ABSTRACT
To develop highly efficient photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy, herein a zinc(II) phthalocyanine-folate conjugate (PcN-FA) used to construct an activatable nanophotosensitizer (NanoPcN-FA) through a facile self-assembly. The self-assembled nanophotosensitizer (NanoPcN) without folate-modification was used as a negative control. After self-assembly, the photoactivities of NanoPcN-FA was quenched. The in vitro studies showed that NanoPcN-FA could be taken in by folate-receptor (FR)-positive SKOV3 cells and activated in the cells. It also exhibited slightly higher photocytotoxicity against SKOV3 cells than NanoPcN. Moreover, the competitive assay confirmed that the cellular uptake of NanoPcN-FA was through a FR-mediated process. Finally, the in vivo results indicated that NanoPcN-FA could target tumor tissue of S180 rat ascitic tumor-bearing mice due to the folic acid (FA) ligand, leading to a highly efficient antitumor photodynamic efficacy with the tumor inhibition rate of 95%.
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Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use , Indoles/therapeutic use , Neoplasms/drug therapy , Photosensitizing Agents/therapeutic use , Animals , Antineoplastic Agents/chemical synthesis , Antineoplastic Agents/radiation effects , Cell Line, Tumor , Humans , Indoles/chemical synthesis , Indoles/radiation effects , Light , Mice , Photochemotherapy , Photosensitizing Agents/chemical synthesis , Photosensitizing Agents/radiation effects , RatsABSTRACT
We analyzed the antimicrobial resistance and pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns of Salmonella strains of infectious diarrhea isolated four hospitals in Shenzhen during 2012-2016.A total of 137 Salmonella strains collected in 4 hospitals in Shenzhen were identified by serotyping,micro-dilution method was used to detect the antimicrobial susceptibility of the isolates.Pulsed field gel-electrophoresis(PFGE) was used for molecular typing and cluster analysis of S.typhimurium and S.enterica strains.Results showed that 137 strains of Salmonella were divided into 30 kinds of serotype.S.typhimurium was the predominant serotype.The drug susceptibility test indicated that the antibiotic resistance of the strains to chloromycetin,ampicillin and amoxicillin were more serious than other drugs,the resistance to penicillins,cephalosporins,aminolycosides and macrolides showed increase trends year by year.Of 49 strains of S.typhimurium were divided 38 molecular patterns by PFGE,with similarity ranged from 65.5％ 100％,TY18 was the main PFGE pattern.The 27 strains of S.enterica were divided into 7 molecular patterns by PFGE,with similarity ranged from 61.8％-100％,EN7 was the main PFGE pattern.The status of drug resistance of infectious diarrhea isolates was rather severe,PFGE patterns showed diversity,suggesting the diarrhea cases were distributed sporadically.Partial PFGE patterns and its corresponding antidrug spectrum have certain aggregation relationship.
