抗菌剂
卡那霉素
抗生素
抗生素耐药性
金黄色葡萄球菌
细菌
微生物学
大肠杆菌
抗菌活性
肺炎克雷伯菌
抗药性
细胞毒性
生物
生物化学
体外
基因
遗传学
作者
Tao Huang,Joseph Holden,Eric C. Reynolds,Daniel E. Heath,Neil M O'Brien-Simpson,Andrea J. O’Connor
标识
DOI:10.1021/acsami.0c17550
摘要
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a severe threat to human health. The World Health Organization’s Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System has revealed widespread occurrence of antibiotic resistance among half a million patients across 22 countries, with Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella pneumoniae being the most common resistant species. Antimicrobial nanoparticles are emerging as a promising alternative to antibiotics in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. In this work, selenium nanoparticles coated with the antimicrobial polypeptide, ε-poly-l-lysine, (Se NP-ε-PL) were synthesized and their antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity were investigated. Se NP-ε-PL exhibited significantly greater antibacterial activity against all eight bacterial species tested, including Gram-positive, Gram-negative, and drug-resistant strains, than their individual components, Se NP and ε-PL. The nanoparticles showed no toxicity toward human dermal fibroblasts at the minimum inhibitory concentrations, demonstrating a therapeutic window. Furthermore, unlike the conventional antibiotic kanamycin, Se NP-ε-PL did not readily induce resistance in E. coli or S. aureus. Specifically, S. aureus began to develop resistance to kanamycin from ∼44 generations, whereas it took ∼132 generations for resistance to develop to Se NP-ε-PL. Startlingly, E. coli was not able to develop resistance to the nanoparticles over ∼300 generations. These results indicate that the multifunctional approach of combining Se NP with ε-PL to form Se NP-ε-PL is a highly efficacious new strategy with wide-spectrum antibacterial activity, low cytotoxicity, and significant delays in development of resistance.
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