ArticleACS omega2018
Visible-Light Controlled Release of a Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic for Antimicrobial Photopharmacology.
Article in ACS omega, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Antibacterial photoswitchable triazenic ciprofloxacins.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2026Article
- Green-Light-Activatable Penicillin for Light-Dependent Spatial Control of Bacterial Growth, Biofilm Formation, andACS central science · 2025Article
- The Rise, Fall, and Rethink of (Fluoro)quinolones: A Quick Rundown.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Photomodulation Approaches to Overcome Antimicrobial Resistance.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Synergies in antimicrobial treatment by a levofloxacin-loaded halloysite and gold nanoparticles with a conjugation to a cell-penetrating peptide.Nanoscale advances · 2022Article
- The Issue of Tissue: Approaches and Challenges to the Light Control of Drug Activity: A Mini-Review.ChemPhotoChem · 2021Article
- Visible-to-NIR-Light Activated Release: From Small Molecules to Nanomaterials.Chemical reviews · 2020Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Owing to the dwindling arsenal of antibiotics, new methodologies for their effective and localized delivery are necessary. The use of optical control over delivery of drugs, also known as photopharmacology, has emerged as an important option for the spatiotemporally controlled generation of drugs and bioactive molecules. In the field of antimicrobial photopharmacology, most strategies utilize ultraviolet light for triggering release of the antibiotic. The use of such short wavelength light may have limitations such as phototoxicity. Here, a small molecule that is activated by visible light to release a fluoroquinolone, a broad-spectrum antibiotic, is reported. A boron-dipyrromethene, which is sensitive to cleavage at 470 nm, was used, and levofloxacin was used as a model fluoroquinolone. BDP-Levo was found to undergo cleavage in the presence of visible light to release the active antibiotic. Using growth inhibitory studies in Gram-positive as well as Gram-negative bacteria, the efficacy of BDP-Levo is demonstrated. Together, our study demonstrates that visible light can be used for optical control over antibiotic release and lays the foundation for visible-light-mediated antimicrobial photopharmacology.
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