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Carvalho EO, Marques-Almeida T, Cruz BDD, Correia DM, Esperança JMSS, Irastorza I, Silvan U, Fernandes MM, Lanceros-Mendez S, Ribeiro C. Piezoelectric biomaterials with embedded ionic liquids for improved orthopedic interfaces through osseointegration and antibacterial dual characteristics. BIOMATERIALS ADVANCES 2024; 164:213970. [PMID: 39106539 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2024.213970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2024] [Revised: 07/03/2024] [Accepted: 07/25/2024] [Indexed: 08/09/2024]
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Orthopedic implant failures, primarily attributed to aseptic loosening and implant site infections, pose significant challenges to patient recovery and lead to revision surgeries. Combining piezoelectric materials with ionic liquids as interfaces for orthopedic implants presents an innovative approach to addressing both issues simultaneously. In this study, films of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) incorporated with 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate ([Emim][HSO4]) ionic liquid were developed. These films exhibited strong antibacterial properties, effectively reducing biofilm formation, thereby addressing implant-related infections. Furthermore, stem cell-based differentiation assays exposed the potential of the composite materials to induce osteogenesis. Interestingly, our findings also revealed the upregulation of calcium channel expression as a result of electromechanical stimulation, pointing to a mechanistic basis for the observed biological effects. This work highlights the potential of piezoelectric materials with ionic liquids to improve the longevity and biocompatibility of orthopedic implants. Offering dual-functionality for infection prevention and bone integration, these advancements hold significant potential for advancing orthopedic implant technologies and improving patient outcomes.
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- E O Carvalho
- Physics Centre of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), LaPMET - Laboratory of Physics for Materials and Emergent Technologies, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; IB-S - Institute for Research and Innovation on Bio-Sustainability, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Physics Centre of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), LaPMET - Laboratory of Physics for Materials and Emergent Technologies, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; IB-S - Institute for Research and Innovation on Bio-Sustainability, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Physics Centre of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), LaPMET - Laboratory of Physics for Materials and Emergent Technologies, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; Centre of Chemistry, University of Minho, Braga 4710-057, Portugal; Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Centre of Chemistry, University of Minho, Braga 4710-057, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology, FCT NOVA, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Physics Centre of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), LaPMET - Laboratory of Physics for Materials and Emergent Technologies, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; BCMaterials, Basque Center Centre for Materials, Applications, and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- BCMaterials, Basque Center Centre for Materials, Applications, and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48940 Leioa, Spain; Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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- Physics Centre of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), LaPMET - Laboratory of Physics for Materials and Emergent Technologies, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; Centre for MicroElectroMechanics Systems (CMEMS), University of Minho, 4710-057 Guimarães, Portugal; LABBELS-Associate Laboratory, Braga, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Physics Centre of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), LaPMET - Laboratory of Physics for Materials and Emergent Technologies, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; BCMaterials, Basque Center Centre for Materials, Applications, and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48940 Leioa, Spain; Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain.
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- Physics Centre of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), LaPMET - Laboratory of Physics for Materials and Emergent Technologies, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; IB-S - Institute for Research and Innovation on Bio-Sustainability, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
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Keum H, Kim J, Zhang Z, Graf E, Albadawi H, Oklu R. Biocompatible Liquid Embolic for the Treatment of Microvascular Hemorrhage. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2403615. [PMID: 39049735 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202403615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2024] [Revised: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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Persistent or recurrent bleeding from microvessels inaccessible for direct endovascular intervention is a major problem in medicine today. Here, an innovative catheter-directed liquid embolic (P-LE) is bioengineered for rapid microvessel embolization to treat small vessel hemorrhage. Tested in rodent, porcine, and canine animal models under normal and coagulopathic conditions, P-LE outperformed clinically used embolic materials in both survival and non-survival experiments, effectively occluding vessels as small as 40 microns with no signs of recanalization. P-LE occlusion is independent of the coagulation cascade, and its resistance to displacement is ≈ 8 times greater than systolic blood pressure. P-LE is also found to be biocompatible and x-ray visible and does not require polymerization or a chemical reaction to embolize. To simulate the clinical scenario, acute microvascular hemorrhage is created in the pig kidney, liver, or stomach; these are successfully treated with P-LE achieving immediate hemostasis. Furthermore, P-LE is found to be bactericidal to highly resistant patient-derived bacteria, suggesting that P-LE may also protect against infectious complications that may occur following embolization procedures. P-LE is safe, easy to use, and effective in treating -microvessel hemorrhage.
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- Hyeongseop Keum
- The Laboratory for Patient-Inspired Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 13400 East Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259, USA
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- The Laboratory for Patient-Inspired Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 13400 East Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259, USA
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- The Laboratory for Patient-Inspired Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 13400 East Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 5777 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ, 85054, USA
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- The Laboratory for Patient-Inspired Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 13400 East Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259, USA
- Division of Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 5777 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ, 85054, USA
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- The Laboratory for Patient-Inspired Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 13400 East Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259, USA
- Division of Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 5777 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ, 85054, USA
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Bedair HM, Samir TM, Mansour FR. Antibacterial and antifungal activities of natural deep eutectic solvents. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 108:198. [PMID: 38324052 PMCID: PMC10850035 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-024-13044-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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The increasing antibiotic resistance towards a panel of microorganisms is one of the public health concerns. For this reason, the search for alternatives to the widely used antibiotic has been undertaken. In the era of sustainable chemistry, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have emerged as promising antimicrobial agents. These solvents possess several advantages such as low volatility, low flammability, ease of preparation, and typically low cost of production. These properties make DES suitable for various applications, including extraction of biomolecules and preparation of cosmetics. Natural DESs (NADESs) are special category of DESs prepared from natural sources, which matched the recent trends of leaning back to nature, and decreasing dependence on synthetic precursors. NADES can be prepared by heating and stirring, freeze-drying, evaporation, grinding, and ultrasound-assisted and microwave-assisted synthesis. Utilizing NADESs as an alternative to traditional antibiotics, which become ineffective over time due to bacterial resistance, holds great promise for these reasons. This review aims to discuss the antimicrobial properties of multiple NADESs, including antibacterial and antifungal activities. To the best of our knowledge, this review is the first literature survey of the antimicrobial activities of NADESs. KEY POINTS: • Natural deep eutectic solvents are promising antimicrobial alternative to antibiotics • NADES holds high potential for their activity against bacterial resistance • NADES have also substantial antifungal activities.
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- Hadeer M Bedair
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST), Giza, 12566, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST), Giza, 12566, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University, Elgeish Street, Tanta, 31111, Egypt.
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Uniyal P, Das S, Panwar S, Kukreti N, Nainwal P, Bhatia R. A Comprehensive Review on Imperative Role of Ionic Liquids in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Curr Drug Deliv 2024; 21:1197-1210. [PMID: 37815183 DOI: 10.2174/0115672018255191230921035859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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Ionic liquids (ILs) are poorly-coordinated ionic salts that can exist as a liquid at room temperatures (or <100 °C). ILs are also referred to as "designer solvents" because so many of them have been created to solve particular synthetic issues. ILs are regarded as "green solvents" because they have several distinctive qualities, including better ionic conduction, recyclability, improved solvation ability, low volatility, and thermal stability. These have been at the forefront of the most innovative fields of science and technology during the past few years. ILs may be employed in new drug formulation development and drug design in the field of pharmacy for various functions such as improvement of solubility, targeted drug delivery, stabilizer, permeability enhancer, or improvement of bioavailability in the development of pharmaceutical or vaccine dosage formulations. Ionic liquids have become a key component in various areas such as synthetic and catalytic chemistry, extraction, analytics, biotechnology, etc., due to their superior abilities along with highly modifiable potential. This study concentrates on the usage of ILs in various pharmaceutical applications enlisting their numerous purposes from the delivery of drugs to pharmaceutical synthesis. To better comprehend cuttingedge technologies in IL-based drug delivery systems, highly focused mechanistic studies regarding the synthesis/preparation of ILs and their biocompatibility along with the ecotoxicological and biological effects need to be studied. The use of IL techniques can address key issues regarding pharmaceutical preparations such as lower solubility and bioavailability which plays a key role in the lack of effectiveness of significant commercially available drugs.
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- Prerna Uniyal
- School of Pharmacy, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun-248002, India
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- Department of pharmaceutical technology, Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- School of Pharmacy, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun-248002, India
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- School of Pharmacy, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun-248002, India
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- School of Pharmacy, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun-248002, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Analysis, ISF College of Pharmacy, Ghal Kalan, Ferozpur G.T. Road MOGA-142001, Punjab, India
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Roy R, York E, Pacchini E, Rawling T. Effects of cationic head group structure on cytotoxicity and mitochondrial actions of amphiphilic ionic liquids. Food Chem Toxicol 2024; 183:114202. [PMID: 38007213 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2023.114202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/27/2023]
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Ionic liquids (ILs) are a class of low melting point salts with physicochemical properties that make them suitable for a range of industrial applications. Accumulating evidence suggests that certain ILs are cytotoxic and potential environmental pollutants, thus understanding the structural features that promote IL cytotoxicity is important. Amphiphilic ionic liquids (AmILs), a class of ILs with lipophilic N-alkyl chains, containing aromatic head groups are generally more cytotoxic than their aliphatic counterparts, however the impact of other head group properties are less clear. This study therefore sought to provide new structure activity relationship (SAR) insights regarding the role of the cationic head group on AmIL cytotoxicity. A series of AmILs bearing a range of structurally diverse aromatic cations varying in size, charge, and lipophilicity was synthesised and screened against human MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. It was found that larger and more lipophilic head groups increased cytotoxicity, although the magnitude of the changes were modest. The mitochondrial effects of representative ILs were assessed. The AmILs induced mitochondrial dysfunction in MDA-MB-231 cells at cytotoxic concentrations, suggesting that they target mitochondria. The new SAR information from this study may assist in the design of AmILs with controlled cytotoxicity.
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- Ritik Roy
- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia.
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Voráčová M, Zore M, Yli-Kauhaluoma J, Kiuru P. Harvesting phosphorus-containing moieties for their antibacterial effects. Bioorg Med Chem 2023; 96:117512. [PMID: 37939493 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2023.117512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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Clinically manifested resistance of bacteria to antibiotics has emerged as a global threat to society and there is an urgent need for the development of novel classes of antibacterial agents. Recently, the use of phosphorus in antibacterial agents has been explored in quite an unprecedent manner. In this comprehensive review, we summarize the use of phosphorus-containing moieties (phosphonates, phosphonamidates, phosphonopeptides, phosphates, phosphoramidates, phosphinates, phosphine oxides, and phosphoniums) in compounds with antibacterial effect, including their use as β-lactamase inhibitors and antibacterial disinfectants. We show that phosphorus-containing moieties can serve as novel pharmacophores, bioisosteres, and prodrugs to modify pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties. We further discuss the mechanisms of action, biological activities, clinical use and highlight possible future prospects.
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- Manuela Voráčová
- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Hamadani CM, Dasanayake GS, Chism CM, Gorniak ME, Monroe WG, Merrell A, Pride MC, Heintz R, Wong K, Hossain M, Taylor G, Edgecomb SX, Jones D, Dhar J, Banka A, Singh G, Vashisth P, Randall J, Darlington DS, Everett J, Jarrett E, Werfel TA, Eniola-Adefeso O, Tanner EEL. Selective Blood Cell Hitchhiking in Whole Blood with Ionic Liquid-Coated PLGA Nanoparticles to Redirect Biodistribution After Intravenous Injection. RESEARCH SQUARE 2023:rs.3.rs-3146716. [PMID: 37502854 PMCID: PMC10371090 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3146716/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Less than 5% of intravenously-injected nanoparticles (NPs) reach destined sites in the body due to opsonization and immune-based clearance in vascular circulation. By hitchhiking in situ onto specific blood components post-injection, NPs can selectively target tissue sites for unprecedentedly high drug delivery rates. Choline carboxylate ionic liquids (ILs) are biocompatible liquid salts <100X composed of bulky asymmetric cations and anions. This class of ILs has been previously shown to significantly extend circulation time and redirect biodistribution in BALB/c mice post-IV injection via hitchhiking on red blood cell (RBC) membranes. Herein, we synthesized & screened 60 choline carboxylic acid-based ILs to coat PLGA NPs and present the impact of structurally engineering the coordinated anion identity to selectively interface and hitchhike lymphocytes, monocytes, granulocytes, platelets, and RBCs in whole mouse blood for in situ targeted drug delivery. Furthermore, we find this nanoparticle platform to be biocompatible (non-cytotoxic), translate to human whole blood by resisting serum uptake and maintaining modest hitchhiking, and also significantly extend circulation retention over 24 hours in BALB/c healthy adult mice after IV injection. Because of their altered circulation profiles, we additionally observe dramatically different organ accumulation profiles compared to bare PLGA NPs. This study establishes an initial breakthrough platform for a modular and transformative targeting technology to hitchhike onto blood components with high efficacy and safety in the bloodstream post-IV administration.
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