Target cell specific antibody based photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

Lauren T. Rosenblum; Makoto Mitsunaga; John W. Kakareka; Nicole Y. Morgan; Thomas J. Pohida; Peter L. Choyke; Hisataka Kobayashi

doi:10.1117/12.873887

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4 February 2011 Target cell specific antibody-based photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

Lauren T. Rosenblum, Makoto Mitsunaga, John W. Kakareka, Nicole Y. Morgan, Thomas J. Pohida, Peter L. Choyke, Hisataka Kobayashi

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Proceedings Volume 7910, Reporters, Markers, Dyes, Nanoparticles, and Molecular Probes for Biomedical Applications III; 791008 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.873887
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

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In photodynamic therapy (PDT), localized monochromatic light is used to activate targeted photosensitizers (PS) to induce cellular damage through the generation of cytotoxic species such as singlet oxygen. While first-generation PS passively targeted malignancies, a variety of targeting mechanisms have since been studied, including specifically activatable agents. Antibody internalization has previously been employed as a fluorescence activation system and could potentially enable similar activation of PS. TAMRA, Rhodamine-B and Rhodamine-6G were conjugated to trastuzumab (brand name Herceptin), a humanized monoclonal antibody with specificity for the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), to create quenched PS (Tra-TAM, Tra-RhoB, and Tra-Rho6G). Specific PDT with Tra-TAM and Tra-Rho6G, which formed covalently bound H-dimers, was demonstrated in HER2+ cells: Minimal cell death (<6%) was observed in all treatments of the HER2- cell line (BALB/3T3) and in treatments the HER2+ cell line (3T3/HER2) with light or trastuzumab only. There was significant light-induced cell death in HER2 expressing cells using Tra-TAM (3% dead without light, 20% at 50 J/cm², 46% at 100 J/cm²) and Tra-Rho6G (5% dead without light, 22% at 50 J/cm², 46% at 100 J/cm²). No efficacy was observed in treatment with Tra-RhoB, which was also non-specifically taken up by BALB/3T3 cells and which had weaker PS-antibody interactions (as demonstrated by visualization of protein and fluorescence on SDS-PAGE).

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Lauren T. Rosenblum, Makoto Mitsunaga, John W. Kakareka, Nicole Y. Morgan, Thomas J. Pohida, Peter L. Choyke, and Hisataka Kobayashi "Target cell specific antibody-based photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy", Proc. SPIE 7910, Reporters, Markers, Dyes, Nanoparticles, and Molecular Probes for Biomedical Applications III, 791008 (4 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.873887

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