Apoptosis of mouse MS-2 fibrosarcoma cells induced by photodynamic therapy with Zn(II)-phthalocyanine
✍ Scribed by Chuannong Zhou; Chi Shunji; Deng Jinsheng; Liang Junlin; Giulio Jori; Carla Milanesi
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 560 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1011-1344
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✦ Synopsis
The destructive process of mouse MS-2 fibrosarcoma induced by photodynamic therapy (PDT) with liposome-administered Zn(II)-phthalocyanine (ZnPc) was studied by electron microscopy. Pronounced ultrastructural changes characteristic of apoptosis were observed for several tumour cells, including early occurrence of condensation and margination of chromatin, disappearance of nuclear pores, karyopyknosis, karyorrhexis, protuberance formation at the cell surface and cell fragmentation. The findings indicate that apoptosis was involved in the process of tumour cell death induced by ZnPc-PDT. The detailed mechanism and pathways controlling this phenomenon need to be elucidated further.