Photochemistry of (Z)-Isovinylneoxanthobilirubic Acid Methyl Ester, a Bilirubin Dipyrrinone Subunit: Femtosecond Transient Absorption and Stimulated Raman Emission Spectroscopy

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MADEA Dominik MUJAWAR Taufiqueahmed Pirsaheb DVOŘÁK Aleš POSPÍŠILOVÁ Kateřina MUCHOVÁ Lucie ČUBÁKOVÁ Petra KLOZ Miroslav ŠVENDA Jakub VÍTEK Libor KLÁN Petr

Year of publication 2022
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Organic Chemistry
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Citation
Web https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.1c02870
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c02870
Keywords Alcohols; Molecular structure; Photooxidation; Quantum mechanics; Quantum yield
Description Bilirubin (BR) is an essential metabolite formed by the catabolism of heme. Phototherapy with blue-green light can be applied to reduce high concentrations of BR in blood and is used especially in the neonatal period. In this work, we studied the photochemistry of (Z)-isovinylneoxanthobilirubic acid methyl ester, a dipyrrinone subunit of BR, by steady-state absorption, femtosecond transient absorption, and stimulated Raman spectroscopies. Both the (Z)- and (E)-configurational isomers of isovinylneoxanthobilirubic acid undergo wavelength-dependent and reversible photoisomerization. The isomerization from the excited singlet state is ultrafast (the lifetimes of (Z)- and (E)-isomers were found to be similar to 0.9 and 0.1 ps, respectively), and its efficiencies increase with increased photon energy. In addition, we studied sensitized photooxidation of the dipyrrinone subunit by singlet oxygen that leads to the formation of propentdyopents. Biological activities of these compounds, namely, effects on the superoxide production, lipoperoxidation, and tricarboxylic acid cycle metabolism, were also studied. Finally, different photochemical and biological properties of this BR subunit and its structural analogue, (Z)-vinylneoxanthobilirubic acid methyl ester, studied before, are discussed.
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