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Elimination of primary tumours and control of metastasis with rationally designed bacteriochlorin photodynamic therapy regimens.

Abstract
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with current photosensitisers focuses on local effects and these are limited by light penetration in tissues. We employ a stable near-infrared (NIR) absorbing bacteriochlorin with ca. 8h plasma half-life to increase the depth of the treatment and elicit strong systemic (immune) responses. Primary tumour growth delays and cures of BALB/c and nude mice bearing CT26 mouse colon carcinoma are related to the parameters that control PDT efficacy. The systemic anti-tumour protection elicited by the optimised PDT regimen is assessed by tumour rechallenges and by resistance to the establishment of metastasis after intravenous injection of CT26 cells. The optimised treatment regime offered 86% cure rate in BALB/c mice but no cures in BALB/c nude mice. Cured mice rechallenged over 3 months later with CT26 cells rejected the tumour cells in 67% of the cases. PDT of a subcutaneous CT26 tumour 5days after the additional intravenous injection of CT26 cells very significantly reduced lung metastasis. The PDT regimen optimised for the bacteriochlorin leads to remarkable long-term survival rates, effective immune memory and control of lung metastasis.
AuthorsLuis B Rocha, Lígia C Gomes-da-Silva, Janusz M Dąbrowski, Luis G Arnaut
JournalEuropean journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) (Eur J Cancer) Vol. 51 Issue 13 Pg. 1822-30 (Sep 2015) ISSN: 1879-0852 [Electronic] England
PMID26139544 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
CopyrightCopyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Chemical References
  • Photosensitizing Agents
  • Porphyrins
  • bacteriochlorin
Topics
  • Animals
  • Carcinoma (drug therapy, immunology, secondary)
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Colorectal Neoplasms (drug therapy, immunology, pathology)
  • Female
  • Immunologic Memory
  • Lung Neoplasms (immunology, prevention & control, secondary)
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Nude
  • Photochemotherapy (methods)
  • Photosensitizing Agents (pharmacology)
  • Porphyrins (pharmacology)
  • Time Factors
  • Tumor Burden

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