δ-Aminolevulinic acid and its methyl ester induce the formation of Protoporphyrin IX in cultured sensory neurones
| Autor: | B. Novak, Roxane Schulten, Hermann Lübbert |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
GABA Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
Time Factors Amino Acid Transport Systems Sensory Receptor Cells medicine.medical_treatment Protoporphyrins Photodynamic therapy chemistry.chemical_compound Dorsal root ganglion Ganglia Spinal parasitic diseases medicine Animals Photosensitizer Rats Wistar Cells Cultured Pharmacology chemistry.chemical_classification Photosensitizing Agents Protoporphyrin IX Dose-Response Relationship Drug Chemistry Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Transporter Biological Transport General Medicine Aminolevulinic Acid Molecular biology Amino acid Rats medicine.anatomical_structure Biochemistry lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Free nerve ending Intracellular |
| Zdroj: | Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology. 384(6) |
| ISSN: | 1432-1912 |
| Popis: | Application of δ-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) or its methyl ester (MAL) onto cutaneous tumours increases intracellular Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX), serving as photosensitizer in photodynamic therapy (PDT). While PDT is highly effective as treatment of neoplastic skin lesions, it may induce severe pain in some patients. Here, we investigated ALA and MAL uptake and PpIX formation in sensory neurones as potential contributor to the pain. PpIX formation was induced in cultured sensory neurones from rat dorsal root ganglion by incubation with ALA or MAL. Using inhibitors of GABA transporters (GAT), a pharmacological profile of ALA and MAL uptake was assessed. GAT mRNA expression in the cultures was determined by RT-PCR. Cultured sensory neurones synthesised Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) from extracellularly administered ALA and MAL. PpIX formation was dose- and time-dependent with considerably different kinetics for both compounds. While partial inhibition occurred using L-arginine, PpIX formation from both ALA and MAL could be fully blocked by the GABA-Transporter (GAT)-2/3 inhibitor (S)-SNAP 5114 with similar K (i) (ALA: 195 ± 6 μM; MAL: 129 ± 13 μM). GAT-1 and GAT-3 could be detected in sensory neurons using RT-PCR on mRNA level and using [³H]-GABA uptake on protein level. Cultured sensory neurones take up ALA and MAL and synthesize PpIX from both, enabling a direct impact of photodynamic therapy on cutaneous free nerve endings. The pharmacological profile of ALA and MAL uptake in our test system was very similar and suggests uptake via GABA and amino acid transporters. |
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