Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a noninvasive therapy based on the photodynamic effect. In this study, we sought to determine intracellular uptake and photodynamic therapy potential of Zn phthalocyanine-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNP5) against pancreatic cancer cells. MSNP5 were labeled with I; the radiolabeling efficiency was found to 95.5 ± 1.2% in pH 9 and 60 min reaction time. Besides, the highest intracellular uptake yields of I-MSNP5 nanoparticles in MIA PaCa-2, AsPC-1, and PANC-1 cells were determined as 43.9 ± 3.8%, 41.8 ± 0.2%, and 37.9 ± 1.3%, respectively, at 24 h incubation time. PDT studies were performed with subcutaneous xenograft cancer model nude mice with AsPC-1 pancreatic cancer cells. For photodynamic therapy, 685 nm red laser light 100 J/cm light dose using and 5-20 μM ZnPc containing MSNP5 concentrations were applied. Histopathological studies revealed that the ratio of necrosis in tumor tissue was higher in the treatment group than the control groups.
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