Involvement of Reactive Oxygen Species in Sonodynamically Induced Apoptosis by 4-Formyloximeetylidene-3-Hydroxyl-2-Vinyl-euterio-Porphynyl (IX)-6-7-Diaspartic Acid (ATX-S10)

Nagahiko Yumita^1*, Yumiko Iwase¹, Koji Nishi¹, Toshihiko Ikeda¹, Toshio Fukai¹, Kazuyoshi Takeda¹, Kenji Onodera¹, Shin-ichiro Umemura², Kazuho Okudaira³ and Yasunori Momose³

¹School of Pharmacy, Yokohama College of Pharmacy, 601, Matano-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 245-0066, Japan

²Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba 6-6-05, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan

³School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan