title: Photosensitization with bacteriochlorins.
abstract: Biophysical and photobiological properties of a group of bacteriochlorins were compared with efficacy of these products for photodynamic therapy of murine tumors. Predictive factors for selective photosensitization in vivo include affinity binding to lipoproteins greater than albumin, extinction coefficient at the wavelength of irradiation and tumor/skin distribution. Efficacy was correlated with circulating plasma levels of the different sensitizers but not with the photodynamic therapy response in cell culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kessel
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: F Y
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Shiau
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Henderson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007211:Indoles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D054833:Isoindoles; D007939:Leukemia L1210 / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D007211:Indoles; D054833:Isoindoles; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D010860:Pigments, Biological; C013647:phthalocyanine