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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-3
pubmed:abstractText
Previous studies have shown that a cationic water-soluble pyridinium zinc phthalocyanine (PPC) is a powerful photosensitizer that is able to inactivate Escherichia coli. In the current work incubation of E. coli cells with PPC in the dark caused alterations in the outer membrane permeability barrier of the cells, rendering the bacteria much more sensitive to hydrophobic compounds, with little effect seen with hydrophilic compounds. Addition of Mg(2+) to the medium prior to incubation of the cells with PPC prevented these alterations in the outer membrane permeability barrier. The presence of Mg(2+) in the medium also prevented the photoinactivation of E. coli cells with PPC. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that PPC gains access across the outer membrane of E. coli cells via the self-promoted uptake pathway, a mechanism of uptake postulated for the uptake of other cationic compounds across the outer membranes of gram-negative bacteria.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0066-4804
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
522-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechanism of uptake of a cationic water-soluble pyridinium zinc phthalocyanine across the outer membrane of Escherichia coli.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Photobiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't