1994
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.17.654
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DNA Strand-Breaking Activities of Quinolone Antimicrobial Agents under Visible Light Irradiation.

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“…We have recently demonstrated that ENX andTFLX induce photodynamic single strand breaks in plasmid DNA, and that production of these breaks is extensively inhibited by NaN 3 but not by SOD or catalase. 16 On the other hand, we have also shown that euflavine's photobiological activity against yeast is inhibited by ethanol, which is known to be a hydroxy-radical scavenger. 17 Wagai and Tawara similarly suggested that hydroxyl radicals produced by UV-A irradiation might play a major role in the ear swelling of mice resulting from quinolone phototoxicity.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…We have recently demonstrated that ENX andTFLX induce photodynamic single strand breaks in plasmid DNA, and that production of these breaks is extensively inhibited by NaN 3 but not by SOD or catalase. 16 On the other hand, we have also shown that euflavine's photobiological activity against yeast is inhibited by ethanol, which is known to be a hydroxy-radical scavenger. 17 Wagai and Tawara similarly suggested that hydroxyl radicals produced by UV-A irradiation might play a major role in the ear swelling of mice resulting from quinolone phototoxicity.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…To determine the proper dose and observation intervals for screening of the phototoxic potentials of the FQs, the dose-response relationships and the time course of toxicity were examined with levofloxacin, tosufloxacin, and lomefloxacin, which are known from experimental and clinical studies (2,4,5,10,11,19) to be mildly, moderately, and seriously phototoxic FQs, respectively. These FQs were administered to ICR mice as an intravenous bolus to avoid the bias caused by the diversity of murine intestinal absorption of FQs.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The mechanism of quinolone phototoxicity involves a transfer of energy from the photo-excited chromophore to molecular oxygen, generating reactive oxygen species, mainly hydroxyl radicals [24] . The in vitro induction of DNA strand-breaking activity was shown for small amounts of tosufloxacin, enoxacin [25] and sparfloxacin [23] (50, 2 and 10 µmol, respectively) in the assay system.…”
Section: Photosensitization By Quinolones and Fl Uoroquinolonesmentioning
confidence: 92%
“…For BALB/c mice, the estimated dose-related relative risk of phototoxicity was 1:3:17:19:21 for levofloxac in:ciprofloxacin:ofloxacin:enoxacin:lomefloxacin [27] . With lomefloxacin and sparfloxacin, relatively high frequencies of phototoxic reactions have been reported, although both compounds are about ten times less phototoxic than nalidixic acid [23,25] .…”
Section: Photosensitization By Quinolones and Fl Uoroquinolonesmentioning
confidence: 99%