The combined therapeutic effects of 5-aminolevulinic acid cubic liquid crystal and light needles for basal cell cancer / 药学学报

ABSTRACT

The article was to study the effect of local photodynamics therapy combined with carbon dioxide lattice laser - "light needles" for the treatment of basal cell carcinoma (BCC). 5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) cubic liquid crystal using glyceryl monostearate (GMO) as the substrate was prepared. The cytotoxicity of 5-ALA cubic liquid crystal combined with light needles in vitro were evaluated. The pharmacodynamics study of 5-ALA cubic liquid crystal combined with light needles of high or low energy for BCC was carried out based on the pathological changes, tumor volume, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression and the recurrence rate, which has been approved by the Ethics Committee of Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine. The cubic liquid crystal was isotropic with the lattice of PN3M. The cytotoxicity of 5-ALA cubic liquid crystal combined with light needles was much higher than that of 5-ALA or light needles alone. Compared with light needles or photodynamic therapy alone, 5-ALA cubic liquid crystal combined with light needles of high energy could prevent the BCC metastasis and of low energy could inhibit BCC growth. It demonstrated the obvious therapeutical effects for BCC. 5-ALA cubic liquid crystal combined with light needles can effectively treat BCC, which provides a new choice for clinical BCC treatment.