title: Preparation of a water-soluble fluorinated zinc phthalocyanine and its effect for photodynamic therapy.
abstract: An amphiphilic fluorinated phthalocyanine, zinc tetracarboxyoctafluorophthalocyanine (ZnC4F8Pc) was synthesized and characterized. Its photodynamic efficiency for HeLa cells was compared with hydrophilic zinc octacarboxyphthalocyanine (ZnC8Pc) and hydrophobic zinc hexadecafluorophthalocyanine (ZnF16Pc). ZnC4F8Pc had a remarkable photodynamic effect among the phthalocyanines used. The effect is apparently caused by the fact that ZnC4F8Pc is mainly accumulated in the hydrophobic lipid membrane and is in the photoactive monomer form in HeLa cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogura
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Okura
mesh_terms: D005461:Fluorine; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007211:Indoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D054833:Isoindoles; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012995:Solubility; D012997:Solvents; D014867:Water; D017967:Zinc Compounds
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles; D054833:Isoindoles; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D012997:Solvents; D017967:Zinc Compounds; C438954:zinc tetracarboxyoctafluorophthalocyanine; D014867:Water; C052159:Zn(II)-phthalocyanine; D005461:Fluorine