abstract：:In recent years the class of known fluorescent proteins (FPs) has dramatically expanded as an ever-increasing numbers of variants and homologs of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) from Aequorea jellyfish have been either engineered in the lab or discovered in other marine organisms. The red fluorescent protein (RFP)...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Li Y,Sierra AM,Ai HW,Campbell RE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neonatal immune environment and the events that occur during this time have profound effects for the adult period. While protective immune responses can develop, the neonatal immune system, particularly the skin immune system (SIS), tends to promote tolerance. With this information we undertook a number of studies...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Muller HK,Malley RC,McGee HM,Scott DK,Wozniak T,Woods GM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An approximate formula for the UV Index (UVI) under cloud-free, unpolluted, low surface albedo conditions is: UVI approximately 12.5mu(o)(2.42)(Omega/300)(-1.23) where mu(o) is the cosine of the solar zenith angle and Omega is the total vertical ozone column (in Dobson Units, DU). The dependence on mu(o) and Omega is ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Madronich S

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eumelanin plays a variety of important physiological roles in human skin. However, its structure and fundamental properties still remain poorly understood. Although the absorbance of eumelanin is broad and reveals little about its structure, a variety of techniques have revealed the presence of a disordered array of c...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Nighswander-Rempel SP,Mahadevan IB,Rubinsztein-Dunlop H,Meredith P

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excess exposure to UV radiation can affect our health by causing sunburn, skin cancer, etc. It is therefore useful to determine the UV dosage received by people as a way of protecting them from the possible negative effects that this kind of radiation can cause. In this work, the personal outdoor percentage, which sho...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Gurrea G,Cañada J

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review deals with the biophysical aspects of flavin-based photosensors, comprising cryptochromes, LOV (Light, Oxygen and Voltage) and BLUF (Blue Light sensing Using FAD) proteins. Special emphasis is given to structural issues, photocycle quantum yields and energetics, mechanism of the light-triggered reactions, ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Losi A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The infrared spectrum of monomeric unsubstituted coumarin (C9H6O2; 2H-1-benzopyran-2-one), isolated in solid argon at 10 K is presented and assigned. The UV-induced (lambda>200 nm) unimolecular photochemistry of the matrix-isolated compound was studied experimentally. Three main photoreactions were observed: (a) decar...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Kuş N,Breda S,Reva I,Tasal E,Ogretir C,Fausto R

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary cytology is a noninvasive and unconstraining technique for urothelial cancer diagnosis but lacks sensitivity for detecting low-grade lesions. In this study, the fluorescence properties of classical Papanicolaou-stained urothelial cytological slides from patients or from cell lines were monitored to investigate...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Steenkeste K,Lécart S,Deniset A,Pernot P,Eschwège P,Ferlicot S,Lévêque-Fort S,Briandet R,Fontaine-Aupart MP

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phthalocyanine 4 (Pc 4) is a promising photosensitizer currently in clinical trials. Photobiological responses to Pc 4 photodynamic therapy (Pc 4-PDT) have been characterized extensively, but relatively little has been done to evaluate dose metrics for this sensitizer. We describe an irradiation-induced increase in fl...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Wang KK,Wilson JD,Kenney ME,Mitra S,Foster TH

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A targeting strategy based on the selective enzyme-mediated activation of polymeric photosensitizer prodrugs (PPP) within pathological tissue has led to the development of agents with the dual ability to detect and treat cancer. Herein, a detailed study of a simple model system for these prodrugs is described. We prep...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Campo MA,Gabriel D,Kucera P,Gurny R,Lange N

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:From June to September 2005, we carried out experiments to determine the ultraviolet radiation (UVR) -induced photoinhibition of summer phytoplankton assemblages from a coastal site of the South China Sea. Variability in taxonomic composition was determined throughout the summer, with a peak chlorophyll a (chl a appro...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Gao K,Li G,Helbling EW,Villafañe VE

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive nitrogen species, produced during the process of inflammation induced by various factors including UV radiation, modify amino acids in crucial proteins. It is assumed that skin tissue is more likely to be modified, as it is located at the outer layer of a body that is exposed to UV radiation on a daily basis....

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Ishitsuka Y,Maniwa F,Koide C,Douzaki N,Kato Y,Nakamura Y,Osawa T

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In aqueous solution, amphiphilic ionenes such as the [3,22]-ionene spontaneously adopt globular conformations and form microdomains that are highly micelle-like, i.e. are capable of solubilizing organic molecules, binding and exchanging counterions and accelerating or inhibiting the rates of bimolecular reactions. Tim...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Tcacenco CM,Quina FH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady state photolysis and time resolved near infrared luminescence detection were employed to study the reaction kinetics of singlet oxygen with three different lipid-soluble probes incorporated in large unilamellar dioctadecyldimethylammonium chloride (DODAC) vesicles. The probes: 2-(4-(N,N,N-trimethylamine)-butyl)...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Zanocco AL,Meléndrez M,Günther G,Lemp E

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mutant T203V of the light driven chloride pump halorhodopsin from Halobacterium salinarum was crystallized and the X-ray structure was solved at 1.6 angstroms resolution. The T203V structure turned out to be nearly identical to the wild type protein with a root mean square deviation of 0.43 angstroms for the carbo...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Gmelin W,Zeth K,Efremov R,Heberle J,Tittor J,Oesterhelt D

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin A (retinol), an essential human nutrient, plays an important role in cellular differentiation, regulation of epidermal cell growth and normal cell maintenance. In addition to these physiological roles, vitamin A has a rich photochemistry. Photoisomerization of vitamin A, involved in signal transduction for vis...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Fu PP,Xia Q,Yin JJ,Cherng SH,Yan J,Mei N,Chen T,Boudreau MD,Howard PC,Wamer WG

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the vertebrate retina, rods mediate twilight vision and cones mediate daylight vision. Their photoresponse characteristics are different. The light-sensitivity of a cone is 10(2)-10(3) times lower than that of a rod. In addition, the photoresponse time course is much faster in cones. The mechanism characterizing co...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Tachibanaki S,Shimauchi-Matsukawa Y,Arinobu D,Kawamura S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet photolesions endow DNA with distinct structural and dynamic properties. Biophysical studies of photoproduct-containing DNA have shown that these lesions affect the mutagenic properties of DNA and damage recognition by DNA repair systems. Recently obtained high-resolution cocrystal structures of damaged DNA...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Park CJ,Lee JH,Choi BS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The XPA gene-deficient mouse, an animal model of xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), develops enhanced photobiologic reactions including acute inflammation, immunosuppression and skin carcinogenesis, because of the defect in the excision repair of ultraviolet-induced DNA lesions. The results strongly suggest that nuclear DNA ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Horio T,Miyauchi-Hashimoto H,Kuwamoto K,Yamazaki F,Okamoto H

更新日期：2007-01-01 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

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to investigate the treatment of 9L gliosarcoma brain tumor in the rat with the combination of surgical resection and photodynamic therapy (PDT). Nude rats with intracranial 7-day-old 9L gliomas were randomly subjected to no treatment, PDT alone (Photofrin: 2 mg kg(-1), optical: 8...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Zhang X,Jiang F,Kalkanis SN,Yang H,Zhang Z,Katakowski M,Hong X,Zheng X,Chopp M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blue visible light damage to retinal pigment epithelial cells occurs through a photooxidative mechanism and the resultant damage is hypothesized to induce or exacerbate age-related macular degeneration. The purpose of the present study was to identify changes in the cell growth and the expression of hepatocyte growth ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Chu R,Zheng X,Chen D,Hu DN

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermodynamics of binding of Me-alpha(-GalNAc, Gal-beta-1-3GalNAc-alpha-O-Me (T-antigen-alpha), Gal-beta-1-3GalNAc and Gal-alpha-1-6Glc (mellibiose) to Artocarpus hirsuta lectin was studied using fluorescence spectroscopy. The binding affinities of the saccharides are in the order Gal-beta-1-3GalNAc-alpha-O-Me > M...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Gaikwad SM,Khan MI

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:In studies of the biological effects of UV radiation, ozone depletion can be mimicked by performing the study under ambient conditions and adding radiation with UV-B lamps. We evaluated this methodology at three different locations along a latitudinal gradient: Rimouski (Canada), Ubatuba (Brazil) and Ushuaia (Argentin...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Díaz S,Camilión C,Escobar J,Deferrari G,Roy S,Lacoste K,Demers S,Belzile C,Ferreyra G,Gianesella S,Gosselin M,Nozais C,Pelletier E,Schloss I,Vernet M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organisms living in coastal waters are exposed to anthropogenic contaminants from terrestrial drainage, ice melting and maritime traffic and to enhanced UVB radiation (UVBR; 280-320 nm) caused by decreased concentrations of ozone in the stratosphere. This article reviews available information about the combined effect...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Pelletier E,Sargian P,Payet J,Demers S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) fluorescence provides an intrinsic indicator of the cellular metabolic state, but prolonged monitoring is limited by photobleaching and/or phototoxicity. Multiphoton excitation of NADH by ultrashort, 740-nm laser pulses provides a significant improvement over...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Tiede LM,Nichols MG

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In clinical 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-based photodynamic therapy (PDT) of skin tumors it is desirable to develop vehicles that minimize the penetration of ALA through normal stratum corneum and maximize it through the compromised stratum corneum of the tumors to improve tumor selectivity. We have designed a bioadhes...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Donnelly RF,Ma LW,Juzenas P,Iani V,McCarron PA,Woolfson AD,Moan J

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:It has been proposed that photodegradation of folates may be the reason for the pigmentation of races living under high fluence rates of ultraviolet radiation. The photodegradation of folic acid (FA) induced by ultraviolet-A (UV-A) radiation, in solution and in the presence of human serum albumin (HSA), was studied wi...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Vorobey P,Steindal AE,Off MK,Vorobey A,Moan J

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue, we offer a symposium-in-print that is focused on several new advancements in fundamental research related to the family of GFP (green fluorescent protein)-like proteins. A few applied aspects are also included to illustrate the impact this amazing set of colored proteins has made on our understanding of...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Wachter RM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important step in predicting the effects of future increases in UV radiation (UVR) is to evaluate the mechanisms that organisms use to prevent and repair DNA damage and determine how those mechanisms influence UVR sensitivity. Damage is prevented to varying degrees through photoprotection and repaired via two main ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Olson MH,Mitchell DL

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The C-40 xanthophylls zeaxanthin and astaxanthin were confirmed to form radical cations, Car.+, in the electron-accepting solvent chloroform by direct excitation using subpicosecond time-resolved absorption spectroscopy in combination with spectroelectrochemical determination of the near-infrared absorption of Car.+. ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Han RM,Tian YX,Wu YS,Wang P,Ai XC,Zhang JP,Skibsted LH

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyocyanin (PyO-) (1-hydroxy-5-methylphenazine) is a cytotoxic compound secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an omnipresent bacterium and a human pathogen. We report that visible light illumination in the presence of rose bengal, or riboflavin, in aerated solutions (pH 7.0-7.2) induces irreversible loss of the pigment's...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Reszka KJ,Denning GM,Britigan BE

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UV radiation (UVR) is a significant ecological factor in the marine environment that can have important effects on planktonic organisms and dissolved organic matter (DOM). The penetration of UVR into the water column is likely to change in the near future due to interactions between global warming and ozone depletion....

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Tedetti M,Sempéré R

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photosolvolysis of several biphenyl methanols (Ph-PhCH[Ph]OH) substituted with hydroxy or methoxy groups on the benzene ring not containing the -CH(Ph)OH moiety has been studied in aqueous solution. This work is a continuation of our studies of photosolvolysis of hydroxy-substituted arylmethanols that generate qui...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Xu M,Lukeman M,Wan P

更新日期：2006-01-01 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 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 two-photon photolysis of liquid CCl4 with 25 ps pulses of 266 nm light has been studied and compared with similar studies with high energy radiation. Both neutral and ionic species are produced from excited states and ionization. The emphasis of the study is on the ionic processes, while some data related to excit...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Zhang G,Thomas JK

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00