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Response of black and white guinea pig skin to photodynamic treatment using 514-nm light and dihematoporphyrin ether. 1990

E F Bernstein, and G F Thomas, and P D Smith, and J B Mitchell, and E Glatstein, and G R Kantor, and R L Spielvogel, and S C Maiese, and A Russo
Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

Differences in skin pigmentation may significantly affect light penetration during photodynamic therapy. This study evaluated the effect of skin pigmentation on dermatotoxic reaction to photodynamic therapy utilizing the photosensitizer dihematoporphyrin ether. Black and white guinea pigs were given 10 mg/kg of dihematoporphyrin ether, depilated, and treated 48 hours after injection with 30 mW/cm2 of 514-nm light. Eschar formation was observed on white skin at an average light dose of 26 J/cm2, whereas black skin showed similar changes at 58 J/cm2. Microscopically, superficial necrosis corresponded to the gross changes noted. Our results agree with data describing the difficulty of treating pigmented lesions such as malignant melanoma with photodynamic therapy. This further suggests that higher light doses may be required to treat superficial lesions and produce skin photosensitivity in dark-skinned individuals.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010778 Photochemotherapy Therapy using oral or topical photosensitizing agents with subsequent exposure to light. Blue Light Photodynamic Therapy,Photodynamic Therapy,Red Light PDT,Red Light Photodynamic Therapy,Therapy, Photodynamic,Light PDT, Red,PDT, Red Light,Photochemotherapies,Photodynamic Therapies,Therapies, Photodynamic
D005260 Female Females
D006168 Guinea Pigs A common name used for the genus Cavia. The most common species is Cavia porcellus which is the domesticated guinea pig used for pets and biomedical research. Cavia,Cavia porcellus,Guinea Pig,Pig, Guinea,Pigs, Guinea
D006415 Hematoporphyrins Iron-free derivatives of heme with 4 methyl groups, 2 hydroxyethyl groups and 2 propionic acid groups attached to the pyrrole rings. Some of these PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS are used in the PHOTOTHERAPY of malignant NEOPLASMS. Haematoporphyrin IX,Hematoporphyrin,Hemedonin
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012867 Skin The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.
D012880 Skin Pigmentation Coloration of the skin. Skin Color,Skin Tone,Color, Skin,Colors, Skin,Pigmentation, Skin,Pigmentations, Skin,Skin Colors,Skin Pigmentations,Skin Tones,Tone, Skin,Tones, Skin
D017323 Dihematoporphyrin Ether The purified component of HEMATOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE, it consists of a mixture of oligomeric porphyrins. It is used in photodynamic therapy (HEMATOPORPHYRIN PHOTORADIATION); to treat malignant lesions with visible light and experimentally as an antiviral agent. It is the first drug to be approved in the use of PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY in the United States. DHP Ether,Porfimer,Dihematoporphyrin Ester,Photofrin,Photofrin II,Porfimer Sodium,Ether, Dihematoporphyrin

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