A Mamalis1,2, E Koo1,2, G D Sckisel1, D M Siegel3, J Jagdeo4,5,6. 1. Department of Dermatology, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A. 2. Dermatology Service, Sacramento VA Medical Center, Mather, CA, U.S.A. 3. Department of Dermatology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A. 4. Department of Dermatology, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A. jrjagdeo@gmail.com. 5. Dermatology Service, Sacramento VA Medical Center, Mather, CA, U.S.A. jrjagdeo@gmail.com. 6. Department of Dermatology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A. jrjagdeo@gmail.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Actinic keratoses (AKs) are generally accepted as common precursor lesions to invasive squamous cell carcinoma. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a common, in-office, field therapy modality used in the treatment of AKs. Clinical and laboratory observations have demonstrated that temperature modulation can affect PDT efficacy. OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate thermal PDT increases apoptotic cell death, and to investigate the mechanistic role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) free radicals in an in vitro human skin fibroblast model. METHODS: This study was completed using commercially available primary human skin fibroblasts treated with aminolaevulinic acid (ALA) at specific concentrations and controlled temperatures. Cell death, apoptosis and superoxide ROS levels were quantified. RESULTS: We found that thermal PDT with 0·5 mmol L(-1) ALA resulted in significant temperature-dependent increases in total apoptosis and superoxide ROS generation between 33 °C and 42 °C. CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that thermal PDT significantly increases apoptotic cell death through increased generation of superoxide ROS in a temperature-dependent manner. Published 2016. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the U.S.A. British Journal of Dermatology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Association of Dermatologists.
BACKGROUND: Actinic keratoses (AKs) are generally accepted as common precursor lesions to invasive squamous cell carcinoma. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a common, in-office, field therapy modality used in the treatment of AKs. Clinical and laboratory observations have demonstrated that temperature modulation can affect PDT efficacy. OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate thermal PDT increases apoptotic cell death, and to investigate the mechanistic role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) free radicals in an in vitro human skin fibroblast model. METHODS: This study was completed using commercially available primary human skin fibroblasts treated with aminolaevulinic acid (ALA) at specific concentrations and controlled temperatures. Cell death, apoptosis and superoxide ROS levels were quantified. RESULTS: We found that thermal PDT with 0·5 mmol L(-1) ALA resulted in significant temperature-dependent increases in total apoptosis and superoxide ROS generation between 33 °C and 42 °C. CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that thermal PDT significantly increases apoptotic cell death through increased generation of superoxide ROS in a temperature-dependent manner. Published 2016. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the U.S.A. British Journal of Dermatology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Association of Dermatologists.
Authors: Kayla Marra; Ethan P LaRochelle; M Shane Chapman; P Jack Hoopes; Karina Lukovits; Edward V Maytin; Tayyaba Hasan; Brian W Pogue Journal: Photochem Photobiol Date: 2018-05-16 Impact factor: 3.421