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Iron chelators in photodynamic therapy revisited: synergistic effect by novel highly active thiosemicarbazones.


ABSTRACT: In photodynamic therapy (PDT), a noninvasive anticancer treatment, visible light, is used as a magic bullet selectively destroying cancer cells by a photosensitizer that is nontoxic in the dark. Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) is a natural photosensitizer synthesized in the cell, which is also a chelating agent that if bonded to Fe(2+) forms heme, a central component of hemoglobin. Therefore, xenobiotic iron chelators can disturb iron homeostasis, increasing the accumulation of PpIX, obstructing the last step of heme biosynthesis, and enhancing PDT efficiency. However, the attempts to use this promising idea have not proved to be hugely successful. Herein, we revisited this issue by analyzing the application of iron chelators highly toxic in the dark, which should have higher Fe(2+) affinity than the nontoxic chelators used so far. We have designed and prepared thiosemicarbazones (TSC) with the highest dark cellular cytotoxicity among TSCs ever reported. We demonstrate that compound 2 exerts powerful PDT enhancement when used in combination with 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), a precursor of PpIX.

SUBMITTER: Mrozek-Wilczkiewicz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4027794 | biostudies-other | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Iron chelators in photodynamic therapy revisited: synergistic effect by novel highly active thiosemicarbazones.

Mrozek-Wilczkiewicz Anna A   Serda Maciej M   Musiol Robert R   Malecki Grzegorz G   Szurko Agnieszka A   Muchowicz Angelika A   Golab Jakub J   Ratuszna Alicja A   Polanski Jaroslaw J  

ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20140123 4


In photodynamic therapy (PDT), a noninvasive anticancer treatment, visible light, is used as a magic bullet selectively destroying cancer cells by a photosensitizer that is nontoxic in the dark. Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) is a natural photosensitizer synthesized in the cell, which is also a chelating agent that if bonded to Fe(2+) forms heme, a central component of hemoglobin. Therefore, xenobiotic iron chelators can disturb iron homeostasis, increasing the accumulation of PpIX, obstructing the la  ...[more]

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