Targeted Singlet Oxygen Generation Using Different DNA-Interacting Perylene Diimide Type Photosensitizers

Singlet oxygen quantum yields (Φ _Δ) of different perylene diimides (PDIs) containing phenyl (PDI-Ph), pyrene (PDI-Pyr), and indole (PDI-In) units in bay positions of the ring were determined using 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran (DPBF) method in toluene/methanol (99:1) system. Pyrene-substituted PDI were the most efficient singlet oxygen generator among the investigated photosensitizers with a quantum yield of Φ _Δ?=?0.93 in toluene/methanol. Additionally, their binding affinities to G-quadruplex DNA structure were investigated by steady-state measurements. There were marked red shifts of absorbance bands for PDI-Pyr/DNA strand complexes with respect to the absorption maxima of DNA-free solution of PDI-Pyr in phosphate buffer at pH 6.     

Singlet Oxygen Generation Enhanced by Silver-Pectin Nanoparticles

We demonstrate the potential application of silver-pectin nanoparticles on photodynamic therapy, on a solution-base platform. Photodynamic therapy is a medical technique which uses a combination of photosensitizing drugs and light to induce selective damage on the target tissue, by electronically excited and highly reactive singlet state of oxygen. Metal enhanced singlet oxygen generation in riboflavin water solution with silver-pectin nanoparticles was observed and quantified. Here 13 nm silver nanospheres enclosed by a pectin layer were synthesized and it interaction with riboflavin molecule was analyzed. Pectin, a complex carbohydrate found in plants primary cell walls, was used to increase the biocompatibility of the silver nanoparticles and to improve metal enhanced singlet oxygen generation (28.5 %) and metal-enhanced fluorescence (30.7 %) processes at room temperature. The singlet oxygen sensor fluorescent green reagent was used to quantify the enhancement of the riboflavin singlet oxygen production induced by the silver colloid. We report a 1.7-fold increase of riboflavin emission and a 1.8-fold enhancement of singlet oxygen production.     

Singlet Oxygen Generation in Microcapillary Optical Elements with Photoactive Coatings

Optics and Spectroscopy - The spectral-luminescent properties of oxide nanocoatings containing ZnO and Ag nanoparticles and the processes of singlet-oxygen generation in these coatings are studied....     

Luminescence Study of Singlet Oxygen Production by Meso-Tetraphenylporphine

The research in the field of the photodynamic therapy of cancer (PDT) is focused on a development of photosensitizers exhibiting high quantum yield of singlet oxygen production. Direct time-resolved spectroscopic observation of singlet oxygen phosphorescence can provide time constants of its population and depopulation as well as photosensitizer phosphorescence lifetime and relative quantum yields. In our contribution, a study of time and spectral resolved phosphorescence of singlet oxygen photosensitized by meso-tetraphenylporphine in acetone together with the photosensitizer phosphorescence is presented. Time constants of singlet oxygen population and depopulation were determined at wide range of photosensitizer concentrations. The time constant of singlet oxygen generation (0.28 ± 0.01) s is slightly shorter then the lifetime of photosensitizer's triplet state (0.32 ± 0.01) s. It is caused by lower ability of TPP aggregates to transfer excitation energy to oxygen. The lifetime of singlet oxygen (50 s) decreases with increasing photosensitizer concentration. Therefore, the photosensitizer acts also as a quencher of oxygen singlet state, similarly to the effects observed in [A. A. Krasnovsky, P. Cheng, R. E. Blankenship, T. A. Moore, and D. Gust (1993). Photochem. Photobiol. 57, 324–330; H. Küpper, R. Ddic, A. Svoboda, J. Hála, and P. M. H. Kroneck (2002). Biochim. Biophys. Acta Gen. Subj. 1572, 107–113]. Moreover, the increasing concentraion of the photosensitizer causes a slight hypsochromic shift of the singlet oxygen luminescence maximum.     

Metal-enhanced Singlet Oxygen Generation: A Consequence of Plasmon Enhanced Triplet Yields

In this Rapid Communication, we report the first observation of Metal-Enhanced singlet oxygen generation (ME¹O₂). Rose Bengal in close proximity to Silver Island Films (SiFs) can generate more singlet oxygen, a three-fold increase observed, as compared to an identical glass control sample but containing no silver. The enhanced absorption of the photo-sensitizer, due to coupling to silver surface plasmons, facilitates enhanced singlet oxygen generation. The singlet oxygen yield can potentially be adjusted by modifying the choice of MEF (Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence) & MEP (Metal Enhance Phosphorescence) parameters, such as distance dependence for plasmon coupling and wavelength emission of the coupling fluorophore. This is a most helpful observation in understanding the interactions between plasmons and lumophores, and this approach may well be of significance for singlet oxygen based clinical therapy.     

近红外光谱法快速检测绿茶中儿茶素的含量

提出了一种应用傅里叶近红外漫反射光谱分析技术快速检测茶叶中主要儿茶素含量的新方法.首先获取茶叶在10000～4000 cm<'-1>范围的近红外漫反射光谱,然后以高效液相色谱分析值作参考值.采用偏最小二乘法建立茶叶中表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酯(EGCG)、表儿茶素没食子酸酯(ECG)和表没食子儿茶素(EGC)含量的定量分析模型.通过交互验证方法来优化模型的主成分数和所采用的光谱预处理方法.EGCG、ECG和EGC三个模型预测值和参考值问的相关系数分别为0.9800、0.9763和0.9853,预测均方根误差分别为0.3509、0.1147和0.1365.研究结果表明,近红外光谱技术可成功地检测茶叶中EGCG,ECG和EGC的含量.     

Correlation between the Efficiency of Singlet Oxygen Generation and the Luminescence Parameters of Photosensitizers

Optics and Spectroscopy - The quantum yield of interconversion to triplet states for free-base 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethylporphyrin and 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin, as well as of...     

Singlet and Triplet State Properties and Singlet Oxygen Yield of an Amino-Acyl-Quinoxalinone Yellow Dye

Amino-acyl-quinoxalinone yellow dyes are cyclised analogues of the yellow azomethine dyes developed for, and still used in, silver halide colour photography. Unlike image azomethine dyes, which are rapidly deactivated in their excited states by torsion about the azomethine bond, amino-acyl-quinoxalinone dyes have an interesting photophysics because torsion is not possible due to their cyclised structure. We report results from studies on singlet and triplet state properties, and singlet oxygen yields, of the yellow dye, 7-diethylamino-3-(2,2-dimethyl-propionyl)-5-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-quinoxalin-2-one, in polar and nonpolar solvents. The dye photophysics is characterised by a weak fluorescence, with a solvent dependent emission yield (Φ_F?≈?0.002–0.004), and short singlet state lifetime (τ_expt?≈?20–50 ps), both increasing by a factor of ≈2 in going from polar acetonitrile to non-polar dioxane as solvent. DFT ZINDO calculations show a transition involving significant electron transfer from the diethyl-amino group into the carbonyl region of the molecule. In solution, in the presence of oxygen, the triplet state decays almost exclusively by oxygen quenching, and singlet oxygen is produced in high yield (Φ_??≈?0.5–0.55). The triplet state absorbs across the 450–750 nm region with maxima around 480 and 650 nm, and moderate molar absorption coefficients (ca. 6000–8000 M^?1 cm^?1). In a glass at 77 K, triplet decay gives a red phosphorescence, with λ_max?≈?640–650 nm, and a ?≈?0.25 s lifetime. If singlet oxygen yields are a good indication of triplet yields, then internal conversion and intersystem crossing occur with roughly equal efficiency.

     

Synthesis and Characterization of New Fluorene-Based Singlet Oxygen Sensitizers

The synthesis, photophysical characterization, and determination of singlet oxygen quantum yields (Φ_Δ) for a class of fluorene derivatives with potential application in two-photon photodynamic therapy (PDT) is reported. It has been demonstrated that these compounds possess the ability to generate singlet oxygen (¹O₂) upon excitation. A photochemical method, using 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran (DPBF) as ¹O₂ chemical quencher, was employed to determine the singlet oxygen quantum yields (Φ_Δ) of the fluorene-based photosensitizers in ethanol. Φ_Δ values ranged from 0.35 to 0.75. These derivatives may have potential application as two-photon photosensitizers when pumped via two-photon excitation in the near-IR spectral region.     

Quantum-Chemical Simulation of the Solvent Effect on Spontaneous Emission of Singlet Oxygen

A molecular simulation of the solvent effect on radiative rate constant k _r of singlet oxygen is carried out. This study included a search for the most probable conformations of the complexes of molecules of singlet oxygen and ten solvents and calculation of dipole moments M of transitions a¹Δ _g –b¹Σ _g ⁺ (M _a–b ) and a¹Δ _g –X³Σ _g ^- (M _a–X ) of the oxygen molecule for them. Averaging of M _a–b by conformations, taking into account the probability of their formation for complexes without atoms with a large atomic number (Cl, S), yields values that, as a rule, correlate well with the behavior of k _r in the experiment. Taking into account the possibility of decreasing the distance (compared to equilibrium) between molecules in a collision complex at room temperature made it possible to achieve satisfactory agreement of the calculated and experimental data also for complexes with CCl₄, C₂Cl₄, and CS₂. The obtained data indicate that a number of factors affect k _r . The correlation of k _r with molecular polarizability in a number of cases is due, on the one hand, to its effect on the strength of dispersion interactions in the complex and, on the other hand, to the fact that it to some extent reflects the position of the upper filled orbitals of the solvent molecule. Both factors affect the degree of mixing of the π orbitals of the singlet oxygen molecule with the orbitals of the solvent molecule, which, as was found earlier, facilitates the activation of the a¹Δ _g –b¹Σ _g ⁺ transition and the borrowing of its intensity by the a¹Δ _g –X³Σ _g ^- transition.     

Effect of a Homogeneous Dielectric Medium on the Luminescence of Singlet Oxygen

Russian Physics Journal - Results of an analysis of our and literature data devoted to the study of the effect of a homogeneous dielectric medium on the rate constant of the $$...     

Generation of Three-Qutrit Singlet States with Two-Level Trapped Ions

We propose an adiabatic-passage scheme for the generation of three-qutrit singlet states with two-level trapped ions. Distinctly different from previous proposals, we encode qutrits in Dicke states with two-level ions and use the adiabatic-evolution techniques in order not to exactly control the laser pulses, making the realization of the scheme much easier. Furthermore, the phonon is only virtually excited in the procedure, so the effect of the phonon losses can be reduced.     

High Sensitivity,Quantitative Measurements of Polyphosphate Using a New DAPI-Based Approach

Polyphosphate (poly-P) is an important metabolite and signaling molecule in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. DAPI (4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole), a widely used fluorescent label for DNA, also interacts with polyphosphate. Binding of poly-P to DAPI, shifts its peak emission wavelength from 475 to 525 nm (excitation at 360 nm), allowing use of DAPI for detection of poly-P in vitro, and in live poly-P accumulating organisms. This approach, which relies on detection of a shift in fluorescence emission, allows use of DAPI only for qualitative detection of relatively high concentrations of poly-P, in the μg/ml range. Here, we report that long-wavelength excitation (≥400 nm) of the DAPI-poly-P complex provides a dramatic increase in the sensitivity of poly-P detection. Using excitation at 415 nm, fluorescence of the DAPI-poly-P complex can be detected at a higher wavelength (550 nm) for as little as 25 ng/ml of poly-P. Fluorescence emission from free DAPI and DAPI-DNA are minimal at this wavelength, making the DAPI-poly-P signal highly specific and essentially independent of the presence of DNA. In addition, we demonstrate the use of this protocol to measure the activity of poly-P hydrolyzing enzyme, polyphosphatase and demonstrate a similar signal from the mitochondrial region of cultured neurons.     

Generation of Three-Atom Singlet State with High-Fidelity by Lyapunov Control

International Journal of Theoretical Physics - An effective protocol is proposed to generate three-atom singlet states in an atom-cavity coupled system. By analyzing the interactions between atoms...     

一种基于荧光猝灭原理的光纤氧气传感器

用钌 (Ⅱ ) 邻菲咯啉配合物作为指示剂 ,研制成功一种基于荧光猝灭原理的光纤氧气传感器。采用锁相放大技术 ,实现了对弱荧光信号的检测。该传感器的检测下限为 5× 10 -6,检测精度为 5× 10 -7,响应时间T≤ 10s,并具有较强的抗干扰能力、较好的重复性和稳定性。     

The Efficiency of the Formation of Singlet Oxygen by a Sensitizer Based on Zinc Phthalocyanine

Using zinc octa(diethoxyphosphenylmethyl)phthalocyanine as an example, we determined experimentally the quantum yield of generation of singlet oxygen () which makes it possible to evaluate quantitatively the efficiency of photogeneration of ¹O₂ and the influence of biomolecules on this parameter. It is shown that the efficiency of generation of singlet oxygen by the sensitizers used in photodynamic therapy depends on their state in a solution and increases with disaggregation of the dye and its interaction with biomolecules. It is established that phthalocyanine in an aqueous buffer solution sensitizes the formation of ¹O₂ with the quantum yield = 0.16 ± 0.02. On introduction of the detergent Triton X100 into the buffer solution of phthalocyanine, increases up to 0.48 ± 0.07. In a microheterogeneous medium (buffer + albumin) = 0.42.     

拉曼光谱结合偏最小二乘法测定血清胆固醇含量

以日常体检用血清样品为分析对象,采集了其拉曼光谱,波数范围为250～2 400cm-1,并对信号进行归属,与临床传统生化法测定得到的胆固醇含量对比,结合偏最小二乘法建立了血清胆固醇拉曼光谱定量模型(n=73)。结果表明,拉曼光谱能够表征血清中主要化学基团的信息。所建立的血清胆固醇定量校正模型的相关系数R为0.909 6,交叉验证校正标准差(RMSECV)为0.24;检验集(n=17)预测标准差(RMSEP)为0.69,相关系数r为0.926 2。证明了应用拉曼光谱技术结合偏最小二乘法建立血清胆固醇定量模型,用于未知血清样品胆固醇含量无损快速检测是可行的。     

Spontaneous Emission of Singlet Oxygen Near Dielectric Nano-objects and Radiative Diagnostics of Bio-Objects

We investigate modifications of a spontaneous emission rate near the surface of the hemoglobin-like dielectric structure in the long-wavelength limit. We demonstrate that notwithstanding the small size of the dielectric structure, an influence of its shape cannot be neglected. Even for moderate dielectric contrasts one can expect having significant and detectable enhancement or suppression of the spontaneous emission rate near the surface of the biological macromolecule.     

基于荧光猝灭原理的光纤溶解氧传感器研制

采用锁相放大技术研制了基于荧光猝灭原理的光纤溶解氧传感器,并组装了其测试系统。该系统采用高亮度蓝色LED作为光源,光电倍增管作为探测器,光栅光谱仪作为分光仪器,并使用SR830锁相放大器来检测荧光与激发光之间的相移。测定了相移差与调制信号频率、占空比之间的关系。实验结果表明,频率为60kHz、占空比为10%的矩形调制信号能使传感器的检测精度达到最大,对光纤溶解氧传感器的进一步研究具有参考意义。