Sigan Andrey

Sigan Andrey

INEOS RAS, Moscow, Moskva, Russia

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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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MNMinh Tuan Nguyen
Minh Tuan Nguyen
GEGuseva Elizaveta
Guseva Elizaveta
AAAida N. Ataeva
Aida N. Ataeva
SASigan Andrey
Sigan Andrey
ASAnna Shibaeva
Anna Shibaeva
AMAlina A. Markova
Alina A. Markova
The efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) strictly depends on the availability of molecular oxygen to trigger the light-induced generation of reactive species. Fluorocarbons have an increased ability to dissolve oxygen and are attractive tools for gas delivery. We synthesized three fluorous derivatives of chlorin with peripheral polyfluoroalkyl substituents. These compounds were used as precursors for preparing nanoemulsions with perfluorodecalin as an oxygen depot. Therefore, our formulations contained hydrophobic photosensitizers capable of absorbing monochromatic light in the long wavelength region and the oxygen carrier. These modifications did not alter the photosensitizing characteristics of chlorin such as the generation of singlet oxygen, the major cytocidal species in PDT. Emulsions readily entered HCT116 colon carcinoma cells and accumulated largely in mitochondria. Illumination of cells loaded with emulsions rapidly caused peroxidation of lipids and the loss of the plasma membrane integrity (photonecrosis). Most importantly, in PDT settings, emulsions potently sensitized cells cultured under prolonged (8 weeks) hypoxia as well as cells after oxygen depletion with sodium sulfite (acute hypoxia). The photodamaging potency of emulsions in hypoxia was significantly more pronounced compared to emulsion-free counterparts. Considering a negligible dark cytotoxicity, our materials emerge as efficient and biocompatible instruments for PDT-assisted eradication of hypoxic cells.

1 January 2019 in Russian Chemical Bulletin
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SASigan Andrey
Sigan Andrey
AGA. S. Golubev
A. S. Golubev
EBE. V. Belyaeva
E. V. Belyaeva
SGS. M. Gorfinkel
S. M. Gorfinkel
NKN. D. Kagramanov
N. D. Kagramanov
NCN. D. Chkanikov
N. D. Chkanikov