Mesoporous chitosan nanofibers loaded with norfloxacin and coated with phenylboronic acid perform as bioabsorbable active dressings to accelerate the healing of burn wounds.

Autor: Ailincai D; 'Petru Poni' Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Romanian Academy, Iasi, Romania., Cibotaru S; 'Petru Poni' Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Romanian Academy, Iasi, Romania., Anisiei A; 'Petru Poni' Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Romanian Academy, Iasi, Romania., Coman CG; 'Grigore T. Popa' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania., Pasca AS; 'Ion Ionescu de la Brad' University, Laboratory of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Iasi, Romania., Rosca I; 'Petru Poni' Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Romanian Academy, Iasi, Romania., Sandu AI; 'Petru Poni' Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Romanian Academy, Iasi, Romania., Mititelu-Tartau L; 'Petru Poni' Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Romanian Academy, Iasi, Romania., Marin L; 'Petru Poni' Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Romanian Academy, Iasi, Romania. Electronic address: lmarin@icmpp.ro.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Carbohydrate polymers [Carbohydr Polym] 2023 Oct 15; Vol. 318, pp. 121135. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 26.
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121135
Abstrakt: The paper reports new chitosan-based nanofibers, designed to address the healing of burn wounds. To this aim, mesoporous chitosan fiber mats were prepared by electrospinning using poly(ethylene oxide) as sacrificial additive, followed by loading with norfloxacin and coating with an antifungal agent via dynamic imine bonds. Dynamic vapor sorption experiment proved intra-fiber mesopores around 2.7 nm, and UV-vis, FTIR, and NMR spectroscopy confirmed the norfloxacin embedding and the imination reaction. SEM, AFM and POM techniques displayed semicrystalline nanofibers with average diameter around 170 nm entangled into a non-woven mat. Their mesoporous nature favored a rapid adsorption of fluids up to 17 g/g, and a biodegradation rate fitting the wound healing rate, i.e. up to 30 % mass loss in media of pH characteristic to wound exudate and total degradation in that characteristic to normal dermis. The composite fibers released the NFX and 2FPBA in a controlled manner, and showed antimicrobial activity against gram positive, gram negative and fungal strains. They had no cytotoxic effect on normal human dermal fibroblasts, and showed biocompatibility on experimental rats. The investigation of wound healing ability on second/third-degree burn model in rats revealed wound closure and total restoration of the fully functional dermis and epidermis.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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