Composites of Bacterial Cellulose and Small Molecule-Decorated Gold Nanoparticles for Treating Gram-Negative Bacteria-Infected Wounds

Ying Li, Yue Tian, Wenshu Zheng, Yan Feng, Rong Huang, Jingxin Shao, Rongbing Tang, Peng Wang, Yuexiao Jia, Jiangjiang Zhang, Wenfu Zheng*, Guang Yang, Xingyu Jiang

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Abstract

Bacterial infections, especially multidrug-resistant bacterial infections, are an increasingly serious problem in the field of wound healing. Herein, bacterial cellulose (BC) decorated by 4,6-diamino-2-pyrimidinethiol (DAPT)-modified gold nanoparticles (Au-DAPT NPs) is presented as a dressing (BC-Au-DAPT nanocomposites) for treating bacterially infected wounds. BC-Au-DAPT nanocomposites have better efficacy (measured in terms of reduced minimum inhibition concentration) than most of the antibiotics (cefazolin/sulfamethoxazole) against Gram-negative bacteria, while maintaining excellent physicochemical properties including water uptake capability, mechanical strain, and biocompatibility. On Escherichia coli- or Pseudomonas aeruginosa-infected full-thickness skin wounds on rats, the BC-Au-DAPT nanocomposites inhibit bacterial growth and promote wound repair. Thus, the BC-Au-DAPT nanocomposite system is a promising platform for treating superbug-infected wounds.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1700130
JournalSmall
Volume13
Issue number27
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Jul 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Au-DAPT NPs
  • BC-Au-DAPT nanocomposites
  • antibacterial
  • bacterial cellulose

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Li, Y., Tian, Y., Zheng, W., Feng, Y., Huang, R., Shao, J., Tang, R., Wang, P., Jia, Y., Zhang, J., Zheng, W., Yang, G., & Jiang, X. (2017). Composites of Bacterial Cellulose and Small Molecule-Decorated Gold Nanoparticles for Treating Gram-Negative Bacteria-Infected Wounds. Small, 13(27), Article 1700130. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201700130