Synthesis and study of photoinduced properties of phenothiazine derivatives on biomimetic systems / Síntese e estudo das propriedades fotoinduzidas de derivados fenotiazínicos em sistemas biomiméticos

AUTOR(ES)

Helena Couto Junqueira

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

The effect of interfaces on photophysical and photochemical properties of methylene blue (MB) and its derivatives was studied in this work, aiming to emploit their potencial as photosensitizers (PS) in photodynamic therapy.The presence of MB in SDS solutions affect the micelle equilibrium decreasing the apparent critical micelle concentration of SDS from 7mmolL-1 to 70µmoIL-1. The properties of MB were also affected. At low SDS concentrations the formation of MB dimers was detected by the increase in the absorption in 580 nm and decrease of fluorescence emission. The characterization of transient species of MB showed the existence of MB molecules in the triplet state and emission of singlete oxygen at large SDS concentration and the formation of MB radicals in small surfactant concentration. These observations suggest that the photochemical mechanism of MB depends on its local concentration close to charged interfaces.The interactions of MB as well as other phenotiazine derivatives with synthetic vesicles and HeLa cells were studied. In both cases, the PS with asymmetrical structure presented higher degrees of incorporation. Studies of phototoxicity showed that the PS with asymmetrical structures present higher degree of cell death than the symmetrical compounds. However, if one consider the degree of incorporation the symmetrical compounds are more efficient per molecule. A method to determinate logP by voltammetry with microelectrodes was developed, showing good repeatability. New asymmetric photosensitizers derived from Azure A with two hydrophobic chains of 4, 6 or 8 carbons (AZC4, AZC6 e AzC8) were synthesized in order to study structure/activity relationship. These new compounds presented similar fluorescence efficiency to MB. The oxygen singlet generation efficiency of AZC4 is similar to MB, while the efficiency of the other PSs was twice smaller. This behavior was explained in terms PS aggregation, due to their longer hydrophobic chains. The synthesized PSs presented larger degree of incorporation than the commercial PSs, showing the role of asymmetry and hydrophobicity in incorporation yields. Incorporation in HeLa cells showed that AZC4 interacts more strongly with cells than the other synthesized PSs due to the rigidity of plasmatic membrane. Under the same illumination conditions, AzC4 was the PS that presented higher degree of cell death as a result of its larger incorporation in cells.

ASSUNTO(S)

fotoquímica (síntese) photodynamic therapy biochemistry bioquímica singlet oxygen terapia fotodinâmica interfaces photochemistry (synthesis) apoptose interfaces neoplasias (tratamento) azul de metileno fenotiazinas phenothiazines methylene blue oxigênio singlete

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