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In urma cu un deceniu, legile fizicii nici macar nu admiteau bazele acestei teorii. Cercetarea grupului condus de profesorul Sorin Comorosan, desfasurata la Institutul Clinic Fundeni, se concentreaza asupra efectului iradierii microorganismelor cu lumina verde. Radu Mitrica si Ligia Cristache sunt cei doi doctoranzi care iau parte la acest proiect, ale carui aplicatii de viitor ar putea fi diverse: de la anihilarea radicalilor liberi (cancer si maladii virale) la lumea informaticii si cosmeticii. Primul ne explica istoricul cercetarii si o parte din viitorul acesteia. "Prin iradierea substratului enzimatic cu lumina verde s-a obtinut o modificare a cineticii reactiei enzimatice", spune Mitrica. Afirmatia este tradusa printr-un experiment. In urma acestuia, s-a observat ca lumina verde are rol protector asupra albuminei bovine (substanta organica din grupul proteinelor). Rol protector impotriva UV In urma cu un an, cand observa acest rezultat, doctorandul Mitrica dadea navala in biroul profesorului Comorosan si ii spunea entuziasmat "A iesit!". Ceea ce observase era ca "lumina verde exercita o actiune protectoare impotriva radiatiei nocive ultraviolete (UV)". Altfel spus, daca era iradiata in prealabil cu lumina verde, albumina nu se mai rupea, nu mai era denaturata. "Avantul cercetarii pleaca din descoperiri", spune tanarul Mitrica. "Cu experimentul acesta s-au deschis noi oportunitati si am reusit sa publicam lucrarea intr-o revista de varf". In 2010, rezultatele studiului cercetatorilor de la Fundeni a fost publicat in European Biophysics Journal. Dupa ce experimentul a fost repetat pe albumina umana si alte substante, "s-a formulat un model al interactiei luminii verzi cu macromoleculele biologice". Potrivit acestuia, lumina verde produce sisteme macromoleculare solide, puternice, capabile de interactiuni la distanta. Altfel spus, acea albumina nu se mai "rupea" sub UV tocmai datorita acestor sisteme, generate de lumina verde. Primele studii asupra luminii verzi au fost facute de profesorul Sorin Comorosan in Statele Unite ale Americii, la mijlocul anilor '70. "Prin iradierea substratului enzimatic cu lumina verde s-a obtinut o modificare a cineticii reactiei enzimatice. Insa fizica acelor ani nu putea interpreta un astfel de rezultat, intrucat, in conceptiile de atunci, lumina verde nu putea exercita astfel de influente", spune Mitrica. Un nou concept biofizica Doctorandul spune ca lucrurile s-au schimbat dupa anul 2000, datorita aparitiei unor concepte fizice noi si instrumente de masurare si iradiere performante. In anii dinainte de
2000, pe baza studiilor profesorului Comorosan s-a produs o crema de protectie solara. Odata aplicata pe corp, aceasta ferea pielea de radiatiile UV. In fond, crema era un scut verde intre radiatiile solare si piele. Acum, dupa succesul ultimelor experimente de la Fundeni, iradierea cu lumina verde ar putea fi aplicata in diverse domenii, de la cel alimentar la elaborarea de tehnologii de tratare a cancerului. Insa Radu Mitrica considera ca principalul scop este "aducerea unui fundament fizic la toate aceste descoperiri". Adica o problema de cercetarea fundamentala, care implica formularea unei teorii care sa contribuie la completarea domeniului biofizicii. O miza enorma, intr-o tara in care se investeste putin si deloc eficient in cercetare. Cercetarea a fost sustinuta de Institutul Clinic Fundeni, catedra de Chimie Organica si departamentul de Polimeri din cadrul Universitatii Politehnice din Bucuresti, precum si de Institutul de Fizica Atomica de la Magurele. Un alt sprijin important a fost cel al doctorului Irinel Popescu
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National Institute for Advanced Studies in Electrical Engineering, Bucharest, Romania scomo_acadro@yahoo.com
Abstract
This paper presents two new experimental results: the protective effect of green light (GL) on ultraviolet (UV) denaturation of proteins, and the effect of GL on protein macromolecular structures. The protective effect of GL was revealed on two serum albumins, bovine (BSA) and human (HSA), and recorded by electrophoresis, absorption, and circular dichroism spectra. The effect of GL irradiation on protein structure was recorded by using fluorescence spectroscopy and electrophoresis. These new effects were modeled by quantum-chemistry computation using Gaussian 03 W, leading to good fit between theoretical and experimental absorption and circular dichroism spectra. A mechanism for these phenomena is suggested, based on a double-photon absorption process. This nonlinear effect may lead to generation of long-lived Rydberg macromolecular systems, capable of long-range interactions. These newly suggested systems, with macroscopic quantum coherence behaviors, may block the UV denaturation processes
Green light radiation effects on free radicals inhibition in cellular and chemical systems
Sorin Comorosana, Silviu Polosanb, Silviu Jipac, , , , , , , Irinel Popescud, George Martone, Elena Ionescuf, Ligia Cristachef, Dumitru Badilaa, Radu Mitricaa,
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Department of Biophysics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania Materials and Multifunctional Structures, National Institute of Materials Physics, Bucharest,
Romania
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Department of Physical Chemistry, Valahia University, Targoviste, Romania Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania Department of Organic Chemistry, Polytechnic University, Bucharest, Romania Clinical Institute of Digestive Diseases and Hepatic Transplant, Fundeni, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract
Free radicals generation is inhibited through green light (GL) irradiation in cellular systems and in chemical reactions. Standard melanocyte cultures were UV-irradiated and the induced cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) were quantified by the fluorescence technique. The same cell cultures, previously protected by a 24 h GL exposure, displayed a significantly lower ROS production. A simple chemical reaction is subsequently chosen, in which the production of free radicals is well defined. Paraffin wax and mineral oil were GL irradiated during thermal degradation and the oxidation products checked by chemiluminescence [CL] and Fourier transform infrared spectra [FT-IR].
The same clear inhibition of the radical oxidation of alkanes is recorded. A quantum chemistry modeling of these results is performed and a mechanism involving a new type of Rydberg macromolecular systems with implications for biology and medicine is suggested.
Keywords
Green light effects; Free radicals; Antioxidants; Macroscopic quantum phenomena; Macromolecular Rydberg states