title: Multiple roles of cytochrome c oxidase in mammalian cells under action of red and IR-A radiation.
abstract: This article reviews the current knowledge in photobiology and photomedicine about the influence of monochromatic, quasimonochromatic, and bread-band radiation of red-to-near infrared (IR-A) part on solar spectrum upon mammalian cells and human skin. The role of cytochrome c oxidase as the photoacceptor and photosignal transducer is underlined and its photosensitivity at certain circumstances is discussed. The role of ATP as a critical signaling molecule is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Laser Biology and Medicine, Institute of Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russian Federation. tkaru@isan.troitsk.ru
authors.forename: Tiina I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Karu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002477:Cells / Q000528:radiation effects*; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007259:Infrared Rays
chemical_list: D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV