pH-Activated nanoparticles with targeting for the treatment of oral plaque biofilm

Autor: Ya Liu, Qiuxia Ji, Zhongzheng Zhou, Xiaojie Cheng, Shihao Hu, Ming Kong, Chao Feng, Fang Hu, Xiguang Chen
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of materials chemistry. B. 6(4)
ISSN: 2050-7518
Popis: Oral plaque biofilms are highly resilient microbial assemblies that are challenging to eradicate. Herein, we describe the synthesis and study of pH-positive, doxycycline (DOX)-loaded nanocarriers to combat pathogenic biofilms. The mixed shell-core nanoparticles consisted of quaternary ammonium chitosan (TMC) as a positively charged section, which targeted nanoparticles to negatively charged biofilm surfaces. In addition liposomes were used as a DOX loading tool to eradicate the multidrug-resistant biofilm. In a drug release test, DOX release was pH-dependent with t1/2 = 0.75 h and 2.3 h for release at pH 4.5 and 6.8, respectively. Furthermore, TMC-Lip-DOX NPs could adhere to the biofilm and efficiently remove the biofilm from the hydroxyapatite (HA) surface. Furthermore, TMC-Lip-DOX NPs had biocomaptible properties and were non-toxic to MC3T3-E1 cells. This constitutes a highly effective pathway to control oral plaque biofilms and has a good potential use for dental biofilm therapies.
Databáze: OpenAIRE