Photodynamic therapy of human glioma spheroids using 5-aminolevulinic acid

Steen J. Madsen; Chung Ho Sun; Bruce J. Tromberg; Vincent P. Wallace; Henry Hirschberg

doi:10.1562/0031-8655(2000)072<0128:PTOHGS>2.0.CO;2

Photodynamic therapy of human glioma spheroids using 5-aminolevulinic acid

Steen J. Madsen, Chung Ho Sun, Bruce J. Tromberg, Vincent P. Wallace, Henry Hirschberg

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The response of human glioma spheroids to 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) is investigated. A two-photon fluorescence microscopy technique is used to show that human glioma cells readily convert ALA to protoporphyrin IX throughout the entire spheroid volume. The central finding of this study is that the response of human glioma spheroids to ALA-mediated PDT depends not only on the total fluence, but also on the rate at which the fluence is delivered. At low fluences (≤50 J cm^-2), lower fluence rates are more effective. At a fluence of 50 J cm^-2, near-total spheroid kill is observed at fluence rates of as low as 10 mW cm^-2. The fluence rate effect is not as pronounced at higher fluences (>50 J cm^-2), where a favorable response is observed throughout the range of fluence rates investigated. The clinical implications of these findings are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	128-134
Number of pages	7
Journal	Photochemistry and Photobiology
Volume	72
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1562/0031-8655(2000)072<0128:PTOHGS>2.0.CO;2
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2000
Externally published	Yes

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