Type of Document Dissertation Author Gill, Anila Fiaz Author's Email Address agill4@student.gsu.edu URN etd-11122006-111108 Title Insights into Sulfonated Phthalocyanines; Insights into Anionic Tetraaryl Porphyrins; Irradiation of Cationic Metalloporphyrins Bound to DNA Degree Ph.D. Department Chemistry Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Dr. Dabne White Dixon Committee Chair Kathryn Betty Grant Committee Member Markus W. Germann Committee Member Keywords
- Sulfonated Phthalocyanines
- Anionic Porphyrins
- Cationic Porphyrins
- Auger Electron Therapy (AET)
- Capillary Electrophoresis
- Mass Spectrometry.
Date of Defense 2006-07-31 Availability unrestricted Abstract Sulfonated porphyrins and phthalocyanines have been under consideration as microbicides, compounds which, when used in a topical formulation, can prevent transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus. Our studies have been directed toward the characterization of members of these classes. For the sulfonated phthalocyanines, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry was helpful in determining the extent of sulfonation. We present the first report of spectroscopic characterization of a pentasulfonated phthalocyanine. Capillary electrophoresis data were sensitive to the concentration of the compounds (Chapter 1).Mass spectrometry was also very useful for establishing the extent of sulfonation in series of sulfonated porphyrins. Capillary electrophoresis was very useful in separating mixtures of these species. A study on sulfonation of a series of tetra(difluorophenyl)porphyrins showed that species with red-shifted Soret peaks were being formed. Data were consistent with an intramolecular sulfone bridge from the phenyl substituent to the porphyrin core. Sulfonation of the tetranaphthylporphyrins ring readily gave more than one sulfonic acid group per naphthyl side chain (Chapter 2).
In cancer chemotherapy of solid tumors, it is desired to kill the tumor cells with minimal damage to the surrounding tissue. Brachytherapy seeds have been a considerable help in this regard for some tumors. In further developing approaches to selective tumor damage, we have evaluated a technique, Auger Electron Therapy (AET) in which one introduces a compound that is expected to bind to DNA, absorb the radiation, and then catalyze clustered DNA damage via release of a series of Auger electrons. We chose a series of metals (silver, indium, molybdenum, palladium, platinum, ruthenium, silver and zirconium) with appropriate energy levels to absorb an x-ray photon from the brachytherapy seed and used the tetracationic porphyrin 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(1-methylpyridinium-4-yl) porphyrin (TMPyP4) as a scaffold. The amount of clustered DNA damage was quantitated by a plasmid assay. Experiments evaluated the effect of buffer, concentration of glycerol, irradiation time, and concentration of the porphyrin. No metal studied gave significant double stranded (localized) DNA damage. Significant single stranded DNA damage was observed, however, in the order zirconium >> ruthenium > palladium > platinum > silver ~ indium (Chapter 3).
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