title: [The synergistic effect of delta-aminolevulinic acid and photodynamic laser therapy based on an in vitro model of the ATP tumor chemosensitivity test].
abstract: Photodynamic laser therapy (PDT) is under prospective clinical evaluation in gynecology. We used the ATP tumorchemosensitivity assay to detect the efficacy of delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) in combination with PDT. Two invasive cervical cancer cell lines were used, C33 and SIHA. The cell-damaging effect was quantified by measuring the intracellular ATP content. The 50% inhibitory concentration of ALA was 760 microM in the cell line C33 and 500 microM in the cell line SIHA. The combination of ALA incubation and PDT was synergistic in both cell lines. After in vitro experiments with this method, the combination is now used in a clinical phase II study. PDT after topical ALA application promises to become a possible alternative for the treatment of preinvasive and invasive malignancies in gynecology.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik f r Frauenheilkunde, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Klinikum Grosshadern, Deutschland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Untch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korell
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kirschstein
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hepp
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D014410:Tumor Stem Cell Assay; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate