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Cooperative functionalities in porous nanoparticles for seeking extracellular DNA and targeting pathogenic biofilms via photodynamic therapy.
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 15, 14067-14076 (2023)
Many pathogenic bacteria are getting more and more resistant against antibiotic treatment and even become up to 1.000× times more resilient in the form of a mature biofilm. Thus, one is currently prospecting for alternative methods for treating microbial infections, and photodynamic therapy is a highly promising approach by creating so-called reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by a photosensitizer (PS) upon irradiation with light. Unfortunately, the unspecific activity of ROS is also problematic as they are harmful to healthy tissue as well. Notably, one knows that uncontrolled existence of ROS in the body plays a major role in the development of cancer. These arguments create need for advanced theranostic materials which are capable of autonomous targeting and detecting the existence of a biofilm, followed by specific activation to combat the infection. The focus of this contribution is on mesoporous organosilica colloids functionalized by orthogonal and localized click-chemistry methods. The external zone of the particles is modified by a dye of the Hoechst family. The particles readily enter a mature biofilm where adduct formation with extracellular DNA and a resulting change in the fluorescence signal occurs, but they cannot cross cellular membranes such as in healthy tissue. A different dye suitable for photochemical ROS generation, Acridine Orange, is covalently linked to the surfaces of the internal mesopores. The spectral overlap between the emission of Hoechst with the absorption band of Acridine Orange facilitates energy transfer by Förster resonance with up to 88% efficiency. The theranostic properties of the materials including viability studies were investigated in vitro on mature biofilms formed by Pseudomonas fluorescens and prove the high efficacy.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Dna-binding Properties ; Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (fret) ; Antibacterial Photodynamic Therapy ; Biofilm Disruption ; Click Chemistry ; Multifunctional Materials ; Porous Organosilica Nanoparticles; Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles; Organosilica; Hoechst-33258; Gradients; Skin
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1944-8244
e-ISSN
1944-8252
Quellenangaben
Volume: 15,
Issue: 11,
Pages: 14067-14076
Publisher
ACS
Publishing Place
Washington, DC
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Institute(s)
Institute of Medicinal Chemistry (IMC)
Grants
German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)