Abstract
Traditional photosensitizers show limited singlet oxygen generation in hypoxic infection lesions,which greatly suppress their performance in antibacterial therapy.Meanwhile,there still is lack of feasible de-sign strategy for developing hypoxia-overcoming photosensitizers agents.Herein,radical generation of 7r-conjugated small molecules is efficiently manipulated by an individual selenium(Se)substituent.With this strategy,the first proof-of-concept study of a Se-anchored oligo(thienyl ethynylene)(OT-Se)with high-performance superoxide radical(O2·-)and hydroxyl radical('OH)generation capability is present,and achieves efficient antibacterial activities towards the clinically extracted multidrug-resistant bacteria methicillin-resistant S.aureus(MRSA)and carbapenem-resistant E.coli(CREC)at sub-micromolar con-centration under a low white light irradiation(30 mW/cm2).The water-dispersible OT-Se shows a good bacteria-anchoring capability,biocompatibility,and complete elimination of multidrug-resistant bacteria wound infection in vivo.This work offers a strategy to boost type-Ⅰ photodynamic therapy(PDT)perfor-mance for efficient antibacterial treatments,advancing the development of antibacterial agents.
基金项目
国家自然科学基金(82125022)
国家自然科学基金(82072383)
国家自然科学基金(31800833)
国家自然科学基金(21977081)
国家自然科学基金(52173135)
国家自然科学基金(22207024)
浙江省自然科学基金(LZ19H180001)
Wenzhou Medical University(KYYW201901)
University of Chinese Academy of Science(WIBEZD2017001-03)
University of Chinese Academy of Science(WIUCASYJ2020001)