title: Photodynamic properties of naphthosulfobenzoporphyrazines, novel asymmetric, amphiphilic phthalocyanine derivatives.
abstract: Metallo naphthosulfobenzoporphyrazines sulfonated to different degrees (M-NSBP) were prepared, and their potential as photosensitizers for the photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer was evaluated. M-NSBP can be viewed as hybrid molecules between sulfophthalocyanines and naphthalocyanines resulting in distinct differences in the absorption spectra between the mono-through tetrasulfonated derivatives. This feature greatly facilited their purification. Using V-79 Chinese hamster cells in vitro, the disulfonated derivatives were found slightly more photoactive than the hydrophilic trisulfonated derivatives while the monosulfonated derivative was inactive, in spite of a sixfold higher cell uptake. In the case of the di- and trisulfonated derivatives, differences in phototoxicity correlated well with their relative cell uptake. Substitution of Al for Zn had little effect on the extent of phototoxicity of the M-NSBP. In vitro PDT of the EMT-6 cells after in vivo dye administration, revealed a similar potency for direct cell killing between the di- and trisulfonated AlOH-NSBP, while the monosulfonated analog was inactive. PDT with the amphiphilic disulfonated AlOH-NSBP on the EMT-6 mammary tumor in BALB/c mice induced a significant tumor response, while the monosulfonated derivative was much less active.
authors.affiliation: MRC Group in the Radiation Sciences, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Qué., Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Margaron
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Langlois
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: van Lier
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gaspard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000528:radiation effects; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008027:Light; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008665:Metalloporphyrins / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008665:Metalloporphyrins; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents