Affiliation:
1. Laboratory of Biomedical Optics and Applied Biophysics, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering National Technical University of Athens Athens Greece
2. Division of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens Greece
3. Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering National Technical University of Athens Athens Greece
Abstract
AbstractDifferent approaches on wound healing have been developed over the years but they suffer from high costs and adverse effects for the patients. The current paper was designed to study low dose PDT, a novel healing approach, in an in vitro fibroblasts wound healing model. Chloroaluminum phthalocyanine (AlClPc) was used as photosensitizer and was activated by a red diode laser at 661 nm. After PDT optimization, wound closure rate and reactive oxygen species were quantified by image processing and analysis. Our results revealed that wound healing rates were significantly higher in PDT treated groups than in the control. Additionally, the study revealed that a prolonged ROS increase did not promote wound closure, while a small increase acted as a trigger, resulting in faster wound closure. Concluding, low dose PDT using AlClPc enhances wound healing in vitro in a ROS dependent manner, allowing the assumption of similar positive effects in vivo.
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