Avaliação de fármacos fotossensíveis derivados da cloro alumínio ftalocianina no tratamento da progressão tumoral em modelo de matriz tridimensional mista / Evaluation of photosensitizers aluminum chloride phthalocyanine derivatives in the treatment of tumor progression in three-dimensional matrix.

Priscila da Costa Carvalho de Jesus

Wound healing process can be favored by Low Level Laser Therapy, with the collagen and elastin matrix a dermic substitute described as an appropriate system in tissue engineering and in tridimensional skin systems. With this purpose, a study was elaborated using the system nanoemulsion of aluminium-chloride phthalocyanine (ClAlPc) as photosensitizer in skin biopsies obtained after plastic surgery and irradiated by a low level laser, to establish the most appropriate dose of light for biostimulation of type I collagen and elastin fibers. The drug delivering system was synthesized using a well-known protocol and its photophysical and photochemical properties were confirmed by absorption and fluorescence spectrophotometry, besides stability studies measuring particle size, zeta potential and polidispersion index. Once characterized this system and known its absorption range in the UV-Vis region of light spectrum, a protocol was elaborated for evaluating the effect of the photosensitizer direct into extracellular matrix components, collagen and elastin, and the combined effect with low level laser therapy using three different doses: 70, 140 and 700 mJ/cm2. Also, only the effect of irradiation was evaluated using the same doses. Morphological structures of the skin were analyzed by histology, and portions of collagen and elastin of skin biopsies after the photosensitizer and light treatment were quantified and compared to the non-treated samples. The analysis for type I collagen and elastin pointed an increase of more than 20% compared to the non-treated samples, for the samples treated with the combination phosensitizer/light140 mJ/cm2 after 14 days of treatment. This effect was significant when compared to the effect of the irradiation only. Another technique was used in this work to detect the expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9, participant enzymes in various processes including tumoral progression and wound healing. Samples of biopsies culture medium were collected and analyzed by gelatin zymography, the bands related to gelatin degradation were quantified and MMP-2 and MMP-9 expression levels compared. The obtained results confirmed histological analysis, pointing a higher expression level of these enzymes for the group treated with the photosensitizer and the intermediate dose of light (140 mJ/cm2), leading to a promising combination of treatment for future studies.

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