Phys Chem Chem Phys
Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong 11111, P. R. China.
Published: February 2021
Tetrazolium salts (TZs) are pervasively utilized as precursors in the dye industry, colorimetric probes in enzyme assays and for exploring nanomaterial toxicity, but its own toxicity is not investigated enough so far. Using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, nanosecond pulse radiolysis (ns-PRL), western blotting and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, here we characterized a neutral tetrazolinyl radical (with the same maximum absorption at 420 nm and different lifetimes of 5.0 and 9.0 μs for two selected TZs), the key intermediate of TZs reduction, and noticed TZs-formazan production under UV light irradiation accompanied by 41% increase in the cross-linking of lysozyme (Lyso, model protein) compared to TZs-free sample, which uncovered the photoenhanced oxidation of TZs towards Lyso. The ns-PRL in a reductive atmosphere simulated the electron/proton donors of amino acid residues in Lyso upon photoexcitation and revealed the reduction mechanism of TZs, as that first followed one-electron-transfer and then probably proton-coupled electron transfer. This is the first time to report on the photoenhanced oxidation mechanism of TZs, which would provide new insights into the applications of TZs in cell biology, "click" chemistry and nanotoxicology.
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