THE INTERACTION OF MELANIN WITH 8-METHOXYPSORALEN: EFFECT ON RADIATIVE AND NONRADIATTVE TRANSITIONS. A FLUORESCENCE AND PULSED PHOTOACOUSTIC STUDY

Abstract: The interaction of 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) with synthetic eumelanin was investigated using static and time-resolved fluorescence and pulsed photoacoustic calorimetry. Due to the strong overlap of the absorption bands of melanin and 8-MOP, a method is presented to account for the systematic errors introduced by the optical filter effect exerted by each absorbing species in the fluorescence and the photoacoustic measurements. As a preliminary step to the understanding of the nonradiative behavior of the psoralen-melanin complexes, the photoacoustic parameters of 8-MOP in various solvents were determined. Spectroscopic data indicate the absence of interaction at the ground-state level, whereas the singlet excited state of 8-MOP is quenched by the pigment; the average fluorescence lifetimes are independent of the melanin concentration, thus indicating a static quenching mechanism. The photoacoustic data show that the quenching process involves an increased intersystem crossing probability, which is almost unaffected by the presence of oxygen, as expected for a molecule essentially acting as a type I photosensitizing agent.     

THE PHOTOCHEMICAL INTERACTION BETWEEN THE TRIPLET STATE OF 8-METHOXYPSORALEN AND THE MELANIN PRECURSORL–3, 4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE

Abstract— The photochemical interaction between 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) and the melanin precursorL–3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine(dopaH₂) has been studied using laser flash photolysis. Triplet excited 8-MOP was thus found to abstract electrons from dopaH₂ ( k ∼ 2 × 10⁹ dm³ mol^-1 s^-1) to form semireduced 8-MOP and semioxidised dopaH₂.The technique of pulse radiolysis was used to establish separately the spectra of (a) the semi-reduced form of 8-MOP at pH 6.5 and (b) the semioxidised forms of dopaH₂ at pH 6.5, 5.8, 4.6 and 3.3. The corresponding λ_max and extinction coefficients found were: for 8-MOP at pH 6.5, λ_max= 350 nm (= 9050 dm³ mol^-1 cm^-1); for dopa at pH 6.5, λ_max= 305 nm (ε= 12000 dm³ mol^-1 cm^-1) and for dopaH at pH 3.3, λ= 305 nm (ε= 5900 dm³ mol^-1 cm^-1).     

A FLUORESCENCE STUDY OF THE INTERACTION OF INDOLIC COMPOUNDS WITH SYNTHETIC POLYELECTROLYTES

Abstract— –The interaction of indole derivatives with synthetic polyelectrolytes was investigated using UV absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. The presence of both sodium poly(styrene sulfonate) (PSS) and sodium polyvinyl sulfonate) (PVS) inhibits the fluorescence quenching of 1-pyrene sulfonic acid by tryptamine. The effect is more marked for PSS than for PVS. There was no polyelectrolyte effect on the quenching by tryptophan. It was also found that aromatic polyelectrolytes strongly quench the fluorescence of indole derivatives of opposite charge by a static mechanism. This is accompanied by a new absorption in the red extreme of the UV spectrum of the mixtures. The systems investigated were tryptamine-PSS and polyvinyl benzyl trimethylammonium chloride) with the anions of indole-3-alkanoic acids. Equilibrium constants for the binding of the indole derivatives to the polyelectrolytes were determined. The fluorescence of zwitterionic tryptophan is not affected by the presence of the polyelectrolytes.     

THE EFFECT OF DARK COMPLEXING ON THE PHOTOSENSITIZED FORMATION OF 8-METHOXYPSORALEN CROSS-LINKS WITH DNA*

The near-UV dose at 365 nm required for the formation of 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) cross-links with calf thymus DNA was found to be insensitive to the concentration ratio of nucleotides to 8-MOP over the range 100:1 to 5:1. The proposed explanation is that only the dark-complexed 8-MOP contributes to the photosensitized formation of monoadducts and cross-links. A kinetics analysis indicates that the fluence required for cross-linking should be inversely proportional to the square root of the fraction of dark-complexed 8-MOP per nucleotide (the binding ratio), a quantity that is insensitive to the ratio of nucleotides to 8-MOP. These findings predict a small dependence of photosensitivity on the total 8-MOP concentration in cellular systems in which cross-links are the major lethal lesion.     

荧光光谱法研究美托拉宗与牛血清白蛋白的相互作用

采用荧光光谱技术研究了在pH7.40的Tris-HCl缓冲介质中美托拉宗与BSA相互作用。实验发现,美托拉宗对BSA有较强的荧光猝灭作用,根据292K和311K时美托拉宗对BSA的荧光猝灭作用,利用Stern-Volmer方程及双倒数方程处理实验数据,表明美托拉宗对BSA的荧光猝灭作用属于动态猝灭过程,根据F rster非辐射能量转移理论计算出了美托拉宗与BSA间的结合距离r=2.77 nm,结合过程的热力学数据表明,二者主要靠疏水作用力结合;进一步采用同步荧光光谱探讨了美托拉宗对BSA构象的影响。     

AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN THE FLUORESCENCE OF MELANIN and LIPOFUSCIN GRANULES OF THE RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM: A TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY STUDY

The photophysical properties of purified populations of melanin and lipofuscin granules from human retinal pigment epithelium, and their changes with donor age, have been investigated using high-sensitivity time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy techniques with picosecond gating capabilities. The overall fluorescence intensity of both melanin and lipofuscin granules clearly increased with increasing donor age, the increase being most marked for melanin. In all granule populations the fluorescence decays were multiexponential with subnanosecond and nanosecond decay components. The resultant time-integrated and time-gated spectra also exhibited marked age-variations for each type of granule. Young melanin showed spectral patterns similar to those of bovine melanin, while a yellow-orange fluorescence band appeared in melanin samples from older age groups. Lipofuscin granules exhibited a blue, a yellow and an orange band whose relative amounts were age-related. The results demonstrate the potential of time-resolved techniques for discriminating fluorophores in vitro and in situ, and have confirmed results previously obtained using extraction techniques. Furthermore, the ability of this technique to identify and quantify individual fluorophores within granules may provide an important insight into the origin and development of lipofuscin within the retinal pigment epithelium and ultimately into the mechanisms of age-related retinal diseases.     

FACTORS INFLUENCING THE NEAR-UV EFFECT ON DNA IN THE PRESENCE OF 8-METHOXYPSORALEN: RENATURABILITY OF DNA.

Factors affecting the near-UV induced reaction of calf thymus DNA in the presence of 8-methoxypsoralen were examined. DNA became more renaturable with increasing concentration of 8-methoxypsoralen and fluence. Existence of paramagnetic ions, Mn²⁺, Co²⁺, or Ni²⁺, largely repressed the photoreaction. It was ascertained that the highest renaturability was attained by the illumination with light between 310 and 345 nm.     

A PULSED LASER SYSTEM FOR THE STUDY OF MICRO-SECOND DELAYED FLUORESCENCE FROM PLANTS

Abstract—A new laser system is designed for the investigation of S delayed fluorescence. This is intended to overcome some undesirable features present in other current designs, such as low actinic light fluxes and long illumination times, or slow responses owing to long turn-off times of the stimulation source and the presence of fluorescence artifacts.
The system uses a pulsed argon-ion laser and bears little resemblance to either the modified Becquerel phosphoroscope used by Lavorel (1971) or to those systems requiring shutters. Cheapness of design together with the ability to adjust such parameters as pulse duration easily, make this design attractive to most laboratories in which short (10 μs) high intensity (10⁵ W m^-2) pulses with rapid (1.5 μs) turn-off times and high on-to-off contrast ratios (10⁶:1) are required.
Certain design criteria are strictly imposed in order to produce kinetic data that can be meaningfully analysed.     

PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY AND RADIANT ENERGY CONVERSION: THEORY OF THE EFFECT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Abstract—The use of photoacoustic spectroscopy in the study of photoactive samples (photochemical, luminescent, photovoltaic) is considered. After a short explanation of the parameters important in this technique and ways of measuring them, photochemical processes are considered in detail. Relations are derived for the determination of the energy stored in photochemical products and the quantum yield for the photochemical processes.
One- and two-step photochemical processes are treated in detail and the dependence of the photo-acoustically detected products on modulation frequency is considered, showing the possibility of separating reaction steps according to their rate constants. Particular attention is given to the photosynthetic process and the potential of this method for determination of energy conversion efficiencies of the different stages of photosynthesis is demonstrated. Also the use of the technique in the study of photovoltaic processes is outlined.     

竞争吸收在含金属稳定剂的猝灭机理中的作用

<正> 含重金属原子的光稳定剂的稳定效果常和其光猝灭能力相联系。钱钦文等指出,Ni、Cr、Yb及Eu的整合物能猝灭二乙酮的三重态。Briggs等发现,镍的一系列不同配位体的螯合物可以强烈的猝灭蒽的三重态。有些报告还指出,许多不同配位体的金属螯合物是二苯酮激发态的最佳猝灭剂。但也存在一些相反的结果,如Carlsson等未观     

INTERACTION OF THE PEPTIDE HORMONE ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC ACTH(l-24), WITH A MEMBRANE MODEL SYSTEM: A FLUORESCENCE STUDY*

The peptide hormone adrenocorticotropin and a related peptide were studied in solution and in interaction with a model system of membranes (small unilamellar vesicles of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine and 17% dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol) via fluorescence spectroscopy. In aqueous solution, intramolecular distances between the fluorescent residues R(Tyr²-Trp⁹) = 9.2 Å and R(Trp⁹-Tyr²³) 18 Å were obtained, in agreement with molecular models. Interaction of the peptide with the negatively charged membrane is evident from the alteration of the Trp photophysical parameters (quantum yield, fluorescence spectra and anisotropy), with a partition constant between the lipidic and aqueous phase of Kp =1–2 times 10³. The existence of two populations of Trp in the membrane, which are distinctly accessed by acrylamide, was concluded from the tryptophan fluorescence quenching study; the two fractions are located near the membrane interface as inferred from its fluorescence quenching by the 5-doxylstearate and 16-doxylstearate lipophilic quenchers. This result is further supported by energy transfer experiments to the 3-(9-anthroyloxyl)stearic acid and 12-(9-anthroyloxyl)stearic acid probes.     

8-羟基喹啉的丙烯酸酯及其聚合物的荧光光谱研究

在同一分子中既含有电子给体基团,又含有电子受体基团的单体,如甲基丙烯酸二甲氨基苄酯(DMABMA),N-(4-N′,N′-二甲氨基苯基)代丙烯酰胺(DMAPAA)及其聚合物的荧光光谱颇为有趣。     

EFFECT OF ZINC ON THE INTERACTION OF COPPER AND A SIMPLE PEPTIDE MOLECULE WITH HYDROGEN PEROXIDE

Abstract

Reaction of copper and of copper in presence of zinc with glycylglycine H₂Gg, H₂NCH₂CONHCH₂COOH (in ratios 1:2 and 1:1:2, respectively), and an excess of hydrogen peroxide results in the formation of a novel peroxy complex [Cu(O₂ ^2-) (H₂Gg)₂].2H₂O and a mixed metal peroxo carbonate complex [Cu, Zn(O₂ ^2-(CO₃)(H₂O)₄], respectively. A notable feature of the reaction is the facile decomposition of the peptide bond at room temperature on addition of zinc to the system.     

聚苯乙烯磺酸钠与阳离子表面活性剂的相互作用和纳米聚集体的生成

在聚苯乙烯磺酸钠(PSS)的水溶液中,引入阳离子表面活性剂(CTAB或DDAB)使与PSS通过静电相互作用实现聚苯乙烯磺酸盐不同程度的中性化,并进而对PSS/表面活性剂复合物在水中的行为特征、特别是PSS因疏水化而产生的聚集行为以及临界聚集浓度等采用多种方法如溶液的透光率;荧光光谱;荧光探针以及扫描电镜观察等进行了研究,得到一些颇为有趣的结果.结果表明PSS-CTAB或DDAB加成物可自发的形成约70 nm的纳米粒子。而中性化程度则对加成物的构型以及体系的透光率等有较大影响。结果还表明所得具有亲水外壳和疏松的疏水内核的聚集体能容易的使疏水分子进入其中。     

THE WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE OF THE EFFECT OF 8-METHOXYPSORALEN PLUS ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION ON THE INDUCTION OF LATENT SIMIAN VIRUS 40 FROM A MAMMALIAN CELL

Abstract— The effect of 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) plus ultraviolet radiation (UV) of different wavelengths in the region 238–365 nm on the induction of SV40 from SV40-transformed Syrian hamster kidney cells was investigated. Results indicate that 8-MOP + UV treatment activates as much as 1000-fold more virus than UV alone at wavelengths in the region 302–365 nm. At wavelengths below 302 nm, 8-MOP addition to cells prior to irradiation shows little, if any, effect. A wavelength dependence for this viral induction is presented.     

吡啶与Rh(111)面相互作用的EHMO研究

吡啶作为加氢脱氮的模型化合物,与过渡金属Pt(111),Ni(100),Pd(110,111),Mo(110),Rh(111)面的吸附作用已有大量的实验研究,所采用的技术基本上是LEED,TDS,XPS,HREELS等,然而吡啶与Rh(111)面作用的理论研究尚未见报道.本文用EHMO法研究了吡啶与Rh(111)面的吸附作用,得到了最优吸附构型、结合能、集居数以及电荷分布和转移等,为新的脱氮催化剂开发提供了理论依据. 计算采用EHMO法,其中非对角矩阵元采用MWH近似:     

水煤浆添加剂与煤之间的相互作用规律研究 Ⅰ. 复合煤颗粒间的相互作用对水煤浆流变性的影响

使用12种不同分散剂对14种不同变质程度的煤进行了成浆性实验，分析了182个水煤浆(CWS)样品的流变性。结果表明，低变质程度和高灰煤浆多呈屈服假塑性，煤的性质起主导作用；变质程度高且灰分较低煤浆的流变性，主要依赖于分散剂的结构与性质；分子结构单元立体空间效应大，疏水基团与亲水基团呈立体间隔分布的分散剂，易形成屈服假塑性CWS；分子线度长，亲水基团与疏水基团呈线性间隔分布的分散剂，易形成胀塑性CWS。复合煤粒间的相互作用方式是决定CWS流变特性的关键。     

顺式二氯二氨合铂与核苷作用的13C核磁共振研究

本文用¹³C NMR法系统研究了溶液中顺式二氯二氨合铂与胸苷、胞苷、鸟苷和5'-腺嘌呤单核苷酸的作用,确定了不同条件下形成配合物的组成及其分子申铂原子与配体的成键方式。在中性介质中顺铂分别与胸苷、胞苷作用,生成N₃配位的顺-[Pt(NH₃)₂(ThyH_-1)₂]和顺-[Pt(NH₃)₂(Cyt)₂]²⁺;与鸟苷随摩尔比不同相应生成顺-[Pt(NH₃)₂(N₂-Guo)₂]²⁺和[Pt(NH₃)₂(N₂,N₁-GuoH_-1)]_nⁿ⁺,当pH=3和摩尔比为1时,尚有微量[Pt(NH₃)₂(N₇,O(C₆)Guo)]²⁺生成;在中性介质中顺铂与5'-AMP亦随摩尔比不同,生成顺-[Pt(NH₃)₂(N₇-5'-AMP)₂]^2-或兼生成顺-[Pt(NH₃)₂(N₇,N₁-5'-AMP)]_n。根据所得结果讨论了顺铂抗癌作用机制,提出了顺铂可能与DNA同一链上相邻二个鸟嘌呤基上的N₇N₁键合形成链内交联的新机制。     

阳离子荧光敏感器的器件化问题研究

通过对石英玻片表面修饰, 制作了联有多氨基链萘基的超薄膜荧光敏感器件, 研究了它在镍、铜等金属离子水溶液及有机溶剂中的荧光猝灭现象. 发现其荧光光谱无论在水或其他有机溶剂中都存在着单体和激基缔合物(ex-cimer)的发射峰, 当处于镍离子水溶液中时, 其单体峰随离子浓度的增大出现了先增强后减弱的现象, 而激基缔合物的发光峰则仅略有减弱但变化不大. 在铜离子水溶液中其荧光的变化情况和镍离子有所不同, 对单体荧光只能观察到强度减弱的趋势, 而激基缔合物则变化不大. 比较了未联结的敏感器化合物分子在有机溶剂中荧光被铜离子猝灭的行为, 发现与其在器件表面时有很大的差别, 表明其分子结构和构象也有很大的不同.     

2-吡唑啉类化合物发光机制的研究

本工作合成了新型的2-吡唑啉类化合物:1-3-二苯基-4-(p-硝基苄叉)-2-吡唑啉,研究了该化合物在室温及低温77K时的稳态光物理行为,结果表明:在标题化合物分子中存在着两种电荷转移机制,其一是从N1→N2→C3→苯基,其二是从N1→N2→C3→C4→P-硝基苄叉,光激发下,两种电荷转移机制相互竞争,且具有不同的发光构象。