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  • Title: Light-induced redistribution and photobleaching of protoporphyrin in erythrocytes from patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria: an explanation of the rapid fading of fluorocytes.
    Author: Brun A, Sandberg S.
    Journal: J Photochem Photobiol B; 1988 Jul; 2(1):33-41. PubMed ID: 3149300.
    Abstract:
    Erythrocytes from patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) contain large amounts of protoporphyrin. By fluorescence microscopy it has been found that the erythrocytes show red fluorescence which fades very rapidly. During irradiation of erythrocytes from patients with EPP, a decrease in the fluorescence intensity and a red shift in the fluorescence emission maximum is observed. Since the human eye has a diminishing sensitivity in the red part of the spectrum, the red shift will augment the fluorescence decrease observed in the microscope. The decrease in fluorescence intensity is greater than what would be expected by photobleaching of protoporphyrin alone. We suggest that the rapid fading of fluorocytes observed in a fluorescence microscope can be explained both by photoinduced detachment of protoporphyrin from hemoglobin followed by a redistribution to the erythrocyte membrane and by protoporphyrin photobleaching.
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