摘要
OBJECTIVE To investigate apoptosis induced by photodynamic therapy with benzoporphyrin derivative monoacid ring A （BPD-MA） and explore its potential mechanism in human bladder cancer cells. METHODS Photosensitization of BPD-MA was activated with a red light Laser （632.8nm） delivered at 10 mW/cm^2 to give a total dose of 2.4 J/cm^2. Cellular apoptosis was measured with flow cytometry analysis and an insitu terminal deoxyuridine nick end-labeling （TUNEL） assay. Changes in mitochondrial membrane potential （△φm） were monitored by a flow cy-tometric method with Rhodamine 123 staining and the expression of bcl- 2 in BIU-87 cells was detected with immunocytochemical staining. RESULTS At 8 h following photodynamic treatment, the degree of apoptosis was significantly increased when analyzed with flow cytometry and TUNEL assay. Treatment of the BIU-87 cells by PDT with BPD-MA resulted in the collapse of the △φm and a decrease of bcl-2 expression. CONCLUSION BPD-MA-mediated PDT can effectively induce apoptosis in BIU-87 cells. The mechanism probably is through a mitochondrial-initiated pathway.
