Size and Substitution Effect on Antimicrobial Activity of Polythiophene Polyelectrolyte Derivatives Under Photolysis and Dark Conditions

Photochemistry and Photobiology
Dylan M BrownDavid G Whitten

Abstract

Cationic polythiophenes have been shown to be potent antimicrobial compounds due to their ability to absorb visible light and sensitize the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as well as their ability to selectively associate with and damage negatively charged cell envelopes. This study demonstrates the ability of differentially sized imidazolium- and tertiary amine-functionalized poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) to inactivate Gram-negative Escherichia coli and Gram-positive Bacillus atrophaeus under photolysis and dark conditions. Flow cytometry viability assays are used to quantify cell death. Each compound shows high levels of killing at both 1 and 10 μg mL-1 polymer concentrations for each microbial species after photoactivation as well as high levels of dark inactivation in many cases. Tertiary amine-functionalized P3HT is shown to have different killing patterns, shown by transmission electron microscopy, compared to the imidazolium-functionalized derivatives.

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