SINGLET OXYGEN INVOLVEMENT IN THE INACTIVATION OF CULTURED HUMAN FIBROBLASTS BY UVA (334 nm, 365 nm) AND NEAR‐VISIBLE (405 nm) RADIATIONS
- 1 April 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Photochemistry and Photobiology
- Vol. 49 (4), 407-412
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-1097.1989.tb09187.x
Abstract
The UVA (320-380 nm) radiation inactivation of mammalian cells is dependent upon the presence of oxygen. In order to examine the intermediates involved, we have irradiated cells in the presence of chemical probes which are able to modify the activity of various oxygen species. We have also examined the possibility that UVA inactivates cultured human fibroblasts via generation of intracellular hydrogen peroxide. An iron scavenger (desferrioxamine) and a hydroxyl radical scavenger (dimethylsulfoxide) protect the cells against hydrogen peroxide. Diethyldithiocarbamate (a superoxide dismutase inhibitor) and aminotriazole (a catalase inhibitor) sensitize the cells to this oxidizing agent. These data support previous reports that hydrogen peroxide inactivates as a result of the iron-catalyzed generation of hydroxyl radical. None of these agents significantly alter the fluence-dependent inactivation of cell populations by radiation at 365 nm. In contrast, the cells are sensitized to radiation at 334, 365 and 405 nm in the presence of deuterium (an enhancer of singlet oxygen lifetime) and are protected against radiation at 365 nm by sodium azide (a quencher of singlet oxygen). These results are consistent with the conclusion that the generation of singlet oxygen, but not hydrogen peroxide or hydroxyl radical, plays an important role in the inactivation of cultured human cells by UVA and near-visible radiations.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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