title: Genotoxicity of volatile and secondary reactive oxygen species generated by photosensitization.
abstract: Reactive oxygen species were generated in the gas phase by photosensitization involving illumination of Rose Bengal. Depending on whether the chromophore is dry or solubilized, this system produces either energy-transfer reactions leading to generation of singlet oxygen specifically, or a combination of energy-transfer and electron-transfer reactions, providing both singlet oxygen and reduced forms of oxygen, such as superoxide anion and hydrogen peroxide. In neither case were the reactive species mutagenic in strain TA104 of Salmonella typhimurium, which had been previously shown to be reverted by oxygen species generated by the hypoxanthine-xanthine oxidase system in aqueous medium. However, mixed oxygen species induced an increased lethality in a variety of DNA repair-deficient Escherichia coli strains. This genotoxic effect, mainly reparable by the uvrA and recA mechanisms, was efficiently prevented by the thiol N-acetyl-L-cysteine. Singlet oxygen itself failed to exert direct genotoxic effects, although secondary reactants produced by its reaction with cell components enhanced lethality in some repair-deficient bacteria. Distance-dependence analyses provided measurements of the lifetimes of the oxygen species generated in the gas phase.
authors: Institute of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Genoa, Italy.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Camoirano
authors: S
authors: S
authors: De Flora
authors: T A
authors: TA
authors: Dahl
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000111:Acetylcysteine / Q000494:pharmacology; D016587:Antimutagenic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D004260:DNA Repair; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000633:toxicity; D008027:Light; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens / Q000633:toxicity*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000633:toxicity; D010777:Photochemistry; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000633:toxicity*; D012395:Rose Bengal / Q000528:radiation effects; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D026082:Singlet Oxygen
chemical_list: D016587:Antimutagenic Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D009153:Mutagens; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D026082:Singlet Oxygen; D012395:Rose Bengal; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D010100:Oxygen; D000111:Acetylcysteine