Effect of meta-tetra(hydroxyphenyl)chlorin (mTHPC)-mediated photodynamic therapy on sensitive and multidrug-resistant human breast cancer cells.
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Date publication
septembre 2001
Journal
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr MERLIN Jean-Louis
Tous les auteurs :
Teiten MH, Bezdetnaya L, Merlin JL, Bour-Dill C, Pauly ME, Dicato M, Guillemin F
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Résumé
Meta-tetra(hydroxyphenyl)chlorin (mTHPC) is in clinical trials for the photodynamic therapy (PDT) of localized-stage cancer. The PDT susceptibility of cells expressing multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype is an attractive possibility to overcome the resistance to cytotoxic drugs observed during cancer chemotherapy. The accumulation, photocytotoxicity and intracellular localization of mTHPC were examined using the doxorubicin selected MCF-7/DXR human breast cancer cells, expressing P-glycoprotein (P-gp), and the wild-type parental cell line, MCF-7. No significant difference in mTHPC accumulation was observed between the two cell lines up to 3 h contact. The photodynamic activity of mTHPC, measured 24 h after irradiation with red laser light (lambda=650 nm), was significantly greater in MCF-7/DXR as compared to MCF-7 cells. A light dose of 2.5 J cm(-2) inducing 50% of cytotoxicity in MCF-7, resulted in 85% cytotoxicity in MCF-7/DXR. The presence of P-gp inhibitors SDZ-PSC-833 and cyclosporin A did not modify the mTHPC-induced cytotoxicity. The difference in intracellular mTHPC distribution pattern between two cell lines may contribute to different photocytotoxicity. Our results indicate that mTHPC mediated PDT could be useful in killing cells expressing MDR phenotype.
Mots clés
Breast Neoplasms, drug therapy, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Humans, Intracellular Fluid, metabolism, Mesoporphyrins, metabolism, P-Glycoprotein, physiology, Photochemotherapy, Photosensitizing Agents, metabolism
Référence
J. Photochem. Photobiol. B, Biol.. 2001 Sep;62(3):146-52