title: An implantable tumor-window chamber model for the study of photodynamic therapy.
abstract: In order to study both the anti-tumor effects and early vascular events in photodynamic therapy, a useful animal model has been developed. A window chamber is surgically placed on the dorsum of the Fischer-344 rat, and 500-microns fragments of the rat mammary adenocarcinoma 13672 are placed under direct vision into the subcutaneous tissue. Implantation of the chamber has been successfully completed in more than 50 rats. The operative procedure is straightforward and is accomplished in less than 1 hour. Using tumor fragments, tumor viability has been 60%. We have demonstrated obvious and reproducible neovascularization occurring as soon as 1 day after implantation. The application of this system to an experimental protocol comparing the photosensitizers dihematoporphyrin ether (DHE) and chloraluminum sulfonated phthalocyanine (CASP) has yielded important information on early vascular events resulting from photodynamic therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Houston, TX 77030.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Flock
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Small
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thomsen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacques
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000818:Animals; D017323:Dihematoporphyrin Ether; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006415:Hematoporphyrins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007211:Indoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D054833:Isoindoles; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000098:blood supply / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010783:Photometry; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D006415:Hematoporphyrins; D007211:Indoles; D054833:Isoindoles; D017323:Dihematoporphyrin Ether; C013647:phthalocyanine