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To evaluate whether administration of pheophorbide-a, a new photosensitizer, followed by use of Q-switched Nd:YAG Laser produces a photodynamic reaction, we administered pheophorbide-a to female nude mice (BALB/c-nu) that had been implanted with human hepatocellular carcinoma. Intra-tumoral concentrations of pheophorbide-a were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography. 3 hours after peroral administration of 1 mg/kg body weight, the intra-tumoral concentration was too low to reveal photodynamic effects. Peroral administration of 250 mg/kg body weight, intra-peritoneal administraion of 5 mg/kg body weight, and intra-tumoral injection of 200 μg yielded 0.24 μg/g, 0.83 μg/g and 3.68-108 μg/g tumor concentrations, respectively. All tumors were irradiated interstitially using a Q-switched Nd:YAG Laser at 1064 nm. Only tumors that had been intra-tumorally injected had areas of necrosis larger than those in control tumors. The results suggest that the injection of pheophorbide-a followed by interstitial irradiation using a Q-switched Nd: YAG Laser does not induce sufficient photodynamic reaction if the intratumoral pheophorbide-a concentration is less than 0.83 μglg tumor tissue, and that photodynamic therapy may be useful if the pheophorbide-a tumor concentration is within the range of 0.83-108 μg/g.
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Yamashita, Y., Moriyasu, F., Ono, S. et al. Photodynamic therapy using pheophorbide-a and Q-switched Nd:YAG Laser on implanted human hepatocellular carcinoma. Gastroenterol Jpn 26, 623–627 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02781679
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