GaIIItriarylcorroles with push-pull substitutions: synthesis, electronic structure and biomedical applications

Dalton Trans. 2022 Jul 12;51(27):10543-10551. doi: 10.1039/d2dt01262f.

Abstract

Two A2B type H3corroles and two GaIIItriarylcorroles with carbazole substitutions at 10-positions were synthesized and characterized. An analysis of structure-property relationships of the corroles has been carried out by investigating the optical spectroscopy of the dyes to trends predicted in DFT and TD-DFT calculations. Interestingly, the photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) activity properties of the GaIIItriarylcorroles were determined against the MCF-7 breast cancer line, and Staphyloccocus aureus (S. aureus) and Escherichia coli (E. coli), respectively. The cationic G-2Q species exhibited the most favorable properties with an IC50 value of 7.8 μM against MCF-7 cells, and Log reduction values of 7.78 and 3.26 against planktonic S. aureus and E. coli at 0.5 and 10 μM, respectively.

MeSH terms

  • Electronics
  • Escherichia coli
  • Humans
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Photochemotherapy* / methods
  • Staphylococcus aureus*