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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 22.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Pharm. 2022 May 18;19(7):2549–2563. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00260

Figure 7: PIC administered photosensitizer distribution in heterotypic 3D spheroids.

Figure 7:

(A) Experimental timeline for studying BPD uptake and distribution in homotypic and heterotypic spheroids using PICs. Cells were seeded in CellCarrier Spheroid ULA 96-well Microplates followed by incubation with PICs for 24 h. The spheroids were then washed, fixed in PFA, counter-stained with Hoechst and visualized under a confocal fluorescence microscope. (B) Representative confocal images of the central optical section of the 3D spheroids. Mia PaCa-2 cells and PCAFs are pseudo-colored as cyan and green. Nuclei are stained with Hoechst (pseudocolored as blue) and BPD is shown in red. Profile plots were generated using image J to monitor BPD distribution across the central plane. As suggested by the profile-plots, the distribution of BPD was homogeneous across the central section irrespective of the spheroid composition (scale bar = 500 μm).