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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-7-2
pubmed:abstractText
Comparative kinetics of porphyrin uptake and release by HeLa cells, incubated with equivalent concentrations of either hematoporphyrin (Hp) in aqueous solution or Hp and its dimethylester (HpDME) bound to unilamellar liposomes, show that liposomal porphyrins are bound at a higher rate and in considerably larger amounts. Moreover, the release of cell-bound porphyrins into the medium is remarkably reduced and slowered after cell loading with liposome-bound porphyrins. The presence of 1% bovine or human serum albumin (but not serum globulins) in the medium has no effect on uptake and release of liposome-bound porphyrins by HeLa cells, whereas it remarkably decreases the uptake of aqueous Hp. Parallel studies of cell photodamages under known concentrations of cell-bound porphyrin unequivocally demonstrate that the photodynamic effect is strictly related to the porphyrin load. As a consequence a dramatic increase of cell-photosensitizing efficiency is obtained by binding Hp (and even more HpDME) with liposomes. Electron microscopy investigations on cell damages caused by loading with liposome-bound porphyrins and subsequent illumination show that the plasmatic membrane is one important cell site of porphyrin interaction and photodynamic effect.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0009-2797
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
131-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Efficient photosensitization of malignant human cells in vitro by liposome-bound porphyrins.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't