Surface Charge Switchable Supramolecular Nanocarriers for Nitric Oxide Synergistic Photodynamic Eradication of Biofilms

Biofilm has resulted in numerous obstinate clinical infections, posing severe threats to public health. It is urgent to develop original antibacterial strategies for eradicating biofilms. Herein, we develop a surface charge switchable supramolecular nanocarrier exhibiting pH-responsive penetration into an acidic biofilm for nitric oxide (NO) synergistic photodynamic eradication of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) biofilm with negligible damage to healthy tissues under laser irradiation. Originally, by integrating the glutathione (GSH)-sensitive α-cyclodextrin (α-CD) conjugated nitric oxide (NO) prodrug (α-CD-NO) and chlorin e6 (Ce6) prodrug (α-CD-Ce6) into the pH-sensitive poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) block polypeptide copolymer (PEG-(KLAKLAK)2-DA) via host-guest interaction, the supramolecular nanocarrier α-CD-Ce6-NO-DA was finely prepared. The supramolecular nanocarrier shows complete surface charge reversal from negative charge at physiological pH (7.4) to positive charge at acidic biofilm pH (5.5), promoting efficient penetration into the biofilm. Once infiltrated into the biofilm, the nanocarrier exhibits rapid NO release triggered by the overexpressed GSH in the biofilm, which not only produces abundant NO for killing bacteria but also reduces the biofilm GSH level to improve photodynamic therapy (PDT) efficiency. On the other hand, NO can react with reactive oxygen species (ROS) to produce reactive nitrogen species (RNS), further improving the PDT efficiency. Due to the effective penetration into the biofilm and depletion of biofilm GSH, the surface charge switchable GSH-sensitive NO nanocarrier can greatly improve the PDT efficiency at a low photosensitizer dose and laser intensity and cause negligible side effect to healthy tissues. Considering the above advantages, the strategy developed in this work may offer great possibilities to fight against biofilm infections.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

ACS nano - 14(2020), 1 vom: 28. Jan., Seite 347-359

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hu, Dengfeng [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Yongyan [VerfasserIn]
Jia, Fan [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Qiao [VerfasserIn]
Ji, Jian [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Biofilm
Drug Carriers
Glutathione depletion
Journal Article
Nitric oxide
Photodynamic therapy
Photosensitizing Agents
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Synergy

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Date Completed 22.12.2020

Date Revised 22.12.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsnano.9b05493

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM304869503