SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF AND PHOTOSENSITIZATION BY PROTOPORPHYRIN IX IN HUMAN KERATINOCYTES AND FIBROBLASTS CULTIVATED WITH 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID

Abstract— The subcellular localization of protoporphyrin (PP) has been studied by microspectrofluo-rometric techniques in NCTC 2544 keratinocytes incubated with 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) for times up to 42 h. Whereas the plasma membrane shows strong staining, fluorescent spots are observed within the cytoplasm especially in the perinuclear region. Although the topographic pattern of the PP distribution does not change much with the incubation time with ALA, the fluorescence spectra suggest that the PP microenvironments are quite different at short and long incubation times. Addition of 18 uJW desferoxamine almost doubles the ALA-induced PP concentration. Colocalization experiments with rhodamine 123, a mitochondrial probe, and lucifer yellow (LY) or neutral red (NR), two lysosome probes, demonstrate that at least some of these spots are of lysosomal origin. Study of the time evolution of the NR fluorescence under irradiation with visible light in the presence and absence of ALA demonstrates that lysosomes are damaged in cells that have synthesized PP. No PP fluorescence can be detected in mitochondria after incubation with ALA. However, photosensitization of mitochondria occurs under irradiation with visible light. Very little formation of lipofuscins by photosensitization with exogenous PP or ALA-induced PP is observed with the NCTC 2544 keratinocytes, as compared to normal human fibroblasts.     

ACTIVATION OF NF-KB IN HUMAN SKIN FIBROBLASTS BY THE OXIDATIVE STRESS GENERATED BY UVA RADIATION

We have examined the role of the nucleus and the membrane in the activation of nuclear factor (NF)-KB by oxidant stress generated via the UVA (320–380nm) component of solar radiation. Nuclear extracts from human skin fibroblasts that had been irradiated with UVA at doses that caused little DNA damage contained activated NF-KB that bound to its recognition sequence in DNA. The UVA radiation-dependent activation of NF-KB in enucleated cells confirmed that the nucleus was not involved. On the other hand, UVA radiation-dependent activation of NF-KB appeared to be correlated with membrane damage, and activation could be prevented by a-tocopherol and butylated hydroxytol-uene, agents that inhibited UVA radiation-dependent peroxidation of cell membrane lipids. The activation of NF-KB by the DNA damaging agents UVC (200–290nm) and UVB (290–320nm) radiation also only occurred at doses where significant membrane damage was induced, and, overall, activation was not correlated with the relative levels of DNA damage induced by UVC/UVB and UVA radiations. We conclude that the oxidative modification of membrane components may be an important factor to consider in the UV radiation-dependent activation of NF-KB over all wavelength ranges examined.     

LETHALITY AND THE INDUCTION AND REPAIR OF DNA DAMAGE IN FAR, MID OR NEAR UV-IRRADIATED HUMAN FIBROBLASTS: COMPARISON OF EFFECTS IN NORMAL, XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM AND BLOOM'S SYNDROME CELLS

Abstract Using normal human fibroblasts we have determined the ability of far (254 nm), mid (310 nm) or near (365 nm) UV radiation to: (i) induce pyrimidine dimers (detected as UV endonuclease sensitive sites) and DNA single-strand breaks (detected in alkali); (ii) elicit excision repair, monitored as unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS); and (iii) reduce colony-forming ability. Unscheduled DNA synthesis studies were also performed on dimer excision-defective xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) cells, and the survival studies were extended to include XP and Bloom's syndrome (BS) strains. UV-induced cell killing in normal, BS and XP cells was found to relate to an equivalent dimer load per genome after 254 or 310 nm exposure, whereas at 365 nm the lethal effects of non-dimer damage appeared to predominate. Lethality could not be correlated with DNA strand breakage at any wavelength. The two XP strains examined showed the same relative UDS repair deficiency at the two shorter wavelengths in keeping with a predominant role for pyrimidine dimer repair in the expression of UDS. However, UDS was not detected in 365 nm UV-irradiated normal and XP cells despite dimer induction; this effect was due to the inhibition of DNA repair functions since 365 nm UV-irradiated normal cells showed reduced capacity to perform UDS subsequent to challenge with 254 nm UV radiation.
In short, the near UV component of sunlight apparently induces biologically important non-dimer damage in human cells and inhibits DNA repair processes, two actions which should be considered when assessing the deleterious actions of solar UV.     

CORRELATION OF UVC AND UVB CYTOTOXICITY WITH THE INDUCTION OF SPECIFIC PHOTOPRODUCTS IN T-LYMPHOCYTES AND FIBROBLASTS FROM NORMAL HUMAN DONORS

Abstract— By using specific monoclonal antibodies in situ and a computer-assisted image analysis system we have determined the relative induction of cyclobutane dimers, (6–4) photoproducts and Dewar isomers in human mononuclear cells and fibroblasts following irradiation with UVC, broad-spectrum UVB and narrow-spectrum UVB. The lamps produced these lesions in different proportions, with broad-spectrum UVB inducing a greater combined yield of (6–4) photoproducts and Dewar isomers per cyclobutane dimer than UVC or narrow-spectrum UVB. The relative induction ratios of (6–4) photoproducts compared to cyclobutane dimers were 0.15, 0.21 and 0.10 following irradiation with UVC, broad- or narrow-spectrum UVB, respectively. Although Dewar isomers were induced by UVC, their relative rate of formation compared to cyclobutane dimers was significantly greater after irradiation with either broad-spectrum or narrow-spectrum UVB. These values were 0.001, 0.07 and 0.07, respectively. With each lamp source, we have determined the survival of normal human T-lymphocytes and fibroblasts at fiuences, which induce equivalent yields of cyclobutane dimers, (6–4) photoproducts or (6–4) photoproducts plus Dewar isomers. Killing of fibroblasts appears to be associated with (6–4) photoproduct formation, whereas killing of T-lymphocytes seems to be mediated by combined (6–4) plus Dewar yields. These results emphasize the need to study the biological effects of UVB because cellular responses may be different from those following UVC irradiation.     

PHOTOBIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY IN YEAST OF DERIVATIVES OF PSORALEN SUBSTITUTED AT THE 3,4 AND/OR THE 4'',5'' REACTION SITE

Abstract— Derivatives of psoralen substituted at the position 3 and/or 5' with various substituents (CN, CO-R or COO-R) have been newly synthesized. Their photobiological reactivity was determined by measuring the effects on survival and the induction of cytoplasmic 'petite' mutations (rho-) in the haploid yeast Saccharomyces cereuisiae after treatment with 365-nm irradiation in the presence of the different compounds. The effects were compared to those of known mono-functional compounds such as angelicin, 3-carbethoxypsoralen and 5,7-dimethoxycoumarin and bi-functional compounds such as psoralen and 8-methoxypsoralen for which the photoaffinity to DNA is well known. The derivative carrying a CN group in position 3 of the psoralen molecule exhibited effects comparable to those of the bi-functional agent 8-methoxypsoralen. Three derivatives substituted at position 3 showed a biological activity comparable to those of the mono-functional agent 3-carbethoxypsoralen. Two compounds substituted at position 5' by COOH or COOCH₃-groups were much less photobiologically active than the corresponding derivatives substituted in position 3. This suggested that the furanic site of the psoralen molecule may be photobiologically more active than the 3,4 site. Four newly synthesized angular derivatives, i.e. furo (2,3 f, g) coumarins, were found to be two to three times less active than angelicin.
At the dose rate of 365-nm irradiation used the measure of survival and rho^- induction per viable cell allowed the classification of some of the compounds as mono- and some as bi-functional agents in analogy to known mono- and bi-functional compounds.     

INDUCTION OF DNA STRAND BREAKS IN NORMAL HUMAN FIBROBLASTS EXPOSED TO MONOCHROMATIC ULTRAVIOLET AND VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS IN THE 240–546 nm RANGE

Abstract— The induction of DNA single-strand breaks in normal human fibroblasts exposed to monochromatic wavelengths from 240–546 nm was measured by the alkaline elution assay. The cells were irradiated at 1°C to prevent both repair of induced breaks and formation of enzymatically induced breaks through excision repair. The cultures were also washed with and irradiated while suspended in phosphate buffered saline to prevent the formation of DNA damaging photoproducts from medium components. The action spectrum for DNA strand breakage was found to exhibit one peak at 265 nm, consistent with DNA absorption, and a second peak at 450 nm. The normalized action spectrum in the visible is similar to the normalized absorption spectrum for riboflavin, a known photosensitizing agent, implicating this molecule as the absorbing chromophore.     

ACTIVATION OF THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PROMOTER BY UVA RADIATION IN COMBINATION WITH PSORALENS OR ANGELICINS

Abstract— The effects of mono- and bifunctional furocoumarins plus UVA radiation (PUVA and related treatments) on the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) promoter were studied using HeLa cells stably transfected with the chloramphenicol acetyl transferase gene under the control of the HIV-1 promoter. The experiments were performed with three psoralens (5-methoxypsoralen, 5-MOP; 8-methoxypsoralen, 8-MOP; and 4′-aminomethyl-4,8,5′-trimethyl-psoralen, AMT) and four angelicins (angelicin; 4,5′-diniethylangclicin, 4,5′-DMA; 6,4′-dimethylangelicin, 6,4′-DMA; and 4,6,4′-trimethylangelicin, TMA). The drugs alone and UVA radiation alone showed no erect on the HIV promoter. However, when the cells were incubated with the furocoumarins at 0.1–40 μg/mL and then irradiated. the HIV promoter was activated in distinct fluence ranges, i.e. (1) no promoter activity was discernible at low fluences (e.g. at 0.1 μg/mL of 8-MOP up to 100 kJ/m²), (2) as the fluence was increased, the promoter activity increased to reach a maximum (10–50-fold with respect to the unexposcd samples), and (3) as the fluence was further increased, the promoter activity decreased. Similar (although shifted on the fluence scale) pattcrns were observed with either > 340-nm UVA radiation or with UVA radiation contaminated with a small amount of UVB radiation (typical for PUVA lamps). The effective fluences were inversely related to the drug concentration. Experiments with 5-MOP and 8-MOP indicated reciprocity of the drug concentration and radiation hence. The HIV promoter response patterns were similar for monofunctional angelicins and bifunctional psoralens. This indicated that the furocoumarin-DNA crosslinks are not a prerequisite for the promoter activation and that the monoadducts suffice to elicit the HIV promoter response. The HIV promoter-activating effectiveness of diKcrent drugs correlated with their photosensitizing potential. Thus, among psoralens the effectiveness order was AMT >. 5-MOP >8-MOP, and among angelicins: TMA > 6,4′-DMA > 4,5′-DMA > angelicin. The ektiveness did not vary substantially for 5-MOP, 8-MOP, 4,5′-DMA, and 6,4′-DMA. The combined drug and UVA radiation doses were higher than those that elicit cellular responses or those that may be received by the human white blood cells during cxtracorporeal PUVA therapy (photopheresis).     

INDUCTION OF BIOLUMINESCENCE IN THE MARINE FISH, Porichthys, BY Vargula (CRUSTACEAN) LUCIFERIN. EVIDENCE FOR de novo SYNTHESIS OR RECYCLING OF LUCIFERIN

Abstract— The marine fish, Porichthys notatus , emits light by a classical luciferin-luciferase reaction whose components are similar, if not identical, to those found in the luminescent crustacean, Vargula. Porichthys is divided geographically into a southern luminescent and a northern nonluminescent population. Specimens of nonluminescent Porichthys can be induced to become luminescent by injection or ingestion of Vargula luciferin. After feeding a known quantity of Vargula luciferin, light emitted by Porichthys was monitored for a 2-yr period. Summation of light produced during each bioluminescence episode demonstrated that the total quanta emitted over 2 yr exceeded the theoretical yield from the administered luciferin. These results indicate that the administered luciferin either recycles or induces de novo synthesis of additional luciferin in Porichthys .     

离子色谱法分析化工样品中氯乙酸等的含量

1　引言离子色谱法出现于 1 975年 [1] ,近年获快速发展 ,在环境监测、石油、化工、地质、药学、药物等领域获得越来越广泛的应用。在化工生产中 ,往往需要快速同时分析反应液中的乙酸、氯乙酸、二氯乙酸和氯离子的含量 ,从而为化工生产流程控制提供可靠的数据。作者采用离子色谱分析了化工试样中上述各离子的含量 ,获得了满意的结果。2　试验部分2 .1　仪器ZJ— 3低压离子色谱仪 (由本实验室研制 ) ,电导检测器 (流通池死体积为 1 μ1 ) ,蠕动进样泵 ,工作压力 2～ 3× 1 0 5Pa,流量 2 .0 ml/min,工作流程见[2 ] 。2 .2　色谱条件低压阴…     

SINGLET OXYGEN INVOLVEMENT IN THE INACTIVATION OF CULTURED HUMAN FIBROBLASTS BY UVA (334 nm, 365 nm) AND NEAR-VISIBLE (405 nm) RADIATIONS

The UVA (320-380 nm) radiation inactivation of mammalian cells is dependent upon the presence of oxygen. In order to examine the intermediates involved, we have irradiated cells in the presence of chemical probes which are able to modify the activity of various oxygen species. We have also examined the possibility that UVA inactivates cultured human fibroblasts via generation of intracellular hydrogen peroxide. An iron scavenger (desferrioxamine) and a hydroxyl radical scavenger (dimethylsulfoxide) protect the cells against hydrogen peroxide. Diethyldithiocarbamate (a superoxide dismutase inhibitor) and aminotriazole (a catalase inhibitor) sensitize the cells to this oxidizing agent. These data support previous reports that hydrogen peroxide inactivates as a result of the iron-catalyzed generation of hydroxyl radical. None of these agents significantly alter the fluence-dependent inactivation of cell populations by radiation at 365 nm. In contrast, the cells are sensitized to radiation at 334, 365 and 405 nm in the presence of deuterium (an enhancer of singlet oxygen lifetime) and are protected against radiation at 365 nm by sodium azide (a quencher of singlet oxygen). These results are consistent with the conclusion that the generation of singlet oxygen, but not hydrogen peroxide or hydroxyl radical, plays an important role in the inactivation of cultured human cells by UVA and near-visible radiations.     

INDUCTION OF SLOWLY DEVELOPING ALKALI-LABILE SITES IN HUMAN P3 CELL DNA BY UVA AND BLUE- AND GREEN-LIGHT PHOTONS: ACTION SPECTRUM

Action spectra (365–520nm) for the formation of DNA single-strand breaks (SSB) and slowly developing alkali-labile sites (SDALS) in human teratocarcinoma P3 cells in culture were determined. Induction of SDALS results from the absorption of blue- and green-light photons. The spectrum has a broad peak that is maximal between 400 nm to 500 nm and declines sharply above and below these wavelength regions. Negligible yields of SDALS were produced by photons at wavelengths of 365 nm or shorter and at 520 nm or longer, whereas for SSB, the action increases with shorter wavelength throughout the whole spectral range studied. The configuration of the SDALS action spectrum suggests that the primary chromophore, and therefore possibly the photosensitizer, is a mixture of porphyrin and flavin residues.     

离子色谱法测定大豆木质部汁液中的Cl-、SO42-、NO3-、PO43-、柠檬酸和苹果酸

建立了离子色谱法测定大豆木质部汁液中Cl~-、SO_4~(2-)、NO_3~-、PO_4~(3-)、柠檬酸和苹果酸的方法。Cl~-、SO_4~(2-)、NO_3~-、PO_4~(3-)、柠檬酸和苹果酸的检出限分别为0.01、0.04、0.05、0.05、0.30和0.10 mg/L,相对标准偏差分别为8.34％、4.68％、9.54％、6.86％、5.52％和7.50％,线性范围分别为0.5～50.0、1.0～100.0、0.5～50.0、1.0～100.0、5.0～100.0和1.0～100.0 mg/L,回收率分别为103％～106.7％、92％～98.7％、93％～95.5％、91.7％～92％、93.2％～106％和94％～108.3％。方法简便、快速,测定结果准确,无干扰。     

PETITE INDUCTION IN YEAST, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, BY PHOTOACTIVATION OF 3-A-ZIDO-6-A-MINO-10-M-ETHYLACRIDINIUM CHLORIDE

Abstract— The photoinduction of petite colonies and cell toxicity in non-growing yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae , by 3-a-zido-6-a-mino-10-m-ethylacridinium chloride (AAMAC) has been examined. The results presented here indicate that mitochondrial DNA damage in resting yeast which occurs following irradiation of AAMAC-treated cells for short time periods is probably mediated through a covalent adduct between AAMAC and DNA. Furthermore, the photoreaction which contributes to biological activity is dependent on the presence of oxygen. Pre-irradiated AAMAC, which no longer exhibited the short-term photo-induction of biological effects showed a second biological activity. In this case longer irradiation times, e.g. 30 min, were required to induce petites for resting yeast. Again there was a strong dependence on the presence of oxygen. These results suggest that both processes may be effected through oxygen intermediates (photodynamic processes).     

INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF ETHANOL ON THE PHOTODYNAMIC CELL INACTIVATION AND PETITE INDUCTION BY EUFLAVINE IN YEAST, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Abstract— Effects of active oxygen scavengers on cell inactivation and petite induction of yeast by the photodynamic action of euflavine were examined. Histidine, sodium azide, 1,3-diphenyl-isobenzofuran and p-carotene, which are singlet oxygen scavengers, inhibited photodynamic cell killing. Histidine and sodium azide inhibited petite induction, too. These results suggested that photobiological effects of euflavine are induced via singlet oxygen-mediated Type II reaction process. In this work, however, we found that ethanol, which is reported to be a hydroxyl radical scavenger, notably inhibited photodynamic cell inactivation and petite induction by euflavine. Inhibition of petite induction was increased with increasing concentration of ethanol. Decrease of absorbance of euflavine by irradiation was also inhibited by the addition of ethanol.
These results suggested that ethanol possibly acts as a singlet oxygen scavenger.     

FREE RADICALS AND EXCITED SPECIES IN THE METABOLISM OF INDOLE-3-ACETIC ACID AND ITS ETHYL ESTER BY HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE AND BY NEUTROPHILS

The peroxidative metabolization of indole-3-acetic acid, a biologically important process, has been followed by EPR spectroscopy with the aim of obtaining information on the mechanism of generation of electronically excited species. The skatole-3-methylene radical detected during oxidation by horseradish peroxidase, does not appear to be involved in a major oxygen consuming process or in the generation of singlet oxygen. The chemiluminescence spectrum exhibits several maxima, which are also observed when the ethyl ester of indole-3-acetic acid is metabolized by horseradish peroxidase or by myeloperoxidase in neutrophils. When the ester is metabolically activated in either of these systems, the EPR spectrum indicates a tertiary carbon-centered radical. This radical centered on the carbon in the 3-position participates in a chemiexcitation/emissive route. Within the cell, this emissive process is responsible for a large part of the oxygen consumed. Some of the emitters originate in the cleavage of the 2,3 double bond. The ester, which is capable of penetrating into the cells, also emits with other myeloperoxidase-containing cells. This compound may have useful applications as an intracellular chemiluminescent probe for the presence of myeloperoxidase.     

THE MOLECULAR and STEREOCHEMICAL STRUCTURES OF PHOTOPRODUCTS GENERATED BY UV-IRRADIATION OF 4''-HYDROXYMETHYL-4,5'',8''- TRIMETHYLPSORALEN IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION

UV irradiation of 4'-hydroxymethyl-4,5',8-trimethyl psoralen (HMT) in aqueous solution yields three major photoproducts. We have isolated and characterized (1) a cyclobutane-bridged dimer in which a cis-syn linkage occurs between the furan end of one HMT moiety and the pyrone end of the other; (2) a cyclobutane-bridged dimer wherein both HMT moieties are linked at their pyrone ends with probable cis-syn configuration; and (3) an isomer of HMT for which we have proposed a structure in which the furan and pyrone ring oxygens assume a para orientation via photoisomerization.     

DIFFERENT (DIRECT and INDIRECT) MECHANISMS FOR THE INDUCTION OF DNA-PROTEIN CROSSLINKS IN HUMAN CELLS BY FAR- and NEAR-ULTRAVIOLET RADIATIONS (290 and 405 nm)

Abstract— Apparent DNA-protein crosslinking induced by monochromatic 290 and 405 nm Tadiations was measured in cultured human P3 teratocarcinoma cells with DNA alkaline elution techniques. The rates of the induction of crosslinks by 290 nm radiation were the same when the cells were irradiated either aerobically or anaerobically or when the cells were in an H₂O or D₂O aqueous environment. With 405 nm radiation, anaerobic irradiation reduced the induction of the crosslinks (dose modifying factor is about 0.2), and about twice as many crosslinks were observed when the cells were irradiated in an environment of D₂O rather than H₂O. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that far-UV radiation induces DNA-protein crosslinks by a direct mechanism, whereas near-UV radiation induces crosslinks via indirect photodynamic photosensitizations in which unidentified cellular endogenous photosensitizers and reactive species of oxygen are used.     

系数倍率和卡尔曼滤波紫外分光光度法同时测定发洗剂中的苯酚、间苯二酚和水杨酸

用系数倍率和卡尔曼滤波紫外分光光度法同时测定发洗剂中苯酚、间苯二酚、水杨酸的含量，苯酚、间苯二酚、水杨酸的线性回归方程分别为：A=0．00546 0．01762X，r=0.9999；A=0．00245 0.01606X，r=0．9999；A=-0.00748 0.02491X．r=0．9999。回收率分别为97．8％～102.3％、99．9％～102．3％、99．3％～103．2％。