Assessing the dual activity of a chalcone-phthalocyanine conjugate: design, synthesis, and antivascular and photodynamic properties

Mol Pharm. 2013 Oct 7;10(10):3706-16. doi: 10.1021/mp400207v. Epub 2013 Sep 3.

Abstract

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and vascular-disrupting agents (VDA) each have their advantages in the treatment of solid tumors, but also present drawbacks. In PDT, hypoxia at the center of the tumor limits conversion of molecular oxygen into singlet oxygen, while VDAs are deficient at affecting the rim of the tumor. A phthalocyanine-chalcone conjugate combining the VDA properties of chalcones with the PDT properties of phthalocyanines was designed to address these deficiencies. Its vascular targeting, photophysical, photochemical, photodynamic activities are reported herein.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Line
  • Cell Movement / drug effects
  • Chalcone / chemistry*
  • Chalcone / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Indoles / chemistry*
  • Indoles / pharmacology
  • Isoindoles
  • Molecular Structure
  • Photochemotherapy / methods*
  • Photosensitizing Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Photosensitizing Agents / chemistry*
  • Photosensitizing Agents / pharmacology*
  • Singlet Oxygen / metabolism

Substances

  • Indoles
  • Isoindoles
  • Photosensitizing Agents
  • Singlet Oxygen
  • Chalcone
  • phthalocyanine