Tumor-selective new piperazine-fragmented silicon phthalocyanines initiate cell death in breast cancer cell lines


SARI C., NALÇAOĞLU A., DEĞİRMENCİOĞLU İ., Eyupoglu F.

JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY, vol.216, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 216
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2021.112143
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Keywords: Breast neoplasms, Photodynamic therapy, Silicon phthalocyanine, Piperazine, Reactive oxygen species, PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY, POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE, ZINC(II) PHTHALOCYANINE, OXIDATIVE STRESS, PASSAGE NUMBER, APOPTOSIS, PATHWAYS, PHARMACOKINETICS, PHOTOSENSITIZERS, LOCALIZATION
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A new silicon phthalocyanine with piperazine-furan ring and its quaternized form were synthesized. All compounds were analyzed by spectroscopic techniques (FT-IR, H-1-NMR, MS, and UV-vis), and the absorbance characteristics of silicon phthalocyanines were evaluated with the expected strong typical absorption bands in the far-red spectrum. The cytotoxic effects of these phthalocyanines induced by photodynamic therapy (PDT) were determined in a dose-dependent manner. Following cytotoxicity analysis, flow cytometric research of cell death was performed. The formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was determined by confocal microscopy. High levels of cytotoxicity and decreased viable cell population have been detected in cancer cells after treatment. In addition, ROS formation was observed in PDT treated cancer cells. However, low levels of cell death and ROS formation were observed in non-tumorigenic cells. According to western blot data, PDT-mediated treatment was found to provide different expression patterns of the cleaved PARP1 protein. The presented study demonstrates that PDT-mediated treatment of newly synthesized phthalocyanines has significant anti-cancer effects on breast cancer cells and may induce different cell death pathways.