Design consideration of phthalocyanines as sensitizers for enhanced sono-photodynamic combinatorial therapy of cancer

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Cancer remains one of the diseases with the highest incidence and mortality globally. Conventional treatment modalities have demonstrated threatening drawbacks including invasiveness, non-controllability, and development of resistance for some, including chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery. Sono-photodynamic combinatorial therapy (SPDT) has been developed as an alternative treatment modality which offers a non-invasive and controllable therapeutic approach. SPDT combines the mechanism of action of sonodynamic therapy (SDT), which uses ultrasound, and photodynamic therapy (PDT), which uses light, to activate a sensitizer and initiate cancer eradication. The use of phthalocyanines (Pcs) as sensitizers for SPDT is gaining interest owing to their ability to induce intracellular oxidative stress and initiate toxicity under SDT and PDT. This review discusses some of the structural prerequisites of Pcs which may influence their overall SPDT activities in cancer therapy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B - 14(2024), 3 vom: 15. März, Seite 1077-1097

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nene, Lindokuhle Cindy [VerfasserIn]
Abrahamse, Heidi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cancer
Combinatorial therapy
Journal Article
Photodynamic therapy
Phthalocyanines
Review
Sensitizer
Sonodynamic therapy

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Date Revised 16.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.apsb.2023.11.030

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369766636