1.Cytotoxic effects of the novel photosensitizer PEG-MTPABZ-PyC-mediated photodynamic therapy on gastric cancer cells.
Lingjuan CHEN ; Qi WANG ; Lu WANG ; Yifei SHEN ; Haibin WANG ; Hengxin WANG ; Xuejie SU ; Meixu LEI ; Xianxia CHEN ; Chengjin AI ; Yifan LI ; Yali ZHOU
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences) 2025;50(7):1137-1144
OBJECTIVES:
The application of photodynamic therapy in solid tumors has attracted increasing attention in recent years, and the efficiency of photosensitizers is a crucial determinant of therapeutic efficacy. This study aims to evaluate the cytotoxic effects of a novel photosensitizer, PEG-MTPABZ-PyC, in photodynamic therapy against gastric cancer cells.
METHODS:
Gastric cancer MKN45 cells were treated with PEG-MTPABZ-PyC. A high-content live-cell imaging system was used to assess the cellular uptake kinetics and subcellular localization of the photosensitizer. The cytotoxic effects of PEG-MTPABZ-PyC-mediated photodynamic therapy were examined using the cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay and flow cytometry, while the intrinsic cytotoxicity of the photosensitizer alone was verified by the CCK-8 assay. Intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation after photodynamic therapy was detected using 2'-7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate (DCFH-DA).
RESULTS:
PEG-MTPABZ-PyC alone exhibited no cytotoxicity toward MKN45 cells, indicating excellent cytocompatibility. The compound efficiently entered cells within 6 hours and localized predominantly in lysosomes. Upon light irradiation, PEG-MTPABZ-PyC-mediated photodynamic therapy induced significant cytotoxicity compared with the control group (P<0.05) and generated abundant intracellular ROS.
CONCLUSIONS
The novel photosensitizer PEG-MTPABZ-PyC demonstrates potent photodynamic cytotoxicity against gastric cancer cells, showing promising potential for further development in gastric cancer photodynamic therapy.
Humans
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Stomach Neoplasms/drug therapy*
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Photochemotherapy/methods*
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Photosensitizing Agents/pharmacology*
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Cell Line, Tumor
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Polyethylene Glycols/chemistry*
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Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism*
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Mesoporphyrins/pharmacology*
2.The design and evaluation of the experiential teaching of food processing and cookin in the practice course of nutrition
Xia LIU ; Cuiying GU ; Guixiang YIN ; Hongyi SHEN
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2016;15(11):1158-1161
Food processing and cooking is very practical, and requires students to master certain knowledge and operational skills of nutrition. Therefore, we introduced the experience teaching design, con-crete experiment, reflective observation, abstract generalization and application, focused on practice-appli-cation-further practice in the teaching process, readjusted and set practical objectives, contents, teaching methods, evaluation, and used questionnaire and interview method to evaluate the teaching effect, which enriched the teaching content of the course and improved the effectiveness of students'!practice learning.
3.Probing into the Effect and Countermeasures on Quality of Medical Students after University Combination
Chunhong XU ; Tao LI ; Wei TONG ; Cuiying SHEN
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2005;0(06):-
Some problems were present with the universities combination,such as the relative scarcity of medical students and some students'lower enthusiasm for medicine.The university should establish policies to improve the quality of medical students,such as enlarging self-determination right to recruit medical students,strengthening the specialty thought of students.And further reformation and self-enhancement of medical college were more important for attracting excellent students.

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