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Jain M, Zellweger M, Frobert A, Valentin J, van den Bergh H, Wagnières G, Cook S, Giraud MN. Intra-Arterial Drug and Light Delivery for Photodynamic Therapy Using Visudyne®: Implication for Atherosclerotic Plaque Treatment. Front Physiol 2016; 7:400. [PMID: 27672369 PMCID: PMC5018500 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Photodynamic therapy (PDT), which is based on the activation of photosensitizers with light, can be used to reduce plaque burden. We hypothesized that intra-arterial photosensitizer administration and photo-activation will lead to high and rapid accumulation within the plaque with reduced systemic adverse effects. Thus, this "intra-arterial" PDT would be expected to have less side effects and due to the short time involved would be compatible with percutaneous coronary interventions. AIM We characterized the dose-dependent uptake and efficacy of intra-arterial PDT using Liposomal Verteporfin (Visudyne®), efficient for cancer-PDT but not tested before for PDT of atherosclerosis. METHODS AND RESULTS Visudyne® (100, 200, and 500 ng/ml) was perfused for 5-30 min in atherosclerotic aorta isolated from ApoE(-/-) mice. The fluorescence Intensity (FI) after 15 min of Visudyne® perfusion increased with doses of 100 (FI-5.5 ± 1.8), 200 (FI-31.9 ± 1.9) or 500 ng/ml (FI-42.9 ± 1.2). Visudyne® (500 ng/ml) uptake also increased with the administration time from 5 min (FI-9.8 ± 2.5) to 10 min (FI-23.3 ± 3.0) and 15 min (FI-42.9 ± 3.4) before reaching saturation at 30 min (FI-39.3 ± 2.4) contact. Intra-arterial PDT (Fluence: 100 and 200 J/cm(2), irradiance-334 mW/cm(2)) was applied immediately after Visudyne® perfusion (500 ng/ml for 15 min) using a cylindrical light diffuser coupled to a diode laser (690 nm). PDT led to an increase of ROS (Dihydroethidium; FI-6.9 ± 1.8, 25.3 ± 5.5, 43.4 ± 13.9) and apoptotic cells (TUNEL; 2.5 ± 1.6, 41.3 ± 15.3, 58.9 ± 6%), mainly plaque macrophages (immunostaining; 0.3 ± 0.2, 37.6 ± 6.4, 45.3 ± 5.4%) respectively without laser irradiation, or at 100 and 200 J/cm(2). Limited apoptosis was observed in the medial wall (0.5 ± 0.2, 8.5 ± 4.7, 15.3 ± 12.7%). Finally, Visudyne®-PDT was found to be associated with reduced vessel functionality (Myogram). CONCLUSION We demonstrated that sufficient accumulation of Visudyne® within plaque could be achieved in short-time and therefore validated the feasibility of local intravascular administration of photosensitizer. Intra-arterial Visudyne®-PDT preferentially affected plaque macrophages and may therefore alter the dynamic progression of plaque development.
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- Manish Jain
- Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University and Hospital of Fribourg Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Medical Photonics Group, LCOM-ISIC, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University and Hospital of Fribourg Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University and Hospital of Fribourg Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Medical Photonics Group, LCOM-ISIC, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Medical Photonics Group, LCOM-ISIC, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University and Hospital of Fribourg Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University and Hospital of Fribourg Fribourg, Switzerland
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Yu Q, Xu WX, Yao YH, Zhang ZQ, Sun S, Li J. Synthesis and photodynamic activities of a new metronidazole-appended porphyrin and its Zn(II) complex. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2016. [DOI: 10.1142/s1088424615500868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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One novel porphyrin 5,10,15-tris(phenyl)-20-[4-(2-(2-methyl-5-nitro-imidazolyl)ethoxyl)phenyl] porphyrin and its zinc(II) metalloporphyrin were synthesized and characterized by IR, UV-vis, 1H NMR, MS and elemental analysis. The single crystal structure of zinc(II) porphyrin shows that the Zn(II) ion is coordinated with four nitrogen atoms of porphyrin ring and one oxygen atom of ethanol from axial, forming a five-coordinated square pyramidal geometry. Their cytotoxicity and photodynamic activity against breast cancer cells were studied. The results indicate that both of the porphyrins display high phototoxicity to the breast cancer cells with the negligible dark toxicity. In addition, the photodynamic activity of zinc(II) porphyrin was obviously higher than that of the free porphyrin.
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- Qiong Yu
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710069, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710069, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xianyang Normal University, Xianyang 712000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710069, P. R. China
- College of Science, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710055, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710069, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710069, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710069, P. R. China
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Tapping CR, Bratby MJ. The changing face of vascular interventional radiology: the future role of pharmacotherapies and molecular imaging. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2013; 36:904-12. [PMID: 23636247 DOI: 10.1007/s00270-013-0621-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2012] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Interventional radiology has had to evolve constantly because there is the ever-present competition and threat from other specialties within medicine, surgery, and research. The development of new technologies, techniques, and therapies is vital to broaden the horizon of interventional radiology and to ensure its continued success in the future. In part, this change will be due to improved chronic disease prevention altering what we treat and in whom. The most important of these strategies are the therapeutic use of statins, Beta-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and substances that interfere with mast cell degeneration. Molecular imaging and therapeutic strategies will move away from conventional techniques and nano and microparticle molecular technology, tissue factor imaging, gene therapy, endothelial progenitor cells, and photodynamic therapy will become an important part of interventional radiology of the future. This review looks at these new and exciting technologies.
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- Charles R Tapping
- Department of Radiology, Oxford University Hospitals, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK.
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Ricchelli F, Franchi L, Miotto G, Borsetto L, Gobbo S, Nikolov P, Bommer JC, Reddi E. Meso-substituted tetra-cationic porphyrins photosensitize the death of human fibrosarcoma cells via lysosomal targeting. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2005; 37:306-19. [PMID: 15474977 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2004.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2004] [Revised: 05/25/2004] [Accepted: 06/22/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In this paper we present a study on the intracellular localisation and the efficiency of cell photoinactivation of a series of derivatives of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis-(4-N-methylpyridyl)-porphine (C1), whose degree of lipophilicity was varied through replacement of one methyl group with an alkyl chain of various length. Human HT1080 fibrosarcoma cells exposed to the various C1 derivatives (0.25 microM) for 24 h and irradiated with increasing doses of red-light (0.45-27 J/cm2) were inactivated with different efficiencies. The efficiency of cell photoinactivation increased with the increasing length of the hydrocarbon tail and lipophilicity and correlated with the efficiency of the porphyrin accumulation into the cells. Despite the presence of positive charges, these porphyrins did localise rather selectively in lysosomes while mitochondrial localisation was not evident, as demonstrated by fluorescence microscopy studies. Studies on isolated mitochondria provided evidence that the porphyrin uptake and distribution in these organelles were not modulated by the transmembrane potential but were exclusively controlled by partitioning phenomena which might have prevented mitochondria localization in whole cells. Our findings demonstrated that these porphyrins entered the cells through the endocytotic pathway and were transported to lysosomes whose pH increased rapidly upon irradiation. Lysosomal damage did not cause any intracellular redistribution of the porphyrin and represented the primary event causing cell death, very likely via necrosis.
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Cheung J, Todd M, Turnbull R, Allison B, Mornin L, Carvalho AM, Spurr G, Hsiang Y. Longer term assessment of photodynamic therapy for intimal hyperplasia: a pilot study. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2004; 73:141-7. [PMID: 14975402 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2003.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2002] [Revised: 09/01/2003] [Accepted: 10/20/2003] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE To determine the potential long term (three or six months) effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in reducing intimal hyperplasia in swine. METHODS Intimal hyperplasia in the abdominal aortae of swine was created by a combination of fat-supplemented diet and balloon catheter injury prior to PDT. Swine were randomly allocated into one of three groups which received either: (i) both drug and light (PDT), (ii) drug only, or (iii) light only. Twenty-four hours following administration of the photosensitizer PHOTOFRIN (porfimer sodium) at 2.5 mg/kg, two distinct 1 cm spots on the posterior wall of the abdominal aorta were illuminated by an argon pumped dye laser tuned to 630 nm for an energy fluence of 120 J/cm2. After three or six months, swine were sacrificed, perfusion fixed, and had their aortae removed for light and electron microscopy. RESULTS Intimal hyperplasia reduction following PDT persisted for the three or six months follow up period. Experimental vessels receiving PDT showed a 26.0+/-4.5% ( n = 2, ie. four spots) and 30.8+/-5.4% ( n = 1, ie. two spots) smaller percent intimal area after three or six months of recovery, respectively. Control groups receiving either light or drug only showed less than a 6% difference in percent intimal area. Medial and adventitial layers were unaffected in all groups. Electron microscopy demonstrated that the endothelium or endothelial-like cells had regenerated in both the posterior and adjacent areas of the abdominal aortae with no clear difference between them. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that PDT may be beneficial in reducing intimal hyperplasia for up to three or six months in swine.
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- Justin Cheung
- Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Burgher JM, Barton JM, Farooq MM, Vasek J, Scott RW, Freischlag JA, Grove RI. PhotoPoint photodynamic therapy with local drug delivery eliminates vessel wall cells in arteriovenous graft models. CARDIOVASCULAR RADIATION MEDICINE 2002; 3:163-8. [PMID: 12974367 DOI: 10.1016/s1522-1865(03)00080-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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PURPOSE To demonstrate the feasibility of PhotoPoint photodynamic therapy (PDT) with local drug delivery, optimize dosimetry in a rabbit jugular vein model, and investigate its ability to deplete potential neointimal precursor cells in the vessel wall in a canine arteriovenous graft (AVG) model. METHODS AND MATERIALS Photosensitizer MV2101 was administered locally in rabbit veins, incubated for 0-40 min and activated with external laser light. In canine veins, MV2101 was incubated for 30 min and activated by light. Tissues were excised at acute and chronic timepoints. RESULTS PhotoPoint PDT reduced cell populations in both models with maximum depletions occurring at 20 min (> or = 100 J/cm2) in rabbit veins (> 90% depletion) and 30 min (200 J/cm2) in canine veins (> 85% depletion). Chronic veins revealed no evidence of PhotoPoint PDT-related abnormalities. CONCLUSIONS PhotoPoint PDT with local MV2101 dramatically depleted potential neointimal precursor cells in the vessel wall. This suggests local drug delivery is feasible and that PhotoPoint PDT may be an efficacious treatment that could prolong AVG patency in the clinic.
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- Julie M Burgher
- Miravant Medical Technologies, 336 Bollay Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93117-5550, USA
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Oleinick NL, Morris RL, Belichenko I. The role of apoptosis in response to photodynamic therapy: what, where, why, and how. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2002; 1:1-21. [PMID: 12659143 DOI: 10.1039/b108586g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 808] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a treatment for cancer and for certain benign conditions, utilizes a photosensitizer and light to produce reactive oxygen in cells. PDT is primarily employed to kill tumor and other abnormal cells, so it is important to ask how this occurs. Many of the photosensitizers currently in clinical or pre-clinical studies of PDT localize in or have a major influence on mitochondria, and PDT is a strong inducer of apoptosis in many situations. The purpose of this review is to critically evaluate all of the recently published research on PDT-induced apoptosis, with a focus on studies providing mechanistic insights. Components of the mechanism whereby PDT causes cells to undergo apoptosis are becoming understood, as are the influences of several signal transduction pathways on the response. Future research should be directed to elucidating the role(s) of the multiple steps in apoptosis in directing damaged cells to an apoptotic vs. necrotic pathway and for producing tumor ablation in conjunction with tissue-level mechanisms operating in vivo.
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- Nancy L Oleinick
- Department of Radiation Oncology and the CWRU/UHC Ireland Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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- R Mansfield
- Cardiovascular Repair and Remodelling Group, The Hatter Institute, Royal Free and UCL Medical School, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AA, UK.
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Chen Z, Woodburn KW, Shi C, Adelman DC, Rogers C, Simon DI. Photodynamic Therapy With Motexafin Lutetium Induces Redox-Sensitive Apoptosis of Vascular Cells. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2001; 21:759-64. [PMID: 11348871 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.21.5.759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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—Motexafin lutetium is a photosensitizer that accumulates in atherosclerotic plaque and, after activation by far-red light, produces cytotoxic singlet oxygen. The combination of photosensitizer and illumination, known as photodynamic therapy (PDT), has been shown to reduce atheroma formation in animal models and is under clinical investigation. However, the effects of PDT with motexafin lutetium on isolated vascular cells are unknown. This study was designed to characterize the effects of PDT on vascular cell viability and to define the cell-death pathway for this agent. Fluorescence microscopy of RAW macrophages and human vascular smooth muscle cells revealed time-dependent uptake of motexafin lutetium. Illumination of motexafin lutetium–loaded cells with 732-nm light (2 J/cm
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) impaired cellular viability and growth (IC
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5 to 20 μmol/L). Depletion of intracellular glutathione potentiated (
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-acetylcysteine attenuated (
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- Z Chen
- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Visonà A, Angelini A, Gobbo S, Bonanome A, Thiene G, Pagnan A, Tonello D, Bonandini E, Jori G. Local photodynamic therapy with Zn(II)-phthalocyanine in an experimental model of intimal hyperplasia. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 2000; 57:94-101. [PMID: 11154089 DOI: 10.1016/s1011-1344(00)00083-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) appears to be a novel promising modality to prevent intimal hyperplasia (IH) and restenosis after angioplasty. Local PDT, that consists of local delivery of photosensitizing agents followed by intraluminal local irradiation, represents a recent advancement. This methodology requires optimization in order to achieve the best prompt outcome especially in terms of pharmacokinetics of the photosensitizing agent. We studied the pharmacokinetic properties by using the photosensitizing agent Zn(II)-phthalocyanine (ZnPc), locally released by a channeled balloon. The efficacy of local PDT in reducing IH was evaluated in an experimental rabbit model of arterial injury. The maximum accumulation of ZnPc was found at 30 min: the injured portion of the artery gave a ZnPc recovery of 1.18 micromol/mg, as compared with undetectable amounts of ZnPc in the non injured arteries; within 90 min after the local delivery, clearance of the agent was almost complete. Local PDT produced an effective reduction of IH in our vascular injury model: at 7, 14, 21 and 28 days IH and intima/media ratio (IMR) was significantly reduced as compared with balloon injured arteries. The local delivery of ZnPc showed favourable pharmacokinetic properties, that allow the performance of PDT immediately after the vascular injury. Local PDT performed in these conditions represents a promising approach to prevent IH after balloon injury. Further studies are needed to better clarify the biological response of the injured arterial wall to local PDT.
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- A Visonà
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Padua, Italy.
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Rockson SG, Lorenz DP, Cheong WF, Woodburn KW. Photoangioplasty: An emerging clinical cardiovascular role for photodynamic therapy. Circulation 2000; 102:591-6. [PMID: 10920074 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.102.5.591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been studied and applied to various disease processes. The potential of PDT for selective destruction of target tissues is especially appealing in cardiovascular disease, in which other existing interventional tools are somewhat nonselective and carry substantial risk of damage to the normal arterial wall. Enthusiasm for photoangioplasty (PDT of vascular de novo atherosclerotic and, potentially, restenotic lesions) is fueled by more effective second-generation photosensitizers and technological advances in endovascular light delivery. This excitement revolves around at least 4 significant attributes of light-activated therapy: the putative selectivity and safety of photoangioplasty, the potential for atraumatic and effective debulking of atheromatous plaque through a biological mechanism, the postulated capability to reduce or inhibit restenosis, and the potential to treat long segments of abnormal vessel by simply using fibers with longer light-emitting regions. The available nonclinical data, coupled with the observations of a new phase I trial in human peripheral atherosclerosis, suggest a promising future for photoangioplasty in the treatment of primary atherosclerosis and prevention of restenosis.
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- S G Rockson
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Perrée J, van Leeuwen TG, Velema E, Borst C. Psoralen and long wavelength ultraviolet radiation as an adjuvant therapy for prevention of intimal hyperplasia and constrictive remodeling after balloon dilation: a study in the rabbit iliac artery. Lasers Surg Med 2000; 23:281-90. [PMID: 9888324 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9101(1998)23:5<281::aid-lsm8>3.0.co;2-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Restenosis after balloon angioplasty is the summated effect of intimal hyperplasia and arterial shrinkage, both caused by hyperproliferation. In the present study, the potential of a photochemotherapeutic modality (Psoralen + UVA: PUVA) for the prevention of angioplasty induced proliferation was explored. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS In rabbit iliac arteries, balloon dilation followed by PUVA-therapy (H = 1 J/cm2) was performed (n = 15). Contralateral arteries served as control. After 2 and 28 days of survival, the contribution of intimal hyperplasia and remodeling to lumen loss was determined by means of angiography and histological analysis. RESULTS After 2 days, large parts of the media had become acellular, while proliferation was occurring predominantly in the adventitia in both groups. After 28 days, late loss, arterial shrinkage, but not intimal hyperplasia were larger in the PUVA group (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION PUVA-therapy did not prevent intimal hyperplasia following balloon dilation but enhanced luminal narrowing by augmented constrictive remodeling.
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- J Perrée
- Department of Cardiology, Heart-Lung Institute, Utrecht University Hospital, The Netherlands
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Heckenkamp J, Adili F, Kishimoto J, Koch M, Lamuraglia GM. Local photodynamic action of methylene blue favorably modulates the postinterventional vascular wound healing response. J Vasc Surg 2000; 31:1168-77. [PMID: 10842154 DOI: 10.1067/mva.2000.106491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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PURPOSE Photodynamic therapy (PDT), the light activation of photosensitizers to produce free radicals, is known to inhibit experimental intimal hyperplasia (IH). However, its clinical application has been limited by the lack of a suitable approach and a clinically appropriate photosensitizer. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a clinical approach for PDT, while testing its ability to favorably modulate the vascular wound healing response. METHODS Rat carotid arteries were balloon-injured (BI), and for PDT, the arteries were irradiated with thermoneutral laser light (lambda = 660 nm, 100 J/cm(2)) after the photosensitizer methylene blue (MB) was delivered locally. Control rats included BI alone and MB after BI alone. Arteries were analyzed after 2 weeks with morphometric evaluation (n = 6) and in situ hybridization for versican and procollagen type I gene expression (digitized image pixel analyses, n = 3). RESULTS No IH developed in PDT-treated arteries (0 +/- 0 mm(2); compared with BI, 0.192 +/- 0.006 mm(2); P <.0001). The diameters remained unchanged (PDT, 0.95 +/- 0.04 mm; BI, 0.94 +/- 0.05 mm; uninjured artery, 0.91 +/- 0.06 mm). Arterial injury resulted in an increase of versican and procollagen type I messenger RNA (mRNA) in the adventitia and neointima. In the repopulating cells of the adventitia after PDT, there was a significant decrease in versican mRNA (% of positive pixels per high-power field: PDT, 1.13% +/- 0.39%; BI, 2.93% +/- 0.61%; P <.02), but not in procollagen type I mRNA. CONCLUSION The decrease of versican mRNA expression of repopulating cells after PDT reflects favorable healing on a molecular level. Site-specific delivery of MB, a clinically appropriate photosensitizer, followed by PDT represents a suitable method to promote favorable healing after balloon intervention and further supports its role for inhibiting postinterventional restenosis.
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- J Heckenkamp
- Division of Vascular Surgery and Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA
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Statius van Eps RG, Mark LL, Schiereck J, LaMuraglia GM. Photodynamic therapy inhibits the injury-induced fibrotic response of vascular smooth muscle cells. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 1999; 18:417-23. [PMID: 10610830 DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.1999.0911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins plays a key role in the intervention-related vascular fibroproliferative response, resulting in intimal hyperplasia (IH). Cytokines, such as platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), released after vascular injury and deposited in the ECM, are known to stimulate production of matrix proteins. Photodynamic therapy (PDT), the combination of light and a photosensitive dye to produce free radicals, is a novel approach to inhibit experimental IH by the local eradication of smooth-muscle cells (SMC) and alteration of ECM. This in vitro study examined whether PDT can inhibit the fibrotic response of vascular SMC. MATERIALS AND METHODS the effect of PDT on important pro-fibrotic factors was determined by performing PDT of isolated ECM, injured SMC and pure PDGF. SMC production of collagen was monitored by cellular [3H]-proline incorporation. RESULTS untreated SMC seeded on ECM demonstrated an increase of 50% in collagen production ( p <0.0001) as compared to SMC on an empty plate. This increase was also seen when SMC was incubated with the conditioned media of mechanically injured SMC, or pure PDGF. However, after PDT of ECM, injured SMC or PDGF, there was an inhibition of 40% ( p <0.05) in SMC-collagen production. CONCLUSIONS these findings indicate that PDT can interfere with factors that lead to the vascular fibrotic response. In this way, PDT, with its cytotoxic and extracellular effects, can promote healing of the vessel wall without the stimulus of fibrosis that can lead to restenosis.
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MESH Headings
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Cattle
- Cells, Cultured
- Collagen/biosynthesis
- Collagen/drug effects
- Collagen/radiation effects
- Culture Media, Conditioned
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins/biosynthesis
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins/drug effects
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins/radiation effects
- Fibrosis
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/injuries
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/radiation effects
- Photochemotherapy/methods
- Photochemotherapy/statistics & numerical data
- Platelet-Derived Growth Factor/drug effects
- Platelet-Derived Growth Factor/radiation effects
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- R G Statius van Eps
- Division of Vascular Surgery of the General Surgical Services, Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Amemiya T, Nakajima H, Katoh T, Rakue H, Miyagi M, Ibukiyama C. Photodynamic therapy of atherosclerosis using YAG-OPO laser and Porfimer sodium, and comparison with using argon-dye laser. JAPANESE CIRCULATION JOURNAL 1999; 63:288-95. [PMID: 10475777 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.63.288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
We performed photodynamic therapy (PDT) using the Yttrium Aluminium Garnet-Optical Parametric Oscillated (YAG-OPO) laser in cases of atherosclerosis, and examined its efficacy in vivo. We also performed PDT using an Argon-dye (Ar-dye) laser with the same output, and compared the efficacies. Following balloon denudation injury of the thoracoabdominal aorta, rabbits were raised on a cholesterol diet for 16 weeks, producing atheroma in that region. At 24 h following the administration of Photofrin 5 mg/kg, PDT was performed, and animals were sacrificed at 1 day, 1 week, and 2 weeks following the procedure to examine its efficacy. This was compared with the efficacy of PDT using the Ar-dye laser. Following PDT using a YAG-OPO laser, an increase in the vessel lumen was seen due to reduction of the hypertrophic intima and media, without the appearance of inflammatory cells. This result was seen more strongly in PDT using the pulse wave YAG-OPO laser than with the continuous wave Ar-dye laser, affecting not just the intima but also the media. These data demonstrated that PDT can effectively regress atherosclerotic lesions.
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- T Amemiya
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Japan
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Frishman WH, Chiu R, Landzberg BR, Weiss M. Medical therapies for the prevention of restenosis after percutaneous coronary interventions. Curr Probl Cardiol 1998; 23:534-635. [PMID: 9805205 DOI: 10.1016/s0146-2806(98)80002-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- W H Frishman
- Department of Medicine, New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, USA
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Eps RGS, ChandraSekar NR, Hasan T, LaMuraglia GM. Importance of the Treatment Field for the Application of Vascular Photodynamic Therapy to Inhibit Intimal Hyperplasia. Photochem Photobiol 1998. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb05207.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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