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Solid phase synthesis of a novel folate-conjugated 5-aminolevulinic acid methyl ester based photosensitizer for selective photodynamic therapy

Tetrahedron Letters, 2015
The development of a novel tumor-targeting photosensitizer delivery system, with potential ability to selectively transport the photosensitizer prodrug 5-aminolevulinic acid methyl ester (MAL) into the tumor site has been herein described. Conjugation of MAL to folic acid (FA) via an unnatural ?-peptide linker has been carried out almost entirely by an
GUARAGNA, ANNALISA   +5 more
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Biological activity of 5-aminolevulinic acid and its methyl ester after storage under different conditions

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 2007
5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is a natural precursor of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) and heme in cells. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) utilizes a metabolic imbalance in cancer cells, leading to increased PpIX generation from exogenous ALA. Due to chemical instability of ALA in therapeutic concentrations at pH values larger than 5.0 and at high temperatures, it ...
Miron, Kaliszewski   +8 more
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Protoporphyrin IX fluorescence kinetics in UV-induced tumours and normal skin of hairless mice after topical application of 5-aminolevulinic acid methyl ester

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 2002
Accumulation of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) was investigated in normal skin and UV-induced tumours in hairless mice after topical application of a cream containing 2, 8 or 16% of 5-aminolevulinic acid methyl ester (ALA-Me). Higher levels of PpIX were measured in tumours compared to normal skin.
Petras, Juzenas   +3 more
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Transdermal delivery from a lipid sponge phase—iontophoretic and passive transport in vitro of 5-aminolevulinic acid and its methyl ester

Journal of Controlled Release, 2004
The hydrochloride salts of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and its methyl ester (m-ALA), respectively, were dissolved in a lipid sponge phase comprising monoolein, propylene glycol and aqueous buffer at concentrations of approximately 0.25% and 16% w/w m-ALA. The iontophoretic and passive delivery of ALA and m-ALA from this formulation through porcine skin
Merclin, N.   +5 more
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Microneedle Pre-treatment of Human Skin Improves 5-Aminolevulininc Acid (ALA)- and 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Methyl Ester (MAL)-Induced PpIX Production for Topical Photodynamic Therapy Without Increase in Pain or Erythema

Pharmaceutical Research, 2010
To determine the impact of skin pretreatment with microneedles (MNs) on ALA- and MAL-induced protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) production, as well as MN impact on pain sensations during light exposure and erythema after PDT.The skin of 14 healthy volunteers was preteated with MNs.
Patrycja, Mikolajewska   +7 more
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A study of 5-aminolevulinic acid and its methyl ester used in in vitro and in vivo systems of human bladder cancer

International Journal of Oncology, 2003
The use of 5-aminolevulinic acid and its esters to induce endogenous porphyrins for the purpose of detection of epithelial cancers is being studied extensively in many centres around the world. The challenge is to prepare an efficacious formulation for the purpose of cancer detection.
Vanaja, Manivasager   +5 more
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Iron mobilization by succinylacetone methyl ester in rats. A model study for hereditary tyrosinemia and porphyrias characterized by 5-Aminolevulinic acid overload

Free Radical Research, 2000
Accumulation of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is an event characteristic of porphyrias that may contribute to their pathological manifestations. To investigate effects of ALA independent of porphyrin accumulation we treated rats with the methyl ester of succinylacetone, an inhibitor of 5-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase that accumulates in the porphyric ...
M E, Rocha   +5 more
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The temperature dependence of porphyrin production in Propionibacterium acnes after incubation with 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and its methyl ester (m-ALA)

Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2006
Topical PDT treatment of the common skin disease acne vulgaris is now in clinical use. Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) is known to play an important role in acne. 5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) supplementation leads to an enhanced porphyrin production in the bacteria. Subsequent illumination with light of the proper wavelengths can reduce the number of
Ståle, Ramstad   +2 more
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Induction of protoporphyrin IX in patient-derived synoviocytes, cartilage explants and chondrons after application of 5-aminolevulinic acid or its methyl ester

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 2014
To compare the accumulation of protoporphyrin IX between synoviocytes of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or osteoarthritis (OA) and cartilage explants (CE) as well as chondrons of patients with OA after the application of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) or its methyl ester (ALA-Me).Samples of synovial and cartilage tissues were obtained from joint ...
Romualdas, Rudys   +3 more
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Antitumor Effect of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Methyl Ester-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy on Local Skin Melanoma and its Metastasized Tumor, in Relation with Antitumor Immunity

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology
Objective of the present study is to investigate the effect of photodynamic therapy (PDT) mediated by 5-aminolevulinic acid methyl ester hydrochloride (ALA-Me) on inhibiting the primary tumor growth and metastasis of melanoma, in relation with antitumor ...
Mima Danzeng   +3 more
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