This document discusses using ultrafast laser spectroscopy to study micro-transport of molecules across cell membranes for improved drug delivery. Specifically, it examines the excited state lifetime of IR125 dye molecules near the interface between dichloromethane (DCM) and water, finding the lifetime is significantly longer near the interface compared to in bulk solutions. This suggests interface-perturbed molecules have more triplet state lifetime, making them more effective for photodynamic cancer therapy by generating more singlet oxygen.
Remote sensing liquid-liquid interface for drug delivery
1. Remote sensing the liquid-liquid interface:
detecting micro-transport across cell membrane
for better drug delivery
1Tapas
Goswami, 2Debabrata Goswami
1School
of Technology, The Glocal University, Saharanpur
2Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
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3. Molecules of Choice
IR125 dye is used in medical diagnosis
Has potential application in photodynamic
therapy
S1
T
indocyanine green dye (IR-125)
triplet-state
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triplet-state molecules could convert groundstate triplet-oxygen to excited singlet-state
oxygen with high cell killing potential
indole maroon dye (IR-144)
(Tricarbocyanine dye)
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 128 (1999) 101–109
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6. Excited state life time of the dye @ Different
Positions with respect to the Interface
1.2
raw data Z= -3mm
raw data Z= -700 m
raw data Z= -500 m
raw data Z= -300 m
raw data Z= -100 m
Normalized Probe Transmittance
1.0
fitted data Z= -3mm
fitted data Z= -700 m
fitted data Z= -500 m
fitted data Z= -300 m
fitted data Z= -100 m
Bulk
Interface
0.8
interface
0.6
S1
T
0.4
0.2
S0
0.0
Bulk
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
Probe Delay (fs)
T. Goswami S.K.K. Kumar, A. Dutta, D. Goswami, J. Phys. Chem. B 113 (2009) 16332-39
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7. Excited State Lifetime for IR125 in DCM
interfaced with water at different Z-Positions
excited state life life fs)
Excited statetime ( time (fs)
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
-3000
Bulk
-2500
-2000
-1500
Z ( m)
-1000
-500
0
Interface
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8. Proposed Mechanism
Water layer
Water layer
Interface
Bulk
DCM layer
(a)
DCM layer
(b)
T. Goswami S.K.K. Kumar, A. Dutta, D. Goswami, J. Phys. Chem. B 113 (2009) 16332-39
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9. Conclusion
1. Excited state relaxation rate is observed to be significantly slower in case of
interfacially perturbed dye molecules near the DCM-water interface
compared to that in the bulk solution.
2. Near the interface the excited state life time of the dye molecule is more.
3. Interfacially perturbed molecule has more triplet state lifetime, so more
effective for photodynamic therapy.
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Good afternoon everybody...title of my talk is remote sensing the liquid-liquid interface: detecting micro-transport across cell membrane for better drug delivery.
So the objective of my research...When you take a medicine or drug, it is first dissolved in blood, then the drug is transported from blood to the infected cell through the cell membrane. I wanted to investigate this transport of drug across the cell membrane, also the effectiveness of the drug molecule at different positions with respect to the cell membrane.In laboratory it is very difficult and impossible to set up this experiment. So in laboratory we mimic the cell membrane with an immiscible liquid-liquid interface. The dye which is also used as a drug is dissolved in an organic solvent and it is interfaced with neat water. Then a sophisticated laser is used to detect the microtransport of the drug molecule.