Bismuth doped carbon nanospheres conjugated to boronated porphyrins for photodynamic therapy

Novel 4- (5,10,15)-tris-boronphenyl-20-(4-formylphenoxy) porphyrin (complex 1) and its Zn-metalated derivative (complex 2) were synthesized and conjugated to bismuth doped carbon nanospheres (BiCNS) through non-covalent bonds (π−π). The conjugation of BiCNS to porphyrin complexes enhanced the single...

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Main Authors: N․Bridged Magaela, Muthumuni Managa, Tebello Nyokong
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-06-01
Series:Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
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author N․Bridged Magaela
Muthumuni Managa
Tebello Nyokong
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description Novel 4- (5,10,15)-tris-boronphenyl-20-(4-formylphenoxy) porphyrin (complex 1) and its Zn-metalated derivative (complex 2) were synthesized and conjugated to bismuth doped carbon nanospheres (BiCNS) through non-covalent bonds (π−π). The conjugation of BiCNS to porphyrin complexes enhanced the singlet oxygen production of porphyrin complexes, as it was observed that porphyrin complex 1 gave a singlet oxygen quantum yield (Φ∆) value of 0.17 and complex 2 gave Φ∆ of 0.23, and upon conjugation with BiCNS the Ф∆ values increased to 0.52 and 0.67, respectively. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) studies were performed against MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line using these complexes and their conjugates and it was observed that BiCNS conjugates resulted in enhanced PDT activity when compared to CNS conjugates. Conjugates 2-CNS, and 2-BiCNS at the concentration of 100 µg/mL they resulted with cell viabilities of 28.43 and 26.82 %, respectively.
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spelling doaj-art-eba0e6077f014793bbf78ee4cf84798e2025-08-20T03:08:24ZengElsevierPhotodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy1572-10002025-06-015310456710.1016/j.pdpdt.2025.104567Bismuth doped carbon nanospheres conjugated to boronated porphyrins for photodynamic therapyN․Bridged Magaela0Muthumuni Managa1Tebello Nyokong2Institute for Nanotechnology Innovation, Rhodes University, Makhanda 6140, South AfricaInstitute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS), Florida Campus, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, Johannesburg 1710, South AfricaInstitute for Nanotechnology Innovation, Rhodes University, Makhanda 6140, South Africa; Corresponding author.Novel 4- (5,10,15)-tris-boronphenyl-20-(4-formylphenoxy) porphyrin (complex 1) and its Zn-metalated derivative (complex 2) were synthesized and conjugated to bismuth doped carbon nanospheres (BiCNS) through non-covalent bonds (π−π). The conjugation of BiCNS to porphyrin complexes enhanced the singlet oxygen production of porphyrin complexes, as it was observed that porphyrin complex 1 gave a singlet oxygen quantum yield (Φ∆) value of 0.17 and complex 2 gave Φ∆ of 0.23, and upon conjugation with BiCNS the Ф∆ values increased to 0.52 and 0.67, respectively. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) studies were performed against MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line using these complexes and their conjugates and it was observed that BiCNS conjugates resulted in enhanced PDT activity when compared to CNS conjugates. Conjugates 2-CNS, and 2-BiCNS at the concentration of 100 µg/mL they resulted with cell viabilities of 28.43 and 26.82 %, respectively.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1572100025000961Carbon nanospheresBismuthBoronated porphyrinPhotodynamic therapySinglet oxygenBreast cancer cell line
spellingShingle N․Bridged Magaela
Muthumuni Managa
Tebello Nyokong
Bismuth doped carbon nanospheres conjugated to boronated porphyrins for photodynamic therapy
Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Carbon nanospheres
Bismuth
Boronated porphyrin
Photodynamic therapy
Singlet oxygen
Breast cancer cell line
title Bismuth doped carbon nanospheres conjugated to boronated porphyrins for photodynamic therapy
title_full Bismuth doped carbon nanospheres conjugated to boronated porphyrins for photodynamic therapy
title_fullStr Bismuth doped carbon nanospheres conjugated to boronated porphyrins for photodynamic therapy
title_full_unstemmed Bismuth doped carbon nanospheres conjugated to boronated porphyrins for photodynamic therapy
title_short Bismuth doped carbon nanospheres conjugated to boronated porphyrins for photodynamic therapy
title_sort bismuth doped carbon nanospheres conjugated to boronated porphyrins for photodynamic therapy
topic Carbon nanospheres
Bismuth
Boronated porphyrin
Photodynamic therapy
Singlet oxygen
Breast cancer cell line
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1572100025000961
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