THE APPARENT PRODUCTION OF SUPEROXIDE AND HYDROXYL RADICALS BY HEMATOPORPHYRIN AND LIGHT AS SEEN BY SPIN-TRAPPING
THE APPARENT PRODUCTION OF SUPEROXIDE AND HYDROXYL RADICALS BY HEMATOPORPHYRIN AND LIGHT AS SEEN BY SPIN-TRAPPING
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-5793(80)81288-9
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
OBERLEY, LW
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作者:
BUETTNER, GR;OBERLEY, LW
Hematoporphyrin is known to have photodynamic properties. The exposure of biomolecules or cells to hematoporphyrin and visible light can result in damage [l] and can even be lethal [2]. This inactivating effect appears to be greater in cancer cells than in corresponding normal cells [3]. This is thought to be due in part to the greater acc~ ulation of hematoporphyrin in malignant tissue than in most other tissues 14-71.There is evidence that the cytotoxic action of hematoporphyrin and light is the result of the photosensitized production of singlet oxygen, a short-lived, hi@ ly reactive state of molecular oxygen (8-101, However, the interaction of hematoporphyrin with biomolecules may proceed by a radical mechanism rather than by a singlet oxygen mechanism [111. In [121 evidence indicating the production of hydroxyl radical in cell systems exposed to hematopo~ hyr~ and red light appeared. He~ topo~ hy~ could produce superoxide radical in aprotic solvents 1131, but no free radical formation in the presence of water was observed [131. The photosensitized production of superoxide by hematoporphyrin has been reported in [141 but only in the presence of NADH or NADPH. Thus, the significance of a radical mechanism for this reaction needs to be thoroughly investigated. In [1.5-l 71 we proposed a new model for malignancy. The essence of the model is as follows: Tumor cells have diminished amounts of the mang~ ese~ onta~~ g superoxide dismuta~, but at the same time they are capable of produc~ g significant amounts of superoxide radical. We believe this difference between malignant and normal cells can be exploited in the treatment of cancer. Agents