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Photophysical Properties of Tin Ethyl Etiopurpurin I (SnET2) and Tin Octaethylbenzochlorin (SnOEBC) in Solution and Bound to Albumin
Author(s) -
Pogue Brian W.,
Redmond Robert W.,
Trivedi Niraj,
Hasan Tayyaba
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb05288.x
Subject(s) - photobleaching , intersystem crossing , singlet oxygen , quantum yield , tin , photochemistry , chemistry , bovine serum albumin , absorption (acoustics) , triplet state , singlet state , fluorescence , molecule , analytical chemistry (journal) , oxygen , materials science , excited state , atomic physics , organic chemistry , physics , optics , chromatography , composite material
— The photophysical characteristics of two second‐generation PDT photosensitizers, tin ethyl etiopurpurin I (SnET 2 ) and tin octaethylbenzochlorin (SnOEBC), have been measured in homogeneous solution and when bound to bovine serum albumin (BSA). The ground state and triplet state absorption spectra have been characterized, as have triplet lifetimes and quantum yields for intersys‐tem crossing, singlet oxygen formation and photobleaching. In total, these parameters provide a complete set of data that can be used to quantitatively compare the photosensitizing efficiencies of these molecules. The photo‐bleaching quantum yield of SnET 2 is increased dramatically when it is bound to BSA, thus limiting the production of singlet oxygen at incident fluences above 1 J/cm 2 . In contrast, the quantum yield of photobleaching of SnOEBC is at least an order of magnitude lower than that of SnET 2 under these conditions and does not significantly limit the photosensitization process for typical in vivo or in vitro fluences. This difference is expected to play a significant role in determining the relative photosensitizing ability of these compounds in vivo.