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. 1993 Jun 15;90(12):5438–5442. doi: 10.1073/pnas.90.12.5438

Lithium phthalocyanine: a probe for electron paramagnetic resonance oximetry in viable biological systems.

K J Liu 1, P Gast 1, M Moussavi 1, S W Norby 1, N Vahidi 1, T Walczak 1, M Wu 1, H M Swartz 1
PMCID: PMC46735  PMID: 8390665

Abstract

Lithium phthalocyanine (LiPc) is a prototype of another generation of synthetic, metallic-organic, paramagnetic crystallites that appear very useful for in vitro and in vivo electron paramagnetic resonance oximetry. The peak-to-peak line width of the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum of LiPc is a linear function of the partial pressure of oxygen (pO2); this linear relation is independent of the medium surrounding the LiPc. It has an extremely exchange-narrowed spectrum (peak-to-peak line width = 14 mG in the absence of O2). Physicochemically LiPc is very stable; its response to pO2 does not change with conditions and environments (e.g., pH, temperature, redox conditions) likely to occur in viable biological systems. These characteristics provide the sensitivity, accuracy, and range to measure physiologically and pathologically pertinent O2 tensions (0.1-50 mmHg; 1 mmHg = 133 Pa). The application of LiPc in biological systems is demonstrated in measurements of pO2 in vivo in the heart, brain, and kidney of rats.

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