Cancer Res Treat.
2003 Dec;35(6):549-556.
Photogem Induces Necrosis in Various Uterine Cervical Cancer Cell Lines by PDT
- Affiliations
-
- 1Catholic Research Institutes of Medical Science.
- 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. ahnws@catholic.ac.kr
- 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwang-Ju, Korea.
- 4College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- 5Department of Biomedical Engineering, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Korea.
Abstract
- PURPOSE
In order to elucidate the antitumor effect of photodynamic therapy (PDT), using a derivative of the photosensitizing agent hematoporphyrin (Photogem) and a diode laser, the cell death of uterine cancer cell lines (CaSki, HT3, HeLa, and SKOV-3), and mice transplanted with TC-1 lung cancer cells, were evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The morphological changes, MTT assay, flow cytometry, cytotoxicity and tumor growth inhibition study were evaluated at various time intervals after the PDT. RESULTS: The results showed that the survival rates of each cell line decreased with time and dose response after performing the PDT. Also, the PDT-induced damage of cancer cells was almost entirely confined to necrosis of the tumor cells in the early time courses. The irradiation of CaSki cells in the presence of Photogem induced plasma membrane disruption and cell shrinkage, indicating the plasma membrane as the main target for Photogem. In the in vivo experiment, significantly longer survival and a significantly smaller tumor size were seen over the time courses of the Photogem with irradiation compared to the untreated control groups; resorption of the tumor was also observed after the PDT treatment. CONCLUSION: Collectively, our results indicated that Photogem possesses anti-tumor effects, and necrosis-like death, with plasma membrane damage, was postulated to be the principal mechanism of the antitumor effect of the PDT using Photogem.
Keyword
- Full Text Links
-
- Actions
-
Cited
- CITED
-
- Close
- Share
-
- Similar articles
-
- In vivo study of photodynamic therapy using a new photosensitizer, 9-hydroxypheophorbide-a and 670 nm diode laser on HT-3 cervical cancer cell
- A Case of Glassy Cell Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix with Photodynamic Therapy prior to Radical Surgery
- Effect of Photodynamic Therapy in Lung Cancer
- Clinical efficacy of photodynamic therapy
- p16INK4A and p15 INK4B Gene Alterations in Primary Uterine Cervical Carcinoma Tissues and Cervical Carcinoma Cell Lines
