TIME-RESOLVED STUDIES OF SINGLET-OXYGEN EMISSION FROM L1210 LEUKEMIA CELLS LABELED WITH 5-(N-HEXADECANOYL)AMINO EOSIN. A COMPARISON WITH A ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF SINGLET-OXYGEN DIFFUSION AND QUENCHING |
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| Authors: | Ayse Baker Jeffrey R Kanofsky |
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| Institution: | Medical, Edward Hines, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL 60141, USA;Research Services, Edward Hines, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL 60141, USA;Department of Medicine, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA;Department of Biochemistry, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract— Time-resolved measurements were made of near-infrared emission from 5-( N -hexadecanoyl)amino-eosinlabeled L1210 leukemia cells following pulsed-laser excitation. The cells were suspended in phosphate-buffered saline made with deuterium oxide solvent. A significant fraction of the emission occuring10–80 μs after the laser pulse was due to singlet oxygen. This singlet-oxygen emission is believed to result from singlet oxygen generated near the cell-membrane surface, where 5-( N -hexadecanoyl)amino eosin is known to concentrate, and then diffusing out into the buffer. The intensity and the kinetics of the experimentally observed singlet-oxygen emission were in excellent agreement with the predictions of a theoretical one-dimensional model of singlet-oxygen diffusion and quenching.
During the10–80 μs time period studied, most of the singlet oxygen was located in the buffer. Thus, the use of water-soluble singlet-oxygen quenchers, such as histidine, provide one means of separating the singlet-oxygen emission quenchers, such as histidine, provide one means of separating the singlet-oxygen emission from other sources of light during this time interval. |
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