Photochemical Reactions and Phototoxicity of Sterols: Novel Self‐perpetuating Mechanism for Lipid Photooxidation
1997/09/01 by Phillip W. Albro, Piotr Bilski, Jean T. Corbett +2 · 14 citations
Chemistry · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Medicine · #Free Radicals and Antioxidants #Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity #Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb03154.x
Abstract
Sterols are important lipid components that may contribute to phototoxicity. We have found that phototoxic response in earthworms is related to sterols extractable with lipophilic solvents. The photochemically active compounds in worm lipids are 5,7,9(11),22-ergostatetraen-3 beta-ol (9-DHE) and 5,7,9(11)-cholestartien-3 beta-ol (9-DDHC), respectively. Human skin lipids are known to contain 9-DHE. We have also found 9-DDHC in human skin, which is reported here for the first time. In the presence of an excess of the corresponding 5,7-dienes (ergosterol of 7-dehydrocholesterol), these photoactive sterols constitute a self-regenerating source of singlet molecular oxygen (1O2) during irradiation in vivo or in vitro with UVA (315-400 nm). The quantum yield for photosensitization of 1O2 by 9-DHE was estimated to be 0.09. The 1O2 is scavenged by the dienes and the rate constant for 1O2 quenching by ergosterol was found to be 1.2 x 10(7) M-1 s-1 in methyl t-butyl ether (MTBE). This scavenging ultimately leads to the production of 5,8-endoperoxide and hydrogen peroxide. Photochemically induced superoxide radical was also produced on irradiation of sterol 5,7,9-trienes and trapped with the spin trap 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide (DMPO). The production of singlet oxygen, peroxides and radicals by the sterols may be significant in the cell damaging and tumor promoting action of UVA light on skin.
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