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ArticleACS medicinal chemistry letters2014

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

Anna Mrozek-Wilczkiewicz, Maciej Serda, Robert Musiol, Grzegorz Malecki, Agnieszka Szurko, Angelika Muchowicz, Jakub Golab, Alicja Ratuszna, Jaroslaw Polanski

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Article in ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Anna Mrozek-WilczkiewiczInstitute of Chemistry, University of Silesia , Szkolna 9, PL-40-006 Katowice, Poland ; Institute of Physics, University of Silesia , Uniwersytecka 4, PL-40-007 Katowice, Poland.
Maciej SerdaInstitute of Chemistry, University of Silesia , Szkolna 9, PL-40-006 Katowice, Poland.
Robert MusiolInstitute of Chemistry, University of Silesia , Szkolna 9, PL-40-006 Katowice, Poland.
Grzegorz MaleckiInstitute of Chemistry, University of Silesia , Szkolna 9, PL-40-006 Katowice, Poland.
Agnieszka SzurkoInstitute of Physics, University of Silesia , Uniwersytecka 4, PL-40-007 Katowice, Poland.
Angelika MuchowiczCenter of Biostructure Research, Medical University of Warsaw , Banacha 1a, PL-02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
Jakub GolabCenter of Biostructure Research, Medical University of Warsaw , Banacha 1a, PL-02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
Alicja RatusznaInstitute of Physics, University of Silesia , Uniwersytecka 4, PL-40-007 Katowice, Poland.
Jaroslaw PolanskiInstitute of Chemistry, University of Silesia , Szkolna 9, PL-40-006 Katowice, Poland.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

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.

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Photodynamic therapyprotoporphyrin IXreactive oxygen speciesthiosemicarbazonestriapine

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PMID24900837
PMCPMC4027794

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