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    Evaluation of the Photodynamic Therapy with Curcumin on L. braziliensis and L. major Amastigotes
    (MDPI) Pereira, André Henrique Correia; Marcolino, Luciana Maria Cortez; Pinto, Juliana Guerra; Strixino, Juliana Ferreira
    Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected disease prevalent in tropical countries with the ability to cause skin lesions. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) represents a specific and topical option for the treatment of these lesions. This study evaluated the response of macrophages infected with L. braziliensis and L. major to PDT with curcumin. Curcumin concentrations were evaluated in serial dilutions from 500.0 to 7.8 μg/mL using LED (λ = 450 ± 5 nm), with a light dose of 10 J/cm2. The Trypan blue viability test, ultrastructural analysis by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), mitochondrial polarity by Rhodamine 123 (Rho 123), curcumin internalization by confocal microscopy, and counting of the recovered parasites after the PDT treatment were performed. The lowest concentrations of curcumin (15.6 and 7.8 μg/mL) presented photodynamic inactivation. Cell destruction and internalization of curcumin in both macrophages and intracellular parasites were observed in microscopy techniques. In addition, an increase in mitochondrial membrane polarity and a decrease in the number of parasites recovered was observed in the PDT groups. This study indicates that PDT with curcumin has the potential to inactivate infected macrophages and might act as a basis for future in vivo studies using the parameters herein discussed.
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    Polyelectrolytic gelatin nanoparticles as a drug delivery system for the promastigote form of Leishmania amazonensis treatment
    (Taylor & Francis) Souza, Catarina de; Carvalho, Janicy Arantes; Abreu, Alexandro da Silva; Paiva, Lucas Prudente de; Ambrósio, Jéssica Aparecida Ribeiro; Beltrame Junior, Milton; Oliveira, Marco Antonio de; Mittmann, Josane; Simioni, Andreza Ribeiro
    In this study, phthalocianato[bis(dimethylaminoethanoxy)] silicon (NzPC) was loaded onto gelatin nanoparticles functionalized with polyelectrolytes (polystyrene sulfonate/polyallylamine hydrochlor- ide) by layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly for photodynamic therapy (PDT) application in promastigote form of Leishmania amazonensis treatment. The process yield, and encapsulation efficiency were 80.0% ± 1.8 and EE 1⁄4 87.0% ± 1.1, respectively. The polyelectro- lytic gelatin nanoparticles (PGN) had a mean diameter of 437.4±72.85nm, narrow distribution size with a polydispersity index of 0.086. The obvious switching of zeta potential indicates successful alternating deposition of the polyanion PSS and polyca- tion PAH directly on the gelatin nanoparticles. Photosensitizer photophysical properties were shown to be preserved after gel- atin nanoparticle encapsulation. The impact of the PDT in the via- bility and morphology of Leishmania amazonensis promastigote in culture medium was evaluated. The PGN-NzPc presented low tox- icity at the dark and the PDT was capable of decreasing the via- bility in more than 80% in 0.1mmol.L 1 concentration tested. The PDT also triggered significant morphological alterations in the Leishmania promastigotes. These results reinforce the idea that the use of PGN as photosensitizers carriers is useful for PDT of Leishmania promastigotes.