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Ethylene glycol and amino acid derivatives of 5-aminolevulinic acid as new photosensitizing precursors of Protoporphyrin IX in cells
Berger,Greppi,Siri,Neier,Juillerat-Jeanneret
, p. 4738 - 4746 (2000)
Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) is used as a photosensitizing agent in photodynamic detection and therapy (PDT) of cancer and is synthesized intracellularly from aminolevulinic acid (ALA) precursors. To evaluate means to specifically target ALA derivatives to de
Improved peptide prodrugs of 5-ALA for PDT: Rationalization of cellular accumulation and protoporphyrin IX production by direct determination of cellular prodrug uptake and prodrug metabolization
Giuntini, Francesca,Bourré, Ludovic,MacRobert, Alexander J.,Wilson, Michael,Eggleston, Ian M.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 4026 - 4037 (2010/01/06)
Twenty-seven dipeptide derivatives of general structure Ac-Xaa-ALA-OR were synthesized as potential prodrugs for 5-aminolaevulinic acid-based photodynamic therapy (ALA-PDT). Xaa is an R-amino acid, chosen to provide a prodrug with appropriately tailored l