Gul Rukh , Azeem Ullah , Naveed Akhtar , Saira Yasmeen , Amir Zada , Perveen Fazil , Javed Ali Khan , Ola A. Abu Ali , Samy F. Mahmoud , Muhammad Ishaq Ali Shah , Muhammad Ateeq , Muhammad Raza Shah , Shohreh Azizi
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Abstract
In this work, we synthesized nanoconjugates from nicotinamide-substituted zinc phthalocyanine (NAM-ZnPc) by loading it onto graphene oxide to obtain NAM-ZnPc-GO. The efficiency of the nanoconjugate was screened for photodynamic effect against different bacterial species including both Gram-positive and Gram-negative strains (S. aureus and E. coli). Our finding reveals that the NAM-ZnPc-GO nanoconjugate exceptionally photo-inactivated S. aureus with 3-log reduction compared to NAM-ZnPc alone under 5 min red light irradiation with a light dose of 22.5 J/cm2. However, the nanoconjugate produced no significant photo-inactivation effect against E. coli strains under the same experimental conditions. The dark toxicity indicated no cytotoxic effect against both bacterial strains. Further, to find an efficient photodynamic effect, we combined 50 mM KI with NAM-ZnPc-GO and achieved substantial photoinactivation effect with a 5.5 log reduction in S. aureus under the same light dose. Interestingly, when E. coli was treated with the same nanoconjugate in combination with both KI, a significant photodynamic effect with 5.5 log reduction was noted from red light. Current study demonstrates that the photodynamic efficacy of NAM-ZnPc is exceptionally enhanced by conjugating with GO and potentiated by KI.
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