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The effects of photochemotherapy with the fluroescent fatty acid pyrenedodecanoic acid (P12) and long-wavelength ultraviolet (UVA) light on cells derived from human bladder carcinoma were studied. Exposure of these anchorage-dependent cells to P12 either in monolayers of adherent cells or in suspension resulted in a time-related uptake of P12 and its incorporation into the cells' neutral and phospholipids. The uptake and localization of P12 was visualized with fluorescence microscopy and the distribution of the cell population with respect to P12 uptake was analyzed by flow cytometry. Irradiation of P12-containing monolayers of bladder carcinoma cells with UVA light resulted in cell killing. But, on microscopic examination no apparent cell lysis was detected, and since digestion with trypsin did not result in the dispersion of the monolayers it was impossible to assess toxicity by cell count. Alternative procedures were therefore used, and the following cell parameters were determined: (a) cellular uptake or release of chromate; (b) ability of cells to re-adhere to the substratum; and (c) the long-range proliferation potential. The combined inhibitory effect of photoirradiation on cell adherence and on their proliferative potential was utilized for determining reductions of up to 7 log in cell viability. The results obtained with five independently established in vitro bladder carcinoma cell lines indicated that these cells are susceptible to P12-induced photosensitization, suggesting that bladder malignancies might be potential candidates for pyrene-induced photochemotherapy.
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Fibach, E., Rachmilewitz, E.A. & Gatt, S. Photosensitization of human bladder carcinoma cells by pyrene-dodecanoic acid: quantitative analysis of the cytotoxicity. Res. Exp. Med. 192, 185–196 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02576274
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