title: Photosensitizing activity of water- and lipid-soluble phthalocyanines on prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial cells.
abstract: The photosensitizing activity of lipophilic zinc-phthalocyanine (Zn-Pc) and its water-soluble sulphonated derivative (Zn-PcS) towards Streptococcus faecium and Candida albicans was studied and correlated with the amount of cell-bound photosensitizer. With both micro-organisms Zn-PcS was more tightly bound in larger amounts than Zn-Pc in the protoplasts of the cytoplasmic membrane. As a consequence, the photoinduced damage in S. faecium initially involved membrane proteins, while DNA was modified only upon prolonged irradiation. For C. albicans only Zn-PcS showed a preferential affinity for the spheroplasts and the decrease in cell survival was not accompanied by detectable modifications of the electrophoretic pattern of membrane proteins. The photoinduced ultrastructural alteration of both micro-organisms suggests damage at membrane level. This would indicate the involvement of different targets in bacteria and yeast for phthalocyanine photosensitization.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, University of Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bertoloni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Valduga
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jori
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: van Lier
mesh_terms: D002176:Candida albicans / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003624:Darkness; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007211:Indoles / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D054833:Isoindoles; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014867:Water; D017967:Zinc Compounds
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles; D054833:Isoindoles; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D017967:Zinc Compounds; D014867:Water; C052159:Zn(II)-phthalocyanine; C064328:zinc phthalocyanine sulfonate; C064329:zinc phthalocyanine disulfonate