A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF GILVOCARCINS V and M

Quantum yields for the formation of superoxide ions, O₂^?1, and singlet oxygen, ¹O₂, were determined during the photolyses of gilvocarcin M (GM) in air-saturated dry dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) and in 45:55 (vol/vol) DMSO-water mixtures. The quantum yield for the photoreduction of methyl viologen by GM in nitrogen-saturated dry DMSO was also determined. These values are not different, within experimental error, from those corresponding to gilvocarcin V (GV). Because GV is a strong photocytotoxic agent and GM is not, these results imply that Type I and Type II mechanisms are not important pathways in the cytotoxicity of GV.     

可见光敏引发聚合甲基丙烯酸甲酯的动力学研究

本论文用膨胀计法进行了甲基丙烯酸甲酯在氯仿溶液中可见光光敏引发聚合动力学的研究。此光敏引发体系由光敏剂1,3,3-三甲基-2-[5-(1,3,3-三甲基-2-吲哚叉)-1,3-戊二烯]吲哚碘盐(简称NK-529),引发剂邻氯代六芳基双咪唑(简称o-Cl-HABI),氢给体3-巯基-4-甲基-4氢-1,2,4-三氮唑(简称MTA)组成。研究结果表明,此光敏聚合体系的光聚合速率与各组分的动力学方程如下:R_p=K(NK-529)^0.51(HABI)^0.41(MTA)^0.36(MMA)^1.0.     

AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE CHANGES IN PIGMENTATION IN HUMAN SKIN IN VIVO WITH VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED LIGHT

Abstract— The skin of the lower inner arm of volunteers was irradiated, with a 390–1700 nm light source, through a fiber optic bundle for times of up to 1.2 × 10⁴ s and with powers of up to 0.35 W/cm². Simultaneously with the irradiation, spectra (390–720 nm) of the remitted intensity were measured, while a 5.0 cm in diameter area of the skin around the fiber bundle was maintained at constant temperature, within 0.2°C. The generation of a photoproduct was observed and measured as changes in the remitted intensity within 600 s (10 min) of the start of irradiation.
The photoproduct formed was characterized by a weak absorption in the blue part of the spectrum (400–450 nm), leading to a bluish appearance in the irradiated area only. The color change appears as a two step process. It starts with a "soluble" photoproduct, which disappears, within 24 h after irradiation, and an "insoluble" photoproduct which appears with irradiation greater than 3 ×10³ s (50 min). No spectral differences were detected between the two photoproducts. The "insoluble" photoproduct persists for periods of up to 8 weeks. The color change in the skin is immediate and there is no erythema associated with this color change.     

纳米管钛酸的ESR特性及其可见光照的影响

本文报道了纳米管钛酸在真空-0.1MPa、温度100℃的条件下,经过不同时间处理后的ESR特性及其可见光照的影响.发现纳米管钛酸经一定处理后,不经光照即出现g=2.003ESR信号,该信号是由捕获一个电子的氧空位(V_o)产生的,此信号随着处理时间的延长而增强;在532nm的可见光照射下,随着光照时间的延长信号强度随之增加,达到一定强度值后,不再随光照时间的延长而增加;光源关闭后,信号强度又逐渐减小,但不能恢复到原来信号强度的水平.     

一种新型的可见光诱导电子转移生酸体系的研究

对 4种分子内共轭的电荷转移化合物和取代的双 (三氯甲基 ) 2 ,4,6 三嗪分子间的光诱导电子转移和光生酸反应进行了详细研究 .通过荧光猝灭和体系荧光随时间的变化可看到作为电子受体的三嗪分子和作为电子给体电荷转移化合物间的光诱导电荷转移作用 .在对体系酸度的测定中 ,可清楚地看到体系经光照后所发生的变化 .对所研究生酸体系引发酚醛树脂 六甲氧基甲基三聚氰胺交联反应的能力进行了初步研究 .对可能发生的反应机制进行了讨论     

内敏乳剂的ESR研究

本文制备了具有化学结构缺陷以及具有物理晶格缺陷的两种内敏核壳乳剂,并研究了它们的电子自旋共振波谱。随着化学增感时间的增加,ESR信号强度增强,达到一最大值后又下降。ESR信号强度随核壳比的下降而下降;随灰化程度的上升而下降。不同减感染料由于其减感机理的不同,对内部感光性能和ESR信号强度的影响也不同。上述结果可以用空穴在颗粒内部的行为来解释。     

THE U.V. PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF CYTIDYLIC ACID

Abstract The ultraviolet (u.v.) irradiation of the 3' isomer of cytidylic acid (Cp) produces the hydrate (Cp*) with water added across the 5–6 double bond. The yield of this photo-product has been measured by, (a) separating the photoproduct by electrophoresis and (b) by observing the loss in absorbance. When corrections are made for reversal of the hydrate during the experiment, both methods gave the same result. Cross sections and quantum yields for the production of the hydrate were measured over the wavelength range 220 to 290 nm and over a pH range from 1 to 10. The quantum yield is markedly dependent on pH being higher by a factor of 6 to 10 for the neutral form. We have also demonstrated the existence of a very short lived photoproduct (half life 8–9 min) in both Cp3' and Cp5': The nature of this short lived product is not known.     

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY OF GILVOCARCIN V PLUS UVA RADIATION

Abstract Gilvocarcin V (GV), a coumarin, is a nucleic acid photosensitizer that is phototoxic to bacteria and mammalian cells at picomolar levels in the presence of near-UV radiation (UVA). We evaluated the effectiveness of GV plus UVA for inactivation of several viruses, including herpes simplex virus, type 1 (HSV) and the bacterial viruses φX174, T7, PRD1 and φ6. Some inactivation of the bacterial viruses was observed with UVA radiation alone (4–50% survival at 26 kJ/m²). Additional photosensitized inactivation was observed only with T7 and φ6 at 2.0 μ M GV. On the other hand, HSV was photoinactivated with concentrations of GV three orders of magnitude lower (1.0 n M ). Similar to the case with UV (254 nm) inactivation, the GV-UVA survival curve for HSV indicated multicomponent inactivation kinetics, which could not be explained by photobleaching of GV. The wide range of photosensitivities of these viruses to GV cannot be adequately explained by models based only on viral nucleic acid content or presence of lipid envelopes.     

WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE FOR THE INDUCTION OF BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA BY ANTITUMOR AGENT GILVOCARCIN V

The wavelength dependence for the induction of a lambda- lacZ fusion phage of E. coli by photo-activated gilvocarcin V was determined using a spot test or a quantitative assay for the lacZ gene product. Suspensions of bacteria and chemical were exposed to radiation of different wavelengths in the region 313-546 nm, using a double grating monochromator. The prophage induction profiles generated were similar to the absorption spectrum of gilvocarcin V in this region, with a peak near 400 nm. The radiation fluence and chemical concentration required for threshold levels of prophage induction exhibited a nearly reciprocal relationship. These results have implications for the therapeutic use of gilvocarcins as antitumor agents.     

FLASH PHOTOLYSIS OF SEVERAL AROMATICS BY ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AND VISIBLE LIGHT IN THE PRESENCE OF EOSIN Y*

Abstract— A flash photolysis investigation was made of the photo-oxidation of aqueous aniline, resorcinol, βnaphthol, p-sulfanilic acid, and p-bromophenol induced by ultraviolet and visible light irradiation in the presence of eosin Y. The transient spectra show that u.v. irradiation generates the hydrated electron (except in p-bromophenol) and the radical products of one-electron oxidation. The initial products of the eosin-sensitized oxidations are the dye semi-quinone and aromatic radicals which coincide with the u.v. photolysis products in at least several cases. The investigation of the reaction kinetics by rapid spectrophotometry with analog computer analysis shows that the aromatics quench the triplet state of eosin and also react with it in a slower electron-transfer process, in competition with ‘dye-dye’ quenching and electron-transfer reactions. The u.v. and dye-sensitized oxidations are discussed in terms of their energetics.     

PHOTOCHEMISTRY and PHOTOBIOLOGY WITHOUT LIGHT

Abstract— This review covers the literature since 1980 on chemically and enzymatically generated electronically excited species. The emphasis lies on triplet states of carbonyl products that are derived from dioxetanes and dioxetanones as precursors or from suitable enzymatic oxygenations. Singlet oxygen, an important excited state species in biological processes, is not explicitly treated. The utilization of triplet excited carbonyl products to promote photochemical and photobiological transformations by energy transfer are of primordial interest and not the photomechanistic behavior, photophysical properties and inherent photochemical reactions of such excited state species. Thus, the coverage concentrates on photodamage of DNA and RNA, the photochemistry of flavins, vitamin D, tryptophan, arachidonic acid, chlorophyll, lipid peroxidation, urocanase activation, excitation of chlorophlasts, and the aerobic oxidation of Schiff bases derived from amino acids and proteins. The potential perspectives of employing authentic dioxetanes and enzymatically generated dioxetane intermediates as effective photon equivalents in photochemotherapy, phototoxicity, photoaffinity labeling and photogenotoxicity are pointed out, in the hope of stimulating more intensive activity in this emerging and novel bioorganic and photobiological field.     

THE PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF RIBOFLAVIN—V. THE PHOTODEGRADATION OF ISOALLOXAZINES IN ALCOHOLIC SOLVENTS

Abstract— Riboflavin and other N -10 substituted isoalloxazines have been irradiated anaerobically in alcohols and alcohol-water mixtures. Deuterium substitution was used in several different ways to determine the hydrogen kinetic isotope effect. Riboflavin and 10-(3'-hydroxypropyl)-isoalloxazine were photobleached in 2-propanol, 2-propanol-0-d, 2-propanol-2-d, t -butyl alcohol, and t -butyl alcohol-0-d. No isotope effect significantly different from 1.0 was found for any of the nondeuterated to deuterated solvent comparisons. When the anaerobic irradiation of 10-(3'-hydroxypropyl-3',3'-d₂)-isoalloxazine and 10-(3'-hydroxypropyl)-isoalloxazine in either 2-propanol or t-butyl alcohol were compared, kinetic isotope effect ratios for H to D of 2.8 were obtained. Thin layer chromatography in conjunction with color return at 445 nm during oxidation showed that lumichrome and formylmethylflavin, which are irreversible photodegradation products, were formed from the photoreaction in alcohols. The photochemistry of isoalloxazines in alcohols, while somewhat different from the aqueous photochemistry, does not involve a primary photoreduction with the solvent, and photo degradation still dominates. This was an unexpected result and it illustrates the unusual photochemical behavior of isoalloxazines. The anaerobic irradiation of riboflavin in 2-propanol-water mixtures showed that the efficiency of photodegradation is linked to the physical properties of the solvent.     

正己烷—TBP体系的光化学研究

用低压汞灯照射, 研究了n-C_6H_(14)—TBP体系的光化学反应。通过与γ辐解结果对比和动力学分析, 证实了γ辐解n-C_6H_(14)—TBP体系中, 激发能转移是能量传递的主要形式, 并讨论了亚激电子在能量传递中的作用。     

硫杂蒽酮类光引发剂的电子自旋共振研究

本文采用ESR手段对五种硫杂蒽酮类光引发剂2-甲基硫杂蒽酮(MTX)2,4-二甲基硫杂蒽酮(DMTX)、1,2,4-三甲基硫杂蒽酮(TMTX)、2-甲氧基硫杂蒽酮(MOTX),2-戊氧基硫杂蒽酮(AOTX)和三乙胺引发体系进行了研究,提出了该类光引发剂和三乙胺暗反应的机理。     

ESR STUDY OF ORIENTED TRIPLET MOLECULES GENERATED BY EXCITATION WITH POLARIZED LIGHT

Abstract— The lowest-lying triplet states of a variety of aromatic molecules and complexes have been generated by the irradiation of these compounds in solvent glasses with plane-polarized light. Measurements of the allowed (Δ M=± 1) ESR transitions clearly demonstrate that the triplets so formed are oriented with respect to the external magnetic field. By this method the triplet zero-field splitting parameters, D and E , can be evaluated simply and reliably. Intramolecular energy transfer is postulated to explain the triplet spectra of Zn( o -phen)₂(NO₃)₂ and Zn( o -phen)₃(NO₃)₂. It was observed that in triplet-triplet energy transfer from benzophenone to naphthalene there is no apparent orientation requirement between the donor and acceptor molecules. Further areas of significance and application of this technique are suggested.     

氯代烃光解活泼自由基的ESR研究

本文用2,4-二硝基苯亚甲基特丁基氮氧化物(DNPBN)作自由基捕捉剂研究了氯代烃光解过程产生的自由基中间体。实验结果表明在汞灯照射下键能较低的多氯代烷烃分子中的碳-氯键极易发生均裂而产生碳中心自由基与活泼的氯原子, 并且后者可被DNPBN捕获, 形成颇为稳定的氮氧自由基加合物[Cl-DNPBN]~·。对多氯代苯,随着取代氯原子数目增多, 加合物[Cl-DNPBN]~·的ESR信号强度也明显增加。此外, DNPBN对氯原子的大量捕捉实验还证明它对氯原子是一种高效的特征捕捉剂。     

STUDIES ON LYSOZYME: EFFECT OF VISIBLE LIGHT ON THE CONFORMATION OF THE ENZYME IN THE PRESENCE OF METHYLENE BLUE

Abstract— Lysozyme undergoes conformational changes when exposed to visible light in the presence of methylene blue. Ultracentrifugation, gel filtration and end group analysis showed that no peptide bond was cleaved. About 30 per cent of the tryptophan residues were, however, modified. The enzymic activity decreased by 50 per cent. The sedimentation coefficient and helical content decreased; the extinction in the u.v. region between 185 to 210 nm increased. The photooxidized enzyme was more susceptible to trypsinolysis than the native enzyme.     

ACUTE EFFECTS OF NEAR ULTRAVIOLET AND VISIBLE LIGHT ON THE CUTANEOUS ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSE SYSTEM

Reactive oxygen species are considered to play an important role in cutaneous pathology. Enzymic and non-enzymic antioxidants can prevent oxidative damage but may be overcome by strong pro-oxidative stimuli. The acute effect of a single exposure to near ultraviolet (UVA)/visible radiation (greater than 320 nm) on various skin antioxidants was examined in hairless mice immediately after irradiation. Impairment of cutaneous catalase and glutathione reductase activity was observed. Superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase were not significantly influenced. Inhibition of catalase may render skin more susceptible to the damaging effects of hydrogen peroxide and its reaction products such as the hydroxyl radical. Partially diminished glutathione reductase activity is not accompanied by a change in reduced/oxidized glutathione level immediately after irradiation. There was a tendential (not statistically significant) decrease in cutaneous tocopherol, ubiquinol + ubiquinone 9 and ascorbic acid levels, either indicating direct photodestruction or consumption by reaction products of photooxidative stress. This partial impairment of the cutaneous antioxidant defense system by near ultraviolet/visible light, showing that the most susceptible component in skin is catalase, suggests possible pharmacological interventions.