Photoinduced Inactivation of Pathogenic Microorganisms via Cotton Textile Functionalized with a Novel Iodinated BODIPY Derivative.

Awad I Said, Desislava Staneva, William M Piedra, Françisco M Raymo, Ivo Grabchev

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Awad I SaidDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-0997-1693

Desislava StanevaDepartment of Textile, Leather, and Fuels, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0001-7556-1222

William M PiedraFrost Institute for Chemistry and Molecular Science, University of Miami, 1201 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146-2509, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-2659-374X

Françisco M RaymoFrost Institute for Chemistry and Molecular Science, University of Miami, 1201 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146-2509, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6163-6606

Ivo GrabchevFaculty of Medicine, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", 1407 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0001-7204-8183

Funding

European Union Next Generation EU, through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Republic of Bulgaria, project BG-RRP-2.004-0008European Union Next Generation EU, through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Republic of Bulgaria, project № BG-RRP-2.004-0002

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Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is emerging as one of the most serious global health problems, necessitating the urgent development of alternative approaches to pathogen control. The present study describes the synthesis and characterization of a novel iodinated BODIPY derivative (BODIPY5), designed as a highly efficient photosensitizer for antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation (aPDI). The molecular design of the compound involves the introduction of two iodine atoms into the BODIPY5 core, which induces a "heavy atom effect", accelerates the intersystem transition from the singlet to the triplet state, and leads to increased generation of singlet oxygen upon irradiation with visible light. Photophysical measurements show a significant fluorescence quenching of BODIPY5 compared to its unsubstituted counterpart, which is a direct indicator of increased photodynamic activity. The compound's antimicrobial efficacy was tested in a homogeneous medium and after immobilization on cotton textiles via physical adsorption. In solution, BODIPY5 nearly eliminated the model bacterial strains

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBoron CompoundsCotton FiberPhotosensitizing AgentsTextilesBacillus cereusLightMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPseudomonas aeruginosaSinglet Oxygen4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indaceneAnti-Bacterial AgentsBoron CompoundsPhotosensitizing AgentsSinglet Oxygenantimicrobial photodynamic inactivationbacteriaBODIPYcotton textilesphotosensitizerself-disinfecting surfacessinglet oxygen

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PMID42123889

DOI10.3390/molecules31091525

PMCPMC13165066

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