A system for interstitial photodynamic therapy is used in the treatment of thick skin tumors. The system allows simultaneous measurements of light fluence rate, sensitizer fluorescence, and tissue oxygen saturation by using the same fibers as for therapeutic light delivery. Results from ten tumor treatments using delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-induced protoporphyrin IX show a significant, trea...

We have exploited properties of photosensitizers to study an aspect of the packing of chromatin in the cell nucleus. The fluorescent photosensitizers mesotetra(3-hydroxyphenyl) porphyrin and Photofrin II were both localized in the nuclear membrane and other membrane structures, but could not be found inside the nuclei. Light exposure of cells at 1 degrees C in the presence of the sensitizers in...

A novel heteroleptic Ru II complex (BTC-2) employing 5,5 ′ -(2,2 ′ -bipyridine4,4 ′ -diyl)bis (thiophene-2-carboxylic acid) (BTC) as the anchoring group and 4,4 ′ dinonyl-2,2 ′ -bipiridyl and two thiocyanates as ligands is prepared. The photovoltaic performance and device stability achieved with this sensitizer are compared to those of the Z-907 dye, which lacks the thiophene moieties. For thin...

7-Amino-4-trifluoromethyl-2-(1H)-quinolinone (cs124-CF3), has been synthesized and found to be an effective antenna molecule (or sensitizer) for europium, but not terbium, luminescence. Specifically, cs124-CF3 has been covalently attached to the chelates diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) and triethylenepentamine-hexanoic acid (TTHA). When bound to europium, excitation in the absorption ...

We describe a physical-organic study of two fluoropolymers bearing a photoreleasable PEGylated photosensitizer that generates (1)O2((1)Δg) [chlorin e6 methoxy tri(ethylene glycol) triester]. The surfaces are Teflon/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanocomposite and fluorinated silica. The relative efficiency of these surfaces to photorelease the PEGylated sensitizer [shown previously to be phototoxic ...

Ortho-Phthalaldehyde (OPA) has been approved for high-level sterilization of heat-sensitive medical instruments and is increasingly being used as a replacement in the healthcare industry for glutaraldehyde, a known sensitizer. Numerous case reports have been published indicating workers and patients experiencing respiratory problems, anaphylaxis, skin reactivity, and systemic antibody productio...

Onishi, Katsuya, Kiyotsugu Sekioka, Ryoichi Ishisu, Yuji Abe, Hideyuki Tanaka, Mashio Nakamura, Yuji Ueda, and Takeshi Nakano. MCI-154, a Ca21 sensitizer, decreases the oxygen cost of contractility in isolated canine hearts. Am. J. Physiol. 273 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 42): H1688– H1695, 1997.—An increase in the responsiveness of the contractile machinery to Ca21 could theoretically enhance the me...

The first examples of lanthanide complexes with a 2-hydroxyisophthalate ligand are reported; the blue-emitting ligand acts as a very efficient sensitizer of the Tb(III) green emissions and does so in the near-UV region.