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Ahmad N, Bukhari SNA, Hussain MA, Ejaz H, Munir MU, Amjad MW. Nanoparticles incorporated hydrogels for delivery of antimicrobial agents: developments and trends. RSC Adv 2024; 14:13535-13564. [PMID: 38665493 PMCID: PMC11043667 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra00631c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
Abstract
The prevention and treatment of microbial infections is an imminent global public health concern due to the poor antimicrobial performance of the existing antimicrobial regime and rapidly emerging antibiotic resistance in pathogenic microbes. In order to overcome these problems and effectively control bacterial infections, various new treatment modalities have been identified. To attempt this, various micro- and macro-molecular antimicrobial agents that function by microbial membrane disruption have been developed with improved antimicrobial activity and lesser resistance. Antimicrobial nanoparticle-hydrogels systems comprising antimicrobial agents (antibiotics, biological extracts, and antimicrobial peptides) loaded nanoparticles or antimicrobial nanoparticles (metal or metal oxide) constitute an important class of biomaterials for the prevention and treatment of infections. Hydrogels that incorporate nanoparticles can offer an effective strategy for delivering antimicrobial agents (or nanoparticles) in a controlled, sustained, and targeted manner. In this review, we have described an overview of recent advancements in nanoparticle-hydrogel hybrid systems for antimicrobial agent delivery. Firstly, we have provided an overview of the nanoparticle hydrogel system and discussed various advantages of these systems in biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. Thereafter, different hybrid hydrogel systems encapsulating antibacterial metal/metal oxide nanoparticles, polymeric nanoparticles, antibiotics, biological extracts, and antimicrobial peptides for controlling infections have been reviewed in detail. Finally, the challenges and future prospects of nanoparticle-hydrogel systems have been discussed.
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- Naveed Ahmad
- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University Sakaka 72388 Aljouf Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University Sakaka 72388 Aljouf Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of the Punjab Lahore 54590 Pakistan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University Sakaka 72388 Aljouf Saudi Arabia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland Brisbane Queens-land 4072 Australia
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- 6 Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh 15213 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA
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Zhong Y, Lin Q, Yu H, Shao L, Cui X, Pang Q, Zhu Y, Hou R. Construction methods and biomedical applications of PVA-based hydrogels. Front Chem 2024; 12:1376799. [PMID: 38435666 PMCID: PMC10905748 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2024.1376799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogel is favored by researchers due to its good biocompatibility, high mechanical strength, low friction coefficient, and suitable water content. The widely distributed hydroxyl side chains on the PVA molecule allow the hydrogels to be branched with various functional groups. By improving the synthesis method and changing the hydrogel structure, PVA-based hydrogels can obtain excellent cytocompatibility, flexibility, electrical conductivity, viscoelasticity, and antimicrobial properties, representing a good candidate for articular cartilage restoration, electronic skin, wound dressing, and other fields. This review introduces various preparation methods of PVA-based hydrogels and their wide applications in the biomedical field.
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- Yi Zhong
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Department of Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Health Science Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Department of Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Health Science Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Department of Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Health Science Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Research Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Lihuili Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Department of Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Health Science Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Department of Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Health Science Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Department of Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Health Science Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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Tang Y, Xu H, Wang X, Dong S, Guo L, Zhang S, Yang X, Liu C, Jiang X, Kan M, Wu S, Zhang J, Xu C. Advances in preparation and application of antibacterial hydrogels. J Nanobiotechnology 2023; 21:300. [PMID: 37633883 PMCID: PMC10463510 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-023-02025-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/28/2023] Open
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Bacterial infections, especially those caused by drug-resistant bacteria, have seriously threatened human life and health. There is urgent to develop new antibacterial agents to reduce the problem of antibiotics. Biomedical materials with good antimicrobial properties have been widely used in antibacterial applications. Among them, hydrogels have become the focus of research in the field of biomedical materials due to their unique three-dimensional network structure, high hydrophilicity, and good biocompatibility. In this review, the latest research progresses about hydrogels in recent years were summarized, mainly including the preparation methods of hydrogels and their antibacterial applications. According to their different antibacterial mechanisms, several representative antibacterial hydrogels were introduced, such as antibiotics loaded hydrogels, antibiotic-free hydrogels including metal-based hydrogels, antibacterial peptide and antibacterial polymers, stimuli-responsive smart hydrogels, and light-mediated hydrogels. In addition, we also discussed the applications and challenges of antibacterial hydrogels in biomedicine, which are expected to provide new directions and ideas for the application of hydrogels in clinical antibacterial therapy.
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- Yixin Tang
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin China
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin China
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin China
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin China
- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin China
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin China
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin China
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin China
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin China
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin China
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin China
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin China
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin China
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin China
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin China
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Liu J, Yang S, Tan Y, Liu X, Tian Y, Liang L, Wu H. Simultaneously stimulated osteogenesis and anti-bacteria of physically cross-linked double-network hydrogel loaded with MgO-Ag 2O nanocomposites. BIOMATERIALS ADVANCES 2022; 141:213123. [PMID: 36137446 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2022.213123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Hydrogels, with a three-dimensional network of water-soluble polymer and water, could simulate the critical properties of extracellular matrix, which has been widely used in bone tissue engineering. However, most of conventional hydrogels for bone regeneration are fragile and have poor osteogenic activity, which restricts their applications. In this work, a novel nanoparticle-hydrogel composite consisting of physically cross-linked double-network loaded with MgO-Ag2O nanocomposites was developed by the sol-gel method. The Mg2+ released from MgO-Ag2O nanocomposites was used as an ionic cross-linking site of sodium alginate (SA), while the hydrophobic micelles in the polyacrylamide (PAAM) network is acted as another crosslinking point. The results indicated that the novel nanoparticle-hydrogel composites had good self-recovery ability and excellent mechanical properties compared with the conventional sodium alginate (SA)/polyacrylamide (PAAM) hydrogels. Additionally, it showed a slow release of Mg and Ag ions due to the dual function of the embedding effect of hydrogels and the increasing pH of the solution induced by the hydrolysis of sodium alginate. In terms of in vitro tests, the nanoparticle-hydrogel composites showed significantly stimulatory effects on the proliferation and differentiation of SaOS-2 cells. In addition, the antibacterial effects of the nanoparticle-hydrogel composites were gradually enhanced with the increase of MgO-Ag2O content.
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- Jiamin Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Clinical Research Center for Breast Cancer Control and Prevention in Hunan Province, Changsha 410008, China; National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, PR China.
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- Department of Engineering, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YW, United Kingdom
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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