A comparative study on two cationic porphycenes: photophysical and antimicrobial photoinactivation evaluation
Over the last decades, the number of pathogenic multi-resistant microorganisms has grown dramatically, which has stimulated the search for novel strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is one of the promising alternatives to conventional treatments ba...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repository: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:20.500.14342/1001 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/1001 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms161125999 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Fotosensibilització (Biologia) Citometria de fluxe Fotoquimioteràpia Photodynamic therapy Antimicrobial photoinactivation MRSA P. aeruginosa Photosensitizer Porphycenes Flow cytometry Singlet oxygen 577 |
| Summary: | Over the last decades, the number of pathogenic multi-resistant microorganisms has grown dramatically, which has stimulated the search for novel strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is one of the promising alternatives to conventional treatments based on antibiotics. Here, we present a comparative study of two aryl tricationic porphycenes where photoinactivation efficiency against model pathogenic microorganisms is correlated to the photophysical behavior of the porphycene derivatives. Moreover, the extent of photosensitizer cell binding to bacteria has been assessed by flow cytometry in experiments with, or without, removing the unbound porphycene from the incubation medium. Results show that the peripheral substituent change do not significantly affect the overall behavior for both tricationic compounds neither in terms of photokilling efficiency, nor in terms of binding |
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