A Multifunctional Subphthalocyanine Nanosphere for Targeting, Labeling, and Killing of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
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- Title
- A Multifunctional Subphthalocyanine Nanosphere for Targeting, Labeling, and Killing of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
- Authors
- Roy, I; Shetty, D; Hota, R; Back, K; Kim, J; Kim, C; Kappert, S; Kim, K
- Date Issued
- 2015-12-07
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag
- Abstract
- Developing a material that can combat antibioticresistant bacteria, a major global health threat, is an urgent requirement. To tackle this challenge, we synthesized a multifunctional subphthalocyanine (SubPc) polymer nanosphere that has the ability to target, label, and photoinactivate antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a single treatment with more than 99% efficiency, even with a dose as low as 4.2 Jcm(-2) and a loading concentration of 10 nM. The positively charged nanosphere shell composed of covalently linked SubPc units can increase the local concentration of photosensitizers at therapeutic sites. The nanosphere shows superior performance compared to corresponding monomers presumably because of their enhanced water dispersibility, higher efficiency of singletoxygen generation, and phototoxicity. In addition, this material is useful in fluorescence labeling of living cells and shows promise in photoacoustic imaging of bacteria in vivo.
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/36160
- DOI
- 10.1002/ANIE.201507140
- ISSN
- 1433-7851
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, vol. 54, no. 50, page. 15152 - 15155, 2015-12-07
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