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In vitro effects and localisation of the photosensitizers m-THPC and m-PHPC MD on carcinoma cells of the human breast (MCF-7) and Chinese hamster fibroblasts (V-79)
Journal Paper/Review - Dec 7, 1998
Hornung René, Jentsch B., Crompton N.E.A., Haller U., Walt H.
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Background and Objective
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is the combination of a photosensitizer with laser light to induce preferential destruction of malignant cells. In this study two new photosensitizers—5,10,15,20-meta-tetra (hydroxyphenyl) chlorin (m-THPC) and m-THPC MethoxyPEG2000 derivative (m-THPC MD)—were tested, both for their dark toxicity, i.e., cytotoxicity in the absence of light, and for their light-induced cytotoxicity in mammalian cell cultures.
Study Design/Material and Methods: Cell lines used were MCF-7 (human breast carcinoma) and V-79 (Chinese hamster lung fibroblast). After cultivation under standard conditions, cells were administered the photosensitizers and 24 hr later exposed to various energy levels of laser light at a wavelength of 652 nm. Cell survival was monitored using a clonogenic assay and was expressed as the surviving fraction of the untreated control.
Results
Up to an m-THPC concentration of 1 μ/ml, no dark toxicity was observed; at higher concentrations a rapid fall in survival occurred. m-THPC MD showed no dark toxicity up to 100 μg/ml. In vitro m-THPC was ∼10 times more cytotoxic than m-THPC MD. The MCF-7 and V-79 cell lines displayed similar responses to PDT.
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Both m-THPC and m-THPC MD are very efficient photosensitizers in vitro. Up to the therapeutic dose, neither exhibited dark toxicity. There is clinical relevance of the photosensitizers by a large therapeutic index. Lasers Surg. Med. 20:443–450, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.