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PubMed2000

Porphyrins with exocyclic rings. 14. Synthesis of tetraacenaphthoporphyrins, a new family of highly conjugated porphyrins with record-breaking long-wavelength electronic absorptions.

The Soret band for porphyrins is usually observed in the near-ultraviolet at approximately 400 nm, and few examples of "nonexpanded" porphyrins with this major absorption band at values above 500 nm have previously been reported in the literature. Ring fusion with aromatic ring systems such as naphthalene, anthracene, or phenanthrene generally only produces minor bathochromic shifts to this diagnostic absorption band. In this paper, the synthesis of a series of tetraacenaphthoporphyrins and their metal chelates is reported. The compact nature of the acenaphthylene ring system allows the introduction of meso substituents using the Lindsey methodology. meso-Tetraphenylporphyrin 10a shows the presence of a Soret band at 556 nm, while p-methoxy and p-nitro substituents in 10f and 10g, respectively, further shift this band to 560 and 570 nm. Addition of TFA produces the corresponding dications with slightly higher wavelength Soret bands at 565, 573, and 588 nm. These values compare to 525 nm for the dication of tetraacenaphthylene 8, which lacks the meso-aryl substituents, indicating that steric crowding and its resulting distortion of the macrocyclic conformation is responsible for a significant albeit minor portion of these shifts. The nickel(II), copper(II), and zinc chelates of 10a produce Soret bands at 528, 545, and 558 nm, respectively, demonstrating that the trend for increasing red shifts in metalloporphyrins across the periodic table is retained for this series. The lead(II) chelate 19d gave an additional "hyper" shift that brought the Soret band to 604 nm. A similar red shift could be achieved by introducing four phenylethynyl substituents at the meso positions, and this highly conjugated porphyrin (20) also showed a Soret band at 604 nm, while the corresponding dication afforded this absorption band at 629 nm. The essentially additive "hyper" shift due to lead chelation brought the Soret band for the related lead(II) complex 22d to 642 nm. These effects are by far the largest ever observed for true porphyrins and demonstrate that the Soret band can be fined tuned to virtually any part of the visible spectrum.

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy↗
PubMed2000

Plasma pharmacokinetics and tissue biodistribution of boron following administration of a boronated porphyrin in dogs.

This study was undertaken to determine the plasma pharmacokinetics and tissue biodistribution of boron in dogs following the administration of a boronated porphyrin (BOPP) compound, a potential sensitizing agent for binary therapies of cancer. An intravenous dose of 35 mg/kg of BOPP was administered to a total of sixteen dogs and plasma samples obtained at multiple time points for up to 28 days after administration. Groups of four dogs each were studied for 25, 79, 240, and 672 h. At the end of each study period, subjects were sacrificed and tissue samples obtained. Boron concentrations were determined for all tissue and plasma samples, and pharmacokinetic parameters were determined using mixed effects modeling. Plasma boron levels displayed triexponential kinetics with a long terminal half-life and small volume of distribution. Liver, lymph node, adrenal, and kidney tissues accumulated the highest levels of boron, with very low levels associated with most tissues of the head. We conclude that BOPP has pharmacokinetic and tissue distribution properties that suggest that it may be a suitable compound for use as a sensitizing agent in binary therapy of cancer.

Animals↗
PubMed1993

Quantitative measurement of porphyrins in biological tissues and evaluation of tissue porphyrins during toxicant exposures.

Porphyrins are formed in most eukaryotic tissues as intermediates in the biosynthesis of heme. Assessment of changes in tissue porphyrin levels occurring in response to the actions of various drugs or toxicants is potentially useful in the evaluation of chemical exposures and effects. The present paper describes a rapid and sensitive method for the extraction and quantitation of porphyrins in biological tissues which overcomes difficulties encountered in previously described methods, particularly the loss of porphyrins during extraction and interference of porphyrin quantitation by coeluting fluorescent tissue constituents. In this procedure 8- through 2-carboxyl porphyrins are quantitatively extracted from tissue homogenates using HCl and methanol and are subsequently separated from potentially interfering contaminants by sequential methanol/phosphate elution on a C-18 preparatory column. Porphyrins are then separated and measured by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography and spectrofluorometric techniques. Recovery of tissue porphyrins using this method is close to 100% with an intraassay variability of less than 10%. We have employed this procedure to measure liver and kidney porphyrin concentrations in male Fischer rats and to define the distinctive changes in tissue porphyrin patterns associated with treatment with the hepatic and renal porphyrinogenic chemicals, allylisopropylacetamide, and methyl mercury hydroxide, respectively. This method is applicable to the measurement of tissue porphyrin changes resulting from drug or toxicant exposures in clinical, experimental or environmental assessments.

Allylisopropylacetamide↗
PubMed1991

Urinary porphyrin profiles as biomarkers of trace metal exposure and toxicity: studies on urinary porphyrin excretion patterns in rats during prolonged exposure to methyl mercury.

Studies were conducted to define the specific changes in the urinary porphyrin excretion pattern (porphyrin profile) and the time course of those changes in rats exposed to mercury as methyl mercury hydroxide (MMH) at 5 or 10 ppm in the drinking water for up to 30 weeks. The urinary porphyrin profile elicited by MMH is uniquely characterized by highly elevated levels of 4- and 5-carboxyl porphyrins, and of a third atypical porphyrin with as yet undetermined chemical characteristics. Changes in the porphyrin profile were observed as early as 1 or 2 weeks following initiation of exposure to MMH at 10 or 5 ppm, respectively, and were sustained as long as 40 weeks following cessation of MMH treatment. The magnitude of the urinary porphyrin profile at either MMH dose level increased progressively during the course of mercury treatment and was highly correlated with the renal mercury concentration. A subsequent decline in the magnitude of the urinary porphyrin profile in animals exposed to 10 ppm MMH for more than 10 weeks was associated with the accumulation of high levels of Hg2+ in kidney cells and loss of renal functional status. These findings demonstrate that mercury elicits a unique change in the urinary porphyrin excretion pattern which is related to the dose and duration of mercury treatment. The association of urinary porphyrin excretion rates with renal mercury content and functional status suggests that urinary porphyrin profiles may serve as a useful biomarker of mercury accumulation and nephrotoxicity during prolonged mercury exposure.

Animals↗
PubMed2004

Using a kinase screen to investigate the constituents of the sponge Stelletta clavosa obtained from diverse habitats.

Fourteen collections of the marine sponge Stelletta clavosa have been obtained from diverse Indo-Pacific locations in order to conduct a comparison of their major constituents. The dichloromethane extract of one collection (no. 00369) exhibited activity in a c-Raf-1 kinase assay. Bioactivity-directed isolation resulted in the known porphyrin analogs pyropheophorbide a (2) and purpurin 18 methyl ester (3). Further spectroscopic screening of the various sponge extracts resulted in the isolation of four swinholide polyketides, a carotenoid, and three diketopiperazines. Pyropheophorbide a (2) exhibited the best IC(50) among the porphyrin type compounds (IC(50)<0.31microg/mL). This prompted further screening of 2 against a panel of 85 kinases.

Animals↗
PubMed2006

Self-assembly of a bis-porphyrinic supramolecular rectangle using two orthogonal binding strategies.

A bis-porphyrinic rectangle is created via a double self-assembly algorithm using two orthogonal coordination themes, i.e. first a 90 degrees building block composed of a dynamic heteroleptic Cu(I) or Ag(I) bisphenanthroline followed by a coordinative dimerization using the pyridine-zinc porphyrin motif; the spectroscopic and electrochemical properties as well as the dynamic nature of the supramolecule were tested.

Algorithms↗
PubMed2001

Spectroscopic determination of acetylcholine esterase-inhibitor complex: determination of conformational shifts of proteins.

Changes in the absorbance spectrum of tetraphenylporphyrin sulfonate (TPPS) are observed that are unique for the proteins lysozyme, luciferase, apomyoglobin, myoglobin, gamma globulin, insulin, RNAase, phosphotransacetylase, papain, ovalbumin, bovine serum albumin (BSA), protamine sulfate, and polylysine. The absorbance spectrum of porphyrins is different for native compared with heat denatured RNAase. A unique absorbance wavelength red shift is observed with trypsin when trypsin inhibitor is present, indicating that porphyrins incorporated with proteins can detect conformational changes in the protein. The absorbance spectrum of the Soret band of TPPS undergoes bathochromic shifts upon addition of local anesthetics to acetylcholine esterase (AChE), suggesting that the absorbance spectrum of porphyrins can be used as a reporter of the presence of inhibitors of AChE by indicating conformational changes on binding of the inhibitor.

Acetylcholinesterase↗
PubMed1990

Photophysical properties of 2-nitro-5,10,15,20-tetra-p-tolylporphyrins.

Tetraarylporphyrins substituted with nitro groups at beta-pyrrolic positions are potential candidates for electron-accepting pigments in model systems for photosynthesis. The photophysics of 2-nitro-5,10,15,20-tetra-p-tolylporphyrin and its zinc analog have been studied in order to evaluate this potential. The ground state absorption spectrum, the triplet-triplet absorption spectrum, the fluorescence emission spectrum, and associated photophysical parameters have been determined. The molecules have short singlet lifetimes and anomalous temperature- and solvent-dependent emission spectra which are consistent with the formation of an intramolecular charge transfer state of the type P+.-NO2-. in which the nitro group is twisted about its bond to the porphyrin, relative to the ground state conformation.

Molecular Structure↗
PubMed1971

Stereochemistry of hemes and other metalloporphyrins.

Metalloporphyrins, most notably the iron porphyrins, observe clearly defined, internally consistent, structural principles that promise to be fully applicable to the hemes in the several families of the hemoproteins.

Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy↗