal | vauthors = Day JF, Thorpe SR, Baynes JW | title = Nonenzymatically glucosylated albumin. In vitro preparation and isolation from normal human serum | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry | volume = 254 | issue = 3 | pages = 595–597 | date = February 1979 | pmid = 762083 | doi = 10.1016/S0021-9258(17)37845-6 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name="identification13542">{{cite journal | vauthors = Iberg N, Flückiger R | title = Nonenzymatic glycosylation of albumin in vivo. Identification of multiple glycosylated sites | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry | volume = 261 | issue = 29 | pages = 13542–13545 | date = October 1986 | pmid = 3759977 | doi = 10.1016/S0021-9258(18)67052-8 | doi-access = free }}</ref> may undergo a slow non-enzymatic [[glycation]], mainly by formation of a Schiff base between ε-amino groups of lysine (and sometimes arginine) residues and glucose molecules in blood ([[Maillard reaction]]). This reaction can be inhibited in the presence of antioxidant agents.<ref name="pmid10576452">{{cite journal | vauthors = Jakus V, Hrnciarová M, Cársky J, Krahulec B, Rietbrock N | title = Inhibition of nonenzymatic protein glycation and lipid peroxidation by drugs with antioxidant activity | journal = Life Sciences | volume = 65 | issue = 18–19 | pages = 1991–1993 | year = 1999 | pmid = 10576452 | doi = 10.1016/S0024-3205(99)00462-2 }}</ref> Although this reaction may happen normally,<ref name="nonenzymatically595"/> elevated glycoalbumin is observed in diabetes mellitus.<ref name="identification13542"/>


Glycation has the potential to alter the biological structure and function of the serum albumin protein.<ref name="pmid12009306">{{cite journal | vauthors = Mohamadi-Nejad A, Moosavi-Movahedi AA, Hakimelahi GH, Sheibani N | title = Thermodynamic analysis of human serum albumin interactions with glucose: insights into the diabetic range of glucose concentration | journal = The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology | volume = 34 | issue = 9 | pages = 1115–24 | date = September 2002 | pmid = 12009306 | doi = 10.1016/S1357-2725(02)00031-6 }}</ref><ref name="pmid6706980">{{cite journal | vauthors = Shaklai N, Garlick RL, Bunn HF | title = Nonenzymatic glycosylation of human serum albumin alters its conformation and function | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry | volume = 259 | issue = 6 | pages = 3812–7 | date = March 1984 | doi = 10.1016/S0021-9258(17)43168-1 | pmid = 6706980 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name="pmid16309624">{{cite journal | vauthors = Mendez DL, Jensen RA, McElroy LA, Pena JM, Esquerra RM | title = The effect of non-enzymatic glycation on the unfolding of human serum albumin | journal = Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics | volume = 444 | issue = 2 | pages = 92–9 | date = December 2005 | pmid = 16309624 | doi = 10.1016/j.abb.2005.10.019 }}</ref><ref name="Mohamadi-Nejada_2002">{{cite journal |vauthors=Mohamadi-Nejada A, Moosavi-Movahedi AA, Safariana S, Naderi-Maneshc MH, Ranjbarc B, Farzamid B, Mostafavie H, Larijanif MB, Hakimelahi GH | title = The thermal analysis of nonezymatic glycosylation of human serum albumin: differential scanning calorimetry and circular dichroism studies | journal = Thermochimica Acta |date=July 2002 | volume = 389 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 141–151 | doi = 10.1016/S0040-6031(02)00006-0}}</ref>
Glycation has the potential to alter the biological structure and function of the serum albumin protein.<ref name="pmid12009306">{{cite journal | vauthors = Mohamadi-Nejad A, Moosavi-Movahedi AA, Hakimelahi GH, Sheibani N | title = Thermodynamic analysis of human serum albumin interactions with glucose: insights into the diabetic range of glucose concentration | journal = The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology | volume = 34 | issue = 9 | pages = 1115–1124 | date = September 2002 | pmid = 12009306 | doi = 10.1016/S1357-2725(02)00031-6 }}</ref><ref name="pmid6706980">{{cite journal | vauthors = Shaklai N, Garlick RL, Bunn HF | title = Nonenzymatic glycosylation of human serum albumin alters its conformation and function | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry | volume = 259 | issue = 6 | pages = 3812–3817 | date = March 1984 | pmid = 6706980 | doi = 10.1016/S0021-9258(17)43168-1 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name="pmid16309624">{{cite journal | vauthors = Mendez DL, Jensen RA, McElroy LA, Pena JM, Esquerra RM | title = The effect of non-enzymatic glycation on the unfolding of human serum albumin | journal = Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics | volume = 444 | issue = 2 | pages = 92–99 | date = December 2005 | pmid = 16309624 | doi = 10.1016/j.abb.2005.10.019 }}</ref><ref name="Mohamadi-Nejada_2002">{{cite journal |vauthors=Mohamadi-Nejada A, Moosavi-Movahedi AA, Safariana S, Naderi-Maneshc MH, Ranjbarc B, Farzamid B, Mostafavie H, Larijanif MB, Hakimelahi GH | title = The thermal analysis of nonezymatic glycosylation of human serum albumin: differential scanning calorimetry and circular dichroism studies | journal = Thermochimica Acta |date=July 2002 | volume = 389 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 141–151 | doi = 10.1016/S0040-6031(02)00006-0}}</ref>


Moreover, the glycation can result in the formation of Advanced Glycation End-Products (AGE), which result in abnormal biological effects. Accumulation of AGEs leads to tissue damage via alteration of the structures and functions of tissue proteins, stimulation of cellular responses, through receptors specific for AGE-proteins, and generation of reactive oxygen intermediates. AGEs also react with DNA, thus causing mutations and DNA transposition. Thermal processing of proteins and carbohydrates brings major changes in allergenicity. AGEs are antigenic and represent many of the important neoantigens found in cooked or stored foods.<ref name="pmid11916310">{{cite journal | vauthors = Kańska U, Boratyński J | title = Thermal glycation of proteins by D-glucose and D-fructose | journal = Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis | volume = 50 | issue = 1 | pages = 61–6 | year = 2002 | pmid = 11916310 }}</ref> They also interfere with the normal product of nitric oxide in cells.<ref name="pmid10679490">{{cite journal | vauthors = Rojas A, Romay S, González D, Herrera B, Delgado R, Otero K | title = Regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression by albumin-derived advanced glycosylation end products | journal = Circulation Research | volume = 86 | issue = 3 | pages = E50-4 | date = February 2000 | pmid = 10679490 | doi = 10.1161/01.RES.86.3.e50 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
Moreover, the glycation can result in the formation of Advanced Glycation End-Products (AGE), which result in abnormal biological effects. Accumulation of AGEs leads to tissue damage via alteration of the structures and functions of tissue proteins, stimulation of cellular responses, through receptors specific for AGE-proteins, and generation of reactive oxygen intermediates. AGEs also react with DNA, thus causing mutations and DNA transposition. Thermal processing of proteins and carbohydrates brings major changes in allergenicity. AGEs are antigenic and represent many of the important neoantigens found in cooked or stored foods.<ref name="pmid11916310">{{cite journal | vauthors = Kańska U, Boratyński J | title = Thermal glycation of proteins by D-glucose and D-fructose | journal = Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis | volume = 50 | issue = 1 | pages = 61–66 | year = 2002 | pmid = 11916310 }}</ref> They also interfere with the normal product of nitric oxide in cells.<ref name="pmid10679490">{{cite journal | vauthors = Rojas A, Romay S, González D, Herrera B, Delgado R, Otero K | title = Regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression by albumin-derived advanced glycosylation end products | journal = Circulation Research | volume = 86 | issue = 3 | pages = E50–E54 | date = February 2000 | pmid = 10679490 | doi = 10.1161/01.RES.86.3.e50 | doi-access = free }}</ref>


Although there are several lysine and arginine residues in the serum albumin structure, very few of them can take part in the glycation reaction.<ref name="identification13542"/><ref name="pmid6853480">{{cite journal | vauthors = Garlick RL, Mazer JS | title = The principal site of nonenzymatic glycosylation of human serum albumin in vivo | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry | volume = 258 | issue = 10 | pages = 6142–6 | date = May 1983 | doi = 10.1016/S0021-9258(18)32384-6 | pmid = 6853480 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
Although there are several lysine and arginine residues in the serum albumin structure, very few of them can take part in the glycation reaction.<ref name="identification13542"/><ref name="pmid6853480">{{cite journal | vauthors = Garlick RL, Mazer JS | title = The principal site of nonenzymatic glycosylation of human serum albumin in vivo | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry | volume = 258 | issue = 10 | pages = 6142–6146 | date = May 1983 | pmid = 6853480 | doi = 10.1016/S0021-9258(18)32384-6 | doi-access = free }}</ref>


==Oxidation==
==Oxidation==
The albumin is the predominant protein in most body fluids, its Cys34 represents the largest fraction of free thiols within body. The albumin Cys34 thiol exists in both reduced and oxidized forms.<ref name="pmid16857017">{{cite journal | vauthors = Kawakami A, Kubota K, Yamada N, Tagami U, Takehana K, Sonaka I, Suzuki E, Hirayama K | title = Identification and characterization of oxidized human serum albumin. A slight structural change impairs its ligand-binding and antioxidant functions | journal = The FEBS Journal | volume = 273 | issue = 14 | pages = 3346–57 | date = July 2006 | pmid = 16857017 | doi = 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05341.x | s2cid = 12844381 | doi-access = free }}</ref> In plasma of healthy young adults, 70–80% of total HSA contains the free sulfhydryl group of Cys34 in a reduced form or mercaptoalbumin (HSA-SH).<ref name="pmid19330257">{{cite journal | vauthors = Turell L, Carballal S, Botti H, Radi R, Alvarez B | title = Oxidation of the albumin thiol to sulfenic acid and its implications in the intravascular compartment | journal = Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research = Revista Brasileira de Pesquisas Medicas e Biologicas | volume = 42 | issue = 4 | pages = 305–11 | date = April 2009 | pmid = 19330257 | doi = 10.1590/s0100-879x2009000400001| doi-access = free }}</ref> However, in pathological states characterized by oxidative stress and during the aging process, the oxidized form, or non-mercaptoalbumin (HNA), could predominate.<ref name="pmid25758354">{{cite journal | vauthors = Rosas-Díaz M, Camarillo-Cadena M, Hernández-Arana A, Ramón-Gallegos E, Medina-Navarro R | title = Antioxidant capacity and structural changes of human serum albumin from patients in advanced stages of diabetic nephropathy and the effect of the dialysis | journal = Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry | volume = 404 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 193–201 | date = June 2015 | pmid = 25758354 | doi = 10.1007/s11010-015-2378-2 | s2cid = 6718332 }}</ref> The albumin thiol reacts with radical hydroxyl (.OH), hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>) and the reactive nitrogen species as peroxynitrite (ONOO.), and have been shown to oxidize Cys34 to sulfenic acid derivate (HSA-SOH), it can be recycled to mercapto-albumin; however at high concentrations of reactive species leads to the irreversible oxidation to sulfinic (HSA-SO2H) or sulfonic acid (HSA-SO3H) affecting its structure.<ref name="pmid19363646">{{cite journal | vauthors = Matsuyama Y, Terawaki H, Terada T, Era S | title = Albumin thiol oxidation and serum protein carbonyl formation are progressively enhanced with advancing stages of chronic kidney disease | journal = Clinical and Experimental Nephrology | volume = 13 | issue = 4 | pages = 308–315 | date = August 2009 | pmid = 19363646 | doi = 10.1007/s10157-009-0161-y | s2cid = 20886185 }}</ref> Presence of reactive oxygen species (ROS), can induce irreversible structural damage and alter protein activities.
The albumin is the predominant protein in most body fluids, its Cys34 represents the largest fraction of free thiols within the body. The albumin Cys34 thiol exists in both reduced and oxidized forms.<ref name="pmid16857017">{{cite journal | vauthors = Kawakami A, Kubota K, Yamada N, Tagami U, Takehana K, Sonaka I, Suzuki E, Hirayama K | display-authors = 6 | title = Identification and characterization of oxidized human serum albumin. A slight structural change impairs its ligand-binding and antioxidant functions | journal = The FEBS Journal | volume = 273 | issue = 14 | pages = 3346–3357 | date = July 2006 | pmid = 16857017 | doi = 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05341.x | s2cid = 12844381 | doi-access = free }}</ref> In plasma of healthy young adults, 70–80% of total HSA contains the free sulfhydryl group of Cys34 in a reduced form or mercaptoalbumin (HSA-SH).<ref name="pmid19330257">{{cite journal | vauthors = Turell L, Carballal S, Botti H, Radi R, Alvarez B | title = Oxidation of the albumin thiol to sulfenic acid and its implications in the intravascular compartment | journal = Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research = Revista Brasileira de Pesquisas Medicas e Biologicas | volume = 42 | issue = 4 | pages = 305–311 | date = April 2009 | pmid = 19330257 | doi = 10.1590/s0100-879x2009000400001 | doi-access = free }}</ref> However, in pathological states characterized by oxidative stress such as kidney disease, liver disease and diabetes the oxidized form, or non-mercaptoalbumin (HNA), could predominate.<ref name="pmid25758354">{{cite journal | vauthors = Rosas-Díaz M, Camarillo-Cadena M, Hernández-Arana A, Ramón-Gallegos E, Medina-Navarro R | title = Antioxidant capacity and structural changes of human serum albumin from patients in advanced stages of diabetic nephropathy and the effect of the dialysis | journal = Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry | volume = 404 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 193–201 | date = June 2015 | pmid = 25758354 | doi = 10.1007/s11010-015-2378-2 | s2cid = 6718332 }}</ref><ref name="pmid28302542">{{cite journal | vauthors = Watanabe H, Imafuku T, Otagiri M, Maruyama T | title = Clinical Implications Associated With the Posttranslational Modification-Induced Functional Impairment of Albumin in Oxidative | journal = [[Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences]] | volume =106 | issue=9 | pages =2195–2203 | date=2017 | doi =10.1016/j.xphs.2017.03.002 | pmid = 28302542}}</ref> The albumin thiol reacts with radical hydroxyl (.OH), hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>) and the reactive nitrogen species as peroxynitrite (ONOO.), and have been shown to oxidize Cys34 to sulfenic acid derivate (HSA-SOH), it can be recycled to mercapto-albumin; however at high concentrations of reactive species leads to the irreversible oxidation to sulfinic (HSA-SO2H) or sulfonic acid (HSA-SO3H) affecting its structure.<ref name="pmid19363646">{{cite journal | vauthors = Matsuyama Y, Terawaki H, Terada T, Era S | title = Albumin thiol oxidation and serum protein carbonyl formation are progressively enhanced with advancing stages of chronic kidney disease | journal = Clinical and Experimental Nephrology | volume = 13 | issue = 4 | pages = 308–315 | date = August 2009 | pmid = 19363646 | doi = 10.1007/s10157-009-0161-y | s2cid = 20886185 }}</ref> Presence of reactive oxygen species (ROS), can induce irreversible structural damage and alter protein activities.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}


==Loss via kidneys==
==Loss via kidneys==
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== Interactions ==
== Interactions ==


Human serum albumin has been shown to [[Protein-protein interaction|interact]] with [[FCGRT]].<ref name="pmid12566415">{{cite journal | vauthors = Chaudhury C, Mehnaz S, Robinson JM, Hayton WL, Pearl DK, Roopenian DC, Anderson CL | title = The major histocompatibility complex-related Fc receptor for IgG (FcRn) binds albumin and prolongs its lifespan | journal = The Journal of Experimental Medicine | volume = 197 | issue = 3 | pages = 315–22 | date = February 2003 | pmid = 12566415 | pmc = 2193842 | doi = 10.1084/jem.20021829 }}</ref>
Human serum albumin has been shown to [[Protein-protein interaction|interact]] with [[FCGRT]].<ref name="pmid12566415">{{cite journal | vauthors = Chaudhury C, Mehnaz S, Robinson JM, Hayton WL, Pearl DK, Roopenian DC, Anderson CL | title = The major histocompatibility complex-related Fc receptor for IgG (FcRn) binds albumin and prolongs its lifespan | journal = The Journal of Experimental Medicine | volume = 197 | issue = 3 | pages = 315–322 | date = February 2003 | pmid = 12566415 | pmc = 2193842 | doi = 10.1084/jem.20021829 }}</ref>


It might also interact with a yet-unidentified [[albondin]] (gp60), a certain pair of gp18/gp30, and some other proteins like [[osteonectin]], [[Heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein particle|hnRNPs]], [[calreticulin]], [[cubilin]], and [[megalin]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Merlot AM, Kalinowski DS, Richardson DR | title = Unraveling the mysteries of serum albumin-more than just a serum protein | journal = Frontiers in Physiology | volume = 5 | pages = 299 | date = 2014 | pmid = 25161624 | doi = 10.3389/fphys.2014.00299 | pmc = 4129365 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
It might also interact with a yet-unidentified [[albondin]] (gp60), a certain pair of gp18/gp30, and some other proteins like [[osteonectin]], [[Heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein particle|hnRNPs]], [[calreticulin]], [[cubilin]], and [[megalin]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Merlot AM, Kalinowski DS, Richardson DR | title = Unraveling the mysteries of serum albumin-more than just a serum protein | journal = Frontiers in Physiology | volume = 5 | pages = 299 | date = 2014 | pmid = 25161624 | pmc = 4129365 | doi = 10.3389/fphys.2014.00299 | doi-access = free }}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
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* {{cite journal | vauthors = Komatsu T, Nakagawa A, Curry S, Tsuchida E, Murata K, Nakamura N, Ohno H | title = The role of an amino acid triad at the entrance of the heme pocket in human serum albumin for O(2) and CO binding to iron protoporphyrin IX | journal = Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry | volume = 7 | issue = 18 | pages = 3836–41 | date = September 2009 | pmid = 19707690 | doi = 10.1039/b909794e }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Komatsu T, Nakagawa A, Curry S, Tsuchida E, Murata K, Nakamura N, Ohno H | title = The role of an amino acid triad at the entrance of the heme pocket in human serum albumin for O(2) and CO binding to iron protoporphyrin IX | journal = Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry | volume = 7 | issue = 18 | pages = 3836–3841 | date = September 2009 | pmid = 19707690 | doi = 10.1039/b909794e }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Milojevic J, Raditsis A, Melacini G | title = Human serum albumin inhibits Abeta fibrillization through a "monomer-competitor" mechanism | journal = Biophysical Journal | volume = 97 | issue = 9 | pages = 2585–94 | date = November 2009 | pmid = 19883602 | pmc = 2770600 | doi = 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.08.028 | bibcode = 2009BpJ....97.2585M }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Milojevic J, Raditsis A, Melacini G | title = Human serum albumin inhibits Abeta fibrillization through a "monomer-competitor" mechanism | journal = Biophysical Journal | volume = 97 | issue = 9 | pages = 2585–2594 | date = November 2009 | pmid = 19883602 | pmc = 2770600 | doi = 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.08.028 | bibcode = 2009BpJ....97.2585M }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Silva AM, Hider RC | title = Influence of non-enzymatic post-translation modifications on the ability of human serum albumin to bind iron. Implications for non-transferrin-bound iron speciation | journal = Biochimica et Biophysica Acta | volume = 1794 | issue = 10 | pages = 1449–58 | date = October 2009 | pmid = 19505594 | doi = 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.06.003 }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Silva AM, Hider RC | title = Influence of non-enzymatic post-translation modifications on the ability of human serum albumin to bind iron. Implications for non-transferrin-bound iron speciation | journal = Biochimica et Biophysica Acta | volume = 1794 | issue = 10 | pages = 1449–1458 | date = October 2009 | pmid = 19505594 | doi = 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.06.003 }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Otosu T, Nishimoto E, Yamashita S | title = Multiple conformational state of human serum albumin around single tryptophan residue at various pH revealed by time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy | journal = Journal of Biochemistry | volume = 147 | issue = 2 | pages = 191–200 | date = February 2010 | pmid = 19884191 | doi = 10.1093/jb/mvp175 }}
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* {{cite journal | vauthors = de Jong PE, Gansevoort RT | title = Focus on microalbuminuria to improve cardiac and renal protection | journal = Nephron Clinical Practice | volume = 111 | issue = 3 | pages = c204–10; discussion c211 | year = 2009 | pmid = 19212124 | doi = 10.1159/000201568 | doi-access = free }}
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* {{cite journal | vauthors = Cui FL, Yan YH, Zhang QZ, Qu GR, Du J, Yao XJ | title = A study on the interaction between 5-Methyluridine and human serum albumin using fluorescence quenching method and molecular modeling | journal = Journal of Molecular Modeling | volume = 16 | issue = 2 | pages = 255–62 | date = February 2010 | pmid = 19588173 | doi = 10.1007/s00894-009-0548-4 | s2cid = 9042021 }}
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* {{cite journal | vauthors = Caridi G, Dagnino M, Simundic AM, Miler M, Stancic V, Campagnoli M, Galliano M, Minchiotti L | title = Albumin Benkovac (c.1175 A > G; p.Glu392Gly): a novel genetic variant of human serum albumin | journal = Translational Research | volume = 155 | issue = 3 | pages = 118–9 | date = March 2010 | pmid = 20171595 | doi = 10.1016/j.trsl.2009.10.001 }}
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://archive.is/20121128233355/160.114.99.91/astrojan/protein/pictures/albumin3.jpg Human Albumin structure] in the [[Protein data bank]]
* [https://archive.today/20121128233355/160.114.99.91/astrojan/protein/pictures/albumin3.jpg Human Albumin structure] in the [[Protein data bank]]
* [http://www.hprd.org/summary?protein=00062&isoform_id=00062_1&isoform_name=Isoform_1 Human Serum Albumin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060424071622/http://www.hprd.org/ |date=2006-04-24 }} on the [http://www.hprd.org/ Human Protein Reference Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060424071622/http://www.hprd.org/ |date=2006-04-24 }}
* [http://us.expasy.org/uniprot/P02768 Human Albumin information in the Swis-Prot/TrEMBL database]{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://www.hprd.org/summary?protein=00062&isoform_id=00062_1&isoform_name=Isoform_1 Human Serum Albumin] on the [http://www.hprd.org/ Human Protein Reference Database]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110807233152/http://albumin.althotas.com/ Albumin binding prediction]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110807233152/http://albumin.althotas.com/ Albumin binding prediction]
* Albumin at [http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/albumin/tab/test Lab Tests Online]
* Albumin at [http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/albumin/tab/test Lab Tests Online]

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blood albumin
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AliasesALB, ANALBA, FDAH, PRO0883, PRO0903, PRO1341, albumin, HSA, FDAHT, serum albumin
External IDsOMIM: 103600; MGI: 87991; HomoloGene: 405; GeneCards: ALB; OMA:ALB - orthologs
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SpeciesHumanMouse
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NM_000477

NM_009654

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000468

NP_033784

Location (UCSC)Chr 4: 73.4 – 73.42 MbChr 5: 90.61 – 90.62 Mb
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Human serum albumin is the serum albumin found in human blood. It is the most abundant protein in human blood plasma; it constitutes about half of serum protein. It is produced in the liver. It is soluble in water, and it is monomeric.[citation needed]

Albumin transports hormones, fatty acids, and other compounds, buffers pH, and maintains oncotic pressure, among other functions.

Albumin is synthesized in the liver as preproalbumin, which has an N-terminal peptide that is removed before the nascent protein is released from the rough endoplasmic reticulum. The product, proalbumin, is in turn cleaved in the Golgi apparatus to produce the secreted albumin.

The reference range for albumin concentrations in serum is approximately 35–50 g/L (3.5–5.0 g/dL).[5] It has a serum half-life of approximately 21 days.[6] It has a molecular mass of 66.5 kDa.

The gene for albumin is located on chromosome 4 in locus 4q13.3 and mutations in this gene can result in anomalous proteins. The human albumin gene is 16,961 nucleotides long from the putative 'cap' site to the first poly(A) addition site. It is split into 15 exons that are symmetrically placed within the 3 domains thought to have arisen by triplication of a single primordial domain.

Human serum albumin (HSA) is a highly water-soluble globular monomeric plasma protein with a relative molecular weight of 67 KDa, consisting of 585 amino acid residues, one sulfhydryl group and 17 disulfide bridges. Among nanoparticulate carriers, HSA nanoparticles have long been the center of attention in the pharmaceutical industry due to their ability to bind to various drug molecules, great stability during storage and in vivo usage, no toxicity and antigenicity, biodegradability, reproducibility, scale up of the production process and a better control over release properties. In addition, significant amounts of drug can be incorporated into the particle matrix because of the large number of drug binding sites on the albumin molecule.[7]

Function

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  • Maintains oncotic pressure
  • Transports thyroid hormones
  • Transports other hormones, in particular, ones that are fat-soluble
  • Transports fatty acids ("free" fatty acids) to the liver and to myocytes for utilization of energy
  • Transports unconjugated bilirubin
  • Transports many drugs; serum albumin levels can affect the half-life of drugs. Competition between drugs for albumin binding sites may cause drug interaction by increasing the free fraction of one of the drugs, thereby affecting potency.
  • Competitively binds calcium ions (Ca2+)
  • Serum albumin, as a negative acute-phase protein, is down-regulated in inflammatory states. As such, it is not a valid marker of nutritional status; rather, it is a marker of an inflammatory state
  • Prevents photodegradation of folic acid
  • Prevent pathogenic effects of Clostridioides difficile toxins[8]

Measurement

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Serum albumin is commonly measured by recording the change in absorbance upon binding to a dye such as bromocresol green or bromocresol purple.[9]

Reference ranges

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The normal range of human serum albumin in adults (> 3 y.o.) is 3.5–5.0  g/dL (35–50 g/L). For children less than three years of age, the normal range is broader, 2.9–5.5 g/dL.[10]

Low albumin (hypoalbuminemia) may be caused by liver disease, nephrotic syndrome, burns, protein-losing enteropathy, malabsorption, malnutrition, late pregnancy, artefact, genetic variations and malignancy.[citation needed]

High albumin (hyperalbuminemia) is almost always caused by dehydration. In some cases of retinol (Vitamin A) deficiency, the albumin level can be elevated to high-normal values (e.g., 4.9 g/dL) because retinol causes cells to swell with water. (This is also the reason too much Vitamin A is toxic.)[11] This swelling also likely occurs during treatment with 13-cis retinoic acid (isotretinoin), a pharmaceutical for treating severe acne, amongst other conditions. In lab experiments it has been shown that all-trans retinoic acid down regulates human albumin production.[12]

Pathology

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Hypoalbuminemia

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Hypoalbuminemia means low blood albumin levels.[13] This can be caused by:

In clinical medicine, hypoalbuminemia significantly correlates with a higher mortality rates in several conditions such as heart failure, post-surgery, COVID-19.[16][17][18]

Hyperalbuminemia

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Hyperalbuminemia is an increased concentration of albumin in the blood.[19] Typically, this condition is due to dehydration.[19] Hyperalbuminemia has also been associated with high protein diets.[20]

Medical use

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Albumin human
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Human albumin solution (HSA) is available for medical use, usually at concentrations of 5–25%.

Human albumin is often used to replace lost fluid and help restore blood volume in trauma, burns and surgery patients. There is no strong medical evidence that albumin administration (compared to saline) saves lives for people who have hypovolaemia or for those who are critically ill due to burns or hypoalbuminaemia.[21] It is also not known if there are people who are critically ill that may benefit from albumin.[21] Therefore, the Cochrane Collaboration recommends that it should not be used, except in clinical trials.[21][22]

In acoustic droplet vaporization (ADV), albumin is sometimes used as a surfactant. ADV has been proposed as a cancer treatment by means of occlusion therapy.[23]

Human serum albumin may be used to potentially reverse drug/chemical toxicity by binding to free drug/agent.[24]

Human albumin may also be used in treatment of decompensated cirrhosis.[25]

Human serum albumin has been used as a component of a frailty index.[15]

Glycation

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It has been known for a long time that human blood proteins like hemoglobin[26] and serum albumin[27][28] may undergo a slow non-enzymatic glycation, mainly by formation of a Schiff base between ε-amino groups of lysine (and sometimes arginine) residues and glucose molecules in blood (Maillard reaction). This reaction can be inhibited in the presence of antioxidant agents.[29] Although this reaction may happen normally,[27] elevated glycoalbumin is observed in diabetes mellitus.[28]

Glycation has the potential to alter the biological structure and function of the serum albumin protein.[30][31][32][33]

Moreover, the glycation can result in the formation of Advanced Glycation End-Products (AGE), which result in abnormal biological effects. Accumulation of AGEs leads to tissue damage via alteration of the structures and functions of tissue proteins, stimulation of cellular responses, through receptors specific for AGE-proteins, and generation of reactive oxygen intermediates. AGEs also react with DNA, thus causing mutations and DNA transposition. Thermal processing of proteins and carbohydrates brings major changes in allergenicity. AGEs are antigenic and represent many of the important neoantigens found in cooked or stored foods.[34] They also interfere with the normal product of nitric oxide in cells.[35]

Although there are several lysine and arginine residues in the serum albumin structure, very few of them can take part in the glycation reaction.[28][36]

Oxidation

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The albumin is the predominant protein in most body fluids, its Cys34 represents the largest fraction of free thiols within the body. The albumin Cys34 thiol exists in both reduced and oxidized forms.[37] In plasma of healthy young adults, 70–80% of total HSA contains the free sulfhydryl group of Cys34 in a reduced form or mercaptoalbumin (HSA-SH).[38] However, in pathological states characterized by oxidative stress such as kidney disease, liver disease and diabetes the oxidized form, or non-mercaptoalbumin (HNA), could predominate.[39][40] The albumin thiol reacts with radical hydroxyl (.OH), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and the reactive nitrogen species as peroxynitrite (ONOO.), and have been shown to oxidize Cys34 to sulfenic acid derivate (HSA-SOH), it can be recycled to mercapto-albumin; however at high concentrations of reactive species leads to the irreversible oxidation to sulfinic (HSA-SO2H) or sulfonic acid (HSA-SO3H) affecting its structure.[41] Presence of reactive oxygen species (ROS), can induce irreversible structural damage and alter protein activities.[citation needed]

Loss via kidneys

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In the healthy kidney, albumin's size and negative electric charge exclude it from excretion in the glomerulus. This is not always the case, as in some diseases including diabetic nephropathy, which can sometimes be a complication of uncontrolled or of longer term diabetes in which proteins can cross the glomerulus. The lost albumin can be detected by a simple urine test.[42] Depending on the amount of albumin lost, a patient may have normal renal function, microalbuminuria, or albuminuria.

Interactions

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Human serum albumin has been shown to interact with FCGRT.[43]

It might also interact with a yet-unidentified albondin (gp60), a certain pair of gp18/gp30, and some other proteins like osteonectin, hnRNPs, calreticulin, cubilin, and megalin.[44]

See also

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