title: Pyrolysis radicals formed by ultrasound in aqueous solutions of nucleotides: a spin trapping study.
abstract: Evidence for the formation of pyrolysis radicals from nucleotides induced by ultrasound in argon-saturated solutions is presented. The method of spin trapping with 3,5-dibromo-2,6-dideuterio-4-nitrosobenzene sulfonate was applied to examine the possibility of detecting new radicals specifically generated in the high-temperature zones surrounding the collapsing cavitation bubbles of highly concentrated solutions of nucleotides. At low nucleotide concentrations (0.05 mol dm-3) the spin-trapped radicals produced by sonolysis are due to H atom and OH radical reactions, typically addition to the 5,6 double bond of the base moiety. At high concentration (1.0 mol dm-3) the pyrolysis radicals (typically methyl radicals) were found for thymidine 5'-monophosphate, 2'-deoxy-uridine 5'-monophosphate, cytidine 5'-monophosphate, uridine 5'-monophosphate, and also for 2-deoxy-D-ribose and D-ribose. These results indicate that pyrolysis radicals can be detected when the nucleotides are accumulated at high concentrations in the interfacial regions of the cavitation bubbles.
authors.affiliation: Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Krishna
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Riesz
mesh_terms: D003568:Cytidine Monophosphate; D003855:Deoxyribose; D003856:Deoxyuracil Nucleotides; D005609:Free Radicals; D006358:Hot Temperature; D009711:Nucleotides; D012266:Ribose; D012996:Solutions; D013938:Thymidine Monophosphate; D014465:Ultrasonics; D014542:Uridine Monophosphate; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D003856:Deoxyuracil Nucleotides; D005609:Free Radicals; D009711:Nucleotides; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water; D013938:Thymidine Monophosphate; D003855:Deoxyribose; D012266:Ribose; C007267:2'-deoxyuridylic acid; D014542:Uridine Monophosphate; D003568:Cytidine Monophosphate