Studies on the photochemical and photocytotoxic properties of the new PDT photosensitizer aluminum sulfonated phthalocyanine.
Cancer Biochem Biophys
; 12(2): 103-16, 1991 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
The properties of photosensitization of sulfonated aluminum phthalocyanine (ALSPC), a new photosensitizer of potential use in cancer photodynamic therapy (PDT) was studied on both the molecular and cellular levels. The mechanism of ALSPC photosensitization on the molecular level was investigated by testing its efficiency of singlet oxygen (1O2) production, using the method of tryptophan degradation and that of ESR spectroscopy and observing the enhancing effect of D2O and the quenching effect of NaN3. Results of all these experiments confirmed the important role of the Type II or 1O2 mechanism in ALSPC photosensitization. In our in-vitro experiments, ALSPC's incorporation into cells and its photocytotoxic effect were investigated on a human liver cancer cell line. The cell incorporation was illustrated by the laser-excited fluorescence spectra emitted both from cell homogenate and cell monolayers incubated with ALSPC aqueous solution. The position of fluorescence peak observed, implied that ALSPC exists in the cells mainly as monomers. The efficiency of cell killing of ALSPC photosensitization was estimated by counting surviving cells with the method of trypan blue staining and by the method of radioisotope labelling. Experiments using the latter method also showed DNA damage caused by ALSPC photosensitization.
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Compostos Organometálicos
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Fotoquimioterapia
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Radiossensibilizantes
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Humans
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Cancer Biochem Biophys
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1991
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