基于SERS研究光动力治疗中的癌细胞损伤

光动力治疗(PDT)是一种涉及光及光敏剂(光敏药物)与分子氧结合用于诱导细胞损伤或死亡的光化学治疗方法~([1]),因对正常细胞器官损伤轻微而被广泛应用。其过程是用特定波长光照射癌变部位,使选择性聚集在癌变部位的光敏药物活化,从而引发光化学反应破坏癌细胞。表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)作为分子振动光谱技术,具有灵敏度高、检测速度快、无损及免标记等优点。基于此,本研究设计构筑一种基于靶向细胞器的等离激元探针,用于选择性获得特定细胞器的SERS光谱,通过SERS对光动力治疗过程中的细胞损伤进行分析,为光动力治疗机制提供评价依据。     

光动力作用可致人肝癌细胞HepG2凋亡的实验研究

为探讨光动力作用（PDT）对体外培养的人肝癌细胞HepG2的杀伤效应，应用体外培养的人肝癌细胞HepG2，采用血卟啉衍生物（HPD）为光敏剂，用He-Ne激光器（波长632．8nm，能量密度120J／cm^2）进行激光照射，以系列浓度经不同剂量的光照后用MTT法测定PDT对肝癌细胞的相对抑制率，流式细胞仪检测其凋亡率．发现随光敏剂浓度的升高和照光剂量的增加，光动力作用对细胞的相对抑制率逐渐增大，在低光动力剂量下明显上升，随后上升渐趋缓慢达平台期．取在特定的光动力剂量下，肝癌细胞出现明显的凋亡现象，与对照组有明显的差异．实验结果表明，光动力作用下对体外培养的人肝癌细胞具有明确的杀伤效应，其机理可能与细胞凋亡有关．     

膜层对熔石英表面损伤修复点光调制性能调控研究

针对CO_2激光修复熔石英表面损伤点后得到的修复点(简称损伤修复点)产生的光调制问题,重点研究损伤修复点在镀增透膜前后的形貌及光调制的变化规律,探讨修复点深度、宽度等形貌因素对SiO_2胶体在修复点坑内沉积的影响,以及对光调制效应的影响。研究结果表明:胶体材料在损伤修复点坑内具有明显的富集效应,可有效改善损伤修复点的形貌尺寸,尤其是对深度的影响尤为明显。这虽然会导致损伤修复点镀膜后最大光调制位置的增大,但该最大光调制却远小于相应未镀膜损伤修复点引起的调制度。研究结果对进一步优化熔石英表面损伤点的修复工艺及光调制度控制提供参考。     

γ射线及质子辐照导致CCD光谱响应退化的机制

光谱响应是表征CCD性能的重要参数。为了研究辐射环境对CCD光谱响应产生影响的规律及物理机制,开展了不同粒子辐照实验,对CCD光谱响应曲线的退化形式及典型波长下CCD光响应的退化情况进行了分析。辐射效应对CCD光谱响应的影响可以分为电离总剂量效应和位移效应导致的退化,本文从这两种辐射效应出发,采用⁶⁰Co-γ射线及质子两种辐照条件,研究了CCD光谱响应的退化规律。针对460 nm（蓝光）和700 nm（红光）等典型CCD光响应波长,从辐射效应导致的损伤缺陷方面分析了CCD光谱响应退化的物理机制。研究发现,在⁶⁰Co-γ射线辐照时CCD光谱响应曲线变化是由于暗信号增加导致的,而质子辐照导致CCD对700 nm波长的光响应退化明显大于460 nm波长的光响应,且10 MeV质子导致的损伤比3 MeV质子更明显,表明位移损伤缺陷易导致CCD光谱响应退化。结果表明,电离总剂量效应主要导致CCD光谱响应整体变化,而位移效应则导致不同波长光的响应差异增大。     

改进的同步迭代算法在光声血管成像中的应用

光声成像结合了光学成像和声学成像的优点，是一种高分辨率，高对比度的无损伤医学成像技术.一种改进的同步迭代算法应用于光声图像重建.仿真和模拟结果表明，与传统的代数迭代算法相比，在90°，135°，180°的有限场光声成像中，此算法对测量误差的校正和迭代次数的收敛上具有较大的优势，图像重建的速度和成像质量都有了明显的提高.实验中，一种圆形扫描结构的光声成像装置，用于180°的有限场扫描，利用改进的同步迭代算法，重建出了高对比度和高分辨率（60μm）的鸡胚胎光声血管图像.实验证明，这种算法的应用，大幅度减少了数据采集时间，为光声成像技术运用于实时监测血流灌注和肿瘤光动力治疗的血管损伤效应提供了潜在的应用价值. 关键词： 光声成像 有限角度 代数迭代算法 光声血管成像     

首届亚洲光生物学会议将在日本召开

第一届亚洲光生物学会议将于 2 0 0 2年 6月 2 6日～ 2 8日在日本兵库县淡路岛 (神户附近的旅游地 )召开。主办单位是日本光生物学联合会与韩国光科学学会 ,并为 2 0 0 4年在韩国济州岛召开的第 1 4届国际光生物学大会做准备。会议主题时间生物学、光接收系统的多样性、ＤＮＡ损伤和修复基因、环境光生物学、生命科学中的激光、光与自由基、光信号传导、紫外光源与紫外效应、光接收的分子生物学、光致癌作用、光化学疗法、光皮肤科学、光医学与光治疗、光形态建成、光运动 (趋光性 )、光周期、生物学中的光物理 /化学、光敏化作用、光合作用…     

荧光偏振光谱法探测光动力过程中癌细胞膜的流动性

以DPH作荧光探剂,用荧光偏振光谱法研究了金属酞菁配合物苯硫基钛菁锌(C₅₆H₃₂N₈S₄Zn)在光动力过程中,不同光照时间对乳腺癌细胞膜流动性的影响。实验结果表明,经光照激发光敏剂金属酞菁后,荧光标记团的偏振度增大,癌细胞膜流动性降低,微黏度升高。说明这是光动力治疗的疗效所在。用酶联免疫检测(MTT法)不同光照时间对细胞存活的影响,结果显示癌细胞最低存活率与膜流动性降低成正相关。这表明光动力过程在一个相近的程度影响癌细胞膜的流动性和增殖,提示光动力过程可能通过影响细胞膜流动性引起细胞增殖变化,即细胞膜是光动力作用的一个位点。     

连续激光与单脉冲纳秒激光对CMOS的损伤效应

针对前照式有源型可见光互补金属氧化物半导体(CMOS)器件,开展了1080nm连续激光与1064nm单脉冲ns激光损伤效应的对比研究,观察到了CMOS出现点损伤、半边黑线损伤与十字交叉黑线损伤三个典型的硬损伤阶段,并分析了损伤机理。在连续激光辐照下,损伤效应主要是热效应的影响。当辐照时间小于稳态时间时,辐照时间越长,损伤阈值越低,当辐照时间大于稳态时间时,损伤阈值趋于稳定值。对损伤后的CMOS器件的微观结构进行了显微观察,结合CMOS电路结构深入分析了各种典型实验现象的损伤机理,半边黑线损伤与十字交叉黑线损伤主要是不同层金属线路熔断导致信号断路。在单脉冲ns激光作用下,CMOS像元表面的硬损伤主要是激光加热作用和等离子体冲击波作用引起的。     

光动力作用促人肝癌细胞HepG2凋亡及对bax，bcl-2蛋白表达的影响

应用流式细胞仪分析光动力作用后细胞凋亡及免疫组化染色检测凋亡相关蛋白bcl-2蛋白，bax蛋白表达水平．发现血卟啉光动力实验组人肝癌细胞HepG2凋亡率达24．23±1．86％，与对照组相比，差异非常显著（P〈0．01）；光动力作用后凋亡相关蛋白bcl-2表达显著高于对照组（P〈0．05）；实验结果显示血卟啉光动力作用具有诱导人肝癌细胞HepG2凋亡的生物学效应，而凋亡调控蛋白bcl-2表达水平的降低可能是血叶林光动力作用诱导人肝癌细胞HepG2凋亡的一个重要机制．     

Ce∶KNSBN晶体两波耦合中的光扇效应

采用两波耦合非同时读出实验装置 ,测量了掺铈钾钠铌酸锶钡 (Ce∶KNSBN)晶体两波耦合过程中的信号光和抽运光非同时打开条件下两波耦合增益的时间变化规律 ,讨论了光扇的入射光强阈值及光扇效应对两波耦合动态过程的影响。结果表明 :6 32 .8nmHe Ne激光在Ce∶KNSBN晶体中写入体光栅时 ,光扇效应存在明显的写入光强阈值特性 ,当入射光强大于 30mW /cm2 时 ,才存在强烈的光扇效应。利用修正耦合波方程对Ce∶KNSBN晶体中的两波耦合动态过程、增益随着信号光和抽运光打开时间间隔Δt的变化进行了模拟计算 ,理论模拟结果与实验测量结果基本一致     

Study of the efficacy of 5 ALA-mediated photodynamic therapy on human larynx squamous cell carcinoma (Hep2c) cell line

5-aminolevulanic acid (ALA), a precursor of Protoporphyrin IX, was evaluated as an inducer of photodamage on Hep2c, human larynx squamous cell carcinoma, cell line. Porphyrins are used as active cytotoxic antitumor agents in photodynamic therapy (PDT). The present study evaluates the effects of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) using human larynx cells as experimental model. Hep2c cell line was irradiated with red light (a diode laser, λ = 635 nm). The influence of different incubation times and concentrations of 5-ALA, different irradiation doses and various combinations of photosensitizer and light doses on the cellular viability of Hep2c cells were studied. The optimal uptake of photosensitizer ALA in Hep-2c cells was investigated by means of spectrometric measurement. Cells viability was determined by means of neutral red assay (NR). It was observed that sensitizer or light doses have no significant effect on cells viability when studied independently. The spectrometric measurements showed that the maximal cellular uptake of 5-ALA occurred after 7 h in vitro incubation. The photocytotoxic assay showed that light dose of 85 J/cm² gives effective PDT outcome for Hep2c cell line incubated with 55 μg/ml of 5-ALA with a conclusion that Hep2c cell line is sensitive to ALA-mediated PDT.     

Photodynamic damage study of HeLa cell line using ALA

The present study evaluates the photodynamic damage with 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) using HeLa as experimental model. HeLa cell line was irradiated with red light (He-Ne laser, λ = 632.8 CW nm). The influence of different incubation times and concentrations of 5-ALA, different irradiation doses and various combinations of photosensitizer and light doses on the cellular viability of HeLa cells were studied. The optimal uptake of photosensitizer ALA in HeLa cells was investigated by means of PpIX fluorescence intensity by exciting the HeLa cell suspension at 450 nm and a detection wavelength set at 690 nm. Cells viability was determined by means of trypan blue solution. The spectrometric measurements showed that the maximal cellular uptake of 5-ALA occurred after 4 h in vitro incubation. We found that the combination with 5-ALA and laser irradiation leads to time/concentration-dependent increase of cells death and also energy doses-dependent enlarge the cells death. The fluorescence intensity after PDD of carcinoma cells reduce when compared with the control group. The fluorescence emission spectral profiles after PDD of carcinoma cells showed a dip around 425–525 nm when compared with the control group. This may be due to the damage of mitochondria component of cells. The percentage of HeLa cells after PDD shows that the percentage of cells survival rate as function of laser dose (power). Hence it is clear that at 200 μg/ml ALA and 20 mW laser irradiation, more than 70% of HeLa cells were dead after 15 min.     

The potential applications of ZnO nanoparticles conjugated with ALA and photofrin as a biomarker in HepG2 cells

Drug delivery into the malignant cell is a basic requirement for effectiveness of photosensitizing systems for photodynamic therapy (PDT). For anticancer tumoricidal drugs, e.g., 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) are used as efficient intracellular photosensitizer carriers. Apoptotic effect of tumoricidal drugs (ALA and Photofrin cells in the presence and absence of ZnO NPs using confocal microscopy as well as Neutral Red Assay (NRA). In dark, ZnO NPs conjugated with ALA or Photofrinhas been found to have a remarkable fluorescence in Hepatucellular carcinoma (HepG2) cells. This fact illustrates the great potential of ZnO NPs as biomarker in relevant clinical and biomedical applications.     

Photo-activated pheophorbide a inhibits the growth of prostate cancer cells

Pheophorbide a (PhA) was identified as a photosensitizer to exert cytotoxicity on tumor cells. However, the efficacy of this compound on the treatment of prostate cancer remains unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the photodynamic effect of PhA on prostate cancer cells. Cellular uptake of PhA and cell viability after photo-activation was studied in LNCaP prostate cancer cells. The corresponding production of reactive oxygen species within cells was determined after photodynamic therapy (PDT). Our results showed that the uptake of PhA into LNCaP cells was in a time-dependent manner and the cytotoxicity of PhA-PDT was photosensitizer dose- and light dose-dependent. The intracellular reactive oxygen species was remarkably induced after PDT treatment, which was responsible for the inhibition effect on prostate cancer cells. This is the first report to evaluate the photodynamic effect of PhA on prostate cancer. Our findings demonstrate that PhA-PDT may be a potentially promising treatment for localized prostate cancer, which can be a therapeutic option after the failures of radiotherapy and hormone therapy.     

Sonodynamic therapy using water-dispersed TiO2-polyethylene glycol compound on glioma cells: comparison of cytotoxic mechanism with photodynamic therapy

Sonodynamic therapy is expected to be a novel therapeutic strategy for malignant gliomas. The titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) nanoparticle, a photosensitizer, can be activated by ultrasound. In this study, by using water-dispersed TiO(2) nanoparticles, an in vitro comparison was made between the photodynamic and sonodynamic damages on U251 human glioblastoma cell lines. Water-dispersed TiO(2) nanoparticles were constructed by the adsorption of chemically modified polyethylene glycole (PEG) on the TiO(2) surface (TiO(2)/PEG). To evaluate cytotoxicity, U251 monolayer cells were incubated in culture medium including 100 μg/ml of TiO(2)/PEG for 3h and subsequently irradiated by ultraviolet light (5.0 mW/cm(2)) or 1.0MHz ultrasound (1.0 W/cm(2)). Cell survival was estimated by MTT assay 24h after irradiation. In the presence of TiO(2)/PEG, the photodynamic cytotoxic effect was not observed after 20 min of an ultraviolet light exposure, while the sonodynamic cytotoxicity effect was almost proportional to the time of sonication. In addition, photodynamic cytotoxicity of TiO(2)/PEG was almost completely inhibited by radical scavenger, while suppression of the sonodynamic cytotoxic effect was not significant. Results of various fluorescent stains showed that ultrasound-treated cells lost their viability immediately after irradiation, and cell membranes were especially damaged in comparison with ultraviolet-treated cells. These findings showed a potential application of TiO(2)/PEG to sonodynamic therapy as a new treatment of malignant gliomas and suggested that the mechanism of TiO(2)/PEG mediated sonodynamic cytotoxicity differs from that of photodynamic cytotoxicity.     

In vivo study of laser irradiation of fractionated drug administration based mechanism for effective photodynamic therapy in rat liver

Up-regulation of stress-activated proteins in cancer cells plays a protective role against photodynamic induced apoptosis. Post photodynamic therapy extracted normal rat liver tissue usually shows a fraction of surviving cells, the photodynamic resistant cells, residing in the necrotic region. To treat these photo-dynamic resistant cells a technique has been proposed based on fractionated drug administration of diluted photosensitizer, keeping the net concentration (5 mg/kg) constant, and subsequently varying drug light interval (DLI). Flourescence measurements were made for the presence of photosensitizer in a tissue. For qualitative analysis both histological and morphological studies were made. Although preliminary aim of this approach was not achieved but there were some interesting observation made i.e. for higher dilution of photosensitizer there was a sharp boundary between necrotic and normal portion of tissue. An increase in the absorption coefficient (α) from 2.7 → 2.9 was observed as photosensitizer was diluted while the corresponding threshold dose (D _th) persistently decreases from (0.10 → 0.02) J/cm² when irradiated with a 635 nm laser fluence of 150 J/cm².     

一种轴向核苷修饰硅酞菁的合成与光动力抗癌活性

合成了一种轴向核苷修饰硅酞菁,即二[5′-(2′,3′-O-异丙基)-5-甲基胞苷氧基] 硅酞菁,并通过1H NMR和HR-MS等手段进行了表征。该化合物在N,N-二甲基甲酰胺和含1% Cremophor EL水溶液中以单体形式存在,Q带最大吸收波长分别位于676和679 nm,荧光发射峰分别位于685和689 nm。离体光动力抗癌活性表明,该化合物具有显著的光动力抗癌活性,对人肝癌细胞HepG2的半致死浓度(IC₅₀)低至7.8×10-8mol·L-1。荧光共聚焦显微镜研究显示,SiPcG可定位于细胞线粒体中。研究表明,SiPcG是一种有发展潜力的新型抗癌光敏剂。     

The role of sensitivity of ALA (PpIX)-based PDT on Human embryonic kidney cell line (HEK293T)

Present study evaluates the effects of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) as photo sensitizer using Human embryonic kidney (HEK293T) cell line as an experimental model. Porphyrins derivatives are used as active cytotoxic antitumor agents in PDT. Above mentioned cell line were irradiated with red light (a diode laser, λ = 635 nm) at different doses (0–160 J/cm²) of light. The influence/effectiveness of incubation time, various concentrations of aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) and light doses on the cellular viability was studied. HEK293T cells were deliberated by exposing the ALA-PpIX (0–1000 μg/ml) of concentrations. The optimal uptakes of photosensitizer (PS) in cell lines were investigated by means of spectro photo metric measurements. Cells viability was determined by means of neutral red assay (NRA). It was observed that alone, neither photosensitizer nor light dose have significant effect on cells viability, but optimal concentration of PS along with suitable dose of light exhibit effective impact on the viability of cell. Our results showed that light doses of 40 J/cm² demonstrates effective PDT outcome for HEK293T cell line when incubated with 400 μg/ml, with wrapping up view that HEK293T cell line is very sensitive to ALA-mediated PDT as compared to cell line published in our data. At the end results has been verified by using reactive oxygen species (ROS) measure test.     

轴向嘧啶衍生物修饰硅酞菁的光谱性质、光动力抗癌活性及与白蛋白相互作用的研究

研究了一种新型轴向修饰硅酞菁,即二(2-氨基-6-三氟甲基-4-嘧啶氧基)硅酞菁(SiPcF)的光物理光化学性质、离体光动力抗癌活性以及与白蛋白的相互作用。结果表明,SiPcF的Q带最大吸收峰波长686 nm,摩尔吸光系数为2.3×105 mol-1·L ·cm-1,荧光发射峰694 nm,荧光量子产率为0.46,光敏化产生单线态氧的量子产率为0.38,是有效的1O₂光敏剂。SiPcF与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)具有较强的相互作用,两者的结合常数为4.33×105mol·L-1,结合位点数为1。离体细胞实验表明,SiPcF具有较高的光动力抗癌活性,对人肝癌细胞HepG2的IC₅₀值为5×10-7mol·L-1。     

The transition from spark to arc discharge and its implications with respect to nanoparticle production

Indium (III) phthalocyanine (InPc) was encapsulated into nanoparticles of PEGylated poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA-PEG) to improve the photobiological activity of the photosensitizer. The efficacy of nanoparticles loaded with InPc and their cellular uptake was investigated with MCF-7 breast tumor cells, and compared with the free InPc. The influence of photosensitizer (PS) concentration (1.8–7.5 μmol/L), incubation time (1–2 h), and laser power (10–100 mW) were studied on the photodynamic effect caused by the encapsulated and the free InPc. Nanoparticles with a size distribution ranging from 61 to 243 nm and with InPc entrapment efficiency of 72 ± 6 % were used in the experiments. Only the photodynamic effect of encapsulated InPc was dependent on PS concentration and laser power. The InPc-loaded nanoparticles were more efficient in reducing MCF-7 cell viability than the free PS. For a light dose of 7.5 J/cm² and laser power of 100 mW, the effectiveness of encapsulated InPc to reduce the viability was 34 ± 3 % while for free InPc was 60 ± 7 %. Confocal microscopy showed that InPc-loaded nanoparticles, as well as free InPc, were found throughout the cytosol. However, the nanoparticle aggregates and the aggregates of free PS were found in the cell periphery and outside of the cell. The nanoparticles aggregates were generated due to the particles concentration used in the experiment because of the small loading of the InPc while the low solubility of InPc caused the formation of aggregates of free PS in the culture medium. The participation of singlet oxygen in the photocytotoxic effect of InPc-loaded nanoparticles was corroborated by electron paramagnetic resonance experiments, and the encapsulation of photosensitizers reduced the photobleaching of InPc.