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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Autores: Nonell, Santi, Agut, Montserrat, Ruiz González, Rubén, Reddi, Elena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Ramon Llull (URL)
Repositorio:DAU Arxiu Digital de la Universitat Ramon Llull
OAI Identifier:oai:dau.url.edu:20.500.14342/1001
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/1001
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms161125999
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fotosensibilització (Biologia)
Citometria de fluxe
Fotoquimioteràpia
Photodynamic therapy
Antimicrobial photoinactivation
MRSA
P. aeruginosa
Photosensitizer
Porphycenes
Flow cytometry
Singlet oxygen
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Sumario: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