Physicochemical studies of demetalation of light-harvesting bacteriochlorophyll isomers purified from green sulfur photosynthetic bacteria.

abstract：:Eumelanin (brown/black melanin) and pheomelanin (red/yellow melanin) in human hair can be quantified using chemical methods or approximated using spectrophotometric methods. Chemical methods consume greater resources, making them less attractive for epidemiological studies. This investigation sought to identify the sp...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Shekar SN,Duffy DL,Frudakis T,Montgomery GW,James MR,Sturm RA,Martin NG

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transport mechanisms of 5-aminolevulinic acid methyl ester (5-ALA-ME) have been studied in a human adenocarcinoma cell line (WiDr) by means of 14[C]-labeled 5-ALA-ME. The transport was found to be partly Na+ dependent, while the extracellular Cl- concentration did not affect the uptake. The transport of 5-ALA-ME i...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Gederaas OA,Holroyd A,Brown SB,Vernon D,Moan J,Berg K

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contribution of luciferin-regenerating enzyme (LRE) for in vitro recycling of D-luciferin has been reported. According to crystal structure of LRE, it is a beta-propeller protein which is a type of all β-protein architecture. In this overview, reinvestigation of the luciferase-based LRE assays and its function is repo...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Hosseinkhani S,Emamgholi Zadeh E,Sahebazzamani F,Ataei F,Hemmati R

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photodynamic therapy (PDT) activity of the bis(dimethylthexylsiloxy)silicon 2,3-naphthalocyanine (SiNc 8) was evaluated against the EMT-6 tumor implanted intradermally in BALB/c mice. The SiNc 8 was formulated in aqueous emulsions based on Cremophor EL or Solutol HS 15. The formulation was shown to affect plasma c...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Brasseur N,Ouellet R,Lewis K,Potter WR,van Lier JE

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photocycle in photoactive yellow protein (PYP) crystals was studied by single-crystal absorption spectroscopy with experimental setups for low-temperature and time-resolved measurements. Thin and flat PYP crystals, suitable for light absorption studies, were obtained using special crystallization conditions. Illum...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Kort R,Ravelli RB,Schotte F,Bourgeois D,Crielaard W,Hellingwerf KJ,Wulff M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the first reactive oxygen species (ROS) formed during irradiation of photosensitized cells is almost invariably singlet molecular oxygen (1O2), other ROS have been implicated in the phototoxic effects of photodynamic therapy (PDT). Among these are superoxide anion radical (*O2(-)), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) an...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Price M,Terlecky SR,Kessel D

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluoroquinolone (FQ) antibiotics photosensitize human skin to solar UV radiation and are reported to photosensitize tumor formation in mouse skin. As tumor initiation will not occur without genotoxic insult, we examined the potential of ciprofloxacin, lomefloxacin, fleroxacin, BAYy3118 (a recently developed monofl...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Reavy HJ,Traynor NJ,Gibbs NK

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a genetically inherited autosomal recessive condition. Individuals with OCA lack melanin and therefore are susceptible to the harmful effects of solar ultraviolet radiation, including extreme sun sensitivity, photophobia and skin cancer. OCA is a grave public health issue in sub-Sahara...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Wright CY,Norval M,Hertle RW

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of anthocyanins in grape (Vitis vinifera L.) bunches from the Sangiovese cultivar was measured nondestructively by chlorophyll fluorescence imaging using two excitation light bands at 550 and 650 nm in sequence. The pixel intensity in the derived logarithm of the fluorescence excitation ratio image wa...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Agati G,Traversi ML,Cerovic ZG

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nowadays, introducing self-cleaning properties on various fabrics under daylight irradiation for automotive and upholstery application is in a central point of research. This can be achieved by application of metal-doped TiO2 nano particles on the textile fabrics. Here, alkali hydrolysis of polyester fabric has been c...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Gaminian H,Montazer M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel antibody-fluorescence method has been developed to elucidate the chromophore topography in phytochrome as it undergoes a photochromic transformation. Förster energy transfer from N-terminal bound, fluorescently labeled Oat-25 Fab antibody fragments to the phytochrome chromophore was measured. The results sugge...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Farrens DL,Cordonnier MM,Pratt LH,Song PS

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although strong fluorescence makes the R-phycoerythrin (R-PE) proteins increasingly useful in biological and clinical assays, they are subject to nonlinear effects including transitions to collective dark states and photodegradation, which complicate quantitative applications. We report measurements of R-PE fluorescen...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Gaigalas A,Gallagher T,Cole KD,Singh T,Wang L,Zhang YZ

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a novel method for the isolation of the PSI-LHCI-LHCII complex from spinach leaves. The supercomplex was resolved into a core complex (CPI), LHCII trimers, LHCI dimers and LHCII monomers using green gel electrophoresis. We then investigate changes in the fluorescence and absorption spectra of PSI-LHCI-LHC...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Qin X,Wang W,Wang K,Xin Y,Kuang T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel type of circadian and photoperiodic control of the cell division cycle was found in photoautotrophic Euglena gracilis. When algae entrained to 24 h light-dark (LD) cycles (14 h L) were transferred to continuous darkness (DD) at the eighth hour of the final LD photoperiod, cell-cycle transition was arrested in ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Hagiwara SY,Bolige A,Zhang Y,Takahashi M,Yamagishi A,Goto K

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental studies have recently demonstrated that fluorescence emission can be quenched by laser light pulses from modern high-repetition rate lasers, a phenomenon we call "light quenching." In this overview article, we describe the possible effects of light quenching on the steady-state and time-resolved intensity...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Lakowicz JR,Gryczyński I,Kuśba J,Bogdanov V

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A concept has been presented whereby X-ray irradiation can be used to induce visible luminescence of chromophores such as porphyrins. The essential aspects of the idea have been demonstrated in a supramolecular assembly consisting of a water-dispersed polystyrene latex with an embedded scintillating compound, 2,5-diph...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Kokotov S,Lewis A,Neumann R,Amrusi S

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we present a comparative study about the photoinactivation of Staphylococcus aureus (Gram-positive model) and Escherichia coli (Gram-negative model) employing a neutral and a dicationic axially functionalized SiIV -phthalocyanine. Depending on the charge of the siloxane moiety (neutral monosaccharide or cation...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Grüner MC,Niemann S,Faust A,Strassert CA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year field study on the effect of different light environments, obtained by using cladding materials (polyethylene films and shade net) able to cut off specific regions of the photosynthetically active radiation and ultraviolet wavebands, on the growth and phenylpropanoids content of Achillea collina grown in the ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Giorgi A,Manzo A,Vagge I,Panseri S

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Proteases like urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) play an important role in tumor invasion. Cells derived from ultraviolet radiation (UVR)-induced corneal sarcomas of Monodelphis domestica produce relatively high levels of uPA compared to the untransformed keratocytes suggesting a mechanism for their invasiven...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Green WB,McGuire PG,Miska KB,Kusewitt DF

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:The effect of pretreatment with vitamin E on cytotoxicity, DNA single strand breaks, and chromosomal aberrations as well as on mutation induced by ultraviolet-B light (UV-B) was investigated in Chinese hamster V-79 cells. Cellular pretreatment with non-toxic levels of 25 microM alpha-tocopherol succinate (vitamin E) f...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Sugiyama M,Tsuzuki K,Matsumoto K,Ogura R

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we have quantified for the first time the fluorescence and singlet oxygen quantum yields of a silicon(IV) phthalocyanine bound to the surface of zeolite L nanocrystals. The photophysical properties were correlated with the absorption spectra and the morphology of the nanoparticles, and most importantly, ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Grüner M,Siozios V,Hagenhoff B,Breitenstein D,Strassert CA

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cationic polythiophenes have been shown to be potent antimicrobial compounds due to their ability to absorb visible light and sensitize the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as well as their ability to selectively associate with and damage negatively charged cell envelopes. This study demonstrates the abilit...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Brown DM,Yang J,Strach EW,Khalil MI,Whitten DG

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccidioidomycosis is the most prevalent human mycosis in Latin America. Cutaneous lesions are extremely painful and sensitive, and current treatment with antifungal drugs is lengthy and may cause side effects to patients. In this perspective, the helium-neon (HeNe) laser emerges as a novel therapy form due to its...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Nagib PR,Gameiro J,da Costa TA,Di Gangi R,Ribeiro Jda S,Paulino LC,Verinaud L

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are controversial reports in the literature concerning the reactivity of singlet oxygen ((1)O(2)) with the redox probe 2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein (DCFH). By carefully preparing solutions in which (1)O(2) is quantitatively generated in the presence of DCFH, we were able to show that the formation rate of th...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Daghastanli NA,Itri R,Baptista MS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is frequently accompanied by induction of systemic immunosuppression. Photochemical mechanisms underlying this effect are not completely understood. Here, we demonstrate the immunosuppressive activity of photooxidation products of protoporphyrin IX dimethyl ester (PPIX) in a murine model of ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Kyagova AA,Mansurova GV,Kozir LA,Ponomarev GV,Pavlov VY,Konstantinov IO,Potapenko AY

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These experiments tested the hypothesis that phototropic bending arises when a light gradient across the stem differentially inhibits cell elongation because of direct inhibition of cell elongation by light (the Blaauw hypothesis). Continuous irradiation of dark-grown cucumber seedlings (Cucumis sativus L.) with unil...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Cosgrove DJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solar ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation has been shown to induce inflammation, DNA damage, p53 mutations and alterations in signaling pathways eventually leading to skin cancer. In this study, we investigated whether fisetin reduces inflammatory responses and modulates PI3K/AKT/NFκB cell survival signaling pathways in UVB...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Pal HC,Athar M,Elmets CA,Afaq F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with topical application of delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) followed by irradiation with visible light (ALA-PDT) is a relatively new and promising experimental treatment of superficial premalignant and malignant skin neoplasms. The purpose of this study was to determine whether ALA-PDT can p...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Stender IM,Bech-Thomsen N,Poulsen T,Wulf HC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00