Abstract
The relationship between tumor cell differentiation and photosensitizer accumulation used in PDT is poorly defined. In the present work, specific cell differentiation of colon carcinoma CT26 cells induced by sodium butyrate was manifested by morphological changes, proliferation and protein expression and was correlated with the accumulation of endogenous and exogenous photosensitizes. Reduced accumulation of the endogenous protoporphyrin IX and the exogenous hypericin and MC540 was detected in differentiated cells. In contrast, a differentiation-dependent increase was measured with TPPS4, TMPyP, the pheophorbides (C5, C6, C12), HypS4 and helianthrone. In conclusion, PpIX, Hypericin and MC540 show specific binding and accumulation in poorly differentiated tumors, giving these tumors tissue-specific advantage in photo-diagnostic PDT applications.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 57-64 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Cancer Letters |
Volume | 196 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 30 Jun 2003 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We wish to acknowledge the support of the United States–Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF Grant No. 9800364), Jerusalem, Israel (to B.E.). Z. Malik and B. Ehrenberg acknowledge the support of the Michael David Falk Chair in Laser Phototherapy. We also thank Prof. Y. Mazur and Dr D. Freeman from the Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, for synthesizing the hypericin (Hyp), hypericin tetrasulfonic acid (HypS 4 ) and tetrahydroxyhelianthrone (Hel).
Funding
We wish to acknowledge the support of the United States–Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF Grant No. 9800364), Jerusalem, Israel (to B.E.). Z. Malik and B. Ehrenberg acknowledge the support of the Michael David Falk Chair in Laser Phototherapy. We also thank Prof. Y. Mazur and Dr D. Freeman from the Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, for synthesizing the hypericin (Hyp), hypericin tetrasulfonic acid (HypS 4 ) and tetrahydroxyhelianthrone (Hel).
Funders | Funder number |
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Bloom's Syndrome Foundation | 9800364 |
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation |
Keywords
- Alkaline phosphatase
- Differentiation
- Photosensitizer
- PpIX
- p21
- p27