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Evaluation and activity of new porphyrin-peptide cage-type conjugates for the photoinactivation of Mycobacterium abscessus

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Mycobacterium abscessus is increasingly recognized as an emerging opportunistic pathogen causing severe lung diseases and cutaneous infections. However, treatment of M. abscessus infections remains particularly challenging, largely due to intrinsic resistance to a wide panel of antimicrobial agents. New therapeutic alternatives are urgently needed. Herein, we show that, upon limited irradiation with a blue-light source, newly developed porphyrin-peptide cage-type photosensitizers exert a strong bactericidal activity against smooth and rough variants of M. abscessus in planktonic cultures and in biofilms, at low concentrations. Atomic force microscopy unraveled important morphological alterations that include a wrinkled and irregular bacterial surface. The potential of these compounds for a photo-therapeutic use to treat M. abscessus skin infections requires further evaluations. IMPORTANCE Mycobacterium abscessus causes persistent infections and is extremely difficult to eradicate. Despite intensive chemotherapy, treatment success rates remain very low. Thus, given the unsatisfactory performances of the current regimens, more effective therapeutic alternatives are needed. In this study, we evaluated the activity of newly described porphyrin-peptide cage-type conjugates in the context of photodynamic therapy. We show that upon light irradiation, these compounds were highly bactericidal against M. abscessus in vitro , thus qualifying these compounds for future studies dedicated to photo-therapeutic applications against M. abscessus skin infections.
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hal-04603042 , version 1 (06-06-2024)

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Matthéo Alcaraz, Sébastien Lyonnais, Chandramouli Ghosh, John Jairo Aguilera-Correa, Sébastien Richeter, et al.. Evaluation and activity of new porphyrin-peptide cage-type conjugates for the photoinactivation of Mycobacterium abscessus. Microbiology Spectrum, 2024, 12 (5), pp.e0000624. ⟨10.1128/spectrum.00006-24⟩. ⟨hal-04603042⟩
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