Sub-lethal photodynamic damage to ARPE-19 cells transiently inhibits their phagocytic activity.

abstract：:We compared mutagenesis and sister chromatid exchange (SCE) induction by 193 nm and 308 nm pulsed excimer laser radiation with 254 nm low intensity continuous wave UV light in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells in culture. The 254 nm radiation was most mutagenic of the radiations, in accordance with expectation, and al...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Rasmussen RE,Hammer-Wilson M,Berns MW

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluoresceinyl cypridina luciferin analog (FCLA) is a chemiluminescence (CL) probe for detecting reactive oxygen species (ROS). Its efficiency for detecting singlet oxygen (1O2) can be significantly enhanced in the presence of human serum albumin (HSA). This phenomenon may apply to important applications for both resea...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Zhou J,Xing D,Chen Q

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Channel and pump rhodopsins use energy from light absorbed by a covalently bound retinal chromophore to transport ions across membranes of microbial cells. Ion transfer steps, including proton transfer, can couple to changes in protein conformational dynamics and water positions. Although general principles of how mic...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Bondar AN,Smith JC

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photodegradation of the S(+)- and R(-)-ketoprofen (KP) enantiomers in the bovine serum albumin matrix was studied by steady-state photolysis with the use of lambda(irr) > 320 nm and transient absorption spectroscopy with lambda(exc) = 355 nm, at 1/1 and 2/1 KP/BSA molar ratios. R(-)-KP was found to be more labile ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Monti S,Manet I,Manoli F,Morrone R,Nicolosi G,Sortino S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have been able to identify a blue fluorophore from the low-molecular weight soluble fraction of human adult nondiabetic brunescent cataract lenses as xanthurenic acid 8-O-beta-D-glucoside (XA8OG) (excitation = 338 nm and emission = 440 nm). To determine the role of this fluorophore in the lens, we have examined its...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Thiagarajan G,Shirao E,Ando K,Inoue A,Balasubramanian D

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photochemistry of Ru(bpy)(3)+2 in the presence of amines was investigated in water by laser flash photolysis. N,N'-Dimethylaniline and p-phenylenediamine quench the luminescent metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT) excited state of the complex by an electron transfer reaction that produces the semireduced form Ru...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Rivarola CR,Bertolotti SG,Previtali CM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The energetic characteristics of selected reaction steps in the bacterial luciferase-catalyzed luminescence reaction were examined by computation using the MNDO-PM3 method. Specifically, a three-step model was proposed to account for the reaction between oxygen and reduced riboflavin 5'-phosphate (1,5H2-FMN) to genera...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Wada N,Sugimoto T,Watanabe H,Tu SC

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this investigation is the evaluation of DNA interaction of with tetraruthenated porphyrin (TRP) and of DNA damage in the presence of light. Direct-fluorescence and electronic absorption measurements after incubation of DNA with TRP indicate strong binding between pBR322 DNA or calf thymus DNA with the modif...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Onuki J,Ribas AV,Medeiros MH,Araki K,Toma HE,Catalani LH,Di Mascio P

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanines are emerging as useful agents for photoreleasing biological compounds because of their capability of utilizing near-infrared (NIR) light. Another benefit is their ability to self-sensitize to produce singlet oxygen for the release of aryl amines, a process that has not been as feasible in the past. Here, we h...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Mathew JP,Greer A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) has anti-inflammatory, analgesic and regenerative properties. This systematic review aimed to critically appraise the published data of in vivo human randomized clinical trials (RCTs), and present a comprehensive overview of the efficacy of PBMT, as an adjunct to the nonsurgical perio...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Dalvi S,Benedicenti S,Hanna R

更新日期：2020-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Photo-Fries rearrangements of 4-dodecylphenyl phenylacetate have been investigated in polyethylene films with 0-71% crystallinity and in hexane over a range of temperatures. The results are compared to those reported previously from phenyl phenylacetate and 1-naphthyl tetradecanoate to assess the influence of a long a...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Luo C,Passin P,Weiss RG

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cold-inducible RNA binding protein (CIRP) is a stress-inducible protein, which could be activated by various cellular stresses, such as hypothermia, hypoxia and UV irradiation. Our previous study indicated that UVB radiation (3 mJ cm-2 ) induces CIRP expression, which promotes keratinocytes growth, survival and eventu...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Sun W,Liao Y,Yi Q,Wu S,Tang L,Tong L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants protect themselves against excessive light by the induction of Delta pH-dependent nonphotochemical quenching (qE) that is associated with de-epoxidation of violaxanthin (V) to zeaxanthin (Z) in thylakoid membranes. In this work, we report that low light (12 micromol photons m(-2) s(-1)) is sufficient for a mark...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Ilík P,Kotabová E,Spundová M,Novák O,Kana R,Strzałka K

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin cancer is the most prevalent cancer, and its assessment remains a challenge for physicians. This study reports the application of an optical sensing method, elastic scattering spectroscopy (ESS), coupled with a classifier that was developed with machine learning, to assist in the discrimination of skin lesions th...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Rodriguez-Diaz E,Manolakos D,Christman H,Bonning MA,Geisse JK,A'Amar OM,Leffell DJ,Bigio IJ

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a new class of sequence-specific regulators of gene expression, the microRNAs (miRNA) form a regulatory network with growth factors and transcription factors participating in various biological processes. It is now being recognized that the various key processes involved in cancer induction are under the control of...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Syed DN,Lall RK,Mukhtar H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The wavelength dependence of an ultraviolet irradiation of the DNA substrate for a human endonuclease was determined. Sites of DNA incision for all UVB and UVC wavelengths examined were at cytosines which were neither cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers nor 6-4'-(pyrimidin-2-one)pyrimidines. The optimal wavelengths for form...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Gallagher PE,Weiss RB,Brent TP,Duker NJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative and qualitative changes in dermal collagen and elastin occur in response to chronic ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. These changes have been implicated in the genesis of the wrinkling seen in chronically irradiated, or photoaged skin. We examined the relationship between wrinkle formation and changes in derm...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Moloney SJ,Edmonds SH,Giddens LD,Learn DB

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Action spectroscopy has a long history and is of central importance to photobiological studies. Action spectra were among the first assays to point to chlorophyll as the molecule most responsible for plant growth and to DNA as the genetic material. It is useful to construct action spectra early in the investigation of...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Coohill TP

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light is a very important environmental factor that governs many cellular responses in organisms. As a consequence, organisms possess different kinds of light-sensing photoreceptors to regulate their physiological variables and adapt to a given habitat. The cryptochrome/photolyase family (CPF) includes photoreceptors ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Kavakli IH,Baris I,Tardu M,Gül Ş,Öner H,Çal S,Bulut S,Yarparvar D,Berkel Ç,Ustaoğlu P,Aydın C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photophysical properties of Piroxicam, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), were investigated at different pHext values in reversed micelles of Aerosol-OT (AOT) in iso-octane, using both steady-state and picosecond time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. In contrast with the very complex data obtained i...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Andrade SM,Costa SM,Pansu R

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria have been implicated as a primary subcellular site of porphyrin localization and photodestruction. However, other organelles including the cell membrane, lysosomes and nucleus have been shown to be damaged by hematoporphyrin derivative (HpD) photosensitized destruction as well. In this study we attempted ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Shulok JR,Wade MH,Lin CW

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding interactions of three naphthalimide derivatives with heteropoly nucleic acids have been evaluated using fluorescence, absorption and circular dichroism spectroscopies. Mono- and bifunctionalized naphthalimides exhibit sequence-dependent variations in their affinity toward DNA. The heteropoly nucleic acids,...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： McMasters S,Kelly LA

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen was exposed to an ultraviolet (UV) lamp that emitted predominantly in the UVB range. The cross-linking of collagen type I and type IV by UV irradiation was observed. Amino acid analyses revealed that Tyr residues in both collagen types I and IV were decreased by irradiation. In collagen type IV, losses of His...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Kato Y,Nishikawa T,Kawakishi S

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:δ-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-induced porphyrin accumulation is widely used in the treatment of cancer, as photodynamic therapy. To clarify the mechanisms of the tumor-preferential accumulation of protoporphyrin, we examined the effect of the expression of heme-biosynthetic and -degradative enzymes on the ALA-induced ac...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Ohgari Y,Miyata Y,Miyagi T,Gotoh S,Ohta T,Kataoka T,Furuyama K,Taketani S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photobiologic properties of a chlorin-thiobarbiturate conjugate were examined. In addition to the characteristic 670 nm chlorin absorbance, the conjugate exhibited new absorbance bands at 517 and 743 nm, but these were not a part of the fluorescence emission spectra, nor was fluorescence observed at wavelengths > ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Kessel D,Morgan A

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is among the most prevalent environmental factors that influence human health and disease. Even 1 h of UV irradiation extensively damages the genome. To cope with resulting deleterious DNA lesions, cells activate a multitude of DNA damage response pathways, including DNA repair. Strikingly, ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Lee JW,Ratnakumar K,Hung KF,Rokunohe D,Kawasumi M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of vitamin D3 is a pharmaceutically relevant process, producing high added-value products. Precursors are extracts from vegetal origin but bearing mainly an E geometry in the 5,6 double bond. The synthesis of vitamin D3 (5-E-α-calcidol) with the correct Z stereochemistry in the 5,6 double bond from the ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Estruch GA,Aramendía PF

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UVB radiation contributes to both direct and indirect damage to the skin including the generation of free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS), inflammatory responses, immunosuppression and gene mutations, which can ultimately lead to photocarcinogenesis. A plant-derived flavonoid, baicalin, has been shown to ha...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Min W,Ahmad I,Chang ME,Burns EM,Qian Q,Yusuf N

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alignment of the primary structures of the hydrozoan photoproteins, aequorin, mitrocomin, clytin and obelin showed very strong amino acid sequence identities. The Ca(2+)-binding sites of the proteins were found to be highly conserved. The Ca(2+)-binding sites were also homologous to the Ca(2+)-binding sites of other C...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Tsuji FI,Ohmiya Y,Fagan TF,Toh H,Inouye S

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported that variations in cellular phototoxicity among a series of alkynyl-substituted zinc trisulfophthalocyanines (ZnPcS3Cn) correlates with their hydrophobicity, with the most amphiphilic derivatives showing the highest cell uptake and phototoxicity. In this study we address the role of the plasma mem...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Cauchon N,Nader M,Bkaily G,van Lier JE,Hunting D

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00