scholarly journals Investigation of the phenomenon of photobleaching and evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment using a led photodynamic therapy device on optical phantoms

2021 ◽  
Vol 2058 (1) ◽  
pp. 012034
Author(s):  
D A Glechik ◽  
V B Loschenov

Abstract The mortality rate from various oncological diseases remains consistently extremely high, even in spite of recent breakthrough discoveries in the field of cancer therapy [1-3]. One of the most promising cancer treatments is photodynamic therapy (PDT) combined with fluorescence diagnostics (FD) [4, 5]. This study aims to evaluate the efficiency of the PDT procedure using an experimental LED device for photodynamic therapy and fluorescence diagnostics of neoplasms by the level of photobleaching of the photosensitizer protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) in optical phantoms of the skin. The results of spectral measurements showed that the LEDs is able to effectively induce oxidative stress in cancer cells, and due to the presence of a video system, it becomes possible to register the level of tissue fluorescence.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Musbau Adewumi Akanji ◽  
Heritage Demilade Fatinukun ◽  
Damilare Emmanuel Rotimi ◽  
Boluwatife Lawrence Afolabi ◽  
Oluyomi Stephen Adeyemi

Cancer is a major cause of mortality around the world, representing about 13% of deaths on the planet. Among the available cancer treatments, chemotherapy is most frequently utilized compared to other treatments such as surgery and radiotherapy. Many dietary antioxidants have proven to effectively prevent oxidative stress, which has been noted in many disease pathogeneses, including cancer. However, during chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment of cancer patients, antioxidants are used as an adjuvant treatment. The use of a proof-based technique is advised in determining the supplements most suited to cancer patients. Though there are numerous opinions about the dangers and advantages of antioxidants, it is reasonable to conclude that side effects caused by antioxidants, for now, remain unclear for patients during cancer treatment, aside from smokers during radiotherapy. In this report, details of the effectiveness of antioxidants on cancer treatment aiding in the reduction of cancer therapy side effects are discussed.


Author(s):  
Xinxing Liao ◽  
shen jinchao ◽  
Weijun Wu ◽  
Shi Kuang ◽  
Mingwei Lin ◽  
...  

High amounts of gluthathione in tumour cells are able to decrease the effectivness of cancer treatments by capturing the therapeutically necessary reactive oxygen species during the photodynamic therapy (PDT) process....


2006 ◽  
Vol 82 (6) ◽  
pp. 1638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid A. Boere ◽  
Dominic J. Robinson ◽  
Henriette S. de Bruijn ◽  
Jolanda Kluin ◽  
Hugo W. Tilanus ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (13) ◽  
pp. 2118-2132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aysegul Hanikoglu ◽  
Hakan Ozben ◽  
Ferhat Hanikoglu ◽  
Tomris Ozben

: Elevated Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) generated by the conventional cancer therapies and the endogenous production of ROS have been observed in various types of cancers. In contrast to the harmful effects of oxidative stress in different pathologies other than cancer, ROS can speed anti-tumorigenic signaling and cause apoptosis of tumor cells via oxidative stress as demonstrated in several studies. The primary actions of antioxidants in cells are to provide a redox balance between reduction-oxidation reactions. Antioxidants in tumor cells can scavenge excess ROS, causing resistance to ROS induced apoptosis. Various chemotherapeutic drugs, in their clinical use, have evoked drug resistance and serious side effects. Consequently, drugs having single-targets are not able to provide an effective cancer therapy. Recently, developed hybrid anticancer drugs promise great therapeutic advantages due to their capacity to overcome the limitations encountered with conventional chemotherapeutic agents. Hybrid compounds have advantages in comparison to the single cancer drugs which have usually low solubility, adverse side effects, and drug resistance. This review addresses two important treatments strategies in cancer therapy: oxidative stress induced apoptosis and hybrid anticancer drugs.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Yo Shinoda ◽  
Daitetsu Kato ◽  
Ryosuke Ando ◽  
Hikaru Endo ◽  
Tsutomu Takahashi ◽  
...  

5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is an amino acid derivative and a precursor of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX). The photophysical feature of PpIX is clinically used in photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) and photodynamic therapy (PDT). These clinical applications are potentially based on in vitro cell culture experiments. Thus, conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of in vitro 5-ALA PDT experiments is meaningful and may provide opportunities to consider future perspectives in this field. We conducted a systematic literature search in PubMed to summarize the in vitro 5-ALA PDT experiments and calculated the effectiveness of 5-ALA PDT for several cancer cell types. In total, 412 articles were identified, and 77 were extracted based on our inclusion criteria. The calculated effectiveness of 5-ALA PDT was statistically analyzed, which revealed a tendency of cancer-classification-dependent sensitivity to 5-ALA PDT, and stomach cancer was significantly more sensitive to 5-ALA PDT compared with cancers of different origins. Based on our analysis, we suggest a standardized in vitro experimental protocol for 5-ALA PDT.


Author(s):  
Jiaxin Shen ◽  
Dandan Chen ◽  
Ye Liu ◽  
Guoyang Gao ◽  
Zhihe Liu ◽  
...  

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising method for cancer therapy and also may initiate unexpected damages to normal cells and tissues. Herein, we developed a near-infrared (NIR) light-activatable nanophotosensitizer, which...


Small ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 2008210
Author(s):  
Ahram Kim ◽  
Chiaki Yonemoto ◽  
Chitho P. Feliciano ◽  
Babita Shashni ◽  
Yukio Nagasaki

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Verrax ◽  
Raphael Beck ◽  
Nicolas Dejeans ◽  
Christophe Glorieux ◽  
Brice Sid ◽  
...  

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