This paper describes the synthesis of π-extended squaraines and their photooxidation properties and gives an in-depth characterization of these molecules as photosensitizing agents. Squaraines show a strong absorption in the tissue transparency window (600-800 nm), and upon irradiation, they undergo a photooxidation process, leading to the formation of peroxide and hydroperoxide radicals according to a type I radical chain process. Confocal laser microscopy demonstrates that the designed squaraines efficiently internalize in the cytoplasm and not in the nucleus of the cell. In the dark, they are scarcely cytotoxic, but after irradition, they promote a strong dose-dependent phototoxic effect in four different cancer cells. In HeLa and MCF-7 cells, squaraines 4 and 5, thanks to their hydrocarbon tails, associate to the membranes and induce lipid peroxidation, as indicated by a marked increase of malonyldialdehyde after photodynamic treatment, in agreement with in vitro photooxidation studies. FACS, caspase-3/7 assays and time-lapse microscopy demonstrate that the designed squaraines cause cell death primarily by necrosis. © 2010 American Chemical Society.

Rapozzi, V., Beverina, L., Salice, P., Pagani, G., Camerin, M., Xodo, L. (2010). Photooxidation and phototoxicity of .pi.-extended squaraines. JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 53(5), 2188-2196 [10.1021/jm901727j].

Photooxidation and phototoxicity of .pi.-extended squaraines

BEVERINA, LUCA;PAGANI, GIORGIO ALBERTO;
2010

Abstract

This paper describes the synthesis of π-extended squaraines and their photooxidation properties and gives an in-depth characterization of these molecules as photosensitizing agents. Squaraines show a strong absorption in the tissue transparency window (600-800 nm), and upon irradiation, they undergo a photooxidation process, leading to the formation of peroxide and hydroperoxide radicals according to a type I radical chain process. Confocal laser microscopy demonstrates that the designed squaraines efficiently internalize in the cytoplasm and not in the nucleus of the cell. In the dark, they are scarcely cytotoxic, but after irradition, they promote a strong dose-dependent phototoxic effect in four different cancer cells. In HeLa and MCF-7 cells, squaraines 4 and 5, thanks to their hydrocarbon tails, associate to the membranes and induce lipid peroxidation, as indicated by a marked increase of malonyldialdehyde after photodynamic treatment, in agreement with in vitro photooxidation studies. FACS, caspase-3/7 assays and time-lapse microscopy demonstrate that the designed squaraines cause cell death primarily by necrosis. © 2010 American Chemical Society.
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phototoxicity
English
2010
53
5
2188
2196
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Rapozzi, V., Beverina, L., Salice, P., Pagani, G., Camerin, M., Xodo, L. (2010). Photooxidation and phototoxicity of .pi.-extended squaraines. JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 53(5), 2188-2196 [10.1021/jm901727j].
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