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ArticleAMB Express2025

Anti-virulence effect of photoactivated nano-quercetin by diode laser on Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans.

Sara Monem Moharrer, Maryam Pourhajibagher, Arash Azizi, Arezoo Alaee

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Article in AMB Express, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Sara Monem MoharrerFaculty of Dentistry, Tehran Medical Science, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Maryam PourhajibagherDental Research Center, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. m-pourhajibagher@sina.tums.ac.ir.
Arash AziziOral Medicine Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. drarashazizi@yahoo.com.
Arezoo AlaeeOral Medicine Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an innovative, non-invasive, and selective treatment approach that has gained attention as an adjunctive treatment in periodontitis. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is an opportunistic periodontopathogen known for its ability to form biofilms. The objective of this in vitro study was to determine the anti-virulence effect of nano-quercetin (N-QT)-mediated PDT on the expression of a gene associated with biofilm formation of A. actinomycetemcomitans. After synthesis and characterization of N-QT by transmission electron microscopes (TEM), dynamic light scattering (DLS), zeta potential analysis, and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis, the effects of different concentrations of N-QT and energy densities of diode laser alone on cell viability of A. actinomycetemcomitans were evaluated. A. actinomycetemcomitans was then treated by sub-lethal doses of diode laser emitting light in the presence of sub-lethal doses of N-QT. Ultimately, the sub-lethal dose of PDT was used to investigate the metabolic activity of A. actinomycetemcomitans, the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and changes in rcpA, qseB, and qseC genes expression using the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) method. According to the results, TEM, DLS, zeta potential, and FTIR confirmed the synthesis of N-QT. PDT with concentrations of 16 to 512 µg/mL of N-QT alone and irradiation for 6 min with an energy density of 154.8 J/cm

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Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitansGene expressionPeriodontitisPhotodynamic therapyQuercetin

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PMID40153184
PMCPMC11953505

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