DNA-Triggered Enhancement of Singlet Oxygen Production by Pyridinium Alkynylanthracenes

There is an ongoing interest in ¹O₂ sensitizers, whose activity is selectively controlled by their interaction with DNA. To this end, we synthesized three isomeric pyridinium alkynylanthracenes 2 o – p and a water-soluble trapping reagent for ¹O₂. In water and in the absence of DNA, these dyes show a poor efficiency to sensitize the photooxygenation of the trapping reagent as they decompose due to electron transfer processes. In contrast, in the presence of DNA ¹O₂ is generated from the excited DNA-bound ligand. The interactions of 2 o – p with DNA were investigated by thermal DNA melting studies, UV/vis and fluorescence spectroscopy, and linear and circular dichroism spectroscopy. Our studies revealed an intercalative binding with an orientation of the long pyridyl-alkynyl axis parallel to the main axis of the DNA base pairs. In the presence of poly(dA : dT), all three isomers show an enhanced formation of singlet oxygen, as indicated by the reaction of the latter with the trapping reagent. With green light irradiation of isomer 2 o in poly(dA : dT), the conversion rate of the trapping reagent is enhanced by a factor >10. The formation of ¹O₂ was confirmed by control experiments under anaerobic conditions, in deuterated solvents, or by addition of ¹O₂ quenchers. When bound to poly(dG : dC), the opposite effect was observed only for isomers 2 o and 2 m , namely the trapping reagent reacted significantly slower. Overall, we showed that pyridinium alkynylanthracenes are very useful intercalators, that exhibit an enhanced photochemical ¹O₂ generation in the DNA-bound state.     

On the Stereochemically Peculiar Two-Dimensional Separation of 2-Arylpropionic Acids by Chiral TLC

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC - We have previously discussed in detail thin-layer chromatographic studies of the retention of the 2-arylpropionic acids (2-APA)...     

Quantification of Photosensitized Singlet Oxygen Production by a Fluorescent Protein

Fluorescent proteins are increasingly becoming actuators in a range of cell biology techniques. One of those techniques is chromophore‐assisted laser inactivation (CALI), which is employed to specifically inactivate the function of target proteins or organelles by producing photochemical damage. CALI is achieved by the irradiation of dyes that are able to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS). The combination of CALI and the labelling specificity that fluorescent proteins provide is useful to avoid uncontrolled photodamage, although the inactivation mechanisms by ROS are dependent on the fluorescent protein and are not fully understood. Herein, we present a quantitative study of the ability of the red fluorescent protein TagRFP to produce ROS, in particular singlet oxygen (¹O₂). TagRFP is able to photosensitize ¹O₂ with an estimated quantum yield of 0.004. This is the first estimation of a quantum yield of ¹O₂ production value for a GFP‐like protein. We also find that TagRFP has a short triplet lifetime compared to EGFP, which reflects relatively high oxygen accessibility to the chromophore. The insight into the structural and photophysical properties of TagRFP has implications in improving fluorescent proteins for fluorescence microscopy and CALI.     

氯氰菊酯光敏降解中单线态氧机理研究

光敏剂亚甲兰,核黄素及玫瑰红Ｂ可加速氯氰菊酯（ＣＰＭ）的光解作用。这些物质的敏化作用主要通过激发基态氧为单线态氧来实现。光敏剂和氧均是敏化光降解不可缺陷少的条件。１／Ｋｅｘｐｔｌ与「Ａ」的关系证实了单线态氧氧化机理。在亚甲兰、核黄素存在下氯氰菊酯ＫＡ分别为６．４９＊１０＾６ｌ．ｍｏｌ＾－１．ｓ＾－１和２．２７＊１０＾６Ｌ．＾－１。氯氰菊酯的光解速率在一定范围内,随光敏剂浓度的增加而增加,过量的光敏剂将减少体系的透光率而导致氯氰菊酯光解速率降低,单线态氧探针性物质即竞争反应的引入将明显降低氯氰菊酯的光解速率,同时,不同极性溶剂因其对单线态氧猝灭能力的不同也会明显改变氯氰菊酯的光解速率。     

2-芳基丙酸类手性药物色谱拆分的热力学研究

以0.5%和1.0%(体积分数)正丙醇-50 mmol/L磷酸盐缓冲液(pH 6.41)为流动相,温度74~313 K,在Chiral-AGP柱手性固定相上,考察了萘普生和布洛芬对映体在手性柱上的保留和分离行为。在实验范围内,温度升高对分离不利,随着温度的升高,对映体的保留时间、分离度和选择性因子都减少;萘普生对映体的分离度均比布洛芬大;流动相含1.0％正丙醇时,萘普生对映体和布洛芬对映体达到完全分离应控制的最高温度分别为298和288 K。用ln k对1/T作图得到的Van’t Hoff曲线都具有良好的     

Assessing the Applicability of Singlet Oxygen Photosensitizers in Leaf Studies

Singlet oxygen (¹O₂) is of special interest in plant stress physiology. Studies focused on internal, chlorophyll‐mediated production are often complemented with the use of artificial ¹O₂ photosensitizers. Here, we report a comparative study on the effects of Rose Bengal (RB), Methylene Violet (MVI), Neutral Red (NR) and Indigo Carmine (IC). These were infiltrated into tobacco leaves at concentrations generating the same fluxes of ¹O₂ in solution. Following green light‐induced ¹O₂ production from these dyes, leaf photosynthesis was characterized by Photosystem (PS) II and PSI electron transport and oxidative damage was monitored as degradation of D1, a PSII core protein. Cellular localizations were identified on the basis of the dyes’ fluorescence using confocal laser scanning microscopy. We found that RB and NR were both localized in chloroplasts but the latter had very little effect, probably due to its pH‐dependent photosensitizing. Both RB and intracellular, nonplastid MVI decreased PSII electron transport, but the effect of RB was stronger than that of MVI and only RB was capable of damaging the D1 protein. Intercellularly localized IC had no significant effect. Our results also suggest caution when using RB as photosensitizer because it affects PSII electron transport.     

Triplet Excited States and Singlet Oxygen Production by Analogs of Red Wine Pyranoanthocyanins

During the maturation of red wines, the anthocyanins of grapes are transformed into pyranoanthocyanins, which possess a pyranoflavylium cation as their basic chromophore. Photophysical properties of the singlet and triplet excited states of a series of synthetic pyranoflavylium cations were determined at room temperature in acetonitrile solution acidified with 0.10 mol dm^?3 trifluoroacetic acid (TFA, to inhibit competitive excited state proton transfer) and at 77 K in a rigid TFA‐acidified isopropanol glass. In solution, the triplet states of these pyranoflavylium cations are efficiently quenched by molecular oxygen, resulting in sensitized formation of singlet oxygen, as confirmed by direct detection of the triplet‐state decay by laser flash photolysis and of singlet oxygen monomol emission in the near infrared. The strong visible light absorption, the relatively small singlet‐triplet energy differences, the excited state redox potentials and the reasonably long lifetimes of pyranoflavylium triplet states in the absence of molecular oxygen suggest that they might be useful as triplet sensitizers and/or as cationic redox initiators in polar aprotic solvents like acetonitrile.     

meso—四—（取代苯基）卟吩衍生物产生单线态氧的ESR研究

随着肿瘤光动力疗法(Photodynamic Therapy,PDT)的不断发展,出现了一系列新光敏剂,其中,meso-四-(取代苯基)卟吩衍生物是一类肿瘤选择性摄入率高、理化性质稳定的光动力敏化剂,近年来,作者设计并合成了一组meso-四-(取代苯基)卟吩衍生物,并初步观察了它们对细胞及小鼠移植瘤的光动力学效应,为了进一步比较不同卟吩衍生物的光敏化     

Some Attempts to Employ the Singlet Oxygen Generated from H2O2

Some attempts to employ the singlet oxygen generated from molybdate-catalyzed decomposition of hydrogen peroxide are presented. Reduction of ascaridole with diimide is also described, along with the preliminary results of the cleavage study using Fe-cysteinate as a simple model for Fe-S type redox species. There were strong indications that S-alkylation occurred as observed in similar cleavage of the potent antimalarial qinghaosu.     

Singlet Oxygen and the Origin of Oxygen Functionalities on the Surface of Carbon Electrodes

The generation of oxygen‐containing functionalities on pristine carbon surfaces is investigated and shown to be light sensitive, specifically to infra‐red radiation. A mechanistic route involving singlet oxygen, ¹O₂, is proposed and evidenced.     

时间分辨红外发射光谱研究C2H3+NO反应体系

C2H3是一个不饱和自由基及烃类化合物燃烧过程中的重要中间体,它的基元反应是影响燃烧过程速率和最终产物的重要反应.已有人在实验和理论方面研究了C2H3和O2,H2等体系[1－12]的基元反应,但迄今为止,我们还没有看到对于C2H3＋NO体系的研究报导.本文报导了用时间分辨傅立叶变换红外发射光谱（TR-FTIR）研究C2H3＋NO基元反应的结果.1实验　　C2H3自由基是在248nm（KrF激光,Lambda,Physik,LPX305i,单脉冲能量约为110mJ）光解C2H3Br产生的.时间分辨傅立叶变换红外发射光谱（FTIR）方法在我们以前的文章中已有介绍[13].实验…     

Effect of p-Cyclodextrin Complexation on the Photochemical and Photosensitizing Properties of Tolmetin: A Steady-State and Time-Resolved Study

The effects of beta-cyclodextrin complexation on the photochemical and photosensitizing properties of tolmetin have been investigated. Absorption, emission, circular dichroism and NMR measurements were used to characterize the host-guest complex. Nanosecond laser flash photolysis and steady-state photolysis experiments were performed to clarify the photoreactivity of the drug in the macrocycle. The decarboxylation of the drug is markedly reduced upon inclusion and the rate constants of the decay of the transient intermediates involved in tolmetin photodecomposition were slowed down due to their incorporation in the hydrophobic cavity. This also influenced the distribution of the stable photoproducts. A remarkable cyclodextrin-mediated protection against the tolmetin-photoinduced damage on biological substrates was observed. A rationale for these biological effects is provided.     

基于近红外光谱的食用植物油中反式脂肪酸含量快速定量检测及模型优化研究

利用近红外光谱技术对食用植物油中反式脂肪酸(Trans fatty acids,TFA)含量进行快速定量检测,并通过波段选择、预处理方法、变量筛选及建模方法对TFA含量预测模型进行优化.采用AntarisⅡ傅里叶变换近红外光谱仪在4000~10000 cm-1光谱范围采集98个食用植物油样本的近红外透射光谱,然后采用气相色谱法测定TFA的真实含量.首先,对样本原始光谱进行波段、预处理方法优选;在此基础上,采用竞争自适应重加权法(Competitive adaptive reweighted sampling,CARS)筛选TFA相关的重要变量,最后应用主成分回归、偏最小二乘和最小二乘支持向量机方法分别建立食用植物油中TFA含量的预测模型.研究结果表明,近红外光谱技术检测食用植物油中的TFA含量是可行的,优化后的最佳预测模型的校正集和预测集R2分别为0.992和0.989,RMSEC和RMSEP分别为0.071%和0.075%.最佳预测模型所用的变量仅26个,占全波段变量的0.854%.此外,与全波段偏最小二乘预测模型相比,其预测集R2由0.904上升为0.989,RMSEP由0.230%下降为0.075%.由此表明,模型优化非常必要,CARS能有效筛选TFA相关的重要变量,极大减少建模变量数,从而简化预测模型,并较大提高预测模型的精度和稳定性.     

Stereoselective [4+2] Cycloaddition of Singlet Oxygen to Naphthalenes Controlled by Carbohydrates

Stereoselective reactions of singlet oxygen are of current interest. Since enantioselective photooxygenations have not been realized efficiently, auxiliary control is an attractive alternative. However, the obtained peroxides are often too labile for isolation or further transformations into enantiomerically pure products. Herein, we describe the oxidation of naphthalenes by singlet oxygen, where the face selectivity is controlled by carbohydrates for the first time. The synthesis of the precursors is easily achieved starting from naphthoquinone and a protected glucose derivative in only two steps. Photooxygenations proceed smoothly at low temperature, and we detected the corresponding endoperoxides as sole products by NMR. They are labile and can thermally react back to the parent naphthalenes and singlet oxygen. However, we could isolate and characterize two enantiomerically pure peroxides, which are sufficiently stable at room temperature. An interesting influence of substituents on the stereoselectivities of the photooxygenations has been found, ranging from 51:49 to up to 91:9 dr (diastereomeric ratio). We explain this by a hindered rotation of the carbohydrate substituents, substantiated by a combination of NOESY measurements and theoretical calculations. Finally, we could transfer the chiral information from a pure endoperoxide to an epoxide, which was isolated after cleavage of the sugar chiral auxiliary in enantiomerically pure form.     

Singlet Oxygen during Cycling of the Aprotic Sodium–O2 Battery

Aprotic sodium–O₂ batteries require the reversible formation/dissolution of sodium superoxide (NaO₂) on cycling. Poor cycle life has been associated with parasitic chemistry caused by the reactivity of electrolyte and electrode with NaO₂, a strong nucleophile and base. Its reactivity can, however, not consistently explain the side reactions and irreversibility. Herein we show that singlet oxygen (¹O₂) forms at all stages of cycling and that it is a main driver for parasitic chemistry. It was detected in‐ and ex‐situ via a ¹O₂ trap that selectively and rapidly forms a stable adduct with ¹O₂. The ¹O₂ formation mechanism involves proton‐mediated superoxide disproportionation on discharge, rest, and charge below ca. 3.3 V, and direct electrochemical ¹O₂ evolution above ca. 3.3 V. Trace water, which is needed for high capacities also drives parasitic chemistry. Controlling the highly reactive singlet oxygen is thus crucial for achieving highly reversible cell operation.     

Quenching of the Singlet and Triplet Excited States of Pterin by Amino Acids

Unconjugated oxidized pterins accumulate in the skin of patients suffering from vitiligo and, under UVA irradiation, photosensitize the oxidation of amino acids. In this work, we study the interaction of the singlet and triplet excited states of pterin (Ptr), the parent compound of oxidized pterins, with four oxidizable amino acids: tryptophan (Trp), tyrosine (Tyr), histidine (His) and methionine (Met). Steady‐state and time‐resolved fluorescence measurements and laser flash photolysis experiments were performed to investigate the quenching of the Ptr excited states by the amino acids in aqueous solution. The singlet excited states of Ptr are quenched by Met mainly via a dynamic process and by Trp via a combination of dynamic and static processes. His does not quench singlet excited states of Ptr, and quenching by Tyr could not be investigated due to the low solubility of this amino acid. The triplet excited states of Ptr are quenched by the four studied amino acids, and the corresponding bimolecular quenching rate constants are in the range of diffusion controlled limit. The assessment of the results in the context of the Ptr‐photosensitization of amino acids suggests that triplet excited state of Ptr is the species that initiates the photochemical processes.     

咪唑与单线态氧(1O2)1,2-环加成反应的理论研究

采用较新的半经验分子轨道方法Austin Model 1(简称AM1方法), 辅以Berny梯度优化方法, 对单线态氧(~1O_2)与咪唑的1,2-环加成反应,进行了理论研究。计算获得实验尚未检测到的4,5-二氧环丁烷(4,5-dioxetane)的结构, 并在反应势能面上找到单重态双自由基中间体及通过该中间体的两步反应的过渡态。通过对过渡态的结构特征、虚振动方向以及对反应过程的电荷分布情况、轨道相互作用等的分析, 说明该反应是经由单重态双自由基中间体的分步反应。两步反应的活化势垒分别为39.2 kJ·mol~(-1)和150.5 kJ·mol~(-1)。