Long-term luminescence of sensibilizers in tissues at the conditions of oxygen deficiency due to photodynamic effect

Long-term luminescence of organic dyes (xanthene dyes, halogen substituted fluoroscein) was used for an in vitro study of the photodynamic effect of exogenic probes in malignant tumors and healthy tissues of mice. It is shown that the photodynamic activity of oxygen and the dynamics of its concentration in tissues can be estimated from the delayed fluorescence of exogenic probes caused by singlet–triplet annihilation of singlet oxygen and excited triplet states of the molecules of photosensitizer dyes. It is found that quenching of long-term luminescence of photosensitizers significantly differs in tumors and normal tissues.

     

Monitoring of Changes in Oxygen Concentration in Tissues by the Kinetics of Delayed Fluorescence of Exogenous Dyes

Optics and Spectroscopy - The dynamics of the consumption of oxygen during photodynamic processes and the subsequent restoration of its concentration in malignant tumors and healthy tissues of mice...