The Effects of Photodynamic Therapy on Human Neutrophil Migration Using Bacteriochlorin a |
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Authors: | J J Schuitmaker B M de Koster J G R Elferink |
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Institution: | Department of Ophthalmology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands;Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Abstract— Bacteriochlorin a photodynamic therapy (BCA-PDT) caused inhibition of interleukin (IL)-8-activated neutrophil migration, at concentrations that did not induce membrane damage. Random migration and migration induced by other chemoattractants were also inhibited, indicating that the effect of BCA-PDT was not at the level of chemoattractant-receptor interaction but down stream. The BCA-PDT completely blocked superoxide production of phorbol ester-stimulated neutrophils, indicating that superoxide production by neutrophils present in the tumor before and during BCA-PDT is not the cause of inactivation of tumor cells. Both type I and type II quenchers prevented inhibition by BCA-PDT but only in electroporated cells. Confocal laser scanning microscopy showed that the fluorescence of BCA was located inside the cell. These results show that the effects of BCA-PDT are intracellular and of a mixed type I/type II character and that the neutrophils present in the tumor during illumination probably do not contribute to tumor eradication by releasing reactive oxygen species. |
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