Publications

Johnson, C.N., Gorbet, G.E., Ramsower, H., Urquidi, J., Brancaleon, L., Demeler, 2018, Multi-Wavelength Analytical Ultracentrifugation of Human Serum Albumin complexed with Porphyrin, European Biophysics Journal, 47:789-797. DOI: 10.1007/s00249-018-1301-7.

Pezzuoli, D., Cozzolino, M., Montali, C., Brancaleon, L., Zantedeschi, M., Bonardi, S., Viappiani, C., Abbruzzetti, S., 2018, Serum albumins are efficient delivery systems for the photosensitizer hypericin in antibacterial photosensitization-based treatments, Food Control, 94:254-262. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.07.027.

Hu, J., Allen, R., Rozinek, S., Brancaleon, L., 2017, Experimental and Computational Characterization of Photosensitized Conformational Effects Mediated by Protoporphyrin Ligands on Human Serum Albumin, Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 16:694-710.

• McMicken, B., Parker, J.E., Thomas, R.J., Brancaleon, L., 2016, Resonance Raman and Vibrational Mode Analysis Used to Predict Ligand Geometry for Docking Simulations of a Water Soluble Porphyrin and Tubulin, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 34:1998-2010. doi: 10.1080/07391102.2015.1102082.

• McMicken, B., Thomas, R.J., Brancaleon, L., 2016, Partial Unfolding of Tubulin Heterodimers Induced by Two-Photon Excitation of Bound Meso-tetrakis (Sulfonatophenyl) Porphyrin, Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 120:3653–3665.

• Rozinek, S.E., Thomas, R.J., Brancaleon, L., 2016, Biophysical Characterization of the Interaction of Human Albumin with a Cationic Porphyrin, Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 7:295-302. doi:10.1016/j.bbrep.2016.07.014.

• Vall-Sagarra, A., McMicken, B., Nonell, S., Brancaleon, L., 2016, Effects of Visible Irradiation of Protoporphyrin IX on the Self Assembly of Tubulin Heterodimers, ChemPhysChem, 17:3269-3282, doi: 10.1002/cphc.201600629.

• Farooqi, M.J., Penick, M.A., Negrete, G.R., Brancaleon, L., 2016, Human Serum Albumin as Vehicle for the Solubilization of Perylene Diimides in Aqueous Solutions. Effects of the Protein Host on the Photophysics and Aggregation of the Dye, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 94:246-257. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.09.109.

2015

• Babcock, J.J., Brancaleon, L., 2015, The Effect of Local Dynamics of Atto 390-Labelled Lysozyme on Fluorescence Anisotropy Modeling, Biopolymers, 103:285-295 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22596.
• Farooqi, M.J. ^¥, Penick, M.A., Burch, J., Negrete, G.R., Brancaleon, L., 2015, Characterization of novel Perylene Diimides Containing Aromatic Amino Acid Side Chains, Spectrochimica Acta A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 153:124–131. doi:10.1016/j.saa.2015.08.013.

2014

• McMicken, B., Thomas, R.J., Brancaleon, L., 2014, Photoinduced Unfolding of Tubulin Dimers bound to Meso-tetrakis (sulfonatophenyl) Porphyrin, Journal of Biophotonics, 7:874-888. DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201300066.

2013

• Farooqi, M.J., Penick, M., Negrete, G.R., Brancaleon, L., 2013, Interaction of Human Serum Albumin with Novel 3,9-Disubstituted Perylenes. The Protein Journal 32:493-504.
• Barron, G., Valentine, R., Moseley, H., Brancaleon, L., Hill, C., Woods, J. A., 2013, Porphyrin profile in four human cell lines after supplementation with 5-aminolaevulinic acid and its methyl ester. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 10, 654-663.
• Babcock, J.J., Brancaleon, L., 2013, Bovine Serum Albumin Oligomers in the E- and B-Forms at Low Protein Concentration and Ionic Strength, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 53:42-53. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2012.10.030.

2012

• Penick, M.A., Baffoe, D., Smith, T.D., Mahindaratne, M.P.D., Brancaleon, L., Negrete, G.R., 2012, Claisen Rearrangement Route to Novel Electron-Rich Perylene Dyes, Arkivoc, vi:112-118.
• Parker, J.E., Thomas, R.J., Morisson, D., Brancaleon, L., 2012, Combination of Resonance Raman Spectroscopy and Docking Simulations to Study the Nonspecific Binding of a Free-Base Porphyrin to a Globular Protein, J. Phys. Chem. B, 116:11032–11040.

2011

• Fuini III, J.F.*, Surampudi, A.B. ^¥, Penick, M.A., Mahindaratne, M.P.D., Negrete, G.R., Brancaleon, L., 2011, Photophysical Characterization of novel 3,9-dialkyloxy- and diacyloxyperylenes, Dyes and Pigments. 88:204-211 doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2010.06.009.
• Renthal, R., Brancaleon, L., Peña, I., Silva, F., Chen, L.Y., 2011, Interaction of a two-transmembrane-helix peptide with lipid bilayers and dodecyl sulfate micelles, Biophysical Chemistry. 159:321-327 doi: 10.1016/j.bpc.2011.08.005.

Prior to 2010:

• Losi, A., Bedotti, R., Brancaleon, L., Viappiani, C., 1993. Porphyrin-Melanins interaction: effect on fluorescence and nonradiative relaxations. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. B: Biology. 21:69-76.
• Brancaleon, L., Crippa, P. R., and Minari, C. 1994. Time resolved photoacoustic calorimetry of tryptophan in water and organic solvents. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 59:590-595.
• Brancaleon, L., Crippa, P. R., and Diemmi, D.* 1995. Anomalous fluorescence temperature quenching of N-TRP terminal peptides. Biopolymers. 36:723-733.
• Brancaleon, L., Gasparini, G., Manfredi, M., Mazzini, A. 1997. A model for the explanation of the thermally induced increase of the overall fluorescence in Tryptophan-X peptides. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 348:125-133.
• Ashenhurst, J., Brancaleon, L., Hassan, A., Liu, W., Schmider, H., Wang, S., Wu, Q. 1998. Blue luminscent organoaluminum compounds: Al2(CH3)4 (7-azain)2, Al2(CH3)4 (7-azain)4, Al2(CH3) (OCH(CF3)2)3) (7-azain)2,Al2 (m-OCH(CF3)2) (OCH(CF3)2)3) (7 azain)2 (OCH(CF3)2)3), Al3(m3-O)(CH3)(7-azain)4(OCH(CF3)2)3) and Al4(m3-O)2(7-azain)6(OCH(CF3)2)3) (7-azain = deprotonated 7-azaindole). Organometallics. 17:3186-3195.
• Ashenhurst, J., Brancaleon, L., Gao, S., Liu, W., Schmider, H., Wang, S., Wu, G., Wu, Q.G. 1998. Blue luminscent organoaluminum compounds: Al(CH3)2(dpa), Al2 (CH3)5 (dpa)2,Al4 (O)2 (CH3)6 (dpa)2 and Al(pfap)3, dpa = deprotonated di-2-pyridylamine, pfap = deprotonated 2-pentafluoroanilinopyridine. Organometallics. 17:5334-5341.
• Brancaleon, L., Brousmiche, D., Jayathirtha Rao, V., Johnston, L.J., Ramamurthy, V. 1998. Photoinduced electron transfer reaction within zeolites: detection of radical cations and dimerization of arylalkenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 120:4926-4933.
• Ricchelli, F., Gobbo, S., Moreno, G., Salet, C., Brancaleon, L., Mazzini, A. 1998. Photophysical properties of porphyrin planar aggregates in liposomes. European Journal of Biochemistry. 253:760-765.
• Brancaleon, L., Brousmiche, D., Johnston, L.J. 1999. Photoinduced elctron transfer chemistry of 2,3-dicyanonaphtalene. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 77:787-791.
• Wu, Q.G., Wu, G., Brancaleon, L., Wang, S.N. 1999. B₃O₃Ph3(7-azaindole): structure, luminescence, and functionality. Organometallics. 18:2553-2556.
• Lakshminarasimhan, P., Thomas, K. J., Brancaleon, L., Wood, P. D., Johnston, L. J., Ramamurthy, V. 1999. Characterization of persistent intermediates generated upon inclusion of 1,1-Diarylethylenes within CaY Zeolite: spectroscopy and product studies. Journal of Physical Chemistry: B, 103:9247-9254.
• Brancaleon, L., Lin, G.C., Kollias, N. 1999. The in vivo fluorescence of tryptophan moieties in human skin increases with UV exposure and is a marker for epidermal proliferation. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 113: 977-982.
• Kollias, N., Tian, W.D., Zonios, G., Brancaleon, L., Gillies, R., 1999. UV radiation at the fluorescence excitation maxima produces significant changes in the fluorescence of the skin. Dermatoogia. Cosmetica, 9: 139-144.
• Brancaleon, L., Bamberg, M.P., Kollias, N. 2000. Spectral differences between stratum corneum and sebaceous molecular components in the mid-IR. Applied Spectroscopy, 54: 1175-1182.
• Brancaleon, L., Tu, J.H., Menaker, G., Fallon, J.D., Durkin, A.J., Kollias, N., 2001. In vivo fluorescence spectroscopy of non-melanoma skin cancer. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 73:178-183.
• Brancaleon, L., Bamberg, M.P., Sakamaki, T., Kollias, N., 2001. Attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy as a possible method to investigate biophysical parameters of stratum corneum in vivo. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 116:380-386.
• Tian, W.D., Brancaleon, L., Gillies, R., Kollias, N., 2001. Aging and effects of ultraviolet A exposure may be quantified by fluorescence excitation spectroscopy in vivo, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 116:840-845.
• Brancaleon, L., Moseley, H., 2002, Effects of Photoproducts on the Binding Properties of Protoporphyrin IX, Biophysical Chemistry, 96:77-87.
• Brancaleon, L., Magennis, S., Samuel, I.D.W., Namdas, E., Lesar, A., Moseley, H., 2004, Characterization of the photoproducts of Protoporphyrin IX bound to Human Serum Albumin and Immunoglobulin G , Biophysical Chemistry, 109:351-360.
• Woods JA, Traynor NJ, Brancaleon L, Moseley, H., 2004, The effect of Photofrin on DNA strand breaks and base oxidation in HaCaT keratinocytes: A comet assay study, Photochemistry and Photobiology, 79: 105-113.
• Ibbotson, S.H., Moseley, H., Brancaleon, L., Padgett, M., O’Dwyer, M., Woods, J.A., Lesar, A., Goodman, C., Ferguson, J., 2004, Photodynamic therapy in dermatology: Dundee clinical and research experience, Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 1:211-213.
• Tian, F., Johnson, K., Lesar, A.E., Moseley, H., Ferguson, J., Samuel, I.D.W., Mazzini, A., Brancaleon, L., 2006, The pH-Dependent Conformational Transition of b-Lactoglobulin Modulates the Binding of Protoporphyrin IX, Biochimica Biophysica Acta.-General Subjects, 1760:38-46.
• Harvey, B.J., Bell, E., Brancaleon, L., 2007, A Tryptophan Rotamer Located in a Polar Environment Probes pH-Dependent Conformational Changes in Bovine b-lactoglobulin A, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111:2610-2620.
• Tian, F., Johnson, E.M., Zamarripa, M., Sansone, S., Brancaleon, L., 2007, Binding of porphyrins to tubulin heterodimers. Biomacromolecules, 8:3767-3778.
• Moseley, H., Brancaleon, L., Lesar, A.E., Ferguson, J., Ibbotson, S.H., 2008, Does surface preparation alter ALA uptake in superficial non-melanoma skin cancer in vivo? Photodermatology, Photoimmunology, & Photomedicine. 24:72-75.
• Fernandez, N.F., Sansone, S., Mazzini, A., Brancaleon, L., 2008, Irradiation of the porphyrin causes unfolding of the protein in the Protoporphyrin IX/b-lactoglobulin non covalent complex. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 112:7592-7600.
• Silva, I., Sansone, S., Brancaleon, L., 2009, Monomeric meso-tetraskis(sulphonatophenyl)-porphine binds b-Lactoglobulin A at a superficial site rich in lysine residues, The Protein Journal. 28:1-13.
• Fernandez, N.F., Sansone, S., Belcher, J., Haskins, W.E., Brancaleon, L., 2009, Photo-induced unfolding of b-lactoglobulin mediated by a water soluble porphyrin. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 113:6020-6030.
• Valdez, R., Johnson, E.M., Belcher, J.A., Fuini, J.F., Brancaleon, L., 2009, Porphyrins Affect the Self-Assembly of Tubulin in Solution, Biophysical Chemistry. 145:96-104.