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Formation of water-soluble porphyrins and protoporphyrin IX in 5-aminolevulinic-acid-incubated carcinoma cells

✍ Scribed by W. Dietel; K. Bolsen; E. Dickson; C. Fritsch; R. Pottier; R. Wendenburg

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 601 KB
Volume: 33
Category: Article
ISSN: 1011-1344
DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(95)07249-7

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✦ Synopsis

The bioconversion of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) into hydrophobic protoporphyrin IX and other water-soluble porphyrins was investigated in Ehrlich ascite carcinoma (EAC) cells and in a myeloma cell line. The effects of irradiation (514 nm), temperature, incubation time and added glucose on the relative porphyrin concentrations (protoporphyrin vs. water-soluble porphyrins) were examined. Variations in these parameters induced a change in the amount of water-soluble porphyrins relative to protoporphyrin IX. The main component of the hydrophilic porphyrins was found to be uroporphyrin (Up), with minor components of coproporphyrin (Cp) and other carboxyporphyrins. The enhanced production of water-soluble porphyrins appears to be associated with alterations in the activities of the various enzymes in the heme biosynthetic pathway, resulting, for example, in the reduction in the activity of mitochondrial enzymes.

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