title: Laser photodynamic therapy for papilloma viral lesions.
abstract: Photodynamic therapy was tested for its therapeutic efficacy in eradicating rabbit papilloma warts. The wild-type viral warts suspension was used to induce treatable papilloma warts in the cutaneous tissue of Dutch Belted rabbits. The photosensitizing agents used intravenously were Photofrin II at 10 mg/kg of body weight and Chlorin e6 monoethylene diamine monohydrochloric acid (Chlorin e6 med HCl) at 1 mg/kg of body weight. The lasers used were an argon-dye laser at 628 and 655 nm and a gold vapor laser at 628 nm. The irradiances of 25 to 180 mW/cm2 were applied topically with an end-on lens optical fiber with total radiant doses of 7.5 to 54 J/cm2. Photofrin II and the argon-dye laser at the highest light dosage (54 J/cm2) and Chlorin e6 monoethylene diamine monohydrochloride administered 2 hours before argon-dye laser irradiation at 655 nm at the highest light dosage (54 J/cm2) produced wart regression. Total wart regression without recurrence was achieved with Photofrin II and the gold vapor laser at all light dosages. The difference observed between the argon-dye laser and the gold vapor laser might be explained by the pulsed nature of the gold vapor laser, with its high-peak powers, some 5000 x the average measured light dose. In this model, the smaller, less cornified lesions were more effectively treated with photodynamic therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Go
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Straight
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017323:Dihematoporphyrin Ether; D006415:Hematoporphyrins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011817:Rabbits; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014860:Warts / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D006415:Hematoporphyrins; D011166:Porphyrins; C006969:chlorin; D017323:Dihematoporphyrin Ether