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Video monitoring of neovessel occlusion induced by photodynamic therapy with verteporfin (Visudyne), in the CAM model
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Debefve, E.
Pegaz, B.
van den Bergh, H.
Wagnières, G.
Lange, Norbert
Ballini, J-P.
Published in Angiogenesis. 2008, vol. 11, no. 3, p. 235-43
Abstract The aim of the present study was to monitor photodynamic angioocclusion with verteporfin in capillaries. Details of this process were recorded under a microscope in real-time using a high-sensitivity video camera. A procedure was developed based on intravenous (i.v.) injection of a light-activated drug, Visudyne, into the chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) of a 12-day-old chicken embryo. The effect of light activation was probed after 24 h by i.v. injection of a fluorescent dye (FITC dextran), and analysis of its fluorescence distribution. The angioocclusive effect was graded based on the size of the occluded vessels, and these results were compared with clinical observations. The time-resolved thrombus formation taking place in a fraction of the field of view was video recorded using a Peltier-cooled CCD camera. This vessel occlusion in the CAM model was reproducible and, in many ways, similar to that observed in the clinical use of verteporfin. The real-time video recording permitted the monitoring of platelet aggregation and revealed size-selective vascular closure as well as some degree of vasoconstriction. Platelets accumulated at intravascular junctions within seconds after verteporfin light activation, and capillaries were found to be closed 15 min later at the applied conditions. Larger-diameter vessels remained patent. Repetition of these data with a much more sensitive camera revealed occlusion of the treated area after 5 min with doses of verteporfin and light similar to those used clinically. Consequently, newly developed light-activated drugs can now be studied under clinically relevant conditions.
Keywords Animals — Chick Embryo — Disease Models, Animal — Gamma Cameras/standards — Laser Coagulation/methods — Models, Biological — Neovascularization, Pathologic/drug therapy/surgery — Photochemotherapy/instrumentation/methods — Photosensitizing Agents/therapeutic use — Porphyrins/therapeutic use — Time Factors — Treatment Outcome — Video-Assisted Surgery/instrumentation/methods
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PMID: 18324477
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(ISO format) 		DEBEFVE, E. et al. Video monitoring of neovessel occlusion induced by photodynamic therapy with verteporfin (Visudyne), in the CAM model. In: Angiogenesis, 2008, vol. 11, n° 3, p. 235-43. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:4097

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