ON THE MECHANISM OF QUENCHING OF SINGLET OXYGEN IN SOLUTION

Abstract— Bimolecular rate constants for the quenching of singlet oxygen O*₂(¹Δ_g), have been obtained for several transition-metal complexes and for β-carotene. Laser photolysis experiments of aerated solutions, in which triplet anthracene is produced and quenched by oxygen, yielding singlet oxygen which then sensitizes absorption due to triplet carotene, firmly establishes diffusion-controlled energy transfer from singlet oxygen as the quenching mechanism in the case of β-carotene. The efficient quenching of singlet oxygen by two trans-planar Schiff-base Ni(II) complexes, which have low-lying triplet ligand-field states, most probably also occurs as a result of electronic energy transfer, since an analogous Pd(II) complex and ferrocene, which both have lowest-lying triplet states at higher energies than the O*₂(¹Δ_g), state, quench much less effectively.     

ON THE QUENCHING OF SINGLET OXYGEN BY α-TOCOPHEROL

Abstract —D-α-tocopherol was found to be an effective quencher of ¹O₂ molecules ( k = 2.5 times 10⁸→mol^-1 s^-1 in pyridine) by measuring its effect on the autosensitized photooxidation of rubrene. The quenching process was shown to be almost entirely 'physical', that is, α-tocopherol deactivated about 120 ¹O₂ molecules before being destroyed. The results suggest that this process may be a mechanism for the protective effect of α - tocopherol in photodynamic action.     

过渡金属络合物猝灭单重态氧能力的研究

研究了多种不同过渡金属络合物对单重态氧的猝灭问题。结果表明过渡金属络合物猝灭单重态氧的能力主要和络合物分子的几何构型有关。能形成平面四方形结构的络合物由于中心金属原子易于和¹O₂分子相接近因而具有强的猝灭¹O₂的能力,反之形成四面体形结构的络合物则猝灭能力减弱。     

EVIDENCE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SINGLET OXYGEN BY PHOTOEXCITED ACRIDINE ORANGE

Abstract In contrast to previous results obtained with the nitroxide radical detection technique, generation of the specific ¹O₂ oxidation product of cholesterol shows that photoexcited acridine orange produces singlet oxygen.     

QUENCHING OF SINGLET OXYGEN BY HUMAN PLASMA

Direct measurements of the decay of singlet oxygen phosphorescence at 1270 nm were made in human plasma diluted with various amounts of deuterium oxide. The Stern-Volmer plot of the singlet oxygen lifetimes was linear up to 15% plasma concentration (vol/vol). Extrapolation of these measurements to 100% plasma content gave a singlet oxygen lifetime of 1.04 +/- 0.03 microseconds in human plasma. Biological molecules accounted for 77% of the total singlet oxygen quenching while water accounted for 23% of the quenching. The contributions of various types of biological molecules to the total singlet oxygen quenching were calculated from their plasma concentrations and their quenching constants. Plasma proteins quenched most of the singlet oxygen. Uric acid also quenched a significant amount of singlet oxygen (12%). Tocopherols, carotenoids, ascorbic acid and bilirubin made only small contributions to the total singlet oxygen quenching (less than or equal to 4%).     

THE QUENCHING OF SINGLET OXYGEN BY AMINO ACIDS AND PROTEINS

Abstract— The physical quenching of singlet molecular oxygen (¹Δ_g) by amino acids and proteins in D₂O solution has been measured by their inhibition of the rate of singlet oxygen oxidation of the bilirubin anion. Steady-state singlet oxygen concentrations are produced by irradiating the oxygenated solution with the 1–06 μm output of a Nd-YAG laser, which absorbs directly in the electronic transition ¹Δ_g+ 1 v →³Σ_g^-. The rate of quenching by most of the proteins studied is approximated by the sum of the quenching rates of their amino acids histidine, tryptophan and methionine, which implies that these amino acids in the protein structure are all about equally accessible to the singlet oxygen. The quenching constants differ from those obtained by the ruby-laser methylene-blue-photosensitized method of generating singlet oxygen, or from the results of steady-state methylene-blue-photosensitized oxidation, where singlet oxygen is assumed to be the main reactive species. The singlet oxygen quenching rates in D₂O, pD 8, are (10⁷ℒ mol^-1 s^-1): alanine 0–2, methionine 3, tryptophan 9, histidine 17, carbonic anhydrase 85, lysozyme 150, superoxide dismutase 260, aposuperoxide dismutase 250.     

QUENCHING OF SINGLET OXYGEN BY HUMAN RED CELL GHOSTS

Time resolved measurements of singlet oxygen phosphorescence at 1270 nm were made from unsealed red cell ghosts, labeled with 5-(N-hexadecanoyl)aminoeosin and suspended in deuterium oxide buffer. The singlet oxygen emission lifetime was long, 23 +/- 1 microseconds. The lifetime of the singlet oxygen phosphorescence from intact unsealed ghosts was not a measure of the singlet oxygen lifetime within the red cell ghost membrane, however. The prolonged singlet oxygen emission was due to singlet oxygen escaping from the thin membrane into the buffer, since the emission lifetime was significantly shortened by adding azide ion or water to the deuterium oxide buffer. The lifetime of singlet oxygen within the red cell ghosts membrane was estimated by dispersing the ghosts with detergent and then measuring the singlet oxygen lifetime in deuterium oxide buffers containing various dilutions of the dispersed ghosts. Apparent singlet-oxygen quenching constants were measured using four different photosensitizing dyes and two different detergents. The apparent quenching constant was independent of the dye used, but varied significantly with different detergents. Extrapolation of this data to "100%" ghost concentration gave a singlet oxygen lifetime from 24 and 130 ns. A ghost concentration of "100%" was defined as that concentration of red cell ghost molecules which would be contained within a red cell ghost membrane pellet containing no buffer solutions. Most of the singlet oxygen quenching was due to proteins. Lipids extracted from red cell ghosts accounted for only 2-7% of the total singlet oxygen quenching.     

QUENCHING OF SINGLET MOLECULAR OXYGEN BY PHTHALOCYANINES AND NAPHTHALOCYANINES

Using the direct measurement of the photosensitized luminescence of singlet molecular oxygen (1O2) the rate constants (kq) have been determined for 1O2 quenching by the monomeric molecules of the following phthalocyanines and naphthalocyanines in chloroform: tetra-(4-tert-butyl) phthalocyanine (I); octa-(3,6-butoxy) phthalocyanine (II), tetra-(6-tert-butyl)-2,3 naphthalocyanine (III), aluminium tetra-(1-tert-phenyl)-2,3 naphthalocyanine (IV), tri-(n-hexyl-siloxy) derivatives of silicon- (V), tin- (VI), aluminium- (VII) and gallium- (VIII) 2,3 naphthalocyanine. The following kq values were obtained (kq x 10(-8) M-1 s-1): 2.9 (I), 59 (II), 100 (III), 20 (IV), 3.9 (V), 53 (VI), 33 (VII), 110 (VIII). As most of the quenchers have the low-lying triplet levels, a contribution of the quenching mechanism based on the energy transfer from 1O2 to these levels has been analysed. A formula is proposed describing the relation between kq values caused by this mechanism, and photophysical constants of the quencher triplet state. This formula was applied to phthalocyanines, naphthalocyanines, beta-carotene and bacterochlorophyll a. The data suggest that the energy transfer can fully explain the activity of V and strongly contributes into the activities of II, III and VI-VIII. A charge transfer interaction might be an additional mechanism involved in 1O2 quenching by compounds studied. As some phthalocyanines and naphthalocyanines are strong physical quenchers of singlet oxygen they can be used as efficient inhibitors for photodestructive processes in photochemical systems.     

PHOTOINACTIVATION OF SPINACH NITRATE REDUCTASE SENSITIZED BY FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE. EVIDENCE FOR THE INVOLVEMENT OF SINGLET OXYGEN

Abstract All the activities of the nitrate reductase complex from spinach are irreversibly inactivated by irradiation of the enzyme with blue light in the presence of flavin mononucleotide. The photoinactivation requires oxygen and is prevented by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and by reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, but not by superoxide dismutase plus catalase. On the other hand, the inactivation is markedly enhanced in 77% deuterated water and it is suppressed by the singlet oxygen quenchers azide, histidine and tryptophan. All these results suggest that singlet oxygen generated by light absorption by flavin mononucleotide, rather than excited flavin mononucleotide or other oxygen species, is the primary agent involved in the photooxidative inactivation of the enzyme.     

MECHANISM OF PHYSICAL QUENCHING OF SINGLET MOLECULAR OXYGEN BY CHLOROPHYLLS and RELATED COMPOUNDS OF BIOLOGICAL INTEREST

Abstract— The rate constant k₅/ > for physical quenching of singlet oxygen O₂(δ₁;) by the sensitizer in dye-sensitized photooxygenations is determined in the case of chlorophylls a and b (7.3 times 10⁸, 4.2 times 10⁸ M^-1 s^-1 respectively), pheophytins a and b (7.4 times 10⁷, 3.0 times 10⁷ M^-1 s^_1 respectively), tetraphenylporphyrin (4.4 times 10⁷ M^-1 s^_1), magnesium tetraphenylporphyrin (5.0 times 10⁸ M^-1 s^_1), zinc tetraphenylporphyrin (1.5 times 10⁸ M^-1 s^_l) and protoporphyrin IX-dimethylester (9.1 times 10⁷ M ^-1 s^_1) in benzene. These sensitizers show a linear correlation between log k_s^O , and their half-wave oxidation potentials and the value of the slope is similar to that observed for various compounds such as phenols. It is concluded that (i) the interaction between chlorophylls and related compounds with singlet oxygen may involve an exciplex as for phenols, and (ii) physical quenching may be envisaged as a spin-orbit-induced intersystem crossing within the exciplex.     

QUENCHING OF SINGLET OXYGEN BY SENSITIZER IN DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOOXYGENATION*

Abstract— A general method for the determination of the extent of the singlet oxygen (¹O₂) quenching by sensitizer in the dye-sensitized photooxygenation of olefins is used in the case of rose bengal (RB) in methanol and oil-soluble chlorophyll (M) in benzene with 2-methyl-2-pentene and tetramethylethylene as acceptors. Unlike RB, M which contains only a low percentage of pure chlorophyll (Chi), quenches ¹O₂. It is shown that this very cheap mixture can be used for kinetic studies and that the chemical quenching of ¹O₂ by M is very weak with respect to the physical quenching. The upper limit for the rate constants of physical and chemical quenching of ¹O₂ by Chi is estimated.     

INVOLVEMENT OF SINGLET OXYGEN IN THE PHOTOTOXICITY MECHANISM FOR A METABOLITE OF PIROXICAM

It has been previously shown that a metabolite of piroxicam but not piroxicam itself causes phototoxicity to cells in vitro after exposure to UVA (320–400 nm) radiation. The phototoxicity mechanism for this metabolite, 2-methyl-4-oxo-2H-l,2-benzothiazine-l,l-dioxide (Compound I), was investigated. In vitro phototoxicity to human mononuclear cells was assayed using 0.5 m M Compound I and UVA radiation. The UVA fluence required for phototoxicity of Compound I was lower by a factor of 2-3 in D₂O buffer compared to H₂O buffer. Superoxide dismutase and mannitol, which remove O₂^- and OH", respectively, do not decrease the phototoxicity. The photodecomposition of Compound I was inhibited by sodium azide, enhanced by human serum albumin and unaffected by mannitol. Stable photoproducts of Compound I were not toxic to the cells. The quantum yield of singlet oxygen based on its emission at 1270 nm was 0.19 and 0.35 for Compound I and s2 ± 10^-3 and 10^-2 for piroxicam in D₂O and C₆H₆, respectively. While the extremely low quantum yield for singlet oxygen from piroxicam appears to account for its lack of phototoxicity, the phototoxicity mechanism for its metabolite, Compound I, most likely does involve singlet oxygen.     

PHOTOOXIDATION OF EPINEPHRINE SENSITIZED BY METHYLENE BLUE—EVIDENCE FOR THE INVOLVEMENT OF SINGLET OXYGEN AND OF SUPEROXIDE

Abstract— The photooxidation of epinephrine, sensitized by methylene blue or by chlorophylls, excited with red light, involves the reduction of two molecules of oxygen to hydrogen peroxide per molecule of epinephrine oxidized to adrenochrome. The initial rates of these reactions are not affected by low concentrations of catalase. In 99 mol % D₂O, rates of methylene blue sensitized photooxidations are accelerated as much as 5.2 times over rates in ordinary water. Azide anion is a more effective inhibitor of this reaction in D₂O than in H₂O. Half maximal inhibitions are obtained by 1.3 mM azide in H₂O and by 0.1 mAf azide in D₂O. Isotope effects and azide sensitivities point to photooxidation of epinephrine in D₂O primarily by a singlet oxygen pathway; in H₂O, non-singlet oxygen pathways become more predominant. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) markedly inhibits rates of the photooxidations in H₂O and in D₂O; about 25% at 10^-9 M SOD, and 50% at 10^-6 M SOD in H₂O. In the photooxidation in H₂O, both by non-singlet and singlet oxygen mechanisms, the amount of superoxide produced is equivalent to the amount of O₂ consumed in the photooxidation of epinephrine; the superoxide thus formed participates in the oxidation of epinephrine.     

RATE PARAMETERS FOR THE QUENCHING OF SINGLET OXYGEN BY WATER-SOLUBLE AND LIPID-SOLUBLE SUBSTRATES IN AQUEOUS AND MICELLAR SYSTEMS

Abstract— The laser flash photolysis method has been used to determine the bimolecular rate constants for the reaction between O₂(¹Δ₉) and several lipid-soluble and water-soluble substrates. Values for lipid-soluble substrates have been obtained using aqueous dispersions of surfactants above the critical micelle concentration with 1,3 diphenylisobenzofuran as monitor of singlet oxygen. Under these conditions the hydrophobic substances are solubilized by the micellar phase. For substrates which are water-soluble, 9,10-anthracene dipropionic acid disodium salt was used as singlet oxygen monitor. For several substances, the values obtained are comparable to the values found in homogeneous nonaqueous solutions. In cases where significant differences have been found these have been rationalized according to the individual case. The only major unexpected result concerned β-carotene which, in micellar dispersion, failed to react at all with O₂(¹Δ₉) This may be due to multi-molecular aggregations occurring in the polar medium. The work described herein shows clearly that, under appropriate conditions, singlet oxygen kinetics can be effectively followed in aqueous solutions by time resolved methods. The indiscriminate use of β-carotene as a quencher of O₂(¹Δ₉)in mainly aqueous media is questioned.     

IS SINGLET OXYGEN FORMATION DOMINANT IN TRIPLET QUENCHING PROCESSES? MEASUREMENT OF THE QUANTUM YIELD OF SINGLET OXYGEN FORMATION BY THE TIME-RESOLVED THERMAL LENS METHOD

The quantum yields of singlet oxygen formation (Ø_Δ) by the quenching of triplet states of organic sensitizers are measured at various concentrations of the sensitizers by using the time-resolved thermal lens method. Above a certain concentration, Ø_Δ is independent of the sensitizer concentration. Below the threshold, Ø_Δ gradually decreases as the concentration of the sensitizer decreases. The extrapolation of Ø_Δ to zero concentration indicates that singlet oxygen formation is not necessarily dominant in the quenching process even for the ³ππ* state in benzene.     

SINGLET MOLECULAR OXYGEN QUENCHING BY SATURATED AND UNSATURATED FATTY-ACIDS AND BY CHOLESTEROL

The rate constants of molecular singlet oxygen quenching by saturated and unsaturated fatty-acids and by cholesterol-membrane critical components - membrane critical components - have been measured by time resolved detection of the 1270 nm phosphorescence of singlet molecular oxygen [O2(1deltag)]. We have determined (i) an increment of 5.7 x 10(2)M(-1)s(-1) per -CH2- in C6D6 and CD3OD for saturated fatty acids between C4 and C20, (ii) an increment of 3 x 10(4)M(-1)s(-1) per non-conjugated cis-double bond for C18 unsaturated fatty acids, identical in C6D6 and DC3OD, (iii) a lower quenching rate constant by a factor of 2.7 for the trans-C16 and trans-C18 as compared to the corresponding cis-monounsaturated fatty acids, (iv) a rate constant of O2x(1deltag) quenching by cholesterol of 5.7 x 10(4)M(-1)s(-1) in benzene. These rate constants are compared to those obtained for other membrane cellular components.     

STEROL METABOLISM. XLII. ON THE INTERCEPTION OF SINGLET MOLECULAR OXYGEN BY STEROLS

Abstract— The use of cyclic 1,3-dienes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as xenobiotic substrates for the interception of electronically excited (singlet) molecular oxygen (¹O₂) in biological systems is reviewed and criticized, and the possibility of utilization of reactive endogenous substrates for ¹O₂ interception is considered. The common sterols, cholesterol, 5α-cholest-7-en-3β-ol, and 5α-lanost-8-en-3β-ol each give oxidation products with ¹O₂ different from those with ground-state molecular oxygen that can be distinguished from one another by simple chromatographic means.     

PHOTOOXIDATION OF CHLOROPHYLL AND PHEOPHYTIN. QUENCHING OF SINGLET OXYGEN AND INFLUENCE OF THE MICELLAR STRUCTURE

Abstract— When chlorophyll(Chl) and pheophytin(Phn) are irradiated in Triton X-100 water binary solvents, singlet oxygen is formed in the medium in a higher yield for Phn than for Chi. Chlorophyll shows an irreversible photooxidation reaction and a chemical oxidation reaction when 1,3-diphenyliso-benzofuran (DPBF) is added to the solution. During the chemical oxidation, Chi is destroyed by an oxidizing agent that is a reaction product of the endoperoxide formed in the medium by the addition of singlet oxygen to DPBF. This reaction depends on the structure of the medium and has some characteristics of an oxidation by hydroxyl radicals. The highest yield is obtained with the micellar structure. Chlorophyll and Phn are readily oxidized by hydroxyl radicals generated using the Fenton reagent. This suggests that in the presence of Triton X-100, the Mg²⁺ ion of a Chi molecule plays a key role in the irreversible oxidation of the pigment.     

A TEST OF THE SINGLET OXYGEN MECHANISM OF CATIONIC DYE PHOTOSENSITIZATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL DAMAGE

Aromatic cationic dyes have a potential as photo-chemotherapeutic agents because they are selectively concentrated into the mitochondria of cancerous cells. The mechanism of cytophototoxicity has been proposed to be primarily due to dye sensitized photogeneration of highly toxic singlet oxygen (1O2) at the mitochondria. We tested this hypothesis by measuring the relative phototoxicity of a collection of aromatic cationic dyes towards respiring rat-liver mitochondria (RLM), upon addition of 514 nm laser light. Effectiveness of dye photosensitization towards destruction of RLM function was assayed by its effect on the RLM membrane potential. Three physical parameters of dye phototoxicity were independently measured and a relative phototoxicity calculated assuming adherence of mechanism to the 1O2 hypothesis. Quantum yields of dye sensitized 1O2 production were estimated, either from time-resolved luminescence measurements of photosensitized 1O2 formed, or by comparing rates of photobleaching of 1O2 trap; the relative partition of dye into mitochondrial lipid was determined gravimetrically; and the optical density of dye was determined in a lipid like Triton X-100 micellar environment. Under the assumption of the 1O2 hypothesis, these parameters were used to predict a relative phototoxicity which was compared with that observed. For 12 of the 14 dyes investigated, the observed and predicted phototoxicities were linearly correlated (r = 0.85) suggesting support of the 1O2 hypothesis. Carbocyanines DiOC2(3) and DiSC2(3) did not correlate and were found to be 10 and 1000 times more potent than predicted, suggesting an additional factor at play in their phototoxicity.