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Additive sensitization of bacterial spores by oxygen and p-nitroacetophenone

Journal Article · · Radiat. Res.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/3574578· OSTI ID:7208164
Ib the bacterial spore, the sensitizing effects of both oxygen and p-nitroacetophenone (PNAP) can be separated into components. Each sensitizer has a component of damage which involves reactions of hydroxyl radicals (.OH), although the origins of these components may be different. Tests which use different concentrations of PNAP and O/sub 2/ simultaneously have been run to seek interactions or additives in their effects on lethal radiation sensitivity. The results show that the effects of the PNAP ''non-.OH'' component are additive to those of both O/sub 2/ ''non-.OH'' components; however, the patterns of this additivity suggest that the chemical processes through which PNAP acts are similar to those of the high-O/sub 2/ component (that is, the component which occurs at (O/sub 2/) > 5 x 10/sup -5/ M) but are different from those of the low-O/sub 2/ component. There is also indirect evidence that the sensitizing reactions of the high-O/sub 2/ component may replace those reactions of hydroxyl radicals which occur at lower (O/sub 2/). If O/sub 2/ does replace .OH in some damaging chemical reactions, the unexpected disappearance of the .OH component as the (O/sub 2/) is raised would be understandable.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Texas, Austin
OSTI ID:
7208164
Journal Information:
Radiat. Res.; (United States), Journal Name: Radiat. Res.; (United States) Vol. 73:1; ISSN RAREA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English