Controlled dendrimersome nanoreactor system for localised hypochlorite-induced killing of bacteria
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Journal Article
Abstract
Antibiotic resistance is a serious global health problem necessitating new bactericidal approaches such as nanomedicines. Dendrimersomes (DSs) have recently become a valuable alternative nanocarrier to polymersomes and liposomes due to their molecular definition and synthetic versatility. Despite this, their biomedical application is still in its infancy. Inspired by the localized antimicrobial function of neutrophil phagosomes and the versatility of DSs, a simple three-component DS-based nanoreactor with broad-spectrum bactericidal activity is presented. This was achieved by encapsulation of glucose oxidase (GOX) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) within DSs (GOX-MPO-DSs), self-assembled from an amphiphilic Janus dendrimer, that possesses a semipermeable membrane. By external addition of glucose to GOX-MPO-DS, the production of hypochlorite (−OCl), a highly potent antimicrobial, by the enzymatic cascade was demonstrated. This cascade nanoreactor yielded a potent bactericidal effect against two important multidrug resistant pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa), not observed for H2O2 producing nanoreactors, GOX-DS. The production of highly reactive species such as –OCl represents a harsh bactericidal approach that could also be cytotoxic to mammalian cells. This necessitates the development of strategies for activating –OCl production in a localized manner in response to a bacterial stimulus. One option of locally releasing sufficient amounts of substrate using a bacterial trigger (released toxins) was demonstrated with lipidic glucose-loaded giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs), envisioning, e.g., implant surface modification with nanoreactors and GUVs for localized production of bactericidal agents in the presence of bacterial growth.
Date Issued
2020-12-22
Date Acceptance
2020-11-23
Citation
ACS Nano, 2020, 14 (12), pp.17333-17353
ISSN
1936-0851
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Start Page
17333
End Page
17353
Journal / Book Title
ACS Nano
Volume
14
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
© 2020 American Chemical Society. This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License (https://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/authorchoice_ccby_termsofuse.html), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the author and source are cited.
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Wellcome Trust
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Commission of the European Communities
Commission of the European Communities
Commission of the European Communities
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Identifier
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.0c07459
Grant Number
209121/Z/17/Z
EP/L015498/1
838183
659130
642414
EP/S023259/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry, Physical
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Materials Science
dendrimersome
semipermeable
cascade nanoreactor
bactericidal
toxin-activation
POLYION COMPLEX VESICLES
JANUS-DENDRIMERS
POLYMER NANOREACTORS
MODULAR SYNTHESIS
MYELOPEROXIDASE
REACTIVITY
MEMBRANES
ENZYMES
SURFACE
GLYCODENDRIMERSOMES
bactericidal
cascade nanoreactor
dendrimersome
semipermeable
toxin-activation
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-12-08