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Photodynamic effects of Radachlorin on cervical cancer cells
Su-Mi Bae1, Yong-Wook Kim, Joon-Mo Lee
1Catholic Research Institutes of Medical Science, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Purpose:
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a novel treatment modality, which produces local tissue necrosis with laser light following the prior administration of a photosensitizing agent. Radachlorin has recently been shown to be a promising PDT sensitizer. In order to elucidate the antitumor effects of PDT using Radachlorin on cervical cancer, growth inhibition studies on a HPV-associated tumor cell line, TC-1 cells in vitro and animals with an established TC-1 tumor in vivo were determined.
Materials And Methods:
TC-1 tumor cells were exposed to various concentrations of Radachlorin and PDT, with irradiation of 12.5 or 25 J/cm(2) at an irradiance of 20 mW/cm(2) using a Won-PDT D662 laser at 662 nm in vitro. C57BL/6 mice with TC-1 tumor were injected with Radachlorin via different routes and treated with PDT in vivo. A growth suppression study was then used to evaluate the effects at various time points after PDT.
Results:
The results showed that irradiation of TC-1 tumor cells in the presence of Radachlorin induced significant cell growth inhibition. Animals with established TC-1 tumors exhibited significantly smaller tumor sizes over time when treated with Radachlorin and irradiation.
Conclusion:
PDT after the application of Radachlorin appears to be effective against TC-1 tumors both in vitro and in vivo.
