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López-Molina S, Galiana-Roselló C, Galiana C, Gil-Martínez A, Bandeira S, González-García J. Alkaloids as Photosensitisers for the Inactivation of Bacteria. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:1505. [PMID: 34943717 PMCID: PMC8698950 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10121505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy has emerged as a powerful approach to tackle microbial infections. Photodynamic therapy utilises a photosensitiser, light, and oxygen to generate singlet oxygen and/or reactive oxygen species in an irradiated tissue spot, which subsequently react with nearby biomolecules and destroy the cellular environment. Due to the possibility to irradiate in a very precise location, it can be used to eradicate bacteria, fungus, and parasites upon light activation of the photosensitiser. In this regard, natural products are low-cost molecules capable of being obtained in large quantities, and some of them can be used as photosensitisers. Alkaloids are the largest family among natural products and include molecules with a basic nature and aromatic rings. For this study, we collected the naturally occurring alkaloids used to treat microorganism infections using a photodynamic inactivation approach. We gathered their main photophysical properties (excitation/emission wavelengths, quantum yields, and oxygen quantum yield) which characterise the ability to efficiently photosensitise. In addition, we described the antibacterial activity of alkaloids upon irradiation and the mechanisms involved in the microorganism killing. This review will serve as a reference source to obtain the main information on alkaloids used in antimicrobial photodynamic therapy.
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- Sònia López-Molina
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Science, Catedrático José Beltran 2, 46980 Paterna, Spain; (S.L.-M.); (C.G.-R.); (A.G.-M.); (S.B.)
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Science, Catedrático José Beltran 2, 46980 Paterna, Spain; (S.L.-M.); (C.G.-R.); (A.G.-M.); (S.B.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, CEU Cardenal Herrera University, Ramón y Cajal s/n, 46115 Alfara del Patriarca, Spain;
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Science, Catedrático José Beltran 2, 46980 Paterna, Spain; (S.L.-M.); (C.G.-R.); (A.G.-M.); (S.B.)
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Science, Catedrático José Beltran 2, 46980 Paterna, Spain; (S.L.-M.); (C.G.-R.); (A.G.-M.); (S.B.)
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Science, Catedrático José Beltran 2, 46980 Paterna, Spain; (S.L.-M.); (C.G.-R.); (A.G.-M.); (S.B.)
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Muniyandi K, George B, Parimelazhagan T, Abrahamse H. Role of Photoactive Phytocompounds in Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer. Molecules 2020; 25:E4102. [PMID: 32911753 PMCID: PMC7570746 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25184102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Cancer is one of the greatest life-threatening diseases conventionally treated using chemo- and radio-therapy. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising approach to eradicate different types of cancers. PDT requires the administration of photosensitisers (PSs) and photoactivation using a specific wavelength of light in the presence of molecular oxygen. This photoactivation exerts an anticancer effect via apoptosis, necrosis, and autophagy of cancer cells. Recently, various natural compounds that exhibit photosensitising potentials have been identified. Photoactive substances derived from medicinal plants have been found to be safe in comparison with synthetic compounds. Many articles have focused on PDT mechanisms and types of PSs, but limited attention has been paid to the phototoxic activities of phytocompounds. The reduced toxicity and side effects of natural compounds inspire the researchers to identify and use plant extracts or phytocompounds as a potent natural PS candidate for PDT. This review focusses on the importance of common photoactive groups (furanocoumarins, polyacetylenes, thiophenes, curcumins, alkaloids, and anthraquinones), their phototoxic effects, anticancer activity and use as a potent PS for an effective PDT outcome in the treatment of various cancers.
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- Kasipandi Muniyandi
- Laser Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, 17011, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa; (K.M.); (B.G.)
- Bioprospecting Laboratory, Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641046, India;
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- Laser Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, 17011, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa; (K.M.); (B.G.)
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- Bioprospecting Laboratory, Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641046, India;
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- Laser Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, 17011, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa; (K.M.); (B.G.)
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Siewert B, Stuppner H. The photoactivity of natural products - An overlooked potential of phytomedicines? PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2019; 60:152985. [PMID: 31257117 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2019.152985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2019] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Photoactivity, though known for centuries, is only recently shifting back into focus as a treatment option against cancer and microbial infections. The external factor light is the ingenious key-component of this therapy: Since light activates the drug locally, a high level of selectivity is reached and side effects are avoided. The first reported photoactive medicines were plant extracts. Synthetic entities (so-called photosensitizers PSs), however, paved the route towards the clinical approval of the so-called photodynamic therapy (PDT), and thus natural PSs took a backseat in the past. HYPOTHESIS Many isolated bioactive phytochemicals hold a hidden photoactive potential, which is overlooked due to the reduced common awareness of photoactivity. METHODS A systematic review of reported natural PSs and their supposed medicinal application was conducted by employing PubMed, Scifinder, and Web of Science. The identified photoactive natural products were compiled including information about their natural sources, their photoyield, and their pharmacological application. Furthermore, the common chemical scaffolds of natural PS are shown to enable the reader to recognize potentially overlooked natural PSs. RESULTS The literature review revealed over 100 natural PS, excluding porphyrins. The PSs were classified according to their scaffold. Thereby it was shown that some PS-scaffolds were analyzed in a detailed way, while other classes were only scarcely investigated, which leaves space for future discoveries. In addition, the literature revealed that many PSs are phytoalexins, thus the selection of the starting material significantly matters in order to find new PSs. CONCLUSION Photoactive principles are ubiquitous and can be found in various plant extracts. With the increasing availability of light-irradiation setups for the identification of photoactive natural products, we anticipate the discovery of many new natural PSs in the near future. With the accumulation of chemically diverse PSs, PDT itself might finally reach its clinical breakthrough as a promising alternative treatment against multi-resistant microbes and cancer types.
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- Bianka Siewert
- Institute of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, Innsbruck, 6020 Austria.
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- Institute of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, Innsbruck, 6020 Austria
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De la Fuente JR, Kciuk G, Aliaga C, Bobrowski K. Spectral and Kinetic Properties of Radical Cations Derived from Oxoisoaporphines: Relevance to Electron-Transfer Processes Involving Phytoalexins. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:3775-3786. [PMID: 24802509 DOI: 10.1021/jp502406u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The thermally induced intermolecular electron transfer reaction in acetonitrile between the tetracyanoethylene (TCNE), a π-electron acceptor with a large electron affinity, and six oxoisoaporphines (2,3-dihydro-7H-dibenzo[de,h]quinolin-7-one, 5-methoxy-2,3-dihydro-7H-dibenzo[de,h]quinolin-7-one, 1-azabenzo[de]anthracen-7-one, 5-methoxy-1-azabenzo[de]anthracen-7-one, 7H-benzo[e]perimidin-7-one, and 2-methyl-7h-benzo[e]perimidin-7-one) is reported. Spectral and kinetic characteristics are presented for radical cations derived from these six oxoisoaporphines either generated by a thermal reaction or generated radiolytically in argon-saturated 1,2-dichloroethane, oxygen-saturated acetone, and acetonitrile. The radical cations of oxoisoaporphines are insensitive to oxygen and are mostly characterized by absorption maxima of their most intense bands located at λmax = 400-410 nm, except of the radical cations derived from 2,3-dihydrooxoisoaporphines. For the latter compounds, the absorption maxima of the most intense absorption bands are located at λmax = 290-295 nm. Their locations are independent of the presence of functional groups and the solvents used. They are formed in bimolecular processes with pseudo-first-order rate constants ranging from 2.1 × 105 to 1.5 × 106 s-1 (in solutions containing 10-4 M of the substrate), depending on the derivative and the solvent used. They are stable either when formed via the electron-transfer reaction with TCNE or when generated in isolation in pulse radiolysis of Ar-saturated 1,2-dichloroethane. In acetone and acetonitrile they decay predominantly by first-order kinetics with the first-order rate constants ranging from 2.3 × 104 to 5.1 × 104 s-1. Formation of dimeric radical cations for all of the oxoisoaporphines studied was observed in acetonitrile solutions, and for azaoxoisoaporphines also in acetone solutions. The experimental spectra show a reasonably good agreement with the ZINDO/S semiempirical quantum mechanical calculations of radical cation absorptions.
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- Julio R De la Fuente
- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile , Casilla 223, Santiago 1, Chile
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- Centre of Radiation Research and Technology, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology , 03-195 Warsaw, Poland
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile , Casilla 223, Santiago 1, Chile
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- Centre of Radiation Research and Technology, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology , 03-195 Warsaw, Poland
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De la Fuente JR, Aliaga C, Poblete C, Zapata G, Jullian C, Saitz C, Cañete A, Kciuk G, Sobarzo-Sanchez E, Bobrowski K. Photoreduction of Oxoisoaporphines by Amines: Laser Flash and Steady-State Photolysis, Pulse Radiolysis, and TD-DFT Studies. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:7737-47. [DOI: 10.1021/jp901877q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Julio R. De la Fuente
- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 223, Santiago 1, Chile, Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Analítica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Chile, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 03-195 Warsaw, Poland, and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Farmacia,
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 223, Santiago 1, Chile, Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Analítica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Chile, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 03-195 Warsaw, Poland, and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Farmacia,
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 223, Santiago 1, Chile, Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Analítica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Chile, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 03-195 Warsaw, Poland, and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Farmacia,
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 223, Santiago 1, Chile, Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Analítica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Chile, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 03-195 Warsaw, Poland, and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Farmacia,
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 223, Santiago 1, Chile, Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Analítica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Chile, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 03-195 Warsaw, Poland, and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Farmacia,
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 223, Santiago 1, Chile, Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Analítica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Chile, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 03-195 Warsaw, Poland, and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Farmacia,
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 223, Santiago 1, Chile, Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Analítica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Chile, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 03-195 Warsaw, Poland, and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Farmacia,
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 223, Santiago 1, Chile, Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Analítica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Chile, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 03-195 Warsaw, Poland, and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Farmacia,
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 223, Santiago 1, Chile, Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Analítica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Chile, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 03-195 Warsaw, Poland, and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Farmacia,
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 223, Santiago 1, Chile, Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Analítica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Chile, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 03-195 Warsaw, Poland, and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Farmacia,
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