Action spectrum for UV-induced lipid peroxidation in cultured human skin fibroblasts.

Lipid peroxidation was measured by release of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) into the supernatant of cultured human skin fibroblasts. This process is triggered by ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) radiations. For UVA irradiances and irradiation times up to 40 W.

Hydrogen peroxide and catalase in UVA-induced lipid peroxidation in cultured fibroblasts.

UVA-induced lipid peroxidation in cultured human skin fibroblasts, as measured by the release in the supernatant of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances, is found to be linear with increasing irradiation dose (up to about 250 kJ m(-2)). Concomitantly, within this dose range catalase is strongly inactivated by UVA radiation according to an exponential process (k≈0.01 kJ(-1) m(2)).