A new fluorescence method to detect singlet oxygen inside phospholipid model membranes.

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Title:	A new fluorescence method to detect singlet oxygen inside phospholipid model membranes.
Author:	Wozniak, M : Tanfani, F : Bertoli, E : Zolese, G : Antosiewicz, J
Citation:	Biochim-Biophys-Acta. 1991 Feb 26; 1082(1): 94-100
Abstract:	A fluorescence method for detecting singlet oxygen (1O2) in model membranes is proposed. 1O2 was generated by hydrogen peroxide/sodium hypochlorite system. 1,3-Diphenylisobenzofuran (DPBF), a specific 1O2 trap, dissolved in organic solvents gives a strong fluorescence spectrum when excited at 410 nm. A similar spectrum, with a maximum at 455 nm, is obtained when DPBF is incorporated in unilamellar dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine liposomes. The intensity of fluorescence spectrum decreases when DPBF-labeled liposomes are exposed to singlet oxygen. This decrease is sensitive to 1O2 traps and quenchers like tryptophan and sodium azide, to lipid membrane fluidity and to the concentration of sodium hypochlorite and hydrogen peroxide.
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Language:	English
Publication Type:	Journal-Article
Keywords:	Liposomes analysis : Oxygen analysis : Spectrometry, Fluorescence
URL:	http://www.elsevier.com/locate/bba