Photodynamic therapy with aluminum-chloro-phthalocyanine induces necrosis and vascular damage in mice tongue tumors

J Photochem Photobiol B. 2009 Feb 9;94(2):143-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2008.11.003. Epub 2008 Nov 21.

Abstract

In this paper we describe the efficacy of the liposomal-AlClPc (aluminum-chloro-phthalocyanine) formulation in PDT study against Ehrlich tumor cells proliferation in immunocompetent swiss mice tongue. Experiments were conduced in sixteen tumor induced mice that were divided in three control groups: (1) tumor without treatment; (2) tumor with 100J/cm(2) laser (670nm) irradiation; and (3) tumor with AlClPc peritumoral injection; and a PDT experimental group when tumors received AlClPc injection followed by tumor irradiation. Control groups present similar macroscopically and histological patterns after treatments, while PDT treatment induced 90% of Ehrlich tumor necrosis after 24h of one single application, showing the efficacy of liposome-AlClPc (aluminum-chloro-phthalocyanine) mediated PDT on the treatment of oral cancer.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Indoles / administration & dosage
  • Indoles / adverse effects
  • Indoles / therapeutic use*
  • Light
  • Mice
  • Necrosis / chemically induced
  • Organometallic Compounds / administration & dosage
  • Organometallic Compounds / adverse effects
  • Organometallic Compounds / therapeutic use*
  • Photochemotherapy*
  • Temperature
  • Tongue / blood supply
  • Tongue / drug effects
  • Tongue / pathology
  • Tongue / radiation effects
  • Tongue Neoplasms / blood supply*
  • Tongue Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Tongue Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • Indoles
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • chloroaluminum phthalocyanine