Antibacterial photodynamic therapy mediated by 5-aminolevulinic acid on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther
; 28: 330-337, 2019 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-31618677
The emergence of drug-resistant bacteria, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), has brought great difficulties to clinical treatment. Antibacterial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is a new non-antibiotic treatment strategy for a variety of drug-resistant bacteria. However, there are few studies on the antimicrobial mechanism of a PDT mediated by 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA-PDT) for MRSA. In this study, we observed the bactericidal effect of ALA-PDT on MRSA. We found that ALA-PDT had the strongest bactericidal effect when ALA was at 0.05â¯mM, and the bactericidal activity of aPDT increased with the increase of light dose. MRSA was almost completely eliminated at 0.05â¯mM and 384 Jcm-2. In addition, the bactericidal morphology was also observed under a fluorescence microscope using a LIVE/DEAD® BacLight™ Bacterial Viability Kit and an electron microscope. It was also found that proteins and DNA were damaged by ALA-PDT. Finally, the transcription level of the specific gene of MRSA, nuc, was decreased by 0.74-fold (Pâ¯<â¯0.05) after ALA-PDT treatment by qRT-PCR analysis. The findings suggest that ALA-PDT can effectively inhibit MRSA by damaging cell membrane, cytoplasm, proteins and nucleic acid.
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Asunto principal:
Fotoquimioterapia
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Fármacos Fotosensibilizantes
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Staphylococcus aureus Resistente a Meticilina
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Ácido Aminolevulínico
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En
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Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther
Asunto de la revista:
DIAGNOSTICO POR IMAGEM
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TERAPEUTICA
Año:
2019
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Article
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