Abstract
The effects of exogenous deltaaminolevulinic acid (ALA) on cultured PAM 212 cells were investigated. PAM cells exposed to ALA produce an excess of products of the heme biosynthesis pathway within hours. The endogenous porphyrins render the cells photosensitive in a time-, ALA dose- and irradiation-dependent manner. Independently of the ALA-induced photosensitized processes, ALA itself reduces the proliferation rate of PAM cells during the exponential growth phase. Iron deprivation by addition of the chelating agent desferrioxamine (df) accelerates the photosensitizing process, and thus makes it more efficient at lower ALA concentrations. The effects of df were compared with the effects of manganese-df and iron-df. The results indicate that iron trapping is the most important factor for the potentiation of ALA-stimulated photodynamic sensitization as well as for the dark toxicity. Iron complexing agents may thus be used to optimize ALA effects in the photodynamic treatment of cutaneous neoplasms with endogenous porphyrins.
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