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Blood Flow Measurements Enable Optimization of Light Delivery for Personalized Photodynamic Therapy. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12061584. [PMID: 32549354 PMCID: PMC7353010 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12061584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Fluence rate is an effector of photodynamic therapy (PDT) outcome. Lower light fluence rates can conserve tumor perfusion during some illumination protocols for PDT, but then treatment times are proportionally longer to deliver equivalent fluence. Likewise, higher fluence rates can shorten treatment time but may compromise treatment efficacy by inducing blood flow stasis during illumination. We developed blood-flow-informed PDT (BFI-PDT) to balance these effects. BFI-PDT uses real-time noninvasive monitoring of tumor blood flow to inform selection of irradiance, i.e., incident fluence rate, on the treated surface. BFI-PDT thus aims to conserve tumor perfusion during PDT while minimizing treatment time. Pre-clinical studies in murine tumors of radiation-induced fibrosarcoma (RIF) and a mesothelioma cell line (AB12) show that BFI-PDT preserves tumor blood flow during illumination better than standard PDT with continuous light delivery at high irradiance. Compared to standard high irradiance PDT, BFI-PDT maintains better tumor oxygenation during illumination and increases direct tumor cell kill in a manner consistent with known oxygen dependencies in PDT-mediated cytotoxicity. BFI-PDT promotes vascular shutdown after PDT, thereby depriving remaining tumor cells of oxygen and nutrients. Collectively, these benefits of BFI-PDT produce a significantly better therapeutic outcome than standard high irradiance PDT. Moreover, BFI-PDT requires ~40% less time on average to achieve outcomes that are modestly better than those with standard low irradiance treatment. This contribution introduces BFI-PDT as a platform for personalized light delivery in PDT, documents the design of a clinically-relevant instrument, and establishes the benefits of BFI-PDT with respect to treatment outcome and duration.
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Ramirez DP, Moriyama LT, de Oliveira ER, Inada NM, Bagnato VS, Kurachi C, Salvio AG. Single visit PDT for basal cell carcinoma – A new therapeutic protocol. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2019; 26:375-382. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2019.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2019] [Revised: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Two-fold illumination in topical 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) for superficial basal cell carcinoma (sBCC): A retrospective case series and cohort study. J Am Acad Dermatol 2016; 74:899-906. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2015.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2015] [Revised: 11/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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de Bruijn HS, Brooks S, van der Ploeg-van den Heuvel A, ten Hagen TLM, de Haas ERM, Robinson DJ. Light Fractionation Significantly Increases the Efficacy of Photodynamic Therapy Using BF-200 ALA in Normal Mouse Skin. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148850. [PMID: 26872051 PMCID: PMC4752243 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Light fractionation significantly increases the efficacy of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) based photodynamic therapy (PDT) using the nano-emulsion based gel formulation BF-200. PDT using BF-200 ALA has recently been clinically approved and is under investigation in several phase III trials for the treatment of actinic keratosis. This study is the first to compare BF-200 ALA with ALA in preclinical models. RESULTS In hairless mouse skin there is no difference in the temporal and spatial distribution of protoporphyrin IX determined by superficial imaging and fluorescence microscopy in frozen sections. In the skin-fold chamber model, BF-200 ALA leads to more PpIX fluorescence at depth in the skin compared to ALA suggesting an enhanced penetration of BF-200 ALA. Light fractionated PDT after BF-200 ALA application results in significantly more visual skin damage following PDT compared to a single illumination. Both ALA formulations show the same visual skin damage, rate of photobleaching and change in vascular volume immediately after PDT. Fluorescence immunohistochemical imaging shows loss of VE-cadherin in the vasculature at day 1 post PDT which is greater after BF-200 ALA compared to ALA and more profound after light fractionation compared to a single illumination. DISCUSSION The present study illustrates the clinical potential of light fractionated PDT using BF-200 ALA for enhancing PDT efficacy in (pre-) malignant skin conditions such as basal cell carcinoma and vulval intraepithelial neoplasia and its application in other lesion such as cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and oral squamous cell carcinoma where current approaches have limited efficacy.
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- Henriëtte S. de Bruijn
- Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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van Leeuwen-van Zaane F, de Bruijn HS, van der Ploeg-van den Heuvel A, Sterenborg HJMC, Robinson DJ. The effect of fluence rate on the acute response of vessel diameter and red blood cell velocity during topical 5-aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2014; 11:71-81. [PMID: 24709508 DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2014.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Revised: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 03/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND In a previous study it is shown that for topically applied ALA-PDT, PpIX concentration correlates with vascular changes including vasoconstriction and/or vascular leakage of small vessels and arterioles in the mouse epidermis and dermis. In this study we report on vascular responses induced by ALA-PDT for different fluence rates, including both changes in vessel diameter and dynamics in RBC velocity in arterioles, imaged using intra-vital confocal microscopy in skinfold chambers in hairless mice. Our interest is in the dynamics of vascular changes in the early stages of illumination. METHODS We have determined the total PDT dose to be relatively low, 13 J cm(-2), and fluence rates of 26, 65 and 130 mW cm(-2) were investigated. Local vascular effects occurred very soon after the start of the therapeutic illumination in ALA-PDT. RESULTS In this study, we did not find a significant difference between fluence rates. Arterioles were particularly sensitive to vasoconstriction during low dose PDT, often resulting in complete vasoconstriction. When we observed complete vasoconstriction, this coincided with changes in RBC velocity. CONCLUSION Since the therapeutic effects of PDT are dependent on a fine balance between the need for oxygen during illumination and disruption of the vasculature, the results of the present study add to our understanding of acute vascular effects during ALA-PDT and aid our efforts to optimize PDT using porphyrin pre-cursors.
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- F van Leeuwen-van Zaane
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Postgraduate School Molecular Medicine, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Postgraduate School Molecular Medicine, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Postgraduate School Molecular Medicine, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Antonina CM, Romeo CM, Emil P, Monica N. Increased number of fractionated irradiation sessions does not improve the cellular response to methyl aminolevulinate-mediated photodynamic therapy. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2013; 10:526-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2013.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2013] [Revised: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 04/19/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Middelburg TA, de Bruijn HS, Tettero L, van der Ploeg van den Heuvel A, Neumann HAM, de Haas ERM, Robinson DJ. Topical hexylaminolevulinate and aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy: complete arteriole vasoconstriction occurs frequently and depends on protoporphyrin IX concentration in vessel wall. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2013; 126:26-32. [PMID: 23892187 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2013.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2013] [Revised: 06/11/2013] [Accepted: 06/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Vascular responses to photodynamic therapy (PDT) may influence the availability of oxygen during PDT and the extent of tumor destruction after PDT. However, for topical PDT vascular effects are largely unknown. Arteriole and venule diameters were measured before and after hexylaminolevulinate (HAL) and aminolevulinic acid (ALA) PDT and related to the protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) concentration in the vessel wall. A mouse skin fold chamber model and an intravital confocal microscope allowed direct imaging of the subcutaneous vessels underlying the treated area. In both HAL and ALA groups over 60% of arterioles constricted completely, while venules generally did not respond, except for two larger veins that constricted partially. Arteriole vasoconstriction strongly correlated with PpIX fluorescence intensity in the arteriole wall. Total PpIX fluorescence intensity was significantly higher for HAL than ALA for the whole area that was imaged but not for the arteriole walls. In conclusion, complete arteriole vasoconstriction occurs frequently in both HAL and ALA based topical PDT, especially when relatively high PpIX concentrations in arteriole walls are reached. Vasoconstriction will likely influence PDT effect and should be considered in studies on topical HAL and ALA-PDT. Also, our results may redefine the vasculature as a potential secondary target for topical PDT.
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- T A Middelburg
- Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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de Bruijn HS, Casas AG, Di Venosa G, Gandara L, Sterenborg HJCM, Batlle A, Robinson DJ. Light fractionated ALA-PDT enhances therapeutic efficacy in vitro; the influence of PpIX concentration and illumination parameters. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2012; 12:241-5. [PMID: 23108451 DOI: 10.1039/c2pp25287b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Light fractionation, with a long dark interval, significantly increases the response to ALA-PDT in pre-clinical models and in non-melanoma skin cancer. We investigated if this increase in efficacy can be replicated in PAM 212 cells in vitro. The results show a significant decrease in cell survival after light fractionation which is dependent on the PpIX concentration and light dose of the first light fraction. This study supports the hypothesis that an underlying cellular mechanism is involved in the response to light fractionation in which a first light fraction leads to sub-lethally damaged cells that are sensitised to a second light fraction 2 hours later. The current study reveals the in vitro circumstances under which we can investigate the cellular pathways involved.
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- Henriëtte S de Bruijn
- Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Becker TL, Paquette AD, Keymel KR, Henderson BW, Sunar U. Monitoring blood flow responses during topical ALA-PDT. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2010; 2:123-30. [PMID: 21326642 PMCID: PMC3028487 DOI: 10.1364/boe.2.000123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2010] [Revised: 12/14/2010] [Accepted: 12/15/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) using topical 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is currently used as a clinical treatment for nonmelanoma skin cancers. In order to optimize PDT treatment, vascular disruption early in treatment must be identified and prevented. We present blood flow responses to topical ALA-PDT in a preclinical model and basal cell carcinoma patients assessed by diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS). Our results show that ALA-PDT induced early blood flow changes and these changes were irradiance dependent. It is clear that there exists considerable variation in the blood flow responses in patients from lesion to lesion. Monitoring blood flow parameter may be useful for assessing ALA-PDT response and planning.
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- Theresa L. Becker
- Department of Dermatology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, 14263
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- Department of Dermatology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, 14263
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- Department of Cell Stress Biology & PDT Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, 14263
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- Department of Cell Stress Biology & PDT Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, 14263
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- Department of Cell Stress Biology & PDT Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, 14263
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Juzeniene A, Juzenas P, Iani V, Moan J. Reflectance spectroscopy and fluorescein angiography applied to assess photodynamic response in healthy mouse skin treated with topical hexylaminolevulinate. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2010; 7:239-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2010.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2010] [Revised: 07/01/2010] [Accepted: 07/02/2010] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Juzeniene A, Nielsen KP, Zhao L, Ryzhikov GA, Biryulina MS, Stamnes JJ, Stamnes K, Moan J. Changes in human skin after topical PDT with hexyl aminolevulinate. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2008; 5:176-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2008.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2008] [Revised: 07/14/2008] [Accepted: 07/18/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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de Bruijn HS, Meijers C, van der Ploeg-van den Heuvel A, Sterenborg HJCM, Robinson DJ. Microscopic localisation of protoporphyrin IX in normal mouse skin after topical application of 5-aminolevulinic acid or methyl 5-aminolevulinate. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2008; 92:91-7. [PMID: 18571933 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2008.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2008] [Revised: 04/25/2008] [Accepted: 05/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Light fractionation does not enhance the response to photodynamic therapy (PDT) after topical methyl-aminolevulinate (MAL) application, whereas it is after topical 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA). The differences in biophysical and biochemical characteristics between MAL and ALA may result in differences in localisation that cause the differences in response to PDT. We therefore investigated the spatial distribution of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) fluorescence in normal mouse skin using fluorescence microscopy and correlated that with the PDT response histologically observed at 2.5, 24 and 48 h after PDT. As expected high fluorescence intensities were observed in the epidermis and pilosebaceous units and no fluorescence in the cutaneous musculature after both MAL and ALA application. The dermis showed localised fluorescence that corresponds to the cytoplasma of dermal cells like fibroblast and mast cells. Spectral analysis showed a typical PpIX fluorescence spectrum confirming that it is PpIX fluorescence. There was no clear difference in the depth and spatial distribution of PpIX fluorescence between the two precursors in these normal mouse skin samples. This result combined with the conclusion of Moan et al. that ALA but not MAL is systemically distributed after topical application on mouse skin [Moan et al., Pharmacology of protoporphyrin IX in nude mice after application of ALA and ALA esters, Int. J. Cancer 103 (2003) 132-135] suggests that endothelial cells are involved in increased response of tissues to ALA-PDT using light fractionation. Histological analysis 2.5h after PDT showed more edema formation after ALA-PDT compared to MAL-PDT that was not accompanied by a difference in the inflammatory response. This suggests that endothelial cells respond differently to ALA and MAL-PDT. Further investigation is needed to determine the role of endothelial cells in ALA-PDT and the underlying mechanism behind the increased effectiveness of light fractionation using a dark interval of 2h found after ALA but not after MAL-PDT.
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- Henriëtte S de Bruijn
- Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC, Room Wk-319, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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de Bruijn HS, Kruijt B, van der Ploeg-van den Heuvel A, Sterenborg HJCM, Robinson DJ. Increase in protoporphyrin IX after 5-aminolevulinic acid based photodynamic therapy is due to local re-synthesis. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2007; 6:857-64. [PMID: 17668116 DOI: 10.1039/b703361c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) fluorescence that is bleached during aminolevulinic acid (ALA) mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) increases again in time after treatment. In the present study we investigated if this increase in PpIX fluorescence after illumination is the result of local re-synthesis or of systemic redistribution of PpIX. We studied the spatial distribution of PpIX after PDT with and without cooling using the skin-fold observation chamber model. We were unable to show a correlation between the local PpIX fluorescence increase and the distance from a blood vessel. The spatial distribution of PpIX fluorescence within normal tissue or tumour is not changed in response to the illumination. These observations suggest that there is no diffusion of PpIX into the treated tissue. Cooling the tissue to 12 degrees C, a temperature at which PpIX synthesis is inhibited, inhibited the PpIX fluorescence increase normally observed after illumination. We also found a strong correlation between local PpIX photobleaching during illumination and the fluorescence intensity 1 h after illumination similar to what we have observed in patients treated with ALA-PDT. Therefore we conclude that the increase in PpIX fluorescence after illumination is due to local cellular re-synthesis.
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- Henriëtte S de Bruijn
- Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Radiation Oncology, Room Wk-319, Erasmus MC, PO box 2040, 3000, CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Akker JTHM, Bruijn HS, Beijersbergen van Henegouwen GMJ, Star WM, Sterenborg HJCM. Protoporphyrin IX Fluorescence Kinetics and Localization after Topical Application of ALA Pentyl Ester and ALA on Hairless Mouse Skin with UVB-Induced Early Skin Cancer. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)0720399pifkal2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Robinson DJ, Bruijn HS, Star WM, Sterenborg HJCM. Dose and Timing of the First Light Fraction in Two-fold Illumination Schemes for Topical ALA-mediated Photodynamic Therapy of Hairless Mouse Skin¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)0770319datotf2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Robinson DJ, Bruijn HS, Johannes de Wolf W, Sterenborg HJCM, Star WM. Topical 5-Aminolevulinic Acid-photodynamic Therapy of Hairless Mouse Skin Using Two-fold Illumination Schemes: PpIX Fluorescence Kinetics, Photobleaching and Biological Effect†¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)0720794taapto2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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de Bruijn HS, de Haas ERM, Hebeda KM, van der Ploeg - van den Heuvel A, Sterenborg HJCM, Neumann HAM, Robinson DJ. Light fractionation does not enhance the efficacy of methyl 5-aminolevulinate mediated photodynamic therapy in normal mouse skin. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2007; 6:1325-31. [DOI: 10.1039/b708340h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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de Haas ERM, Kruijt B, Sterenborg HJCM, Martino Neumann HA, Robinson DJ. Fractionated Illumination Significantly Improves the Response of Superficial Basal Cell Carcinoma to Aminolevulinic Acid Photodynamic Therapy. J Invest Dermatol 2006; 126:2679-86. [PMID: 16841035 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) of superficial basal cell carcinoma (sBCC) using topical 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and a light fluence of 75-100 J cm(-2) yields unsatisfactory long-term results. In several animal models, illumination with two light fractions 2 hours apart was considerably more effective than single illumination. Response is further enhanced if the fluence of the first light fraction is reduced, although the cumulative fluence is maintained. We compared the response of sBCC to a single illumination and 2-fold illumination scheme in which two light fractions of 20 and 80 J cm(-2) are performed 4 and 6 hours after the application of a single dose of 20% ALA. We randomly assigned 154 patients with a total of 505 primary sBCC into two treatment groups. Two hundred and forty-three lesions were treated using a single illumination of 75 J cm(-2) at a fluence rate of 50 mW cm(-2). Fractionated PDT, at the same fluence rate, was performed on 262 lesions. The complete response (CR) following a 2-fold illumination scheme is significantly greater than that following a single light fraction (P=0.002, log-rank test). Twelve months after therapy, CR rate to a 2-fold illumination is 97%, whereas the CR to a single illumination is 89%.
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de Bruijn HS, van der Ploeg-van den Heuvel A, Sterenborg HJCM, Robinson DJ. Fractionated illumination after topical application of 5-aminolevulinic acid on normal skin of hairless mice: The influence of the dark interval. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2006; 85:184-90. [PMID: 16945548 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2006.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2006] [Revised: 07/03/2006] [Accepted: 07/25/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We have previously shown that light fractionation during topical aminolevulinic acid based photodynamic therapy (ALA-PDT) with a dark interval of 2h leads to a significant increase in efficacy in both pre-clinical and clinical PDT. However this fractionated illumination scheme required an extended overall treatment time. Therefore we investigated the relationship between the dark interval and PDT response with the aim of reducing the overall treatment time without reducing the efficacy. Five groups of mice were treated with ALA-PDT using a single light fraction or the two-fold illumination scheme with a dark interval of 30 min, 1, 1.5 and 2h. Protoporphyrin IX fluorescence kinetics were monitored during illumination. Visual skin response was monitored in the first seven days after PDT and assessed as PDT response. The PDT response decreases with decreasing length of the dark interval. Only the dark interval of 2h showed significantly more damage compared to all the other dark intervals investigated (P<0.05 compared to 1.5h and P<0.01 compared to 1h, 30 min and a single illumination). No relationship could be shown between the utilized PpIX fluorescence during the two-fold illumination and the PDT response. The rate of photobleaching was comparable for the first and the second light fraction and not dependent of the length of dark interval used. We conclude that in the skin of the hairless mouse the dark interval cannot be reduced below 2h without a significant reduction in PDT efficacy.
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- H S de Bruijn
- Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Radiation Oncology, Room Wk-319, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Atif M, Stringer M, Cruse-Sawyer J, Brown S. Fluence-rate effects upon m-THPC photobleaching in a formalin-fixed cell system. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2004; 1:173-80. [DOI: 10.1016/s1572-1000(04)00041-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Sudworth CD, Stringer MR, Cruse-Sawyer JE, Brown SB. Fluorescence microspectroscopy technique for the study of intracellular protoporphyrin IX dynamics. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2003; 57:682-688. [PMID: 14658702 DOI: 10.1366/000370203322005382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We describe a technique designed to monitor the fluorescence dynamics of photosensitizers used in photodynamic therapy (PDT) at micrometer-scale locations within individual formalin-fixed cells. The accumulation of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) within keratinocytes and fibroblasts. following incubation with 5-aminolaevulinic acid (ALA), is shown to be dependent upon both incubation time and cell proliferation status. Also, the process of photobleaching within these cells is demonstrated via the depletion in PpIX fluorescence emission during exposure to 532 nm light. All spectra show a progressive reduction of the 634 nm PpIX peak, following a bi-exponential decay that is consistent with a singlet oxygen mediated process. The rate of photobleaching, when plotted as a function of light dose, increases with reduced incident laser power. The generation of the hydroxyaldehyde-chlorin photoproduct (photoprotoporphyrin), as monitored by the increase in fluorescence emission centered on 672 nm, is also greatest when the lowest laser power is applied. When light is delivered in two fractions, PpIX fluorescence recovers during the dark period and there is an increase in bleaching rate at the onset of the second exposure. These results are qualitatively consistent with measurements performed in vivo, which demonstrate that the photodynamic dose is dependent upon fluence rate and oxygen status.
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- Caroline D Sudworth
- School of Medicine, Medical Physics, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
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Robinson DJ, de Bruijn HS, Star WM, Sterenborg HJCM. Dose and timing of the first light fraction in two-fold illumination schemes for topical ALA-mediated photodynamic therapy of hairless mouse skin. Photochem Photobiol 2003; 77:319-23. [PMID: 12685661 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)077<0319:datotf>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A fractionated illumination scheme in which a cumulative fluence of 100 J cm(-2) is delivered in two equal light fractions separated by a dark interval of 2 h has been shown to considerably increase the efficacy of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-photodynamic therapy (PDT). The efficacy of such a scheme is further increased if the fluence of the first light fraction is reduced to 5 J cm(-2). We have investigated the relationship between the PDT response and the kinetics of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) fluorescence in the SKH1 HR hairless mouse for first fraction fluences below 5 J cm(-2) delivered 4 h after the application of ALA and 10 J cm(-2) delivered 2 h after the application of ALA. Illumination is performed using 514 nm at a fluence rate of 50 mW cm(-2). Reducing the fluence of the first fraction to 2.5 J cm(-2) does not result in significantly different visual skin damage. The PDT response, however, is significantly reduced if the fluence is lowered to 1 J cm(-2), but this illumination scheme (1 + 99 J cm(-2)) remains significantly more effective than a single illumination of 100 J cm(-2). A first light fraction of 10 J cm(-2) can be delivered 2 h earlier, 2 h after the application of ALA, without significant reduction in the PDT response compared with 5 + 95 J cm(-2) delivered 4 and 6 h after the application of ALA. The kinetics of PpIX fluorescence are consistent with those reported previously by us and do not explain the significant increase in PDT response with a two-fold illumination scheme. Histological sections of the illuminated volume showed a trend toward increasing extent and depth of necrosis for the two-fold illumination scheme in which the first light fraction is 5 J cm(-2), compared with a single illumination scheme.
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- Dominic J Robinson
- Photodynamic Therapy and Optical Spectroscopy Research Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC: Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Thissen MR, de Blois MW, Robinson DJ, de Bruijn HS, Dutrieux RP, Star WM, Neumann HAM. PpIX fluorescence kinetics and increased skin damage after intracutaneous injection of 5-aminolevulinic acid and repeated illumination. J Invest Dermatol 2002; 118:239-45. [PMID: 11841539 DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.01571.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy with topically applied 5-aminolevulinic acid is used successfully for superficial skin lesions. The results for thicker, nodular lesions are less favorable. The method of aminolevulinic acid administration, the concentrations of aminolevulinic acid, and the irradiation schemes used so far have not been investigated thoroughly. As aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy has high potential for the increasing problem of skin cancer, we investigated both visually and histopathologically the photodynamic-therapy-induced skin damage after intracutaneous administration of aminolevulinic acid in normal porcine skin. We also investigated the kinetics of the aminolevulinic-acid-induced photosensitizer protoporphyrin IX fluorescence after irradiation in relation to fluence and irradiance. Finally we investigated the effect on photodynamic-therapy-induced damage of a fractionated irradiation. This study demonstrates that intracutaneous administration of aminolevulinic acid leads to higher fluorescence levels and thus to formation of higher protoporphyrin IX concentrations than topical application of aminolevulinic acid cream. The peak level of protoporphyrin IX after intracutaneous administration of aminolevulinic acid is reached earlier than after topical administration. The comeback of fluorescence, indicating re-synthesis of protoporphyrin IX after irradiation, is inhibited with increasing fluence. Photodynamic-therapy-induced damage increases with increasing fluence, but is independent of the irradiance. Finally, the photodynamic-therapy-induced skin damage seems to be greater after fractionated irradiations with two equal light fractions of 15 J per cm2 separated by a dark interval of 2 h.
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- Monique R Thissen
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Dierickx CC. Chapter 17 Photodynamic therapy of pilosebaceous units. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s1568-461x(01)80121-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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Robinson DJ, de Bruijn HS, de Wolf WJ, Sterenborg HJ, Star WM. Topical 5-aminolevulinic acid-photodynamic therapy of hairless mouse skin using two-fold illumination schemes: PpIX fluorescence kinetics, photobleaching and biological effect. Photochem Photobiol 2000; 72:794-802. [PMID: 11140268 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)072<0794:taapto>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Light fractionation with dark periods of the order of hours has been shown to considerably increase the efficacy of 5-aminolevulinic acid-photodynamic therapy (ALA-PDT). Recent investigations have suggested that this increase may be due to the resynthesis of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) during the dark period following the first illumination that is then utilized in the second light fraction. We have investigated the kinetics of PpIX fluorescence and PDT-induced damage during PDT in the normal skin of the SKH1 HR hairless mouse. A single illumination (514 nm), with light fluences of 5, 10 and 50 J cm-2 was performed 4 h after the application of 20% ALA, to determine the effect of PDT on the synthesis of PpIX. Results show that the kinetics of PpIX fluorescence after illumination are dependent on the fluence delivered; the resynthesis of PpIX is progressively inhibited following fluences above 10 J cm-2. In order to determine the influence of the PpIX fluorescence intensity at the time of the second illumination on the visual skin damage, 5 + 95 and 50 + 50 J cm-2 (when significantly less PpIX fluorescence is present before the second illumination), were delivered with a dark interval of 2 h between light fractions. Each scheme was compared to illumination with 100 J cm-2 in a single fraction delivered 4 or 6 h after the application of ALA. As we have shown previously greater skin damage results when an equal light fluence is delivered in two fractions. However, significantly more damage results when 5 J cm-2 is delivered in the first light fraction. Also, delivering 5 J cm-2 at 5 mW cm-2 + 95 J cm-2 at 50 mW cm-2 results in a reduction in visual skin damage from that obtained with 5 + 95 J cm-2 at 50 mW cm-2. A similar reduction in damage is observed if 5 + 45 J cm-2 are delivered at 50 mW cm-2. PpIX photoproducts are formed during illumination and subsequently photobleached. PpIX photoproducts do not dissipate in the 2 h dark interval between illuminations.
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- D J Robinson
- Photodynamic Therapy and Optical Spectroscopy Research Program, Subdivision of Clinical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, Daniel den Hoed Cancer Centre, University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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van den Akker JT, de Bruijn HS, Beijersbergen van Henegouwen GM, Star WM, Sterenborg HJ. Protoporphyrin IX fluorescence kinetics and localization after topical application of ALA pentyl ester and ALA on hairless mouse skin with UVB-induced early skin cancer. Photochem Photobiol 2000; 72:399-406. [PMID: 10989612 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)072<0399:pifkal>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In order to improve the efficacy of 5-aminolevulinic acid-based (ALA) photodynamic therapy (PDT), different ALA derivatives are presently being investigated. ALA esters are more lipophilic and therefore may have better skin penetration properties than ALA, possibly resulting in enhanced protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) production. In previous studies it was shown that ALA pentyl ester (ALAPE) does considerably enhance the PpIX production in cells in vitro compared with ALA. We investigated the in vivo PpIX fluorescence kinetics after application of ALA and ALAPE to hairless mice with and without UVB-induced early skin cancer. ALA and ALAPE (20% wt/wt) were applied topically to the mouse skin and after 30 min, the solvent was wiped off and PpIX fluorescence was followed in time with in vivo fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging. At 6 and 12 h after the 30 min application, skin samples of visible lesions and adjacent altered skin (UVB-exposed mouse skin) and normal mouse skin were collected for fluorescence microscopy. From each sample, frozen sections were made and phase contrast images and fluorescence images were recorded. The in vivo fluorescence kinetics showed that ALAPE induced more PpIX in visible lesions and altered skin of the UVB-exposed mouse skin, but not in the normal mouse skin. In the microscopic fluorescence images, higher ALAPE-induced PpIX levels were measured in the stratum corneum, but not in the dysplastic layer of the epidermis. In deeper layers of the skin, PpIX levels were the same after ALA and ALAPE application. In conclusion, ALAPE does induce higher PpIX fluorescence levels in vivo in our early skin cancer model, but these higher PpIX levels are not located in the dysplastic layer of the epidermis.
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- J T van den Akker
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center/University Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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