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Distribution, retention, and phototoxicity of hematoporphyrin derivative in a rat glioma. Intraneoplastic versus intraperitoneal injection.

Abstract
The distribution, retention, and phototoxicity of the sensitizer hematoporphyrin derivative (HPD) were studied following intraperitoneal and direct intraneoplastic injections of the agent into subcutaneous or intracerebral gliosarcomas in rats. Forty-eight hours after intraperitoneal injection, the ratio of tritiated (3H) HPD in subcutaneous tumor: adjacent normal skin was about 1.4:1 and the ratio in tumor: normal brain was 3:1. In contrast, direct injection of 3H-HPD into subcutaneous tumors resulted in tumor: adjacent normal skin concentration ratios of approximately 44:1 and tumor: normal brain ratios of about 61:1. For rats bearing intracerebral gliosarcomas, intraperitoneal administration of 3H-HPD resulted in approximately 1.3-fold sensitization in tumor tissue relative to adjacent edematous brain. In contrast, after direct injection into intracerebral tumors, the tumor: adjacent edematous brain and tumor: skin 3H-HPD ratios were 3:1 and 32:1, respectively. In all cases, 3H-HPD was found in every portion of the tumor, even at a distance from the injection site. For the 3H-HPD doses used in this study, after direct injection both subcutaneous and intracerebral tumor tissue contained about three to four times more 3H-HPD than tumors in rats receiving intraperitoneal 3H-HPD. Both in vitro and in vivo clonogenic assays demonstrated that the photodynamic inactivation of the tumors was significantly greater after direct injection than after intraperitoneal injection.
AuthorsH Kostron, D A Bellnier, C W Lin, M R Swartz, R L Martuza
JournalJournal of neurosurgery (J Neurosurg) Vol. 64 Issue 5 Pg. 768-74 (May 1986) ISSN: 0022-3085 [Print] United States
PMID2939204 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Hematoporphyrins
  • Tritium
  • Hematoporphyrin Derivative
Topics
  • Animals
  • Brain Edema (metabolism)
  • Brain Neoplasms (drug therapy, metabolism)
  • Glioma (drug therapy, metabolism)
  • Hematoporphyrin Derivative
  • Hematoporphyrin Photoradiation
  • Hematoporphyrins (administration & dosage, metabolism, therapeutic use, toxicity)
  • Male
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred F344
  • Tritium

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