title: Hyperthermia potentiates the effects of aluminum phthalocyanine tetrasulfonate-mediated photodynamic toxicity in human malignant and normal cell lines.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of photodynamic therapy utilizing aluminum phthalocyanine tetrasulfonate in vitro on several human malignant and normal cell types, with or without hyperthermia. Cells examined included normal skin fibroblasts, HT-1080 fibrosarcoma cells, SCC-25 (squamous cell carcinoma) and malignant melanoma cells. An argon-pumped continuous wave tunable dye laser at 675 nm was used as the light source, hyperthermia groups were heated to 42.5 degrees C, and radioisotope incorporation was used to measure DNA and protein synthesis as toxicity assays. Results showed an energy-dose, and A1PcS-concentration dependent toxicity in all cell lines examined, with moderate selectivity toward malignant cells. Hyperthermia alone was slightly toxic in melanomas and HT-1080 cell lines but had no effect in normal fibroblasts or SCC-25 cells. Hyperthermia synergistically potentiated the effects of PDT in all cell lines, and the combined modality was significantly more toxic in all malignant cell lines compared with normal cells. Thus, addition of hyperthermia to PDT protocols may enhance the efficacy of this treatment modality in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Glassberg
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lewandowski
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Halcin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lask
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Uitto
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000379:methods; D007211:Indoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008545:Melanoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000379:methods; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D007211:Indoles; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; C048577:aluminum tetrasulfophthalocyanine