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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-12
pubmed:abstractText
Light activation of dihematoporphyrin ether (photofrin II) has been used in the treatment of bladder tumors, yet the effects of this treatment on the normal urinary bladder microcirculation have not been determined. This study involved the use of in vivo television microscopy to observe the effects of light activation (530 to 560 nm., 175 mW/cm.) on the urinary bladder microcirculation of female Sprague-Dawley rats. Animals pretreated with dihematoporphyrin ether 30 minutes prior to light activation had high serum and low tissue concentrations of the photosensitizer and activation resulted in a statistically significant reduction of red blood cell column diameter in both arterioles and venules. The reduction was primarily due to mural thrombus formation with the occlusion remaining 60 minutes after activation. Animals pretreated 48 hours before activation had low serum and high tissue concentrations of dihematoporphyrin ether and activation had no microcirculatory effects apart from occasional platelet aggregation. These results suggest that the photodynamic effect on normal (non-neoplastic) tissue treated more than 48 hours after administration of dihematoporphyrin ether is probably due to a direct effect of light and the sensitizer on the smooth muscle of the bladder rather than an effect on the microcirculation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-5347
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
142
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
865-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
The response of the rat urinary bladder microcirculation to photodynamic therapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, KY 40292.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article