INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF ETHANOL ON THE PHOTODYNAMIC CELL INACTIVATION AND PETITE INDUCTION BY EUFLAVINE IN YEAST, Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
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| Authors: | M Tsuchiya Y Iwamoto T Masuzawa T Shimizu T Morita Y Yanagihara |
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| Institution: | Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Shizuoka, Oshika,2–2-1, Shizuoka-shi, 422, Japan |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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