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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
Tiaprofenic acid is a photosensitizing nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, whose major photoproduct (decarboxytiaprofenic acid) is also a potent photosensitizer. Because of the lack of the carboxylate moiety, this photoproduct is more lipophilic and might bind more efficiently to cell membranes, thereby causing phototoxic damage. To verify the feasibility of this hypothesis, we have prepared the 3H-labeled analogs of tiaprofenic acid and its photoproduct and examined the binding, persistence and phototoxicity of the photoproduct using poorly metabolizing (fibroblasts) and actively metabolizing cells (hepatocytes). The photoproduct of tiaprofenic acid accumulates in both cell types as it is formed. Upon removal of the photoproduct from the culture medium, it rapidly disappears from hepatocytes but not from fibroblasts. Consequently, irradiation of fibroblasts previously incubated with the photoproduct and kept in culture in the dark for 20 h results in generalized cell damage while this effect is not observed in hepatocytes. Because of its long persistence in poorly metabolizing skin cells and its reluctance to photobleaching, the formation of this photoproduct in skin may be of relevance to explain the in vivo phototoxicity of tiaprofenic acid.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0031-8655
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
586-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular basis of drug phototoxicity: photosensitized cell damage by the major photoproduct of tiaprofenic acid.
pubmed:affiliation
Centro de Investigación, Hospital Universitario La Fe (SVS), Valencia, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't