硫代碱基与单态氧反应速率常数的时间分辨光谱测定

硫代碱基作为一类免疫抑制性药物被广泛关注,由于硫原子的取代,硫代碱基可以吸收UVA波段紫外光,并通过系间窜越至激发三重态敏化氧气生成广泛应用于光动力学治疗的活性氧物质单态氧(~1O_2).然而,硫代碱基容易与自身敏化产生的~1O_2氧化发生反应,导致光毒性.在已有关于硫代碱基与~1O_2反应机理的研究基础上,本文采用瞬态光谱方法直接测得~1O_2在1270 nm处磷光信号的衰减动力学,得到硫代碱基与单态氧反应的速率常数.通过比较6-硫代鸟嘌呤、4-硫代尿嘧啶、2,4-二硫代尿嘧啶分别在水、乙腈以及二者混合溶剂中与~1O_2的反应,发现硫代碱基与单态氧反应速率常数受溶剂的极性影响.随着溶剂极性增大,反应速率常数则减小.此外,通过对比研究,发现硫代嘧啶类碱基与~1O_2的反应速率小于硫代嘌呤类碱基,说明在光动力学治疗中以硫代嘧啶类药物作为光敏剂是较为合适的选择.

Reaction Kinetics between Thiobases and Singlet Oxygen Studied by Direct Detection of the 1O2 Luminescence Decay

Thiobase derivatives have received important investigations due to their wide usage as phototherapeutic agents and their potential carcinogenic side effects as immunosuppressants. The substitution of oxygen atom by the sulfur atom makes the ultraviolet absorption of thiobases redshifted and absorbs UVA light (>300 nm), resulting in unusual high quantum yield of triplet state to generate the singlet oxygen (¹O₂) through photosensitization. As a type of reactive oxygen species, ¹O₂ is highly reactive toward thiobases. Herein, we report the measurements of reaction rate constants between di erent thiobases and ¹O₂ in different solvents through the direct detection of ¹O₂ luminescence decay kinetics at 1270 nm. The rate constants of thiouracils with ¹O₂ are five times smaller than that of thioguanine with ¹O₂, which suggests that thiopurines are more reactive than thiopyrimidines and thus less suitable to be a photosensitive drug on the application of photodynamic therapy. Additionally, the rate constants of thiobases and ¹O₂ were found to be obviously influenced by the solvent polarity. With the increase of solvent polarity, the rate constants of thiobases and ¹O₂ decrease.