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Sasaki I, Brégier F, Chemin G, Daniel J, Couvez J, Chkair R, Vaultier M, Sol V, Blanchard-Desce M. Hydrophilic Biocompatible Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles as Nanocarriers for Biosourced Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 14:216. [PMID: 38276734 PMCID: PMC10819872 DOI: 10.3390/nano14020216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Most photosensitizers of interest for photodynamic therapy-especially porphyrinoids and chlorins-are hydrophobic. To circumvent this difficulty, the use of nanocarriers is an attractive strategy. In this perspective, we have developed highly water-soluble and biocompatible fluorescent organic nanoparticles (FONPs) made from citric acid and diethyltriamine which are then activated by ethlynene diamine as nanoplatforms for efficient photosensitizers (PSs). Purpurin 18 (Pp18) was selected as a biosourced chlorin photosensitizer combining the efficient single oxygen generation ability and suitable absorption in the biological spectral window. The simple reaction of activated FONPs with Pp18, which contains a reactive anhydride ring, yielded nanoparticles containing both Pp18 and Cp6 derivatives. These functionalized nanoparticles combine solubility in water, high singlet oxygen generation quantum yield in aqueous media (0.72) and absorption both in the near UV region (FONPS) and in the visible region (Soret band approximately 420 nm as well as Q bands at 500 nm, 560 nm, 660 nm and 710 nm). The functionalized nanoparticles retain the blue fluorescence of FONPs when excited in the near UV region but also show deep-red or NIR fluorescence when excited in the visible absorption bands of the PSs (typically at 520 nm, 660 nm or 710 nm). Moreover, these nanoparticles behave as efficient photosensitizers inducing colorectal cancer cell (HCT116 and HT-29 cell lines) death upon illumination at 650 nm. Half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values down to, respectively, 0.04 and 0.13 nmol/mL were observed showing the potential of FONPs[Cp6] for the PDT treatment of cancer. In conclusion, we have shown that these novel biocompatible nanoparticles, which can be elaborated from biosourced components, both show deep-red emission upon excitation in the red region and are able to produce singlet oxygen with high efficiency in aqueous environments. Moreover, they show high PDT efficiency on colorectal cancer cells upon excitation in the deep red region. As such, these functional organic nanoparticles hold promise both for PDT treatment and theranostics.
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- Isabelle Sasaki
- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires (ISM, UMR5255), University of Bordeaux, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux, Bat A12, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France (J.C.)
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- Laboratoire des Agroressources, Biomolécules et Chimie pour l’Innovation en Santé (LABCiS, UR22722), University of Limoges, 87000 Limoges, France; (F.B.); (G.C.)
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- Laboratoire des Agroressources, Biomolécules et Chimie pour l’Innovation en Santé (LABCiS, UR22722), University of Limoges, 87000 Limoges, France; (F.B.); (G.C.)
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires (ISM, UMR5255), University of Bordeaux, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux, Bat A12, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France (J.C.)
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires (ISM, UMR5255), University of Bordeaux, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux, Bat A12, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France (J.C.)
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- Laboratoire des Agroressources, Biomolécules et Chimie pour l’Innovation en Santé (LABCiS, UR22722), University of Limoges, 87000 Limoges, France; (F.B.); (G.C.)
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires (ISM, UMR5255), University of Bordeaux, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux, Bat A12, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France (J.C.)
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- Laboratoire des Agroressources, Biomolécules et Chimie pour l’Innovation en Santé (LABCiS, UR22722), University of Limoges, 87000 Limoges, France; (F.B.); (G.C.)
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires (ISM, UMR5255), University of Bordeaux, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux, Bat A12, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France (J.C.)
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Conjugates of Tetrapyrrolic Macrocycles as Potential Anticancer Target-Oriented Photosensitizers. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2023; 381:10. [PMID: 36826755 DOI: 10.1007/s41061-023-00421-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy is a minimally invasive treatment of tumors using photosensitizers, light, and reactive oxygen species, which can destroy cellular structures. With the development of photodynamic therapy, significant efforts have been made to create new efficient photosensitizers with improved delivery to cells, stability, and selectivity against cancer tissues. Naturally occurring tetrapyrrolic macrocycles, such as porphyrins and chlorins, are very attractive as photosensitizers, and their structural modification and conjugation with other biologically active molecules are promising approaches for creating new photosensitizers specifically targeting cancer cells. The present review aims to highlight recent developments in the design, preparation, and investigation of complex conjugates of tetrapyrrolic macrocycles, which can potentially be used as sensitizers for target-oriented photodynamic therapy of cancer. In this review, we discuss the structure, photodynamic effect, and anticancer activity of the following conjugates of tetrapyrrolic macrocycles: (1) conjugates obtained by modifying peripheral substituents in porphyrins and chlorins; (2) conjugates of porphyrins and chlorins with lipids, carbohydrates, steroids, and peptides; (3) conjugates of porphyrins and chlorins with anticancer drugs and some other biologically active molecules; (4) metal-containing conjugates. The question of how the conjugate structure affects its specificity, internalization, localization, and photoinduced toxicity within cancer cells is the focus of this review.
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Dandash F, Leger DY, Diab-Assaf M, Sol V, Liagre B. Porphyrin/Chlorin Derivatives as Promising Molecules for Therapy of Colorectal Cancer. Molecules 2021; 26:7268. [PMID: 34885849 PMCID: PMC8659284 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26237268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Revised: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer-related death. The demand for new therapeutic approaches has increased attention paid toward therapies with high targeting efficiency, improved selectivity and few side effects. Porphyrins are powerful molecules with exceptional properties and multifunctional uses, and their special affinity to cancer cells makes them the ligands par excellence for anticancer drugs. Porphyrin derivatives are used as the most important photosensitizers (PSs) for photodynamic therapy (PDT), which is a promising approach for anticancer treatment. Nevertheless, the lack of solubility and selectivity of the large majority of these macrocycles led to the development of different photosensitizer complexes. In addition, targeting agents or nanoparticles were used to increase the efficiency of these macrocycles for PDT applications. On the other hand, gold tetrapyrrolic macrocycles alone showed very interesting chemotherapeutic activity without PDT. In this review, we discuss the most important porphyrin derivatives, alone or associated with other drugs, which have been found effective against CRC, as we describe their modifications and developments through substitutions and delivery systems.
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- Fatima Dandash
- Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut 21219, Lebanon; (F.D.); (M.D.-A.)
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- Laboratoire PEIRENE EA 7500, Faculté de Pharmacie et Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Limoges, 2 Rue du Dr Marcland, CEDEX, 87025 Limoges, France; (D.Y.L.); (V.S.)
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- Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut 21219, Lebanon; (F.D.); (M.D.-A.)
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- Laboratoire PEIRENE EA 7500, Faculté de Pharmacie et Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Limoges, 2 Rue du Dr Marcland, CEDEX, 87025 Limoges, France; (D.Y.L.); (V.S.)
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- Laboratoire PEIRENE EA 7500, Faculté de Pharmacie et Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Limoges, 2 Rue du Dr Marcland, CEDEX, 87025 Limoges, France; (D.Y.L.); (V.S.)
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Klimovich MA, Sazhina NN, Radchenko AS, Gerasimov NY, Egorov AE, Nevrova OV, Shibaeva AV, Shkirdova AO, Markova AA, Belyaev ES, Zamilatskov IA, Spiridonov VV, Kuzmin VA, Shevelev AB. Physicochemical Characteristics and Anticancer Properties of the Liposomal Form of Pyropheophorbide-a Methyl Ester. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s1990793121010206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Parihar A, Dube A, Gupta PK. Conjugation of chlorin p(6) to histamine enhances its cellular uptake and phototoxicity in oral cancer cells. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2010; 68:359-69. [PMID: 20978762 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-010-1492-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2010] [Accepted: 10/08/2010] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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PURPOSE Our previous studies in hamster cheek pouch model have shown that chlorin p (6) (Cp (6)), a chlorophyll derivative is a suitable photosensitizer for photodynamic treatment (PDT) of small tumors (<5 mm). However, for bigger tumors, the accumulation of Cp (6) was inadequate, which compromised the effectiveness of PDT. The purpose of present study was to investigate the possibility of improving the cellular uptake of Cp (6) by conjugating it to histamine, a biogenic amine that is known to modulate tumor growth and development via cell surface receptors. METHODS The conjugate of Cp (6) and histamine (Cp (6)-his) was prepared by carbodiimide coupling reaction. Cellular uptake, intracellular localization and cytotoxicity of both Cp (6) and its conjugate were investigated in two human oral cancer cell lines (4451 and NT8e). The percentage of necrotic and apoptotic cells after PDT were also estimated using Hoechst 33342-propidium iodide staining. RESULTS In both the cell line, the cellular uptake of Cp (6)-his was found to be ~10 times higher when compared to Cp (6). Histamine led to a slight increase in intracellular uptake of Cp (6)-his, whereas ranitidine, a histamine H2 receptor antagonist, and incubation at lower temperature (~15°C) led to its inhibition, suggesting that uptake of Cp (6)-his is receptor mediated. Results on western blot confirmed the presence of H2 receptor in both the cell line. Observations on intracellular localization revealed that unlike Cp (6), which localized on multiple sites, Cp (6)-his showed localization on the cell membrane and around the perinuclear region. Moreover, the phototoxicity induced by Cp (6)-his was ~4 times higher when compared to Cp (6) in both the cell lines. There was, however, no significant difference in the mode of cell death. CONCLUSION Results suggest that conjugating Cp (6) with histamine can help improve the effectiveness of PDT in oral cancer cells by enhancing its intracellular delivery.
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- Arpana Parihar
- Laser Biomedical Applications and Instrumentation Division, Raja Ramanna Center for Advanced Technology, Indore, India
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Guelluy PH, Fontaine-Aupart MP, Grammenos A, Lécart S, Piette J, Hoebeke M. Optimizing photodynamic therapy by liposomal formulation of the photosensitizer pyropheophorbide-a methyl ester: in vitro and ex vivo comparative biophysical investigations in a colon carcinoma cell line. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2010; 9:1252-60. [PMID: 20714673 DOI: 10.1039/c0pp00100g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT), induced by a photosensitizer (PS) encapsulated in a nanostructure, has emerged as an appropriate treatment to cure a multitude of oncological and non-oncological diseases. Pyropheophorbide-a methyl ester (PPME) is a second-generation PS tested in PDT, and is a potential candidate for future clinical applications. The present study, carried out in a human colon carcinoma cell line (HCT-116), evaluates the improvement resulting from a liposomal formulation of PPME versus free-PPME. Absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies, fluorescence lifetime measurements, subcellular imaging and co-localization analysis have been performed in order to analyze the properties of PPME for each delivery mode. The benefit of drug encapsulation in DMPC-liposomes is clear from our experiments, with a 5-fold higher intracellular drug delivery than that observed with free-PPME at similar concentrations. The reactive oxygen species (ROSs) produced after PPME-mediated photosensitization have been identified and quantified by using electron spin resonance spectroscopy. Our results demonstrate that PPME-PDT-mediated ROSs are composed of singlet oxygen and a hydroxyl radical. The small amounts of PPME inside mitochondria, as revealed by fluorescence co-localization analysis, could maybe explain the very low apoptotic cell death measured in HCT-116 cells.
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- Pierre-Henri Guelluy
- Laboratory of Biomedical Spectroscopy, Institute of Physics, B5a, University of Liège, Sart-Tilman, B-4000, Liège, Belgium.
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