Photophysical properties and photodynamic activity in vivo of some tetrapyrroles

doi:10.1016/0301-4622(90)80017-2

Biophysical Chemistry

Volume 35, Issues 2–3, April 1990, Pages 303-312

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Abstract

Some of the photophysical properties (stationary absorbance and fluorescence, fluorescence decay times and singlet oxygen quantum yields) of pheophorbide a, metal-free, ClAl-, Cu- and Mg-t-butyl-substituted phthalocyanines, metal-free, ClAl- and Cu-t-butyl-substituted naphthalocyanines and of a number of tetraphenylporphyrins (5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin, 5,10,15,20-tetra(m-hydroxyphenyl)porphyrin, 5,10,15,20-tetra(p-hydroxyphenyl)porphyrin) have been studied in comparison with hematoporphyrin IX in order to select potent photosensitizers for the photodynamic treatment of cancer. The photodynamic activity of these compounds was investigated using Lewis lung carcinoma in mice. As a consequence of the photophysical parameters (relatively short singlet state lifetimes, and high singlet oxygen quantum yields) the photodynamic activities of pheophorbide a, t-butyl-substituted ClAl-phthalocyanine and ClAl-naphthalocyanine were selected for study in greater detail. Under the conditions employed in the present study, pheophorbide a was found to be the most effective sensitizer, as judged from its strong absorption at the excitation wavelength as compared with the hematoporphyrin derivative and greater singlet oxygen quantum yield relative to the phthalocyanines and naphthalocyanines. The photodynamic activity was observed to be strongly dependent on the photophysical parameters of the compounds. The primary mechanism underlying the photodynamic activity of these sensitizers probably consists of energy transfer from the lowest triplet state of the dyes to molecular oxygen, resulting in the formation of singlet oxygen (type II of photosensitization).

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Photophysical properties and photodynamic activity in vivo of some tetrapyrroles

Abstract

CRC Crit.-Rev. Oncol. Hematol.

J. Photochem. Photobiol. B. Biol.

Biochemie

J. Photochem. Photobiol. B. Biol.

Spectrochim. Acta

J. Photochem. Photobiol. A. Chem.

J. Urol.

Br. J. Cancer

Cancer Res.

Photochem. Photobiol.

Br. J. Cancer

Int. J. Radiat. Biol.

Lasers Surg. Med.

Stud. Biophys.

Stud. Biophys.

Clin. Res.

Photochem. Photobiol.

Int. J. Radiat. Biol.

Photochem. Photobiol.

Photochem. Photobiol.

Photochem. Photobiol.

Br. J. Cancer