abstract：:The photochemical reactions of the 1-deaza derivative of riboflavin (RF) have been studied by sub-ps time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. A potential effect of the solvent polarity and hydrogen bonding capability on the excited state (ES) dynamics was tested by measuring 1-deaza RF in water and, after acetylation ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Slavov C,Mansurova M,Holzwarth AR,Gärtner W

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect on the intraocular pressure (IOP) and the ciliary body (CB) morphology after four consecutive contact transcleral photodynamic treatments of the ciliary body (CB-PDT) with verteporfin in pigmented rabbits. Twenty-two pigmented rabbits underwent CB-PDT (study group), performed once (six rabbits) o...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Charisis SK,Naoumidi II,Ginis HS,Detorakis ET,Tsilimbaris MK

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modifications induced by reactive oxygen species (ROS) on fluorescent proteins (FPs) may have important implications for live cell fluorescence imaging. Using quantitative gamma-radiolysis, we have studied the ROS-induced biochemical and photophysical perturbations on recombinant cyan fluorescent protein (CFP). Af...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Alvarez L,Levin CH,Merola F,Bizouarn T,Pasquier H,Baciou L,Rusconi F,Erard M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess the diagnostic potential of synchronous fluorescence (SF) spectroscopy (SFS) technique for the detection and characterization of normal and different malignancy stages of moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma (MDSCC), poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma (...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Ebenezar J,Aruna P,Ganesan S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrous proteins discolor on exposure to the UV component of sunlight. This effect is exacerbated in the presence of fluorescent whitening agents (FWAs), which are often applied to textiles to improve product brightness. Tryptophan photoproducts have been identified as significant contributors to protein photoyellowin...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Dyer JM,Clerens S,Cornellison CD,Murphy CJ,Maurdev G,Millington KR

更新日期：2009-11-01 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 photochemistry of caged compounds of the o-nitrobenzyl type has been investigated thoroughly in the past. However, even recently new side reactions have been discovered. Earlier, we reported [Bley, F., K. Schaper, and H. Görner (2008), Photochem. Photobiol.84 162-171] that we found long-lived triplet states which ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Schaper K,Etinski M,Fleig T

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyzes the influence of infrared radiation (IR) on regeneration, after autotomy of limb buds of Neohelice granulata and consequently the time molt. Eyestalks were ablated to synchronize the start of molt. Afterward, animals were autotomized of five pereopods and divided into control and irradiated groups....

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Gonzalez VC,Lena AB,Espindola WA,de Souza Votto AP,Jorge MB,de Moraes Vaz Batista Filgueira D,Bianchini A,Sérgio Varela Júnior A,Nery LE,Trindade GS

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here preliminary pilot study data of the effect of sunless tanning spray with 9% [Correction added after online publication (August 24th, 2009): The concentration of Dihydroxyacetone used in the study was 9% and not 3% as previously stated] dihydroxyacetone (DHA) on 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] serum levels...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Armas LA,Fusaro RM,Sayre RM,Huerter CJ,Heaney RP

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demetalation kinetics of bacteriochlorophylls (BChls) c, d and e from green sulfur photosynthetic bacteria were studied under weakly acidic conditions. Demetalation rate constants of BChl e possessing a formyl group at the 7-position were significantly smaller than those of BChls c and d, which had a methyl group at t...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Hirai Y,Tamiaki H,Kashimura S,Saga Y

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is hazardous to patients with photosensitive skin disorders, such as lupus erythematosus, xeroderma pigmentosum and skin cancer. As such, these patients are advised to minimize their exposure to UVR. Classically, this is accomplished through careful avoidance of sun exposure and artificial ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Klein RS,Werth VP,Dowdy JC,Sayre RM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorprothixene (CPTX, Taractan) is a low potency antipsychotic mainly used for the treatment of psychotic disorders (e.g. schizophrenia) and acute mania occurring as part of bipolar disorders. As in the case of other numerous drugs used in the treatment of psychiatric disorders, CPTX presents geometric isomerism. The...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Piñero LE,García C,Lhiaubet-Vallet V,Oyola R,Miranda MA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photophysical properties of two energy-transfer dyads that are potential candidates for near-infrared (NIR) imaging probes are investigated as a function of solvent polarity. The dyads (FbC-FbB and ZnC-FbB) contain either a free base (Fb) or zinc (Zn) chlorin (C) as the energy donor and a free base bacteriochlorin...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Kee HL,Diers JR,Ptaszek M,Muthiah C,Fan D,Lindsey JS,Bocian DF,Holten D

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug delivery systems (DDS) capable of releasing an active molecule at the appropriate site and at a rate that adjusts in response to the progression of the disease or to certain functions/biorhythms of the organism are particularly appealing. Biocompatible materials sensitive to certain physiological variables or ext...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Alvarez-Lorenzo C,Bromberg L,Concheiro A

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under continuous photolysis at 675 nm, liposomal zinc phthalocyanine associated with nitrosyl ruthenium complex [Ru(NH.NHq)(tpy)NO](3+) showed the detection and quantification of nitric oxide (NO) and singlet oxygen ((1)O(2)) release. Photophysical and photochemical results demonstrated that the interaction between th...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Maranho DS,de Lima RG,Primo FL,da Silva RS,Tedesco AC

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photodegradation of the herbicide clomazone in the presence of S(2)O(8) (2-) or of humic substances of different origin was investigated. A value of (9.4 +/- 0.4) x 10(8) m(-1) s(-1) was measured for the bimolecular rate constant for the reaction of sulfate radicals with clomazone in flash-photolysis experiments. ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： David Gara PM,Bosio GN,Arce VB,Poulsen L,Ogilby PR,Giudici R,Gonzalez MC,Mártire DO

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of water molecules in spectral tuning of proteins has been left largely unexplored. This topic is important because changing hydrogen bond patterns during the activation process may lead to spectral shifts which can be of diagnostic value for the underlying structures. Arguments put forward in this article ar...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Sekharan S

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phototransduction cascade is perhaps the best understood model system for G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling. Phototransduction links the absorption of a single photon of light to a decrease in cytosolic cGMP. Depletion of the cGMP pool induces closure of cGMP-gated cation channels resulting in the hyperp...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Lodowski DT,Angel TE,Palczewski K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid-state NMR spectroscopy gives a powerful avenue for investigating G protein-coupled receptors and other integral membrane proteins in a native-like environment. This article reviews the use of solid-state (2)H NMR to study the retinal cofactor of rhodopsin in the dark state as well as the meta I and meta II photo...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Brown MF,Martínez-Mayorga K,Nakanishi K,Salgado GF,Struts AV

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of solutions containing both tryptophan and hydrogen peroxide to a pulsed ( approximately 180 fs) laser beam at 750 nm induces luminescence characteristic of 5-hydroxytryptophan. The results indicate that 3-photon excitation of tryptophan results in photoionization within the focal volume of the laser beam. T...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Bisby RH,Crisostomo AG,Botchway SW,Parker AW

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) have been suggested as photosensitizers that are capable of mediating eye lens photo-damage during aging. In the present work, we investigate the photo-crosslinking and oxidation of bovine lens proteins sensitized by AGEs, with special regard to low oxygen conditions. A mechanisti...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Fuentealba D,Friguet B,Silva E

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an in vivo study of the optical properties of melanin present in melanocytic nevi of human subjects with Fitzpatrick skin type III (Caucasian descent) using optical spectroscopy. We show that the melanin absorption spectrum exhibits an exponential dependence on wavelength with a decay constant which follows...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Zonios G,Dimou A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin cancer studies depend on questionnaires to estimate exposure to ultraviolet light and subsequent risk but are limited by recall bias. We investigate the feasibility of developing a short checklist of categories comprising outdoor activities that can improve sun exposure questionnaires for use in epidemiologic stu...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Kwok RK,Linet MS,Chodick G,Kleinerman RA,Freedman DM,Fears T,Johnson RE,Alexander BH

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Plastoglobules are lipoprotein particles contained in chloroplasts and other plastids. They have long been regarded as lipid storage droplets. New results now indicate that plastoglobules actively participate in prenylquinone and other metabolic pathways. Structural work shows physical attachment of plastoglobules to ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Bréhélin C,Kessler F

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As our understanding of the role of UV in causing skin cancer continues to expand, researchers and clinicians must continue to remain up to date on the various means by which UV exposure can be quantified. The purpose of this article was to review the current methods used to measure lifetime exposure to UV and to summ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Worswick SD,Cockburn M,Peng D

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) plays an important role in UV-induced skin tumorigenesis. Activation of NF-kappaB by UV-irradiation is composed of two phases. The early phase culminates with maximal levels of DNA binding ability at 4 h postirradiation and is dependent on translational inhibition. The late-phase act...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： László CF,Wu S

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:Time-resolved singlet oxygen, O(2)(a(1)Delta(g)), phosphorescence experiments have been performed in single cells upon pulsed laser irradiation of a photosensitizer incorporated into the cell. Data recorded as a function of the partial pressure of ambient oxygen to which the cell is exposed reflect apparent values for...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Hatz S,Poulsen L,Ogilby PR

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total ozone column (TOC) is the most significant quantity for estimating the erythemally effective UV radiation under clear sky conditions. Uncertainties in TOC measurements and a limited spatial and temporal resolution therefore influence the quality of calculated erythemally effective radiation. The UV Index, th...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Schmalwieser AW,Erbertseder T,Schauberger G,Weihs P

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are involved in the control of virtually all aspects of our behavior and physiology. Activated receptors catalyze nucleotide exchange in heterotrimeric G proteins (composed of alpha.GDP, beta and gamma subunits) on the inner surface of the cell membrane. The GPCR rhodopsin and the G...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Chen Y,Herrmann R,Fishkin N,Henklein P,Nakanishi K,Ernst OP

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein environments surrounding the retinal tune electronic absorption maximum from 350 to 630 nm. Hybrid quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) methods can be used in calculating excitation energies of retinal in its native protein environments and in studying the molecular basis of spectral tuning. We ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Altun A,Yokoyama S,Morokuma K

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chloride effect on the photobleaching process of iodopsin, a chicken red-sensitive cone visual pigment, was studied in detail by time-resolved low-temperature spectroscopy at -40 degrees C to -10 degrees C. Decay-associated difference spectra obtained by kinetic analysis using the singular value decomposition meth...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Imamoto Y,Shichida Y

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the photoreaction cycle of photoactive yellow protein (PYP), a physiologically active intermediate (PYP(M)) is formed as a consequence of global protein conformational change. Previous studies have demonstrated that the photocycle of PYP is regulated by the N-terminal loop region, which is located across the ce...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Harigai M,Kataoka M,Imamoto Y

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharaonis phoborhodopsin (ppR or sensory rhodopsin II) is a negative phototaxis receptor of Natronomonas pharaonis, and forms a complex, which transmits the photosignal into cytoplasm, with its cognate transducer (pHtrII). We examined a possible local dynamics change of ppR and its D75N mutant complexed with pHtrII, u...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Kawamura I,Yoshida H,Ikeda Y,Yamaguchi S,Tuzi S,Saitô H,Kamo N,Naito A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new type of photochromic molecule that can be used for diffusion coefficient (D) measurements of various proteins in solution is described. The absorption spectrum of this molecule is changed upon photoexcitation by the trans-cis isomerization reaction. Target proteins were labeled by this photochromic molecule in t...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Eitoku T,Terazima M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

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：:Many viral infections reach clinical significance in winter, when it is cold, relative humidity is lowest and vitamin D production from solar ultraviolet-B irradiation is at its nadir. Several autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes mellitus and asthma, are linked to viral infections. Vitamin ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Grant WB

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 inhibitors are known to be used as chemopreventative agents against certain malignancies. Thus far, there has been very limited information on whether COX-2 inhibitors protect against chronic narrow-band UVB (NB-UVB)-induced immunosuppression. The present study investigated the effect of nonsele...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Wu Y,Tai CL,Wei H,He F,Wang Y,Zhao Y,Chen HD

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoreduction of cytochrome c (Cyt c) has been reinvestigated using femtosecond-to-nanosecond transient absorption and stationary spectroscopy. Femtosecond spectra of oxidized Cyt c, recorded in the probe range 270-1000 nm, demonstrate similar evolution upon 266 or 403 nm excitation: an ultrafast 0.3 ps internal conv...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Löwenich D,Kleinermanns K,Karunakaran V,Kovalenko SA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00