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Francisco Bosca1, Virginie Lhiaubet-Vallet, M Consuelo Cuquerella
1Instituto de Tecnología Química UPV-CSIC, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Avda de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|May 11, 2006
Resumen
La norfloxacina (NFX) causa daño al ADN al formar dímeros de timina (T<>T), a diferencia de su derivado ANFX. Esta fotosensibilización está relacionada con el NFX.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La fotoquímica es la fotoquímica.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Seguridad de las drogas Seguridad de las drogas.
Sus antecedentes:
- La norfloxacina (NFX) es un antibiótico de las fluoroquinolonas.
- La fototoxicidad es un efecto secundario conocido de algunos medicamentos, incluido el NFX.
- El mecanismo del daño al ADN inducido por NFX requiere una mayor aclaración.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar las propiedades fotosensibilizantes de la norfloxacina (NFX) y su derivado N(4') -acetilnorfloxacina (ANFX).
- Para determinar el papel de la energía triple en el daño del ADN inducido por NFX.
- Para estimar la energía triple de la timina en el ADN.
Principales métodos:
- Tratamiento enzimático del ADN con endonucleasa T4 V.
- Electroforesis en gel para detectar rupturas de una sola hebra de ADN.
- Experimentos de apagado de transferencia de energía triplet-triplet utilizando derivados de bifenilo y naftaleno para estimar las energías triplet de NFX y ANFX.
Principales resultados:
- La norfloxacina (NFX) fotosensibiliza la formación de dímeros de timina (T<>T) en el ADN.
- La N(4')-acetilnorfloxacina (ANFX) no induce la formación de T<>T.
- Las energías tripletas estimadas: NFX a 273 kJ/mol, ANFX a 268 kJ/mol.
- La energía estimada de los tripletes de timina en el ADN es de 270 kJ/mol.
Conclusiones:
- La capacidad fotosensibilizante de NFX para formar T<>T se atribuye a su energía triple.
- La ausencia de formación de T<>T por ANFX sugiere su menor energía triple o fotoquímica alterada.
- La energía triple de la timina en el ADN proporciona un punto de referencia para los fotosensibilizadores que causan T<>T.
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