The role of free radicals and singlet oxygen in phototoxicity and photodynamic therapy (PDT) of tumors and bacterial infections under low oxygen concentration

2011/03/B/NZ1/00007

Keywords

Descriptors

  • NZ1_3: Biofizyka

Panel

NZ1 – Molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology: molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology

Host institution

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biochemii, Biofizyki i Biotechnologii

Voivodeship: małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

prof. Tadeusz Sarna

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call

OPUS 2 – announced on 2011-09-15

Amount awarded
744 960 PLN
Project start date
2012-08-02
Project end date
2015-10-01
Project duration
38 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Inkubator do hodowli komórek z regulowaną zawartością tlenu. Cost: 56 500 PLN
  2. Kamera cyfrowa do mikroskopu. Cost: 50 000 PLN
  3. Komputery stacjonarne.
  4. Lodówka.
  5. Optyczny parametryczny oscylator. Cost: 100 000 PLN
  6. Pojemnik do przechowywania komórek w ciekłym azocie. Cost: 17 563 PLN
  7. Termoblok.
  8. Wirówka z chłodzeniem.
  9. XCVR-LASER & MISC.CONTROL UNIT. Cost: 47 747 PLN
  10. Zamrażarka.

Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (5)

  1. Photodynamic inactivation of Candida albicans with Imidazoacridinones: iluence of irradiance, photosensitizer uptake and reactive oxygen species generation

    Authors:
    A. Tarszkiewicz, G. szewczyk, T. Sarna, K.P. Bielawski, J. Nakonieczna
    Academic press:
    PLOS ONE (year: 2015, volume: 10, pages: 46041), Publisher: PLOS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1371/journal.pone.0129301 – link to the publication
  2. Paradoxical potentiation of methylene blue-mediated antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation by sodium azide: Role of ambient oxygen and azide radicals

    Authors:
    L. Huang, T.G. St. Denis, Y. Xuan, Y.-Y. Huang, M. Tanaka, A. Zadlo, T. Sarna and M.R. Hamblin
    Academic press:
    Free Radical Biology and Medicine (year: 2012, volume: 53, pages: 2062-2072), Publisher: ELSEVIER
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.09.006 – link to the publication
  3. Thoiocyanate potentiates antimicrobial photodynamic therapy: in situ generation of sulfur trioxide radical anion by singlet oxygen

    Authors:
    T.G. St. Denis, D. Vecchio, A. Zadlo, A. Rineh, M. Sadasivam, P. Avci, L. Huang, A. Kozinska, R. Chandran, T. Sarna , M.R. Hamblin
    Academic press:
    Free Radical Biology and Medicine (year: 2013, volume: 65, pages: 800-810), Publisher: ELSEVIER
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.08.162 – link to the publication
  4. Photoactivation of lysosomally sequestered sunitinib after angiostatic treatment causes vascular occlusion and enhances tumor growth inhibition

    Authors:
    P Nowak-Sliwinska, A Weiss, JR van Beijnum, TJ Wong, WW Kilarski, G Szewczyk, HMW Verheul, T Sarna, H van den Bergh and AW Griffioen
    Academic press:
    Cell Death and Disease (year: 2015, volume: 6, pages: 46031), Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Limited
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/cddis.2015.4 – link to the publication
  5. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy with fulleropyrrolidine: photoinactivation mechanism of Staphylococcus aureus, in vitro and in vivo studies

    Authors:
    M. Grinholc, J. Nakonieczna, G. Fila, A. Taraszkiewicz, A. Kawiak, G. Szewczyk, T. Sarna, L. Lilge, K. Bielawski
    Academic press:
    Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (year: 2015, volume: 99, pages: 4031-4043), Publisher: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s00253-015-6539-8 – link to the publication

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