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- Title
Metronomic Photodynamic Therapy with Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles in Glioblastoma Tumor Microenvironment.
- Authors
Caverzán, Matías Daniel; Oliveda, Paula Martina; Beaugé, Lucía; Palacios, Rodrigo Emiliano; Chesta, Carlos Alberto; Ibarra, Luis Exequiel
- Abstract
Alternative therapies such as photodynamic therapy (PDT) that combine light, oxygen and photosensitizers (PSs) have been proposed for glioblastoma (GBM) management to overcome conventional treatment issues. An important disadvantage of PDT using a high light irradiance (fluence rate) (cPDT) is the abrupt oxygen consumption that leads to resistance to the treatment. PDT metronomic regimens (mPDT) involving administering light at a low irradiation intensity over a relatively long period of time could be an alternative to circumvent the limitations of conventional PDT protocols. The main objective of the present work was to compare the effectiveness of PDT with an advanced PS based on conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPN) developed by our group in two irradiation modalities: cPDT and mPDT. The in vitro evaluation was carried out based on cell viability, the impact on the macrophage population of the tumor microenvironment in co-culture conditions and the modulation of HIF-1α as an indirect indicator of oxygen consumption. mPDT regimens with CPNs resulted in more effective cell death, a lower activation of molecular pathways of therapeutic resistance and macrophage polarization towards an antitumoral phenotype. Additionally, mPDT was tested in a GBM heterotopic mouse model, confirming its good performance with promising tumor growth inhibition and apoptotic cell death induction.
- Subjects
PHOTODYNAMIC therapy; CONJUGATED polymers; TUMOR microenvironment; CELL death inhibition; OXYGEN detectors; GLIOBLASTOMA multiforme; NANOMEDICINE
- Publication
Cells (2073-4409), 2023, Vol 12, Issue 11, p1541
- ISSN
2073-4409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cells12111541