MITOTIC INHIBITION BY PHENYLPORPHINES AND TETRASULFONATED ALUMINIUM PHTHALOCYANINE IN COMBINATION WITH LIGHT

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This work relates to studies on modes of phototoxicity by tetrasulfonated aluminium phthalocyanine (AIPcS4), tetrahydroxy- and monosulfonated meso-tetraphenylporphines (3-T-HPP and TPPS,) on culture cells. Toxicity at moderate light exposures appears to be related to inhibition of microtubule function. Treatment of human cervix carcinoma cells of the line NHIK 3025 incubated for 18 h with the sensitizers and exposed to light inhibits multiplication for the first hours after light exposure, a significant fraction of the cells accumulating in mitosis. For the first hours after treatment, the mitotic cells were always mainly found in metaphase; generally seen as c-metaphases and three-group metaphases. During this time, anaphase and telophase cells were absent or greatly reduced in number. Indirect immunofluorescence staining of P-tubulin showed that the spindle apparatus of mitotic cells was perturbed in all cases. The accumulation in mitosis was more extensive after treatment with AIPcS4 and light than after treatment with 3-T-HPP or TPPS1 and light. This may be related to the great difference in the lipophilic properties of these sensitizers; i.e. AIPcS4 being highly water soluble while TPPS, and 3-T-HPP are lipophilic sensitizers. The lipophilicity of several sensitizers has been measured by two different methods, the partition between an aqueous and a lipophilic phase (Triton X-114) and the binding strength to a reverse phase column. The results show that the measured relative lipophilicity of the sensitizers may be influenced by the method of analysis.

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