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Varda Gottfried Ronit Davidi Claudia Averbuj Sol Kimel 《Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology》1995,30(2-3):115-121
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) was performed in the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) for the purpose of quantitative evaluation of several porphycenes as potential photosensitizers. Porphycenes are structural isomers of porphine possessing lower symmetry of the macrocycle and are characterized by 10-fold higher absorption at the therapeutic wavelengths for PDT (λ > 630 nm). PDT-induced damage to CAM blood vessels included vasoconstriction and blanching, as was monitored during irradiation and videotaped. Image analysis techniques enabled us to follow PDT-induced constriction of vessel diameter (to 50%), reduction of blood perfusion (to 40% lower optical density) and shrinkage of implanted tumours (to 10% of their original area). The observed PDT efficacy of functionalized porphycenes is positively correlated with the number of polar substituents. 相似文献
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Brandis A Mazor O Neumark E Rosenbach-Belkin V Salomon Y Scherz A 《Photochemistry and photobiology》2005,81(4):983-993
New negatively charged water-soluble bacteriochlorophyll (Bchl) derivatives were developed in our laboratory for vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy (VTP). Here we focused on the synthesis, characterization and interaction of the new candidates with serum proteins and particularly on the effect of serum albumin on the photocytotoxicity of WST11, a representative compound of the new derivatives. Using several approaches, we found that aminolysis of the isocyclic ring with negatively charged residues markedly increases the hydrophilicity of the Bchl sensitizers, decreases their self-association constant and selectively increases their affinity to serum albumin, compared with other serum proteins. The photocytotoxicity of the new candidates in endothelial cell culture largely depends on the concentration of the serum albumin. Importantly, after incubation with physiological concentrations of serum albumin (500-600 microM), WST11 was found to be poorly photocytotoxic (>80% endothelial cell survival in cell cultures). However, in a recent publication (Mazor, O. et al. [2005] Photochem. Photobiol. 81, 342-351) we showed that VTP of M2R melanoma xenografts with a similar WST11 concentration resulted in approximately 100% tumor flattening and >70% cure rate. We therefore propose that the two studies collectively suggest that the antitumor activity of WST11 and probably of other similar candidates does not depend on direct photointoxication of individual endothelial cells but on the vascular tissue response to the VTP insult. 相似文献
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Experimental studies on drag reduction and rheology of mixed cationic surfactants with different alkyl chain lengths 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Zhiging Lin Lu Chou Bin Lu Yi Zheng H. Ted Davis L. E. Scriven Y. Talmon Jacques L. Zakin 《Rheologica Acta》2000,39(4):354-359
Experimental studies of the effects of mixtures of cationic surfactants on their drag reduction and rheological behaviors
are reported. Cationic alkyl trimethyl quaternary ammonium surfactants with alkyl chain lengths of C12 and C22 were mixed at different molar ratios (total surfactant concentrations were kept at 5 mM with 12.5 mM sodium salicylate (NaSal)
as counterion). Drag reduction tests showed that by adding 10% (mol) of C12, the effective drag reduction range expanded to 4–120 °C, compared with 80–130 °C with only the C22 surfactant. Thus mixing cationic surfactants with different alkyl chain lengths is an effective way of tuning the drag reduction
temperature range. Cryo-TEM micrographs revealed thread-like micellar networks for surfactant solutions in the drag reducing
temperature range, while vesicles were the dominant microstructures at non-drag reducing temperatures. High extensional viscosity
was the main rheological feature for all solutions except 50% C12 (mol) solution, which also does not show strong viscoelasticity. It is not clear why this low extensional viscosity solution
with relatively weak viscoelasticity is a good drag reducer.
Received: 3 November 1999/Accepted: 5 January 2000 相似文献
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Zhiqing Lin Anthony Mateo Yi Zheng Ellina Kesselman Eric Pancallo David J. Hart Yeshayahu Talmon Ted H. Davis L. Scriven Jacques L. Zakin 《Rheologica Acta》2002,41(6):483-492
Cationic surfactant systems of different alkyl chain lengths with counterion, CnTAC(5 mmol/l)/3-Cl-Benzoate(12.5 mmol/l) (n=15, 16, 17, 18), were investigated for drag reduction, rheological behaviors, microstructure, and stress-induced precipitation. These are the first measurements of these characteristics for odd chain length (C15 and C17) quaternary ammonium surfactants. The lower and upper effective drag reduction temperature limits, viscoelasticity, and stress-induced precipitation temperature increased with alkyl chain length. Krafft temperature, critical turbidity temperature, and lower drag reduction effectiveness temperature limit showed a zigzag odd-even effect, while the stress-induced precipitation temperature did not. Light microscopy and cryo-TEM showed that cooling the C15 solution below 20 °C produced crystals, while above that temperature threadlike micelles were present. The same was true for the solutions of C18 that had threadlike micellar network microstructures when clear and crystals formed upon cooling. Micellar solutions can remain in a homogenous metastable state at a temperature below the Krafft temperature and above the critical turbidity temperature for days without external disturbance. Imposition of flow stress causes the systems to overcome the energy barrier and precipitate. 相似文献
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Palmer AE Giacomello M Kortemme T Hires SA Lev-Ram V Baker D Tsien RY 《Chemistry & biology》2006,13(5):521-530
The binding interface of calmodulin and a calmodulin binding peptide were reengineered by computationally designing complementary bumps and holes. This redesign led to the development of sensitive and specific pairs of mutant proteins used to sense Ca(2+) in a second generation of genetically encoded Ca(2+) indicators (cameleons). These cameleons are no longer perturbed by large excesses of native calmodulin, and they display Ca(2+) sensitivities tuned over a 100-fold range (0.6-160 microM). Incorporation of circularly permuted Venus in place of Citrine results in a 3- to 5-fold increase in the dynamic range. These redesigned cameleons show significant improvements over previous versions in the ability to monitor Ca(2+) in the cytoplasm as well as distinct subcellular localizations, such as the plasma membrane of neurons and the mitochondria. 相似文献
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Ashur I Brandis A Greenwald M Vakrat-Haglili Y Rosenbach-Belkin V Scheer H Scherz A 《Journal of the American Chemical Society》2003,125(29):8852-8861
Mn-superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD), which protects the cell from the toxic potential of superoxide radicals (O(2)(-*)), is the only type of SOD which resides in eukaryotic mitochondria. Up-to-date, the exact catalytic mechanism of the enzyme and the relationship between substrate moieties and the ligands within the active site microenvironment are still not resolved. Here, we set out to explore the possible involvement of hydroperoxyl radicals ((*)OOH) in the catalytic dismutaion by following the interplay of Mn(III)/Mn(II) redox transitions, ligands binding, and evolution or consumption of superoxide radical, using a new model system. The model system encompassed an Mn atom chelated by a bacteriochlorophyll allomer macrocycle (BChl) in aerated aprotic media that contain residual water. The redox states of the Mn ion were monitored by the Q(y) electronic transitions at 774 and 825 nm for [Mn(II)]- and [Mn(III)]-BChl, respectively (Geskes, C.; Hartwich, G.; Scheer, H.; Mantele, W.; Heinze, J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 7776) and confirmed by electron spin resonance spectroscopy. Evolution of (*)OOH radicals was monitored by the ESR spin-trap technique using 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide (DMPO). The experimental data suggest that the [Mn]-BChl forms a (HO(-))[Mn(III)]-BChl(OOH) complex upon solvation. Spectrophotometeric titrations with tetrabutylamonnium acetate (TBAA) and 1-methylimidazole (1-MeIm) together with ESI-MS measurements indicated the formation of a 1:1 complex with [Mn]-BChl for both ligands. The coordination of ligands at low concentrations to [Mn(III)]-BChl induced a release of a (*)OOH radical and a [Mn(III)]-BChl --> [Mn(II)]-BChl transition at higher concentrations. The estimated equilibrium constants for the total redox reaction ( )()are 1.9 x 10(4) +/- 1 x 10(3) M(-)(1) and 12.3 +/- 0.6 M(-)(1) for TBAA and 1-MeIm, respectively. The profound difference between the equilibrium constants agrees with the suggested key role of the ligand's basicity in the process. A direct interaction of superoxide radicals with [Mn(III)]-BChl in a KO(2) acetonitrile (AN) solution also resulted in [Mn(III)]-BChl --> [Mn(II)]-BChl transition. Cumulatively, our data show that the Mn(III) center encourages the protonation of the O(2)(-)(*) radical in an aprotic environment containing residual water molecules, while promoting its oxidation in the presence of basic ligands. Similar coordination and stabilization of the (*)OOH radical by the Mn center may be key steps in the enzymatic dismutation of superoxide radicals by Mn-SOD. 相似文献
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Large-scale syntheses of aminimide surfactants that serve as low temperature drag-reducing agents in ethylene glycol-water mixtures are described. Preliminary drag reduction results are presented and the susceptibility of the surfactants to methanolysis is discussed. 相似文献
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The effects of different ratios of mixed aromatic counterions of sodium salicylate (NaSal) and sodium 4-ethylbenzenesulfonate
(NaEBS) at a total counterion concentration of 0.125 M on the rheo-optical behaviors of 0.05 M cetyltrimethylammonium chloride
(CTAC) cationic surfactant solutions were studied. The introduction of NaEBS into CTAC–NaSal solution led to a significant
deviation from the Cox–Merz rule. Mixing of the two aromatic counterions lowered the CTAC solutions’ zero shear viscosities,
increased their plateau shear modulus, and decreased their relaxation time. In addition, the persistence lengths of the threadlike
micelles and the mesh size of the micellar network were also significantly reduced. These effects are believed to be due to
increased degree of branching and denser meshes of the micellar networks in the mixed counterion systems. 相似文献
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Lifetimes of TPPS4 (meso-tetraphenylporphine tetrasulfonate) triplet states were measured for liquid solutions of different acidity and viscosity and as a function of acceptor concentration for different acceptors (bovine serum albumin, tryptophan and furfuryl alcohol). Triplet lifetimes were estimated by monitoring the decay of TPPS4 delayed fluorescence of E-type. The lifetime of delayed fluorencence depends on the concentration of O2, since the latter is an effective quencher of the triplet state. The lifetime is shown to be influenced mainly by degree of aggregation state of TPPS4 and, therefore, by the pH of the solution, decreasing with pH and for each pH remaining constant over a wide range of acceptor concentrations. The monomeric species is found to have the longest triplet lifetime in aqueous phosphate-buffered saline solution at neutral pH, especially when bound to albumin, despite of the low viscosity and protonated nature of the medium. 相似文献
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