The Role of Free Radicals in the Photodynamic Treatment of Fibrotic Skin Diseases.

Adv Exp Med Biol

Key Laboratory of Natural Pharmaceutical & Chemical Biology of Yunnan Province, Honghe University, Mengzi, Yunnan, Province, P. R. China.

Published: November 2017

The first derivatives of gelatin and type I collagen fluorescence spectra were characterized in order to describe the effect of free radicals on pyridinoline (PYD) cross-links. The different gas saturation conditions were used to investigate the effect of different free radicals. An analysis of first derivative fluorescence spectra suggests that PYD cross-link fluorescence emission is composed of three peaks in gelatin, but only two in type I collagen. The PYD cross-link was photo-degraded more than other gases in the presence of O2. This suggests that the singlet oxygen ((1)O2) plays a key role when using photodynamic therapy to treat skin fibrosis disease with Hypocrellin B (HB).

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