Discovery of a pyridophenoselenazinium-based photosensitizer with high photodynamic efficacy against breast cancer cells

Announcing a new publication for Acta Materia Medica journal.  Development of efficient photosensitizers with minimal side effects is highly desirable for photodynamic therapy. This article reports the discovery of a novel pyridophenoselenazinium-based NIR-I photosensitizer, termed PPSe, that efficiently generated both type I and II reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon appropriate light irradiation. PPSe exhibited potent phototoxicity as well as excellent phototherapeutic indices against several breast cancer cell lines. PPSe induced DNA damage and breast cancer cell apoptosis via photo-triggered intracellular ROS generation.

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Guiling Li, Peixia Li and Qiaoyun Jiang et al. Discovery of a pyridophenoselenazinium-based photosensitizer with high photodynamic efficacy against breast cancer cells. Acta Materia Medica. 2023. Vol. 2(1):96-105. DOI: 10.15212/AMM-2023-0002