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Increase of the photosensitizing efficiency of the Bacteriochlorin a by liposome-incorporation
English
Damoiseau, X. [ > > ]
Schuitmaker, H. [ > > ]
Lagerberg, J. [ > > ]
Hoebeke, Maryse mailto [Université de Liège - ULg > Département de physique > Spectroscopie biomédicale >]
2001
Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology B : Biology
Elsevier Science
60
50-60
International
1011-1344
Lausanne
Switzerland
[en] Bacteriochlorin a ; Liposomes ; Oxygen consumption
[en] To describe the action mechanisms of Bacteriochlorin a (BCA), a second generation photosensitizer, in phosphate buffer (PB) and in dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine (DMPC) liposomes we carried out oxygen consumption and ESR measurements. In PB, where BCA was in a monomer–dimer equilibrium, our results suggested that the oxygen consumption was related to the BCA monomers concentration in solution. Incorporation of BCA in DMPC liposomes, by promoting the monomerization of BCA, increased 9-fold the oxygen consumption in comparison to the value in PB. The use of specific singlet oxygen quenchers (Azide and 9, 10-Anthracenedipropionic acid) in ESR and oxygen consumption experiments allowed us to assert that BCA was mainly a type II sensitizer when it was incorporated in DMPC. Finally, the cell survival of WiDr cells after a PDT treatment was measured for cells incubated with BCA in cell
culture medium and cells incubated with BCA in DMPC. Irrespective of the dye concentration, the cell survival was lower when liposomes were used. This effect could be the result of a better BCA monomerization and/or a different BCA uptake in cells
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