Membrane intercalation-enhanced photodynamic inactivation of bacteria by a metallacycle and TAT-decorated virus coat protein
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Self-assembly of an aggregation-induced emission active photosensitizer with a cell-penetrating peptide-decorated virus coat protein exhibits both ROS generation and a strong membrane-intercalating capacity, resulting in significantly enhanced PDI efficiency against bacteria.Abstract:
Antibiotic resistance has become one of the major threats to global health. Photodynamic inactivation (PDI) develops little antibiotic resistance; thus, it becomes a promising strategy in the control of bacterial infection. During a PDI process, light-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) damage the membrane components, leading to the membrane rupture and bacteria death. Due to the short half-life and reaction radius of ROS, achieving the cell-membrane intercalation of photosensitizers is a key challenge for PDI of bacteria. In this work, a tetraphenylethylene-based discrete organoplatinum(II) metallacycle (1) acts as a photosensitizer with aggregation-induced emission. It self-assembles with a transacting activator of transduction (TAT) peptide-decorated virus coat protein (2) through electrostatic interactions. This assembly (3) exhibits both ROS generation and strong membrane-intercalating ability, resulting in significantly enhanced PDI efficiency against bacteria. By intercalating in the bacterial cell membrane or entering the bacteria, assembly 3 decreases the survival rate of gram-negative Escherichia coli to nearly zero and that of gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus to ∼30% upon light irradiation. This study has wide implications from the generation of multifunctional nanomaterials to the control of bacterial infection, especially for gram-negative bacteria.read more
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