FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING OF INDOLIC COMPOUNDS IN REVERSE MICELLES OF AOT

Abstract— The fluorescence properties of indole, 1,2-dimethylindole and tryptophan have been determined in sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate inverse micelles in heptane. Fluorescence quenching studies were done using CCl₄ and acrylamide as quenchers localized in the organic and micellar pseudophase respectively. The Stern-Volmer plots show departure from linearity and are dependent on the emission wavelength. The results were interpreted using a three pseudophases model. 1,2-Dimethylindole is predominantly solubilized in the n -heptane; however a small interaction with the micelles is apparent at high detergent concentration. Indole is distributed between the organic and the interfacial microphase with a partition constant of 34 ± 3, independent of the water content. Tryptophan is entirely localized at the interface. However the quenching experiments show that tryptophan molecules are not uniformly distributed in the interfacial pseudophase.     

FLUORESCENCE AND CIRCULAR DICHROISM STUDIES ON THE PHYCOERYTHROCYANINS FROM THE CYANOBACTERIUM

Two phycoerythrocyanin (PEC) fractions have been obtained from the phycobilisomes of the cyanobac-terium Westiellopsis prolifica ARM 365. They have been characterized by absorption, fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopy. One of them is spectroscopically similar to a PEC trimer known from other organisms. Whereas efficient energy transfer from its violin (α-84) to the cyanin (β-84, 155) chromophores is efficient in the trimer (αβ it is impeded after dissociation to the monomer (α,β). A second fraction of PEC which we earlier termed PEC(X) (Maruthi Sai et al., Photochem. Photobiol. 55 ,119–124, 1992), exhibited the spectral properties similar to that of the α-subunit of PEC from Mastigocladus laminosus. With this highly photoactive fraction, the circular dichroism spectra of the violobilin chromophore in both photoreversible states were obtained.     

MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM OF BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL a IN SOLUTION AND IN A PROTEIN

Abstract— The magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) (300–850nm) of the bacteriochlorophyll (Bchl) a -protein from the green photosynthetic bacterium Prosthecochloris aestuarii 2 K is qualitatively similar to the MCD of Bchl a in methanol and ether solution. This result implies that the transition dipole of the lowest energy electronic transition (near 800 nm) is roughly perpendicular to the transition dipole of the next higher electronic band (near 600nm) for Bchl a molecules in the protein just as it is for molecules in solution. This result provides no support for the recent proposal that interactions with the protein rotates the direction of the transition dipoles of the 800nm band of all the Bchl a molecules in the protein by 90°. While a rotation of the 800nm transition dipoles cannot be rigorously excluded, it would be necessary for the postulated perturbation to rotate the transition dipoles of both the 800 and 600nm bands by 90°. In a broader sense, any postulated perturbation would have to be shown to leave both the absorption spectrum and the MCD largely unaffected. MCD is a more sensitive test than absorption spectroscopy for perturbations of electronic states and changes in the relative orientation of transitions, because it depends on both the magnitudes and directions of at least two electric and one magnetic transition dipole.     

诺氟沙星在胶束溶液中的荧光光谱特性及其应用

诺氟沙星在pH值为2.1的酒石酸-酒石酸钠缓冲溶液中具有较强的荧光,十二烷基磺酸钠(SDS)胶束溶液对诺氟沙星的荧光有增敏作用,线性范围为0.069 3~0.693 0μg/mL,回归方程为F=66.89c 0.149 4,相关系数为0.999 4,检出限为0.010 3μg/mL。用该法测定滴眼液和胶囊中诺氟沙星的含量,相对标准偏差为0.10%~0.93%,回收率为90.91%~108.5%。     

STUDY ON PERCOLATION OF MIXED REVERSE MICELLES

The temperature-induced percolation behaviors of AOT reverse micelles in the presence of nonionic surfactants have been studied. The effects of water content, solvent and concentration of electrolyte in solubilized water have also been investigated. It was found that the percolation temperature of AOT reverse micelles was decreased by adding nonionic surfactants, and more pronounced effects were observed with the increase of EO chain length and content of nonionic surfactants. The increase of molecular volume of the solvent and the increase of concentration of the added NaCl electrolyte have shown assisting and resisting effects on the process, respectively. The apparent hydrodynamic diameter of droplets of different mixed reverse micelles has been measured using dynamic light scattering, by which the percolating mechanism of mixed reverse micelles was discussed in combination with the results obtained from conductivity measurements.     

LINEAR AND CIRCULAR DICHROISM AND FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION OF THE B875 LIGHT-HARVESTING BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL-PROTEIN COMPLEX FROM RHODOPSEUDOMONAS SPHAEROIDES

Abstract— The orientation of the chromophores in the B875 light-harvesting bacteriochlorophyll complex isolated from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides by lithium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was examined by linear and circular dichroism and fluorescence polarization procedures. The circular dichroism in the near-IR was weaker than that of the B800–850 light-harvesting complex and had a distinctly different shape. This suggested a different geometry for the two bacteriochlorophylls of B875 and less interactive association between their transition moments. The magnitude of the circular dichroism in the carotenoid region of B875 was similar to that of B800–850 but gave more negative values between approx. 430–485 nm; this may reflect a difference in the asymmetric binding of carotenoids to the B875 protein. The fluorescence polarization increased sharply across the near-IR region of B875 and achieved very high values at long wavelengths. This confirmed that more than one transition contributed to this absorption band. The linear dichroism of B875 did not show a significant change in this near-IR band like that observed for the longest wavelength band of B800–850. Thus, the transition moments for each bacteriochlorophyll within B875 appear to be tilted to approximately the same extent with respect to the protein axis. These results distinguish B875 from all other light-harvesting complexes and suggest that the antennae of Rhodospirillaceae which contain a single near-IR absorption band cannot be classified into a single group.     

吨染料与反胶束体系中CdS的光敏电子转移

用ＡＯＴ／异辛烷／水反胶束体系制备出了不同尺寸大小的纳米ＣｄＳ,并以曙红（ＥＯ）和孟加拉玫瑰红（ＲＢ）为探针分子,研究了它们与硫化镉微粒间的光致电荷转移相互作用,用光照实验和ＥＳＲ技术研究了这些染料向ＣｄＳ的导带注入电子的过程并讨论了作用机理     

CIRCULAR DICHROISM OF THE PHYTOCHROME CHROMOPHORES IN NATIVE AND DENATURED STATE

Abstract— The circular dichroism spectra of oat phytochrome were recorded. Qualitatively, the same spectra were found for large (360 kilodaltons) and small (60 kilodaltons) phytochrome. Quantitative CD data were reported for small P_r and P_fr (photoequilibrium mixture with 20% P_r) in tris buffer (native state) and in acid urea (denatured state). Further, the CD spectra of a phytochromobilinpeptide in acid solution with and without urea were recorded. Differences between the data in native and denatured state are discussed.     

ELECTRONIC ABSORPTION PROPERTIES OF SYMMETRICAL DIALKOXYANTHRACENES. LINEAR DICHROISM AND MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM*

Abstract— Linear dichroism (LD) and magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) of symmetrical dialkoxy-anthracenes and some related compounds were recorded in an attempt to elucidate electronic absorption properties and assign the nature of the lowest singlet excited state, recognized to control both the fluorescence and the photodimerization of anthracenes. The spectroscopic measurements proved that the lowest electronic transition is of the ¹L_a type in all the compounds. The peculiar photoreactivity pattern is therefore governed by factors other than an inversion of the order of the ¹L_a and ¹L_b states and may be related to electronic density repartition on the different positions of the anthracene nucleus dictated by the position of the electron-donating substituents.     

THE EFFECT OF ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS ON FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING AND FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION OF LUMINESCENCE PROBES IN HEXADECYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE MICELLES

Abstract— The fluorescence quenching of the indole chromophore by NO⁻₂ and the fluorescence depolarization of several luminescence probes in aqueous solutions containing hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (HDTBr) were measured as a function of added C₂–C₄ aliphatic alcohol concentration. The fluorescence decay profiles of pyrene in the micellar solutions were also measured to estimate the aggregation number of the micelles. The addition of n -butyl alcohol significantly reduces the fluorescence quenching rate and the aggregation number and increases the extent of fluorescence depolarization in HDTBr micellar systems. The addition of ethyl alcohol shows a similar but smaller effect.     

CORRELATION BETWEEN MAXIMUM WATER/ELECTROLYTE SOLUBILIZAT1ON AND CONDUCTIVITY PERCOLATION IN AOT REVERSED MICELLES

Water/electrolyte solubilization measurements have been performed in order to investigate the conditions in which AOT reversed micelles in decane (or dodecane) can coexist with an external water-phase (the so-called Winsor II systems). The efficacy of different monovalent (Na⁺, K⁺) and divalent (Ca²⁺, Ba²⁺) salts have been compared putting a special emphasis on the case of the tetramethylammonium lon (TMA⁺), which is known to have only weak interactions with charged sites. Whatever the cation, the maxima for water/electrolyte solubilization correlates very well with a dramatic change of conductivity. An explanation based on the possible existence of a critical value of the Debye screening length is proposed to account for the fact that a minor change in salt concentration around these maxima can drastically change the surfactant film behavior.     

半导体纳米粒子在反胶束中的合成及其与芘分子间的跨相电子转移

本文在AOT/异辛烷反胶束中合成了CdS和ZnS半导体纳米粒子。粒子的荧光量子产率随胶束水含量的增大而减小。这可以归结为水含量增大导致胶粒表面Cd²⁺或Zn²⁺离子浓度降低,因为这两种离子在胶粒表面富集有利于形成硫空位,从而增大光生电子-空穴对的发光复合。研究发现,Ag⁺离子可以有效猝灭CdS和ZnS纳米粒子的荧光发射,该猝灭过程可以用Ag⁺离子在胶束中的Poisson分布来描述。以溶解在有机相中的pyrene作电子给体,在光激发下可以向CdS粒子注入电子,而和ZnS粒子间没有电荷转移发生,这可以解释为两种半导体的导带边相对于pyrene激发态氧化电位所处的位置不同。Cu²⁺或Ag⁺离子在ZnS颗粒表面吸附,可以形成Cu_xZn_1-xS或Ag_2xZn_1-xS复合粒子,降低ZnS粒子的导带位置,从而使之能够接受来自pyrene激发态的电子。实验结果证实了这种论点。     

全氟辛酸盐胶束对芘的加溶研究

胶束微观极性与微观粘度等微环境性质的研究近来已引起人们越来越广泛的注意。已有的研究工作主要限于碳氢表面活性剂体系,全氟表面活性剂体系的研究为数甚少。通常认为全氟表面活性剂有疏油性,因而对于全氟表面活性剂胶束能否加溶碳氢有机物,加溶部位胶束微环境性质如何,各种利用有机探针分子的光物理方法能否用于全氟胶束的物理化学性质的研究等问题很少有研究工作报道。本文研究了全氟辛酸盐胶束加溶芘的特性。实验     

ABSORPTION,LUMINESCENCE, SOLVENT-INDUCED CIRCULAR DICHROISM AND1H NMR STUDY OF BILIRUBIN DIMETHYL ESTER: OBSERVATION OF DIFFERENT FORMS IN SOLUTION*

Bilirubin dimethyl ester (I) has been studied by absorption, fluorescence and fluorescence excitation, solvent-induced circular dichroism, and ¹H NMR techniques. The existence of two forms of the solute involving either or both syn-anti dipyrromethenone and lactam-lactim equilibria was established, and the occurrence of even more forms remains possible. The relative population is strongly influenced by the nature of the solvent and by temperature. Thus, the population of one species predominates in ethanol. What is presumed to be the same species increases on cooling in all solvents, while the population of another species is strongly preferred in dichloromethane. In other solvents appreciable populations of both forms persist over the temperature range 77–300 K.     

四面体型过渡金属配合物的构型与CD的关系

旋光性四面体型过渡金属配合物的圆二色光谱(CD)在d-d跃迁区的特征谱线反映了该类配合物的构型特征。从极化度的多级圆球不对称性模型出发,可将这类配合物的构型与CD在d-d跃迁区的特征谱线之间建立起直接的联系。     

THE TRANSVERSE LOCATION OF FLUOROPHORES IN LIPID BILAYERS AND MICELLES AS DETERMINED BY FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING TECHNIQUES

Abstract— A fluorescence quenching technique has been used to determine the absolute partition coefficients of a set of n -doxyl stearates which partition between the aqueous and lipid phases of a phospholipid dispersion, and it is shown that the values of the coefficients vary in a systematic way depending on the position of the doxyl group on the acyl chain of the fatty acid. The n -doxyl stearates quench the fluorescence of n -(9-anthroyloxy) fatty acids in lipid bilayers, and consideration of the absolute partition coefficients of the quencher and of the microviscosity of the bilayer is necessary to extract information about the proximity of the fluorophore and quencher. In addition, quenching of the fluorescent fatty acids with a quencher which is small relative to the width of the lipid bilayer allows determination of both the absolute and local partition coefficients, the latter referring to a subvolume of the bilayer within which quenching occurs. The relationship between absolute and local partition coefficients is defined for micelles and bilayers and a method for determining the relative transverse positions of the anthroyloxy rings in these structures is described.     

钕和镧离子对tRNA圆二色谱的影响

采用圆二色谱方法对钕和镧离子与转移核糖核酸间的相互作用进行了研究,结果显示在1.5～6 μmol/L Nd³⁺或La³⁺离子存在下,tRNA分子CD谱260 nm(+)峰蓝移2～3 nm, 260 nm(+)峰值分别增加6%和20%左右;210 nm(-)峰在不同摩尔比Nd³⁺/tRNA作用下,谱峰蓝移或红移,峰值增加或降低50%左右。结果说明结合在tRNA分子上的Nd³⁺或La³⁺可能引起tRNA分子构象的变化。Eu³⁺对大肠杆菌LeuRS或tRNA^Leu-LeuRS复合物的CD谱具有一定的影响。     

VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET NATURAL AND MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM WITH CONVENTIONAL SOURCES AND SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

Vacuum ultraviolet natural and magnetic circular dichroism measurements have added significantly to our knowledge of the geometric and electronic structure of molecules and have provided a better understanding of the correct approach for theoretical calculations. In this review, I define natural and magnetic circular dichroism, and discuss information obtained with these techniques. The instrumentation for vacuum ultraviolet natural and magnetic circular dichroism is reviewed, from its beginning with conventional sources to the present time use of synchrotron radiation. The future possibilities and challenges for these measurements are examined with particular reference to making measurements to higher energies.     

EFFECT OF MID-UV RADIATION ON DNA-Cu2+ COMPLEX: ABSORPTION AND CIRCULAR DICHROISM STUDY

Abstract— When DNA is complexed with Cu²⁺ ions it becomes sensitized to mid-UV light. Irradiation of the complex at 310 ± 10 nm produces marked changes in absorption and circular dichroism spectra in addition to those in melting profiles of irradiated samples. These variations show conformational changes in DNA structure due to a photoreduction of some copper sites in the DNA-Cu²⁺ complex. In addition to this effect an irreversible damage in DNA structure could be invoked to explain the observed behaviour. These facts can be related to the presence in DNA-Cu²⁺ complex of a small absorption band extending up to mid-UV range while the absorption of DNA is negligible in this spectral range.     

A FLUORESCENCE STUDY OF TRYPTOPHAN-HISTIDINE INTERACTIONS IN THE PEPTIDE ANANTIN AND IN SOLUTION

Abstract—Anantin is a heptadecapeptide in which the C-terminal peptide chain pierces the covalently cyclized peptide ring formed by an amide link between the α-NH₂ end group and the β-carboxyl group of Asp(8). It contains a tryptophan and a histidine at positions 5 and 12 , respectively. Des-Phe(17)-anantin lacks the C-terminal phenylalanine. Fluorescence emission intensity as a function of pH follows the ionization of a single residue. The pK_a amounts to 7.23 ± 0.03 for anantin and is attributed to His(12). At pH 9 the quantum yield is 0.12 ± 0.01 for anantin, whereas at pH 4.5 the quantum yield decreases more than two-fold (0.05 2 0.01). Practically identical parameters are observed for des-Phe(17)-anantin. This pH dependency reveals intramolecular quenching of the excited indole ring of Trp(5) by the imidazole of His(12), which results in a marked decrease of the tryptophan fluorescence at low pH. In a multifrequency phase fluorometric study the fluorescence lifetimes for both peptides at pH 4.5 and pH 9 are determined. At both, pH fluorescence decay is well described by a sum of two exponentials. For anantin at pH 4.5 the lifetimes are 0.72 ± 0.07 ns and 1.67 ± 0.07 ns. At pH 9 the lifetimes are 1.11 ±0.12 ns and 2.55 ± 0.03 ns. In methanol we find two lifetimes for anantin: 0.68 ± 0.01 ns and 2.57 ± 0.01 ns. The lifetimes are found to be slightly dependent upon emission wavelength. For des-Phe(17)-anantin practically the same values are observed. The quenching of tryptophan fluorescence by histidine is further studied in solution using N-acetyl-tryptophanamide in the presence of increasing concentrations of imidazole in the protonated (pH 4.5) and unprotonated (pH 9) state and in methanol. At both pH values and in methanol, a linear increase in both the inverse of the steady-state fluorescence F_o/F and the inverse of the lifetime 1/τ with increasing imidazole concentration indicates that a collisional mechanism is at the root of the observed quenching. The quenching efficiency values, γ, are calculated and amount to about 0.32 at pH 4. 5 , 0.02 at pH 9 and 0.002 in methanol, showing that protonated imidazole is a better quencher than the unprotonated form, and that the nature of the solvent is involved even in the quenching by unprotonated imidazole. Tryptophan-histidine interactions in solution and in the peptide are compared.