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Zhao W, Wang L, Zhang M, Liu Z, Wu C, Pan X, Huang Z, Lu C, Quan G. Photodynamic therapy for cancer: mechanisms, photosensitizers, nanocarriers, and clinical studies. MedComm (Beijing) 2024; 5:e603. [PMID: 38911063 PMCID: PMC11193138 DOI: 10.1002/mco2.603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024] Open
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a temporally and spatially precisely controllable, noninvasive, and potentially highly efficient method of phototherapy. The three components of PDT primarily include photosensitizers, oxygen, and light. PDT employs specific wavelengths of light to active photosensitizers at the tumor site, generating reactive oxygen species that are fatal to tumor cells. Nevertheless, traditional photosensitizers have disadvantages such as poor water solubility, severe oxygen-dependency, and low targetability, and the light is difficult to penetrate the deep tumor tissue, which remains the toughest task in the application of PDT in the clinic. Here, we systematically summarize the development and the molecular mechanisms of photosensitizers, and the challenges of PDT in tumor management, highlighting the advantages of nanocarriers-based PDT against cancer. The development of third generation photosensitizers has opened up new horizons in PDT, and the cooperation between nanocarriers and PDT has attained satisfactory achievements. Finally, the clinical studies of PDT are discussed. Overall, we present an overview and our perspective of PDT in the field of tumor management, and we believe this work will provide a new insight into tumor-based PDT.
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- Wanchen Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability AssessmentJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
- College of PharmacyJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability AssessmentJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
- College of PharmacyJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability AssessmentJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
- College of PharmacyJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability AssessmentJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
- College of PharmacyJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability AssessmentJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
- College of PharmacyJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- School of Pharmaceutical SciencesSun Yat‐sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability AssessmentJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
- College of PharmacyJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability AssessmentJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
- College of PharmacyJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability AssessmentJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
- College of PharmacyJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
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Batishchev OV, Kalutskii MA, Varlamova EA, Konstantinova AN, Makrinsky KI, Ermakov YA, Meshkov IN, Sokolov VS, Gorbunova YG. Antimicrobial activity of photosensitizers: arrangement in bacterial membrane matters. Front Mol Biosci 2023; 10:1192794. [PMID: 37255538 PMCID: PMC10226669 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1192794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
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Porphyrins are well-known photosensitizers (PSs) for antibacterial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), which is still an underestimated antibiotic-free method to kill bacteria, viruses, and fungi. In the present work, we developed a comprehensive tool for predicting the structure and assessment of the photodynamic efficacy of PS molecules for their application in aPDT. We checked it on a series of water-soluble phosphorus(V) porphyrin molecules with OH or ethoxy axial ligands and phenyl/pyridyl peripheral substituents. First, we used biophysical approaches to show the effect of PSs on membrane structure and their photodynamic activity in the lipid environment. Second, we developed a force field for studying phosphorus(V) porphyrins and performed all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of their interactions with bacterial lipid membranes. Finally, we obtained the structure-activity relationship for the antimicrobial activity of PSs and tested our predictions on two models of Gram-negative bacteria, Escherichia coli and Acinetobacter baumannii. Our approach allowed us to propose a new PS molecule, whose MIC50 values after an extremely low light dose of 5 J/cm2 (5.0 ± 0.4 μg/mL for E. coli and 4.9 ± 0.8 μg/mL for A. baumannii) exceeded those for common antibiotics, making it a prospective antimicrobial agent.
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- Oleg V. Batishchev
- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Bacteria-targeting photoactivated antibacterial nanosystem based on oligoalginate-protoporphyrin IX for plant disease treatment. Eur Polym J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Adnane F, El-Zayat E, Fahmy HM. The combinational application of photodynamic therapy and nanotechnology in skin cancer treatment: A review. Tissue Cell 2022; 77:101856. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2022.101856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Revised: 06/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Bastarrachea LJ. Antimicrobial polypropylene with ε-poly(lysine): Effectiveness under UV-A light and food storage applications. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2018.12.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Martinez AFC, de Almeida LG, Moraes LAB, Cônsoli FL. Tapping the biotechnological potential of insect microbial symbionts: new insecticidal porphyrins. BMC Microbiol 2017; 17:143. [PMID: 28655338 PMCID: PMC5488367 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-017-1054-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The demand for sustainable agricultural practices and the limited progress toward newer and safer chemicals for use in pest control maintain the impetus for research and identification of new natural molecules. Natural molecules are preferable to synthetic organic molecules because they are biodegradable, have low toxicity, are often selective and can be applied at low concentrations. Microbes are one source of natural insecticides, and microbial insect symbionts have attracted attention as a source of new bioactive molecules because these microbes are exposed to various selection pressures in their association with insects. Analytical techniques must be used to isolate and characterize new compounds, and sensitive analytical tools such as mass spectrometry and high-resolution chromatography are required to identify the least-abundant molecules. RESULTS We used classical fermentation techniques combined with tandem mass spectrometry to prospect for insecticidal substances produced by the ant symbiont Streptomyces caniferus. Crude extracts from this bacterium showed low biological activity (less than 10% mortality) against the larval stage of the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda. Because of the complexity of the crude extract, we used fractionation-guided bioassays to investigate if the low toxicity was related to the relative abundance of the active molecule, leading to the isolation of porphyrins as active molecules. Porphyrins are a class of photoactive molecules with a broad range of bioactivity, including insecticidal. The active fraction, containing a mixture of porphyrins, induced up to 100% larval mortality (LD50 = 37.7 μg.cm-2). Tandem mass-spectrometry analyses provided structural information for two new porphyrin structures. Data on the availability of porphyrins in 67 other crude extracts of ant ectosymbionts were also obtained with ion-monitoring experiments. CONCLUSIONS Insect-associated bacterial symbionts are a rich source of bioactive compounds. Exploring microbial diversity through mass-spectrometry analyses is a useful approach for isolating and identifying new compounds. Our results showed high insecticidal activity of porphyrin compounds. Applications of different experiments in mass spectrometry allowed the characterization of two new porphyrins.
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- Ana Flávia Canovas Martinez
- Laboratório de Interações em Insetos, Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Av Pádua Dias 11, 13418–900, Piracicaba, SP Brazil
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- Laboratório de Interações em Insetos, Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Av Pádua Dias 11, 13418–900, Piracicaba, SP Brazil
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- Laboratório de Espectrometria de Massas Aplicada a Produtos Naturais, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Av Bandeirantes 3900, 14040–901, Ribeirão Preto, SP Brazil
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- Laboratório de Interações em Insetos, Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Av Pádua Dias 11, 13418–900, Piracicaba, SP Brazil
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Combined use of optical spectroscopy and computational methods to study the binding and the photoinduced conformational modification of proteins when NMR and X-ray structural determinations are not an option. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2016. [PMID: 24018324 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-416596-0.00004-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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The functions of proteins depend on their interactions with various ligands and these interactions are controlled by the structure of the polypeptides. If one can manipulate the structure of proteins, their functions can in principle be modulated. The issue of protein structure-function relationship is not only a central problem in biophysics, but is becoming clear that the ability to "artificially" modify the structure of proteins could be relevant in fields beyond the biomedical area to provide, for instance, light responses in proteins which would not possess such properties in their native state. This chapter presents an overview of the combination of optical electronic and vibrational spectroscopy with various computational methods to investigate the binding between photoactive ligands and proteins.
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Ji E, Parthasarathy A, Corbitt TS, Schanze KS, Whitten DG. Antibacterial activity of conjugated polyelectrolytes with variable chain lengths. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:10763-10769. [PMID: 21739989 DOI: 10.1021/la2018192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Cationic poly(phenylene ethynylene)- (PPE-) based conjugated polyelectrolytes (CPEs) with six different chain lengths ranging in degree of polymerization from ∼7 to ∼49 were synthesized from organic-soluble precursor polymers. The molecular weight of the precursor polymers was controlled by the amount of a monofunctional "end-capping" agent added to the polymerization reaction. Cationic CPEs were prepared by quaternization of amine groups to tetraalkylammonium groups. Their structure-property relationships were investigated by observing their photophysical properties and antibacterial activity. The polymers were found to exhibit a chain-length dependence in their photophysical properties. It has also been observed that the polymers exhibit effective antibacterial activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria under UV irradiation, whereas they show little antibacterial activity in the dark. An effect of chain length on the light-activated antibacterial activity was also found: The shortest polymer (n=7) exhibited the most effective antibacterial activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
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- Eunkyung Ji
- Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-1341, USA
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Ji E, Corbitt TS, Parthasarathy A, Schanze KS, Whitten DG. Light and dark-activated biocidal activity of conjugated polyelectrolytes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2011; 3:2820-2829. [PMID: 21755955 DOI: 10.1021/am200644g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This Spotlight on Applications provides an overview of a research program that has focused on the development and mechanistic study of cationic conjugated polyelectrolytes (CPEs) that function as light- and dark-active biocidal agents. Investigation has centered on poly-(phenylene ethynylene) (PPE) type conjugated polymers that are functionalized with cationic quaternary ammonium solubilizing groups. These polymers are found to interact strongly with Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, and upon illumination with near-UV and visible light act to rapidly kill the bacteria. Mechanistic studies suggest that the cationic PPE-type polymers efficiently sensitize singlet oxygen ((1)O(2)), and this cytotoxic agent is responsible for initiating the sequence of events that lead to light-activated bacterial killing. Specific CPEs also exhibit dark-active antimicrobial activity, and this is believed to arise due to interactions between the cationic/lipophilic polymers and the negatively charged outer membrane characteristic of Gram-negative bacteria. Specific results are shown where a cationic CPE with a degree of polymerization of 49 exhibits pronounced light-activated killing of E. coli when present in the cell suspension at a concentration of 1 μg mL(-1).
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- Eunkyung Ji
- Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering and Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-1341, United States
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Gold Nanorods in Photodynamic Therapy, as Hyperthermia Agents, and in Near-Infrared Optical Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200906927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Kuo WS, Chang CN, Chang YT, Yang MH, Chien YH, Chen SJ, Yeh CS. Gold Nanorods in Photodynamic Therapy, as Hyperthermia Agents, and in Near-Infrared Optical Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010; 49:2711-5. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.200906927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Bisland SK, Austin JW, Hubert DP, Lilge L. Photodynamic Actinometry Using Microspheres: Concept, Development and Responsivity ¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2004.tb00023.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Maisch T, Baier J, Franz B, Maier M, Landthaler M, Szeimies RM, Bäumler W. The role of singlet oxygen and oxygen concentration in photodynamic inactivation of bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:7223-8. [PMID: 17431036 PMCID: PMC1851884 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611328104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 282] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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New antibacterial strategies are required in view of the increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics. One promising technique involves the photodynamic inactivation of bacteria. Upon exposure to light, a photosensitizer in bacteria can generate singlet oxygen, which oxidizes proteins or lipids, leading to bacteria death. To elucidate the oxidative processes that occur during killing of bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus was incubated with a standard photosensitizer, and the generation and decay of singlet oxygen was detected directly by its luminescence at 1,270 nm. At low bacterial concentrations, the time-resolved luminescence of singlet oxygen showed a decay time of 6 +/- 2 micros, which is an intermediate time for singlet oxygen decay in phospholipids of membranes (14 +/- 2 micros) and in the surrounding water (3.5 +/- 0.5 micros). Obviously, at low bacterial concentrations, singlet oxygen had sufficient access to water outside of S. aureus by diffusion. Thus, singlet oxygen seems to be generated in the outer cell wall areas or in adjacent cytoplasmic membranes of S. aureus. In addition, the detection of singlet oxygen luminescence can be used as a sensor of intracellular oxygen concentration. When singlet oxygen luminescence was measured at higher bacterial concentrations, the decay time increased significantly, up to approximately 40 micros, because of oxygen depletion at these concentrations. This observation is an important indicator that oxygen supply is a crucial factor in the efficacy of photodynamic inactivation of bacteria, and will be of particular significance should this approach be used against multiresistant bacteria.
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- Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, University of Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany
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- *Department of Dermatology and
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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The basis of "antibacterial photodynamic therapy" involves the killing of bacteria by reactive oxygen species in the presence of a photosensitizer and light. Possible dermatologic indications include inactivation of bacteria in skin and wound infections and reduction in density of nosocomial multi-resistant infections. The chief advantage of antibacterial photodynamic therapy is that regardless of the resistance pattern of a bacteria, inactivation can be achieved, analogous to the use of antiseptics. The aim of the present review is to describe the physicochemical and biological mechanisms of antibacterial photodynamic therapy as well as possible clinical indications in dermatology.
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- T Maisch
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie, Klinikum der Universität Regensburg.
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Dysart JS, Patterson MS. Characterization of Photofrin photobleaching for singlet oxygen dose estimation during photodynamic therapy of MLL cells in vitro. Phys Med Biol 2005; 50:2597-616. [PMID: 15901957 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/11/011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A singlet oxygen dose model is developed for PDT with Photofrin. The model is based on photosensitizer photobleaching kinetics, and incorporates both singlet oxygen and non-singlet oxygen mediated bleaching mechanisms. To test our model, in vitro experiments were performed in which MatLyLu (MLL) cells were incubated in Photofrin and then irradiated with 532 nm light. Photofrin fluorescence was monitored during treatment and, at selected fluence levels, cell viability was determined using a colony formation assay. Cell survival correlated well to calculated singlet oxygen dose, independent of initial Photofrin concentration or oxygenation. About 2 x 10(8) molecules of singlet oxygen per cell were required to reduce the surviving fraction by 1/e. Analysis of the photobleaching kinetics suggests that the lifetime of singlet oxygen in cells is 0.048 +/- 0.005 micros. The generation of fluorescent photoproducts was not a result of singlet oxygen reactions exclusively, and therefore did not yield additional information to aid in quantifying singlet oxygen dose.
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- Jonathan S Dysart
- Juravinski Cancer Centre, Physics Research, 699 Concession St., Hamilton, Ontario L8V 5C2, Canada.
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Maisch T, Bosl C, Szeimies RM, Lehn N, Abels C. Photodynamic effects of novel XF porphyrin derivatives on prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005; 49:1542-52. [PMID: 15793136 PMCID: PMC1068608 DOI: 10.1128/aac.49.4.1542-1552.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The worldwide rise in the rates of antibiotic resistance of bacteria underlines the need for alternative antibacterial agents. A promising approach to the killing of gram-positive antibiotic-resistant bacteria of the skin uses light in combination with a photosensitizer to induce a phototoxic reaction. Different concentrations (0 to 100 microM) of porphyrin-based photosensitizers (CTP1, XF70, and XF73) and different incubation times (5 min, 1 h, and 4 h) were used to determine phototoxicity against two methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains, one methicillin-sensitive S. aureus strain, one methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis strain, one Escherichia coli strain, and human keratinocytes and fibroblasts. Incubation with 0.005 microM XF70 or XF73, followed by illumination, yielded a 3-log10 (> or = 99.9%) decrease in the viable cell numbers of all staphylococcal strains, indicating that the XF drugs have high degrees of potency against gram-positive bacteria and also that the activities of these novel drugs are independent of the antibiotic resistance pattern of the staphylococci examined. CTP1 was less potent against the staphylococci under the same conditions. At 0.005 microM, XF70 and XF73 demonstrated no toxicity toward fibroblasts or keratinocytes. No inactivation of E. coli was detected at this concentration. XF73 was confirmed to act via a reactive oxygen species from the results of studies with sodium azide (a quencher of singlet oxygen), which reduced the killing of both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. When a quencher of superoxide anion and the hydroxyl radical was used, cell killing was not inhibited. These results demonstrate that the porphyrin-based photosensitizers had concentration-dependent differences in their efficacies of killing of methicillin-resistant staphylococcal strains via reactive oxygen species without harming eukaryotic cells at the same concentrations.
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- T Maisch
- Department of Dermatology, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.
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Papaioannou T, Preyer NW, Fang Q, Brightwell A, Carnohan M, Cottone G, Ross R, Jones LR, Marcu L. Effects of fiber-optic probe design and probe-to-target distance on diffuse reflectance measurements of turbid media: an experimental and computational study at 337 nm. APPLIED OPTICS 2004; 43:2846-60. [PMID: 15143808 PMCID: PMC8527863 DOI: 10.1364/ao.43.002846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Fiber-optic probes are widely used in optical spectroscopy of biological tissues and other turbid media. Only limited information exists, however, on the ways in which the illumination-collection geometry and the overall probe design influence the interrogation of media. We have investigated both experimentally and computationally the effect of probe-to-target distance (PTD) on the diffuse reflectance collected from an isotropically (Lambertian) scattering target and an agar-based tissue phantom. Studies were conducted with three probes characterized by either common (single-fiber) or separate (two bifurcated multifiber probes) illumination and collection channels. This study demonstrates that PTD, probe design, and tissue scattering anisotropy influence the extent of the transport of light into the medium, the light-collection efficiency, and the sampling volume of collected light. The findings can be applied toward optimization of fiber-optic probe designs for quantitative optical spectroscopy of turbid media including biological tissues.
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MESH Headings
- Computer Simulation
- Computer-Aided Design
- Connective Tissue/metabolism
- Connective Tissue/ultrastructure
- Equipment Design/methods
- Equipment Failure Analysis/methods
- Fiber Optic Technology/instrumentation
- Microscopy, Fluorescence/instrumentation
- Microscopy, Fluorescence/methods
- Microscopy, Ultraviolet/instrumentation
- Microscopy, Ultraviolet/methods
- Models, Biological
- Optical Fibers
- Phantoms, Imaging
- Reproducibility of Results
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Spectrometry, Fluorescence/instrumentation
- Spectrometry, Fluorescence/methods
- Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet/instrumentation
- Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet/methods
- Transducers
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- Thanassis Papaioannou
- Biophotonics Research and Technology Development, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
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Bisland SK, Austin JW, Hubert DP, Lilge L. Photodynamic Actinometry Using Microspheres: Concept, Development and Responsivity¶. Photochem Photobiol 2004; 79:371-8. [PMID: 15137515 DOI: 10.1562/fr-03-18.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) relies on three main ingredients, oxygen, light and photoactivating compounds, although the PDT response is definitively contingent on the site and level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. This study describes the development of a novel, fluorescent-based actinometer microsphere system as a means of discerning spatially resolved dosimetry of total fluence and ROS production. Providing a high resolution, localized, in situ measurement of fluence and ROS generation is critical for developing in vivo PDT protocols. Alginate-poly-L-lysine-alginate microspheres were produced using ionotropic gelation of sodium alginate droplets, ranging from 80 to 200 microm in diameter, incorporating two dyes, ADS680WS (ADS) and Rhodophyta-phycoerythrin (RPE), attached to the spheres' inside and outside layers, respectively. To test the responsivity and dynamic range of RPE for ROS detection, the production of ROS was initiated either chemically using increasing concentrations of potassium perchromate or photochemically using aluminum tetrasulphonated phthalocyanine. The generation of singlet oxygen was confirmed by phosphorescence at 1270 nm. The resulting photodegradation and decrease in fluorescence of RPE was found to correlate with increased perchromate or PDT treatment fluence, respectively. This effect was independent of pH (6.5-8) and could be inhibited using sodium azide. RPE was not susceptible to photobleaching with light alone (670 nm; 150 Jcm(-2)). ADS, which absorbs light between 600 and 750 nm, showed a direct correlation between radiant exposure (670 nm; 0-100 Jcm(-2)) and diminished fluorescence. Photobleaching was independent of irradiance (10-40 mW cm(-2)). We propose that actinometer microspheres may provide a means for obtaining high spatial resolution information regarding delivered PDT dose within model systems during investigational PDT development and dosimetric information for clinical extracorporeal PDT as in the case of ex vivo bone marrow purging.
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- Stuart K Bisland
- Princess Margaret Hospital, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Canada.
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Baumer D, Maier M, Engl R, Markus Szeimies R, Bäumler W. Singlet oxygen generation by 9-acetoxy-2,7,12,17-tetrakis-(β-methoxyethyl)-porphycene (ATMPn) in solution. Chem Phys 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0104(02)00806-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Kilger R, Maier M, Szeimies RM, Bäumler W. Bidirectional energy transfer between the triplet T1 state of photofrin and singlet oxygen in deuterium oxide. Chem Phys Lett 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2614(01)00738-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Fuchs J, Weber S, Kaufmann R. Genotoxic potential of porphyrin type photosensitizers with particular emphasis on 5-aminolevulinic acid: implications for clinical photodynamic therapy. Free Radic Biol Med 2000; 28:537-48. [PMID: 10719235 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(99)00255-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses exogenously administered photosensitizers activated by light to induce cell death or modulation of immunological cascades, presumably via formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). 5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) mediated photosensitization is increasingly used for the treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer and other indications including benign skin disorders. Long-term side effects of this investigational modality are presently unknown. Just as tumor treatments such as ionizing radiation and chemotherapy can cause secondary tumor induction, PDT may potentially have a carcinogenic risk. Evaluation of the biological effects of ALA in absence of activating light and analysis of the mechanism of ALA-PDT and porphyrin-type photosensitizers mediated photosensitization indicate that this therapy has a pro-oxidant and genotoxic potential. However, porphyrin type molecules also possess antioxidant and antimutagenic properties. ALA-PDT delays photocarcinogenesis in mice, and topical ALA alone does not increase skin cancer incidence in these animals. Patients with increased tissue levels of ALA have an increased incidence of internal carcinoma, however, it is not clear whether this relationship is casual or causal. There is no evidence indicating higher rates of skin cancer in patients with photosensitivity diseases due to presence of high protoporphyrin IX (PP) levels in skin. Overall, the presently available data indicate that the risk for secondary skin carcinoma after topical ALA-PDT seems to be low, but further studies must be carried out to evaluate the carcinogenic risk of ALA-PDT in conditions predisposed to skin cancer.
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- J Fuchs
- Department of Dermatology, Medical School, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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Redmond RW, Gamlin JN. A Compilation of Singlet Oxygen Yields from Biologically Relevant Molecules. Photochem Photobiol 1999. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb08240.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 573] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Karrer S, Bäumler W, Abels C, Hohenleutner U, Landthaler M, Szeimies RM. Long-pulse dye laser for photodynamic therapy: investigations in vitro and in vivo. Lasers Surg Med 1999; 25:51-9. [PMID: 10421886 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9101(1999)25:1<51::aid-lsm7>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Continuous wave lasers or incoherent lamps are used effectively for photodynamic therapy (PDT). As the mechanism of action of pulsed lasers in PDT is not known, we investigated the efficacy of PDT with 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) using a long-pulse (1.5 ms) tunable flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser (LPDL) in vitro and in vivo. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS HaCaT human keratinocytes were incubated with ALA (3 mmol/l) and irradiated (0-50 J/cm(2)) using the LPDL at 585 nm, 595 nm, or 600 nm vs. an incoherent light source (580-740 nm). Topical ALA-PDT was performed on 24 patients with actinic keratoses (AK) on the head (n = 200) after incubation with a 20% ALA emulsion and irradiation by either an incoherent light source (160 mW/cm(2), 60-160 J/cm(2)) or the LPDL (585 nm, 18 J/cm(2)). RESULTS Maximal cytotoxic effects in vitro were achieved using the LPDL at 585 nm or the incoherent lamp (50 J/cm(2)). Sodium azide, a quencher of singlet oxygen, significantly reduced cell killing, suggesting that the cytotoxic effects are mainly mediated by singlet oxygen. This is supported by an increase of lipid peroxides as determined by malondialdehyde after adding D(2)O. Complete remission was achieved in 79% of 100 AK treated by ALA and the LPDL and in 84% of 100 AK treated by ALA and the incoherent lamp. Pain during light treatment was significantly reduced by using the LPDL. Control lesions (LPDL without ALA) did not clear. CONCLUSION These results show the in vitro and in vivo efficacy of ALA-PDT using a pulsed light source mediated by singlet oxygen.
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- S Karrer
- Department of Dermatology, University of Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany
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Grossweiner LI. PDT light dosimetry revisited. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 1997; 38:258-68. [PMID: 9203389 DOI: 10.1016/s1011-1344(96)07469-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A versatile PDT light dosimetry model is described incorporating the effects of drug photobleaching, drug elimination, and normal tissue damage. The dependence of the necrosis depth (dn) on the incident light dose for the four major modes of PDT light delivery has the form: dn = delta loge(DG), where delta is the optical penetration depth of the tumor tissue, D is the ratio of the incident light dose to the energy fluence at the necrosis threshold, and G is a function of the tissue optical constants. Light dosimetry graphs were calculated for Photofrin at standard conditions.
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- L I Grossweiner
- Wenske Laser Center, Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60640, USA
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Fernandez JM, Bilgin MD, Grossweiner LI. Singlet oxygen generation by photodynamic agents. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s1011-1344(96)07349-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Malik Z, Dishi M, Garini Y. Fourier transform multipixel spectroscopy and spectral imaging of protoporphyrin in single melanoma cells. Photochem Photobiol 1996; 63:608-14. [PMID: 8628752 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb05663.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Fourier transform multipixel spectroscopy was applied to subcellular localization of endogenous protoporphyrin (endo-PP) in single living B16 melanoma cells during photosensitization. Continuous fluorescence spectra for each pixel were recorded using a Sagnac interferometer coupled to a charge-coupled device camera. Multiple frames of data were acquired for each pixel composing the image, then they were stored as interferometric data and resolved as spectra for every pixel (10(3)-4 x 10(3) point pixels in a single cell). The net result was the intensity I (x, y, gamma), for each pixel of the image (x,y), at any wave-length (gamma). The present study demonstrates the application of Fourier transformed multipixel spectroscopy for spectral imaging of melanoma cells incubated with 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA). The fluorescence image of ALA-treated cells revealed endo-PP all over the cytosol with a vesicular distribution, which represent mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum compartments. Two main spectral fluorescence peaks were demonstrated at 630 and 670 nm, of monomeric and aggregated protoporphyrin, with intensities that differed from one subcellular site to another. Photoirradiation of the cells induced point-specific subcellular fluorescence spectrum changes and demonstrated photoproduct formation. Spectral-image reconstruction revealed the subcellular distribution of porphyrin species in single photosensitized cells. Multipixel spectroscopy of exogenous protoporphyrin revealed an endosomal-lysosomal compartment in aggregated states, whereas monomeric porphyrin species were localized mainly on the outer membrane. Photo-products could be visualized at sites of formation in subcellular compartments.
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- Z Malik
- Life Sciences Department, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Jones LR, Grossweiner LI. Effects of Photofrin on in vivo skin reflectivity. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 1996; 33:153-6. [PMID: 8691356 DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(95)07233-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Skin reflection spectra were measured before and 24 h after administration of Photofrin to nevoid basal-cell carcinoma syndrome patients. The presence of the drug reduced the reflectivity of uninvolved skin and increased the reflectivity of erythematous basal cell cancers. Data analysis with diffusion approximation and Monte Carlo simulation were employed to estimate the optical constant changes and localized drug concentration.
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- L R Jones
- Wenske Laser Center, Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60640, USA
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Gudgin Dickson EF, Pottier RH. On the role of protoporphyrin IX photoproducts in photodynamic therapy. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 1995; 29:91-3. [PMID: 7472806 DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(95)90267-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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