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Review

Near-Infrared Dyes: Towards Broad-Spectrum Antivirals

by
Kseniya A. Mariewskaya
1,
Maxim S. Krasilnikov
1,2,
Vladimir A. Korshun
1,*,
Alexey V. Ustinov
1 and
Vera A. Alferova
1
1
Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia
2
Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-3, 119991 Moscow, Russia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24(1), 188; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24010188
Submission received: 30 November 2022 / Revised: 13 December 2022 / Accepted: 20 December 2022 / Published: 22 December 2022
(This article belongs to the Section Bioactives and Nutraceuticals)
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Abstract

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Broad antiviral activity in vitro is known for many organic photosensitizers generating reactive oxygen species under irradiation with visible light. Low tissue penetration of visible light prevents further development of antiviral therapeutics based on these compounds. One possible solution to this problem is the development of photosensitizers with near-infrared absorption (NIR dyes). These compounds found diverse applications in the photodynamic therapy of tumors and bacterial infections, but they are scarcely mentioned as antivirals. In this account, we aimed to evaluate the therapeutic prospects of various NIR-absorbing and singlet oxygen-generating chromophores for the development of broad-spectrum photosensitizing antivirals.

1. Introduction

Among pathogens causing dangerous viral diseases are many enveloped viruses, such as airborne viruses (e.g., influenza and coronaviruses) and bloodborne viruses (e.g., HCV and HIV). Their characteristic feature is the presence of an outer lipid envelope decorated with membrane proteins. Organic dye-photosensitizers capable of the photogeneration of singlet oxygen (1O2) and other reactive oxygen species (ROS) often show activity against enveloped viruses [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16].
The commonly accepted dye-mediated mechanism of 1O2 and ROS photogeneration is shown in Figure 1. When a molecule is irradiated by a quantum of light, electrons from the ground level transition to the excited S1 level without changing spin. In addition to a radiative transition back to the unexcited state, called fluorescence, photosensitizers are able to transition to the more stable excited triplet state, which has about three orders of magnitude longer lifetime than the excited singlet state, since direct relaxation (called phosphorescence) is prohibited. The lifetime of the excited triplet state is sufficient for a dye molecule to collide with molecular oxygen (whose ground state is triplet) and, due to the reorientation of spin states, lead to the formation of two molecules already in singlet states, one of which is singlet oxygen. This transition is called a type II photochemical process, but direct transfer of an excited electron from the triplet level is also possible, resulting in the formation of active oxygen forms, which can also destroy various biomolecules [17,18]. This way of ROS formation is called a type I process.
The wide range of activity of such photosensitizers originates from a target common to all enveloped viruses, their outer lipid membrane. The dye binds to the lipid bilayer due to its special structure; the non-polar core of the molecule intercalates directly into the viral membrane, while the polar parts attach to charged phosphates on the surface. The mechanism of action of these compounds is related to the photogeneration of 1O2 that oxidizes unsaturated lipids in the viral envelope [19]. Virions with a damaged envelope are unable to fuse with cells [20], so photosensitizing antivirals act as fusion inhibitors. Another advantage of the photodynamic inactivation of virions is that it does not cause viral resistance [21] because the lipid envelope originates from host cells and is not encoded in any way in the viral genome [22].
The main types of chromophores of such compounds are shown in Figure 2; these are porphyrins and phthalocyanines (usually as metal complexes) [10,23], hypericin [7], perylene compounds [6,7], compound LJ001 and congeners [20], and methylene blue [24]. They are lipophilic aromatic compounds, capable of penetrating into the lipid bilayer. Obvious prerequisites for a pronounced antiviral effect are (1) localization of the chromophore in close proximity to the double bonds of unsaturated fatty acids in the lipid membrane; (2) the presence of oxygen; and (3) light exposure in the area of chromophore absorption. The latter condition is easily met in the case of viral skin infection and can be implemented for the upper respiratory tract [25], which makes many classes of photosensitizers potentially applicable to the therapy of such infections. However, in the case of the internal localization of viral replication foci, light delivery is difficult.
To solve this problem, several options were proposed, ranging from placing a light source inside the body using various medical devices to introducing, together with a photosensitizer, an auxiliary molecule that emits electromagnetic radiation of the desired wavelength through various chemiluminescent processes. Moreover, the damaging effect of electromagnetic radiation on tissues unrelated to the photosensitizer should be taken into account. Each wavelength range has its own targets in viruses and cells [26], but, in general, it can be noted that, due to lower quantum energy and lower absorption by biomolecules, NIR light itself has a minimal damaging effect compared to the visible and UV ranges. Thus, the simplest and most elegant approach seems to be the use of photosensitizers capable of generating reactive oxygen species when irradiated with electromagnetic radiation in the so-called “therapeutic windows” of 650–900 and 1000–1350 nm [27,28,29], in which tissue transparency is substantially higher (Figure 3) than in the visible range [30,31,32,33].
Therefore, such compounds called near-infrared dyes (NIR dyes) are widely used in various fields for imaging/therapeutics/PDT of tumors [34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43] and bacterial infections [44,45,46] (Figure 4). The development of new NIR dyes is a hot topic [47,48,49,50,51,52,53] that is extensively reviewed [54,55,56]. From the structural point of view, NIR photosensitizers should, on the one hand, have an extended conjugated system reducing the energy difference between LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) and HOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital) (corresponding to the difference between levels S0 and S1 on the Jablonski diagram), thus providing long-wave absorption [57], and, on the other hand, contain a heavy atom generating singlet oxygen [58]. The transition energy from triplet to singlet state for oxygen corresponds to the 1270 nm wavelength [59,60,61], thus, NIR dyes are capable of generating singlet oxygen [62] from a single-photon absorption process at wavelengths of up to 1050 nm [63]. The main classes of ROS-generating NIR dyes are porphyrins and porphyrinoids, phthalocyanines, cyanines, and BODIPYs with an extended π-system [64,65].
Despite the considerable attention that NIR dyes have attracted as agents for PDT, their use for virus inactivation is far less common. Nevertheless, examples of antiviral activity of the NIR dyes summarized in this review show promise for their application to PDT. The aim of this review was to identify structural types of NIR dyes with potential for use in photodynamic virus inactivation. In this work, we limited ourselves to low-molecular-weight organic compounds without considering biopolymers, polymers [66,67,68], nanoparticles [69,70,71], and other NIR-absorbing and singlet oxygen-generating compounds and conjugates [16,72,73,74] that have been proposed for PDT, including viral infections [75], in recent years.

2. Antiviral NIR-Photosensitizers

Our first aim was to summarize the infrequent references to the use of NIR dyes as antiviral agents. At present, the most investigated and widely used antiviral photosensitizer is the methylene blue dye. This dye is used as the active ingredient in the THERAFLEX-MB plasma system [76], effectively inactivating the pathogens in blood products [77,78,79]. Its efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 has also been reported [12].
Methylene blue has been proven safe for humans after long-term use in the treatment of methemoglobinemia [80]. It is known that methylene blue binds to DNA; as well as that it can enter both types I and II photochemical processes. Direct electron transfer and the resulting reactive oxygen species (a type I process) likely lead to DNA strand breaks in the absence of oxygen or at low oxygen concentrations. In the presence of oxygen, photo-oxidation occurs according to the type II mechanism; this was proved by the formation of 8-hydroxyguanine in nucleic acids during photo-treatment with methylene blue [80,81]. In addition, methylene blue showed sufficiently high activity against enveloped viruses: SINV, HCV, BVDV, and SARS-CoV-2 (Table 1).
Porphyrins and their analogs are attractive scaffolds for virus inactivation [10]. Chlorin E6 [82], a porphyrin-based dye with the commercial name Talaporfin, previously approved as a drug for the treatment of lung and esophageal cancer by photodynamic therapy, also showed antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 [83].
The next class of IR-photosensitizers with antiviral activity are zinc phthalocyanine complexes. It has been shown previously that phthalocyanines containing a zinc atom have the highest antiviral activity among similar complexes with magnesium, transition metals, and metal-free phthalocyanine [9]. All phthalocyanines presented below have IC50 in the submicromolar range. Additionally, commercially available IRDye700DX was found to be effective for HIV-1 inactivation in the form of conjugates with an anti-HIV antibody [84,85].
The table below shows substances with maximum absorption within the “therapeutic window” possessing inhibitory activity against one or more viruses.
Table
Table 1. Antiviral NIR photosensitizers.
Table 1. Antiviral NIR photosensitizers.
#ScaffoldCompoundAntiviral
Activity		λabs (nm)References
1Ijms 24 00188 i001 EC50: 0.22 ± 0.07, 0.30 ± 0.03 (SARS-CoV-2) μM; TCID50: 3.15 (HCV), 4.50 ± 0.66 (BVDV), 5.67 (SINV)668[86] (SINV), [87] (HCV, BVDV), [88,89] (SARS-CoV-2)
2, 3Ijms 24 00188 i002Ijms 24 00188 i003IC50: 0.001 nM (H1N1), 0.53 nM (HSV1)673[90]
Ijms 24 00188 i004IC50: 0.087 nM (H1N1), 0.97 nM (HSV1)673
4, 5Ijms 24 00188 i005Ijms 24 00188 i006Δlog (gap virus titer and v + PS, 0.58 μM): 4 (HSV-1), 2.4 (VV), 1.8 (BVDV), 0 (NDV), 0.33 (CoxB1), 0.91 (HAdV5)674[91,92]
Ijms 24 00188 i007Δlog (gap virus titer and v + PS, 0.64 μM): 4 (HSV-1), 2.2 (VV), 5.3 (BVDV), 1.25 (NDV)680
6, 7, 8Ijms 24 00188 i008Ijms 24 00188 i009IC50: 0.17 nM (H1N1), 0.46 nM (HSV1)690[93]
Ijms 24 00188 i010IC50: 0.11 nM (H1N1), 0.79 nM (HSV1)691
Ijms 24 00188 i011IC50: 0.05 nM (H1N1), 0.05 nM (HSV1)690
9Ijms 24 00188 i012Ijms 24 00188 i013EC50: 60.2 nM (SARS-CoV-2)678[82,94]
10Ijms 24 00188 i014Ijms 24 00188 i015IC50: 0.087 nM (H1N1)675[95,96]
11Ijms 24 00188 i016 EC50: 141 nM (SARS-CoV-2)654[82,97]
12Ijms 24 00188 i017Ijms 24 00188 i018 760[98]
Table 1 shows that reported cases of antiviral activity for NIR dyes are quite rare. At the same time, there are no examples of antiviral dyes with absorbance in the >700 nm region. Nevertheless, rather high values of antiviral activity (in the subnanomolar range) were observed for many of the compounds studied. Similarly to photosensitizers with absorption in the visible range [6], NIR-dyes exhibit broad-spectrum antiviral activity. The affected virus types include +ssRNA (Flaviviridae, Togaviridae, Coronaviridae, Pricornaviridae), -ssRNA (Orthomyxoviridae, Paramyxoviridae), and dsDNA (Herpesviridae, Poxviridae, Adenoviridae) viruses. The vast majority of the susceptible viruses are enveloped (with the exception of coxsackievirus and adenovirus [91,92]).
While studies on the antiviral activity of NIR-absorbing dyes can be called scarce, data on their specific mode of antiviral action and molecular targets is almost non-existent. NIR dyes are thought to act by the same mechanism as other antiviral photosensitizers [3]. The mechanism of inactivation by NIR dyes is generally believed, without further experimental confirmation, to consist of damage to the viral envelope by ROS generation (mainly 1O2). Nonetheless, a detailed study of the molecular mode of action of these compounds can reveal valuable insights for further drug development. For example, structural TEM study of avian influenza virus H5N8 inactivated by a photosensitizer demonstrated loss of surface glycoproteins under treatment with a low concentration of the compound [95]. The “bald” viral particles retained structural integrity but were inactivated. Therefore, envelope proteins can be effectively targeted by photosensitizers, in addition to unsaturated lipids. Singlet oxygen can damage any biomolecules; for example, it mediated damage to nucleic acids by methylene blue [80]. Enveloped viruses are generally significantly more susceptible to ROS damage. Although all viral components can be a potential molecular target for ROS, proteins and unsaturated lipids of the viral envelope are the most readily available ones [95].
One of the main problems of using NIR dyes as antiviral drugs is their solubility. The dye must contain both a conjugated nonpolar fragment for near-infrared absorption and intercalation into a nonpolar lipid bilayer and polar fragments for more stable fixation in the membrane and increased solubility in water. Unfortunately, at present, the solubility of antiviral photosensitizers in water is low and does not increase upon extension of the non-polar π-system in an attempt to create longer wavelength dyes. The introduction of a constant charge into the molecule can help overcome this problem. There are numerous examples of charged photosensitizers with water solubility suitable for therapeutic applications tested for photodynamic therapy, including NIR dyes [99]. Cationic photosensitizers are believed to be more efficient for antimicrobial PDT; the positive charge allows them to bind to the negatively charged bacterial membranes [90,91]. Data on antiviral activity of charged photosensitizers is rather scarce; there are no clear trends in the structure−antiviral activity relationship. Nonetheless, works in PDT of cancer show that charge variation affects solubility, bioavailability, cellular uptake, intracellular localization, penetration, and excretion rates [100]. Further development of antiviral photosensitizers can be based on data on the cytotoxic properties of the dyes and approaches to their tuning by structural variation.
When discussing biological activity, it is important to note the cytotoxicity of various dyes. Most often, this is not a problem, since the antiviral activity of the dyes is so high that it exceeds the toxicity of the molecule by order of magnitude. A good example is cyanine dyes [101]. One plausible explanation for this tendency is the extracellular mode of antiviral action for NIR-dyes, combined with a generally high molecular weight. The expanded π-system required for long-wavelength absorption leads to a significant increase in molecular weight. Bulky hydrophobic dyes tend to have low cellular uptake, leading to low dark cytotoxicity, whereas virus inactivation does not require membrane penetration and takes place extracellularly.
The potential cytotoxicity of metal complexes not only as photosensitizers but also as heavy metal ion sources, should be always taken into account. Fortunately, metal complexes are currently massively studied as potential antibiotics [102,103,104,105], thus giving large datasets on their cytotoxicity.
It is also worth noting that, for photosensitizers, a correct assessment of both activity and cytotoxicity is a methodologically difficult task. The observed biological effect is influenced by many parameters that are not controlled by standard methods. For example, these parameters include the duration and intensity of irradiation, the match between the irradiation wavelength and the dye absorption bands, oxygen concentration in the medium, and oxygen access under different incubation conditions. Under such conditions, there can be significant distortions in the results and low reproducibility. The biological effect of dyes with absorption maxima far from the visible region can be markedly underestimated due to less intense irradiation. Effective investigation of photosensitizer-based drugs requires developing activity verification protocols that take into account the peculiarities of this class of antivirals. Classical approaches for transitioning from in vitro testing to testing on in vivo models also need significant adjustments.

3. 1O2 Generators

As mentioned earlier, the main requirements for a molecule to be a potential effective broad-spectrum NIR antiviral drug are direct absorption in the near-infrared region and an acceptable quantum yield of singlet oxygen generation. Recently, the high interest in NIR dyes for PDT has led to a large amount of data on the photophysical and photochemical properties and ROS generation ability for a wide range of structural types of dyes. A dye molecule in the excited triplet state can interact with oxygen from the air to form singlet oxygen. To identify the most promising structures in PDT for viruses, we summarized photosensitizers possessing an absorption maximum at >630 nm and high quantum yield of singlet oxygen (ΦΔ > 0.1), which plays a key role in the antiviral activity of photosensitizers (Table 2).
To detect singlet oxygen and estimate photosensitizer parameters, the quantum yield of singlet oxygen is measured by its own weak phosphorescence [106], by EPR spectroscopy in the course of oxidation of secondary amines to stable radicals [107], and using various chemiluminescent, chromogenic, and fluorogenic probes [108,109,110]. Oxygen generation of all the structures we have considered is evaluated with a special indicator, the most common of which is 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran (DPBF) [111]. In the presence of singlet oxygen, DPBF is rapidly oxidized, and accordingly, the intensity of its absorption decreases.
Table
Table 2. Singlet oxygen generators.
Table 2. Singlet oxygen generators.
#ScaffoldCompoundλabs (nm) ΦΔ * References
1Ijms 24 00188 i019 6680.52[112]
2Ijms 24 00188 i020Ijms 24 00188 i0216730.54[90]
3Ijms 24 00188 i0226730.63
4Ijms 24 00188 i023Ijms 24 00188 i0246740.41[91]
5Ijms 24 00188 i0256800.55
6Ijms 24 00188 i026Ijms 24 00188 i0276900.86[93]
7Ijms 24 00188 i0286910.89
8Ijms 24 00188 i0296900.86
9Ijms 24 00188 i030Ijms 24 00188 i0316780.63[113]
10Ijms 24 00188 i032 6540.75[97]
11Ijms 24 00188 i033Ijms 24 00188 i034694, 7220.18[114]
12Ijms 24 00188 i0356940.34
13Ijms 24 00188 i0366980.57
14Ijms 24 00188 i0377050.66
15Ijms 24 00188 i038Ijms 24 00188 i0397390.30[115]
16Ijms 24 00188 i0407400.47
17Ijms 24 00188 i0416720.67
18Ijms 24 00188 i042Ijms 24 00188 i0436370.99[116]
19Ijms 24 00188 i0446380.95
20Ijms 24 00188 i0456330.8
21Ijms 24 00188 i0466430.74
22Ijms 24 00188 i0476430.74
23Ijms 24 00188 i0486300.52
24Ijms 24 00188 i049Ijms 24 00188 i0506470.17[117]
25Ijms 24 00188 i0516500.26
26Ijms 24 00188 i0526500.26
27Ijms 24 00188 i0536620.31
28Ijms 24 00188 i0546650.31
29Ijms 24 00188 i0556680.31
30Ijms 24 00188 i0567100.13
31Ijms 24 00188 i057Ijms 24 00188 i0587900.66[102,103,107,109,110,114,118]
32Ijms 24 00188 i0596870.44
33Ijms 24 00188 i0606920.17
34Ijms 24 00188 i061660, 7900.2
35Ijms 24 00188 i0627850.13
36Ijms 24 00188 i063781+
37Ijms 24 00188 i064806+
38Ijms 24 00188 i065810+
39Ijms 24 00188 i0666860.11
40Ijms 24 00188 i0676870.07
41Ijms 24 00188 i068Ijms 24 00188 i0697800.08
42Ijms 24 00188 i070685+[119]
43Ijms 24 00188 i071688+
44Ijms 24 00188 i072 7360.03[120]
45Ijms 24 00188 i073Ijms 24 00188 i0747730.2[121]
46Ijms 24 00188 i0757360.04
47Ijms 24 00188 i0767800.75[122]
48Ijms 24 00188 i077Ijms 24 00188 i0786500.11[123]
49Ijms 24 00188 i0796680.17
50Ijms 24 00188 i0806660.17[124]
51Ijms 24 00188 i0816630.2
52Ijms 24 00188 i0826550.39
53Ijms 24 00188 i083Ijms 24 00188 i0847000.12[125]
54Ijms 24 00188 i0857150.22
55Ijms 24 00188 i0867150.21
56Ijms 24 00188 i0877200.8
57Ijms 24 00188 i088Ijms 24 00188 i089647+[126]
58Ijms 24 00188 i090 1040+[63]
59Ijms 24 00188 i091 6930.12[114]
60Ijms 24 00188 i092Ijms 24 00188 i0936650.76[127]
61Ijms 24 00188 i0946650.59
62Ijms 24 00188 i095Ijms 24 00188 i0966790.74[128]
63Ijms 24 00188 i0976660.70[129]
64Ijms 24 00188 i0986700.88[130]
65Ijms 24 00188 i0996790.24[120]
66Ijms 24 00188 i1006790.1[120]
67Ijms 24 00188 i1016780.52[120]
68Ijms 24 00188 i1026790.29[120]
69Ijms 24 00188 i103730+[128]
70Ijms 24 00188 i104698+[129]
71Ijms 24 00188 i1056670.62[131]
72Ijms 24 00188 i1066380.89[131]
73Ijms 24 00188 i107Ijms 24 00188 i1086430.29[132]
74Ijms 24 00188 i1096330.23
75Ijms 24 00188 i1106480.31
76Ijms 24 00188 i1116600.44[133]
77Ijms 24 00188 i1127010.63[123]
78Ijms 24 00188 i1136680.69[123]
79Ijms 24 00188 i1146710.32[131,134]
80Ijms 24 00188 i1156630.17[131,134]
81Ijms 24 00188 i1166580.1[131,134]
82Ijms 24 00188 i1177110.15[127]
83Ijms 24 00188 i1187130.13[127]
84Ijms 24 00188 i1197160.05[127]
85Ijms 24 00188 i1207180.04[127]
86Ijms 24 00188 i1217470.73[130]
87Ijms 24 00188 i1227080.60[132]
88Ijms 24 00188 i1237780.11[133]
89Ijms 24 00188 i124 7500.41[135]
90Ijms 24 00188 i125Ijms 24 00188 i1266770.51[136]
91Ijms 24 00188 i1276770.25
92Ijms 24 00188 i1286790.61
93Ijms 24 00188 i1296780.63
94Ijms 24 00188 i1306780.71
95Ijms 24 00188 i1316750.66
96Ijms 24 00188 i1326760.69
97Ijms 24 00188 i133Ijms 24 00188 i1346700.68[137]
98Ijms 24 00188 i1356700.69
99Ijms 24 00188 i136 6400.5[138]
100Ijms 24 00188 i137Ijms 24 00188 i138708, 7820.35[139]
101Ijms 24 00188 i139712, 7860.18
102Ijms 24 00188 i140Ijms 24 00188 i1416530.18[140]
103Ijms 24 00188 i142~6850.51
104Ijms 24 00188 i143 8400.85[141]
105Ijms 24 00188 i144 710+[142]
* “+” corresponds to qualitative singlet oxygen generation results.
Based on the data in the table, the following conclusions can be made. Porphyrins, phthalocyanines, cyanines, and BODIPY are the most studied classes of IR dyes in terms of ROS generation.
On average, phthalocyanines exhibit rather high quantum yields of singlet oxygen (0.4–0.9). Quantum yield is significantly affected both by the presence of metal in the complex and the introduction of substituents into the phthalocyanine core. The highest quantum yields of singlet oxygen with significant quenching of fluorescence were observed for compounds 6–8 (ΦΔ 0.86–0.89) as a result of their di-α-substitution [93]. The introduction of substituents into phthalocyanine molecules, in addition to optimizing their photophysical properties, can serve to improve their solubility, which is very important for both in vitro and in vivo applications. For example, the introduction of (Lys)5 (oligolysin) residues improved the water solubility of the ZnPc conjugate [113]. For some of the phthalocyanines, an association between antimicrobial properties and ROS generation under red light irradiation has been shown [90].
Squarylium cyanines with a heavy atom of selenium in the “indolenine” parts 27–29 show higher values of 1O2 quantum yield than their analogs with sulfur [117].
Cyanines with a heavy atom in the “core” have significantly lower values of 1O2 quantum yield than those with iodine or bromine in the indole and/or indolenine part. An increase in the number of heavy atoms (more than two) in a cyanine molecule leads to a decrease in quantum yield of singlet oxygen [118]. Also, cyanines 33–34 with TEMPO in a central fragment of their structure have good enough values of 1O2 quantum yield, higher than close compounds 39, 40, and 59 with piperazine [143,144,145]. The insertion of a heavy atom into the cyanine nucleus is less effective for increasing ROS generation than insertion into the indolenine part [121]. Interesting experimental results on the influence of the nature of the counterion were obtained for cyanine derivative 55: only C3T-Pc with a bulky phosphonium counterion can form supramolecular J-aggregates in aqueous solutions, leading to significantly red-shifted emission and enhanced ΦΔ [126].
The introduction of heavy atoms or reactive groups into BODIPY significantly increases singlet oxygen generation, but the introduction of more than two heavy atoms into the molecule negatively affects this value. BODIPY 61, with two atoms of bromine, an extended π-system, and a very long hydrophilic PEG-group, is a very interesting compound: it is a good singlet oxygen generator and, due to its structure, may be safer for humans than other compounds of this class [127]. Compound 64 has ultrahigh quantum yield of singlet oxygen (ΦΔ 88%), thus enabling a proof-of-concept application of highly-efficient PDT in vivo under ultralow near-infrared light power density [130]. A very interesting article is devoted to the study of the influence of various heavy atoms and their number in a molecule on quantum yield singlet oxygen [146]. Compound 67 has only one atom of iodine and higher ΦΔ than similar compounds with two atoms of iodine, and one and two atoms of bromine. However, compounds 62–63 and 76–78, 89 have two, three, and four heavy atoms, respectively, in their structures and high quantum yields [128,129,133,135,147]. Thus, we cannot make an unambiguous assessment of what number of heavy atoms in the structure of a BODIPY provides maximum singlet oxygen generation. The presence of dimethylacridine fragments in the structure of the compound leads to an increase in the singlet oxygen generation, but not as large as heavy atoms, such as iodine [105]. High quantum yields of singlet oxygen were also achieved for heavy-atom-free BODIPY dyes, e.g., 71 and 72 demonstrate high singlet oxygen (1O2) generation efficiency (up to 0.85–0.89) [148]. The presence of electron donor groups conjugated with the π-system in the molecule was found to increase ΦΔ [149]. Expansion of the π-system from phenyl to polyaromatic substituents does not result in either a shift to the IR region or an increase in ROS generation, but presumably increases toxicity in the dark [150,151,152,153,154]. Glytamic acid-derived aza-BODIPY 96 has good water solubility and high ROS generation. The presence of an amide group in the ring located close to the iodine atom contributes to this effect [136]. An association of activity with ROS generation was shown for the antibacterial photosensitizer 79: the inhibitory effect of this BODIPY on S. aureus was not observed when ROS species were scavenged by KI or NaN3 [131,134].
Selenium-containing compounds 97 and 98 are promising PSs with their high photostability and 1O2 quantum yield values, as well as their similarity to methylene blue, which is safe for humans [80,137].
Porphyrins generally exhibit rather low quantum yields of ROS; however, it should be noted that a design of an extended π-conjugated photosensitizer linked to an antimicrobial peptide enabled its excitation in the near IR to perform PDT in the optical therapeutic window. The conjugate has shown good photostability and capacity to generate singlet oxygen [139].
Thus, the most effective way to provide a bathochromic shift is either the introduction of various heterocycles as substituents or the expansion of the π-system of the dye core itself by adding additional aromatic rings. For example, cyanine 58, BODIPY 60–61, 77, 78, and 89. It should be noted that the absorption maximum for aza-BODIPY is shifted by ~70–80 nm to a redder region than for analogous BODIPYs. Among the various substituents that increase ROS generation, the most effective are iodine atoms. The optimal amount differs for different classes of compounds: while introducing more than two atoms is undesirable for cyanines; in the case of BODIPY, this amount depends on the structural features of a particular compound. The position of the heavy atom in the molecule is also important: in BODIPY these are positions 2 and 6; in cyanines, it is the indolenine ring. The lowest ΦΔ values are detected for the compounds with a heavy halogen atom as the anion. An exception is compound 104 with the bromine anion, which has an extremely high yield of singlet oxygen generation. Phthalocyanines can form complexes with various metal ions, the highest ROS generation is observed in zinc phthalocyanines.
Table 2 shows that the number of NIR dyes capable of generating singlet oxygen, including high yields, is significant. However, NIR dyes are often developed for in vivo imaging and are not studied as ROS generators. Such dyes are an additional source of potential photosensitizers. In addition, for such compounds, the ways to achieve the greatest long-wavelength shift of absorption and fluorescence maxima are well known, so variation of their structures (for example, with the introduction of a heavy atom) is promising for obtaining compounds with optimal properties—long-wavelength absorption and quenched fluorescence.
In addition, it should be noted that a high yield of singlet oxygen generation often leads to low photostability for many of the given compounds due to low oxygen lifetime in the singlet state and its high reactivity, as a result of which the dye itself is oxidized and destroyed by the generated singlet oxygen. In this case, it is worthwhile to additionally measure the photostability of the studied compounds in light and in the dark.

4. Conclusions

Despite the fact that the synthesis of dyes with the absorption peak falling within the “therapeutic window” is not new, very few such dyes are currently known and have been studied for the presence or absence of antiviral activity. The compounds considered above are promising for this field of research.
Currently, NIR dyes are being actively developed as antitumor agents, but, based on the information we analyzed, we can conclude that such structures are very promising for photodynamic inactivation of viruses as well. Thus, we found that all NIR dyes with proven antiviral properties are singlet oxygen generators. At the same time, there are many NIR dyes with well-studied singlet oxygen generation ability which have never been studied as antiviral compounds (Figure 5). The search for new antiviral photosensitizers with absorption in the IR region is the most promising among such scaffolds.
By analyzing the collected photophysical and antiviral properties of NIR dyes, we can identify general patterns in their structural design. The dye molecule must contain an extensive conjugate structure in order to shift absorption into the NIR region and freely intercalate into the viral membrane, and a polar part or polar substituents that increase the water solubility of the molecule and promote a more stable attachment to the lipid membrane of enveloped viruses through interaction with the polar ends. To increase quantum yield of singlet oxygen, one or two heavy atoms should be introduced into the molecule to quench the fluorescence, preferably directly into the dye core, not into the linker. Also, if there is no rigid fixation of the π-system, quantum yield of the fluorescence drops, which often leads to improved singlet oxygen generation [155].
Further development of antiviral compounds based on these scaffolds is attractive for several reasons. First, photosensitizers generally have a wide spectrum of antiviral activity, as demonstrated by photosensitizers based on perylene, hypericin [7], phenothiazine, porphyrin, and phthalocyanine [9]. Secondly, dyes with an absorption maximum falling within the “therapeutic window” require electromagnetic radiation capable of penetrating tissues for their excitation. Third, the high quantum yield of singlet oxygen makes it possible to expect high antiviral activity for such compounds. Nevertheless, there are some notable difficulties in the study of photosensitizers. Correct study of their activity and cytotoxicity requires a modification of standard techniques to control the intensity, wavelength, and dose of irradiation on all stages of research. As for in vivo tests, even in the case of NIR dyes, selection of suitable models and the development of drug forms, administration methods and experiment protocols with irradiation dose control is a challenge. On the other hand, the wide spectrum of activity and ultra-low effective doses of antiviral photosensitizers provide potential for effective drugs. Ultra-low active concentrations of photosensitizers are achieved due to the fact that they are not directly acting damaging agents. A huge amount of oxygen is dissolved in the target environment, and the photosensitizer can convert it to an active singlet form over many cycles (up to several million) of excitation−relaxation within the bounds of its photostability.
Scaffolds of cyanine and BODIPY NIR-dyes are of particular interest. Cyanine dyes and BODIPY dyes have been very well studied, and various methods for the synthesis and modification of their derivatives have been developed. As can be seen from the data presented in Table 2, the quantum yield of singlet oxygen for these compounds is often very high. In addition, low cytotoxicity is observed for the members of these structural families. It is also worth noting that BODIPY dyes and cyanine dyes, currently not yet fully investigated from this point of view, are of increasing interest as a basis for obtaining potentially active antiviral substances with NIR-range absorbance. There are already known cases of antiviral activity for derivatives of substances in these classes with absorption in the visible range. For example, the visible-range absorbing cyanine dye lumin showed antiviral activity [156], and a BODIPY-based dye (λmax (H2O) 509 nm) was described as an antiviral [157]. All this suggests that NIR BODIPYs and cyanines have high potential as photosensitizers for the development of broad-spectrum antiviral therapeutics.
Since NIR singlet oxygen generators have an antiviral effect near the target, the unsaturated lipids of the viral membrane, it may be appropriate to target the viral lipid membrane rather than the cell membrane when developing such antiviral drugs. This can be achieved by conjugation with antibodies against various domains of viral membrane proteins, e.g., a spike protein. After specific delivery to the outer viral membrane, the lipophilic dye on a suitable linker will penetrate the lipid bilayer and generate singlet oxygen there. Moreover, with this kind of delivery, singlet oxygen can also have a damaging effect on viral envelope proteins, additionally inactivating the viral particle.
Modern molecular modeling and simulation techniques could be useful for revealing the photosensitizers’ affinity to and interactions with lipid membrane. For example, such studies were performed for the broad-spectrum antiviral and singlet oxygen photogenerator (however, not NIR-dye) hypericin [158]. A recent in silico study of indocyanine green revealed the receptor-binding domain in SARS-CoV-2 could be a potential binding site for cyanine dye [159].

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, V.A.K., A.V.U., and V.A.A.; methodology, V.A.A.; data collection, curation, and formal analysis, all authors; writing—original draft preparation, K.A.M. and M.S.K.; writing—review and editing, V.A.K. and V.A.A.; visualization, K.A.M. and V.A.A.; supervision, V.A.K. and V.A.A.; project administration and funding acquisition, V.A.K. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Agreement No. 075–15-2021-1049).

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

Not applicable.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results.

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Figure 1. Singlet oxygen generation mechanism (Jablonski diagram) [9,11,16].
Figure 1. Singlet oxygen generation mechanism (Jablonski diagram) [9,11,16].
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Figure 2. Main scaffolds of antiviral photosensitizers.
Figure 2. Main scaffolds of antiviral photosensitizers.
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Figure 3. Penetration of near-IR light through tissues; illumination with a 650 nm LED light source.
Figure 3. Penetration of near-IR light through tissues; illumination with a 650 nm LED light source.
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Figure 4. The main types of NIR dyes.
Figure 4. The main types of NIR dyes.
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Figure 5. Analysis of prospective antiviral photosensitizing scaffolds.
Figure 5. Analysis of prospective antiviral photosensitizing scaffolds.
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