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23 December 2019 Comparative analysis of single- and dual-wavelength photodynamic therapy regimes with chlorin-based photosensitizers: animal study
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Abstract

Two pronounced absorption peaks in blue and red ranges of the chlorin-based photosensitizer (PS) absorption spectrum provide additional benefits in photodynamic therapy (PDT) performance. Differing optical properties of biological tissues in these ranges allow for both dual-wavelength diagnostics and PDT performance. We provide a comparative analysis of different PDT regimes performed with blue and red lights and their combination, with doses varying from 50 to 150  J  /  cm2. The study was performed on the intact skin of a rabbit ear inner surface, with the use of chlorin e6 as a PS. PDT procedure protocol included monitoring of the treated site with fluorescence imaging technique to evaluate PS accumulation and photobleaching, as well as with optical coherence tomography (OCT) to register morphological and functional responses of the tissue. Optical diagnostic observations were compared with the results of histopathology examination. We demonstrated that PDT procedures with the considered regimes induce weaker organism reaction manifested by edema in normal tissue as compared to irradiation-only exposures with the same light doses. The light doses delivered with red light induce weaker tissue reaction as compared to the same doses delivered with blue light only or with a combination of red and blue lights in equal parts. Results of in-vivo OCT monitoring of tissue reaction are in agreement with the results of histopathology study.

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Daria Kurakina, Aleksandr Khilov, Maria Shakhova, Natalia Orlinskaya, Ekaterina Sergeeva, Alina Meller, Ilya Turchin, and Mikhail Kirillin "Comparative analysis of single- and dual-wavelength photodynamic therapy regimes with chlorin-based photosensitizers: animal study," Journal of Biomedical Optics 25(6), 063804 (23 December 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.25.6.063804
Received: 13 September 2019; Accepted: 25 November 2019; Published: 23 December 2019
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KEYWORDS
Photodynamic therapy

Tissues

Optical coherence tomography

Picosecond phenomena

Ear

Luminescence

Absorption

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