INIFTA   05425
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICO-QUIMICAS TEORICAS Y APLICADAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Light-Harvesting Antenna and Proton-Activated Photodynamic Effect of a Novel BODIPY−Fullerene C 60 Dyad as Potential Antimicrobial Agent
Autor/es:
DURANTINI, JAVIER E.; BERTOLOTTI, SONIA G.; GSPONER, NATALIA S.; DURANTINI, EDGARDO N.; AGAZZI, MAXIMILIANO L.; DURANTINI, ANDRÉS M.
Revista:
Chemphyschem
Editorial:
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
Referencias:
Año: 2019 vol. 20 p. 1110 - 1125
ISSN:
1439-4235
Resumen:
A covalently linked BODIPY−fullerene C 60 dyad (BDP−C 60 ) was synthesized as a two-segment structure, which consists of a visible light-harvesting antenna attached to an energy or electron acceptor moiety. This structure was designed to improve the photodynamic action of fullerene C 60 to inactivate bacteria. The absorption spectrum of BDP−C 60 was found to be a superposition of the spectra of its constitutional moieties, whereas the fluorescence emission of the BODIPY unit was strongly quenched by the fullerene C 60 . Spectroscopic, calculations, and redox studies indicate a competence between photoinduced energy and electron transfer. Protonating the dimethylaminophenyl substituent through addition of an acidic medium led to a substantial increase in the fluorescence emission, triplet excited state formation, and singlet molecular oxygen production. At physiological pH, photosensitized inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus mediated by 1 μM BDP−C 60 exhibited a 4.5 log decrease of cell survival (>99.997 %) after 15 min irradiation. A similar result was obtained with Escherichia coli using 30 min irradiation. Moreover, proton-activated photodynamic action of BDP−C 60 turned this dyad into a highly effective photosensitizer to eradicate E. coli. Therefore, BDP−C 60 is an interesting photosensitizing structure in which the light-harvesting antenna effect of the BODIPY unit combined with the protonation of dimethylaminophenyl group can be used to improve the photoinactivation of bacteria.