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Our photosensitizers exhibited excellent water solubility and high PDT efficiency in mesothelioma. As expected, absorption spectroscopy confirmed an increased aggregation as a consequence of extending the fatty acid chain length. In vitro PDT activity was studied using human mesothelioma cell lines (biphasic MSTO-211H cells and epithelioid NCI-H28 cells) alongside a non-malignant mesothelial cell line (MET-5A). The PDT effect of these photosensitizers was initially assessed using the colorimetric WST-8 cell viability assay and the mode of cell death was determined via flow cytometry of Annexin V-FITC\/PI-stained cells. Photosensitizers appeared to selectively localize within the non-nuclear compartments of cells before exhibiting high phototoxicity. Both apoptosis and necrosis were induced at 24 and 48 h. As our pentanoic acid-derivatized porphyrin (C5SHU) induced the largest anti-tumor effect in this study, we put this forward as an anti-tumor drug candidate in PDT and photo-imaging diagnosis in mesothelioma.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cancers14215446","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,7]],"date-time":"2022-11-07T02:43:51Z","timestamp":1667789031000},"page":"5446","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Water-Soluble Truncated Fatty Acid\u2013Porphyrin Conjugates Provide Photo-Sensitizer Activity for Photodynamic Therapy in Malignant Mesothelioma"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Sam","family":"Bonsall","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8555-1113","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Simeon","family":"Hubbard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8811-7577","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Uthaman","family":"Jithin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joseph","family":"Anslow","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dylan","family":"Todd","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3954-9810","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Callum","family":"Rowding","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tom","family":"Filarowski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Greg","family":"Duly","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ryan","family":"Wilson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jack","family":"Porter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Simon","family":"Turega","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sarah","family":"Haywood-Small","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ccr.2018.03.020","article-title":"Transition metal complexes as photosensitisers in one- and two-photon photodynamic therapy","volume":"379","author":"Mckenzie","year":"2019","journal-title":"Coord. 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