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Study on the Interactions of Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride and Promethazine Hydrochloride with Nucleic Acids by Resonance Rayleigh Scattering Spectrum (CAT#: STEM-ST-0036-YJL)

Introduction

The interaction between nucleic acids and medicine molecule is one of the important research fields of nucleic acids, which is very valuable for investigating the interactive mechanisms of anti-cancer and anti-virus medicine, screening medicine in vitro, diagnosing and treating some diseases, and designing and synthesizing new medicine. Many anti-cancer medicines, widely used in clinics, take DNA as primary target and damage its structure through interacting with DNA of cancer cell, then influence the ability of gene adjustment and expression, and show its anti-cancer activity. <br />The basic structures of chlorpromazine hydrochloride [CPZ, 2-chloro-10-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) phenothiazine hydrochloride], and promethazine hydrochloride [PZ, 10-(2-dimethylaminopropyl) phenothi-azine hydrochloride] are similar. The only difference between CPZ and PZ is the different propyl group, which links up with –N(CH3)2 and the nitrogen atom of phenothiazine (the former is n-propyl, the latter is isopropyl).




Principle

Resonance Rayleigh scattering (RRS) is similar to Rayleigh scattering in nature. Resonance Rayleigh scattering is a special elastic scattering produced when the wavelength of Rayleigh scattering (RS) is located at or close to its molecular absorption band. The key to generating RRS is: when the scattering is at or close to the absorption band of the scattering molecule, since the electron absorbs the electromagnetic wave at the same frequency as the scattering frequency, the electron strongly absorbs the photon energy due to resonance and re-scatters. Its scattering intensity is several orders of magnitude higher than that of pure Rayleigh scattering, and it no longer obeys the Rayleigh law of I∝λ-4. This absorption-rescattering process is called resonance Rayleigh scattering (RRS).

Applications

Resonance Rayleigh scattering is used to the study of aggregation of chromophores on biological macromolecules and the determination of biological macromolecules such as nucleic acid, proteins and heparin, further, it has been used in the determination of trace amounts of inorganic ions and the cationic surfactant by means of ion association reactions with some dyes. In addition, it has been applied to the study of nanoparticles in liquid and the determination of β-cyclodextrin inclusion constant and the critical micelle concentration of surfactant.

Procedure

1. Sample preparation
2. Measurement by scattering detection instrument
3. Data analysis

Materials

Rayleigh scattering measurement system