Publications by authors named "Donata Locatelli"

The intrinsic autofluorescence properties of biological tissues can be affected by the occurrence of histological and biochemical alterations induced by pathological processes. In this study the potential of autofluorescence to distinguish tumor from normal tissues was investigated with the view of a real-time diagnostic application in neurosurgery to delineate glioblastoma resection margins. The autofluorescence properties of nonneoplastic and neoplastic tissues were analyzed on tissue sections and homogenates by means of a microspectrofluorometer, and directly on patients affected by glioblastoma multiforme, during surgery, with a fiber-optic probe.

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The influence both of overexpression of multidrug transporter proteins and of phenotype changes occurring in cells developing spontaneous resistance on the accumulation of photosensitizer molecules was studied on two tumor-derived cell lines (B16, A2780) expressing the MDR-1 phenotype. Rhodamine 123, Rose Bengal acetate (a fluorogenic substrate that is restored to the native active molecule by specific enzyme activity inside cells) and Photofrin were considered. The two resistant variants accumulate Rhodamine 123 to a lesser extent than the respective wild types.

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