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Characterization and Differential Cytotoxicity of Gramicidin Nanoparticles Combined with Cationic Polymer or Lipid Bilayer. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14102053. [PMID: 36297488 PMCID: PMC9610547 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14102053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Gramicidin (Gr) nanoparticles (NPs) and poly (diallyl dimethyl ammonium) chloride (PDDA) water dispersions were characterized and evaluated against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and fungus. Dynamic light scattering for sizing, zeta potential analysis, polydispersity, and colloidal stability over time characterized Gr NPs/PDDA dispersions, and plating and colony-forming units counting determined their microbicidal activity. Cell viabilities of Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Candida albicans in the presence of the combinations were reduced by 6, 7, and 7 logs, respectively, at 10 μM Gr/10 μg·mL−1 PDDA, 0.5 μM Gr/0. 5μg·mL−1 PDDA, and 0.5 μM Gr/0.5 μg·mL−1 PDDA, respectively. In comparison to individual Gr doses, the combinations reduced doses by half (S. aureus) and a quarter (C. albicans); in comparison to individual PDDA doses, the combinations reduced doses by 6 times (P. aeruginosa) and 10 times (C. albicans). Gr in supported or free cationic lipid bilayers reduced Gr activity against S. aureus due to reduced Gr access to the pathogen. Facile Gr NPs/PDDA disassembly favored access of each agent to the pathogen: PDDA suctioned the pathogen cell wall facilitating Gr insertion in the pathogen cell membrane. Gr NPs/PDDA differential cytotoxicity suggested the possibility of novel systemic uses for the combination.
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Carmona-Ribeiro AM, Mathiazzi BI, Pérez-Betancourt Y. Cationic Nanostructures as Adjuvants for Vaccines. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2412:233-245. [PMID: 34918247 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1892-9_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Spherical or discoidal lipid polymer nanostructures bearing cationic charges successfully adsorb a variety of oppositely charged antigens (Ag) such as proteins, peptides, nucleic acids, or oligonucleotides. This report provides instructions for the preparation and physical characterization of four different cationic nanostructures able to combine and deliver antigens to the immune system: (1) dioctadecyl dimethylammonium bromide (DODAB) bilayer fragments (DODAB BF); (2) polystyrene sulfate (PSS) nanoparticles (NPs) covered with one cationic dioctadecyl dimethylammonium bromide bilayer (DODAB) named (PSS/DODAB); (3) cationic NPs of biocompatible polymer poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) prepared by emulsion polymerization of the methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer in the presence of DODAB BF (PMMA/DODAB NPs); (4) antigen NPs (NPs) where the cationic polymer poly(diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride) (PDDA) directly combined at nontoxic and low dose with the antigen (Ag); when the oppositely charged model antigen is ovalbumin (OVA), NPs are named PDDA/OVA. These nanostructures provide adequate microenvironments for carrying and delivering antigens to the antigen-presenting cells of the immune system.
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- Ana Maria Carmona-Ribeiro
- Biocolloids Laboratory, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Biocolloids Laboratory, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Biocolloids Laboratory, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Carmona-Ribeiro AM. Supramolecular Nanostructures for Vaccines. Biomimetics (Basel) 2021; 7:6. [PMID: 35076466 PMCID: PMC8788484 DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics7010006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Although this is an era of pandemics and many devastating diseases, this is also a time when bionanotechnology flourishes, illuminating a multidisciplinary field where vaccines are quickly becoming a balsam and a prevention against insidious plagues. In this work, we tried to gain and also give a deeper understanding on nanovaccines and their way of acting to prevent or cure cancer, infectious diseases, and diseases caused by parasites. Major nanoadjuvants and nanovaccines are temptatively exemplified trying to contextualize our own work and its relative importance to the field. The main properties for novel adjuvants seem to be the nanosize, the cationic character, and the biocompatibility, even if it is achieved in a low dose-dependent manner.
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- Ana Maria Carmona-Ribeiro
- Biocolloids Laboratory, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, 748, Butantan, São Paulo CEP 05508-000, SP, Brazil
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Pérez-Betancourt Y, Araujo PM, Távora BDCLF, Pereira DR, Faquim-Mauro EL, Carmona-Ribeiro AM. Cationic and Biocompatible Polymer/Lipid Nanoparticles as Immunoadjuvants. Pharmaceutics 2021; 13:pharmaceutics13111859. [PMID: 34834275 PMCID: PMC8621050 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13111859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Nanostructures have been of paramount importance for developing immunoadjuvants. They must be cationic and non-cytotoxic, easily assembling with usually oppositely charged antigens such as proteins, haptens or nucleic acids for use in vaccines. We obtained optimal hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) from the biocompatible polymer poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and the cationic lipid dioctadecyl dimethyl ammonium bromide (DODAB) by emulsion polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) in the presence of DODAB. NPs adsorbed ovalbumin (OVA) as a model antigen and we determined their adjuvant properties. Interestingly, they elicited high double immune responses of the cellular and humoral types overcoming the poor biocompatibility of DODAB-based adjuvants of the bilayer type. The results suggested that the novel adjuvant would be possibly of use in a variety of vaccines.
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- Yunys Pérez-Betancourt
- Biocolloids Laboratory, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, 748 Butantan, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil; (Y.P.-B.); (P.M.A.)
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- Biocolloids Laboratory, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, 748 Butantan, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil; (Y.P.-B.); (P.M.A.)
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- Immunopathology Laboratory, Butantan Institute, Avenida Vital Brasil, 1500 Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, Brazil; (B.d.C.L.F.T.); (D.R.P.); (E.L.F.-M.)
- Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, 1730 Butantan, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil
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- Immunopathology Laboratory, Butantan Institute, Avenida Vital Brasil, 1500 Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, Brazil; (B.d.C.L.F.T.); (D.R.P.); (E.L.F.-M.)
- Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, 1730 Butantan, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil
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- Immunopathology Laboratory, Butantan Institute, Avenida Vital Brasil, 1500 Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, Brazil; (B.d.C.L.F.T.); (D.R.P.); (E.L.F.-M.)
- Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, 1730 Butantan, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil
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- Biocolloids Laboratory, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, 748 Butantan, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil; (Y.P.-B.); (P.M.A.)
- Correspondence:
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Barani M, Zeeshan M, Kalantar-Neyestanaki D, Farooq MA, Rahdar A, Jha NK, Sargazi S, Gupta PK, Thakur VK. Nanomaterials in the Management of Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections. NANOMATERIALS 2021; 11:nano11102535. [PMID: 34684977 PMCID: PMC8540672 DOI: 10.3390/nano11102535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The exploration of multiplexed bacterial virulence factors is a major problem in the early stages of Escherichia coli infection therapy. Traditional methods for detecting Escherichia coli (E. coli), such as serological experiments, immunoassays, polymerase chain reaction, and isothermal microcalorimetry have some drawbacks. As a result, detecting E. coli in a timely, cost-effective, and sensitive manner is critical for various areas of human safety and health. Intelligent devices based on nanotechnology are paving the way for fast and early detection of E. coli at the point of care. Due to their specific optical, magnetic, and electrical capabilities, nanostructures can play an important role in bacterial sensors. Another one of the applications involved use of nanomaterials in fighting microbial infections, including E. coli mediated infections. Various types of nanomaterials, either used directly as an antibacterial agent such as metallic nanoparticles (NPs) (silver, gold, zinc, etc.), or as a nanocarrier to deliver and target the antibiotic to the E. coli and its infected area. Among different types, polymeric NPs, lipidic nanocarriers, metallic nanocarriers, nanomicelles, nanoemulsion/ nanosuspension, dendrimers, graphene, etc. proved to be effective vehicles to deliver the drug in a controlled fashion at the targeted site with lower off-site drug leakage and side effects.
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- Mahmood Barani
- Medical Mycology and Bacteriology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman 7616913555, Iran; (M.B.); (D.K.-N.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan;
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- Medical Mycology and Bacteriology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman 7616913555, Iran; (M.B.); (D.K.-N.)
- Department of Medical Microbiology (Bacteriology and virology), Afzalipour Faculty of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman 7616913555, Iran
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutics, The University of Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan;
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- Department of Physics, University of Zabol, Zabol 9861335856, Iran
- Correspondence: (A.R.); (P.K.G.); (V.K.T.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Engineering and Technology, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201310, India;
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Research Institute of Cellular and Molecular Sciences in Infectious Diseases, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan 9816743463, Iran;
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- Department of Life Sciences, School of Basic Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201310, India
- Correspondence: (A.R.); (P.K.G.); (V.K.T.)
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- Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Center, SRUC, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, UK
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida 201314, India
- School of Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun 248007, India
- Correspondence: (A.R.); (P.K.G.); (V.K.T.)
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Pinilla CMB, Lopes NA, Brandelli A. Lipid-Based Nanostructures for the Delivery of Natural Antimicrobials. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26123587. [PMID: 34208209 PMCID: PMC8230829 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26123587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Encapsulation can be a suitable strategy to protect natural antimicrobial substances against some harsh conditions of processing and storage and to provide efficient formulations for antimicrobial delivery. Lipid-based nanostructures, including liposomes, solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs), and nanostructured lipid nanocarriers (NLCs), are valuable systems for the delivery and controlled release of natural antimicrobial substances. These nanostructures have been used as carriers for bacteriocins and other antimicrobial peptides, antimicrobial enzymes, essential oils, and antimicrobial phytochemicals. Most studies are conducted with liposomes, although the potential of SLNs and NLCs as antimicrobial nanocarriers is not yet fully established. Some studies reveal that lipid-based formulations can be used for co-encapsulation of natural antimicrobials, improving their potential to control microbial pathogens.
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- Cristian Mauricio Barreto Pinilla
- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biochemistry, Institute of Food Science and Technology (ICTA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 91501-970, Brazil; (C.M.B.P.); (N.A.L.)
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biochemistry, Institute of Food Science and Technology (ICTA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 91501-970, Brazil; (C.M.B.P.); (N.A.L.)
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biochemistry, Institute of Food Science and Technology (ICTA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 91501-970, Brazil; (C.M.B.P.); (N.A.L.)
- Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CNANO), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 91501-970, Brazil
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +55-51-3308-6249
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Carmona-Ribeiro AM, Araújo PM. Antimicrobial Polymer-Based Assemblies: A Review. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:5424. [PMID: 34063877 PMCID: PMC8196616 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22115424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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An antimicrobial supramolecular assembly (ASA) is conspicuous in biomedical applications. Among the alternatives to overcome microbial resistance to antibiotics and drugs, ASAs, including antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and polymers (APs), provide formulations with optimal antimicrobial activity and acceptable toxicity. AMPs and APs have been delivered by a variety of carriers such as nanoparticles, coatings, multilayers, hydrogels, liposomes, nanodisks, lyotropic lipid phases, nanostructured lipid carriers, etc. They have similar mechanisms of action involving adsorption to the cell wall, penetration across the cell membrane, and microbe lysis. APs, however, offer the advantage of cheap synthetic procedures, chemical stability, and improved adsorption (due to multipoint attachment to microbes), as compared to the expensive synthetic routes, poor yield, and subpar in vivo stability seen in AMPs. We review recent advances in polymer-based antimicrobial assemblies involving AMPs and APs.
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- Ana Maria Carmona-Ribeiro
- Biocolloids Laboratory, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Professor Lineu Prestes 748, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil;
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Cardoso P, Glossop H, Meikle TG, Aburto-Medina A, Conn CE, Sarojini V, Valery C. Molecular engineering of antimicrobial peptides: microbial targets, peptide motifs and translation opportunities. Biophys Rev 2021; 13:35-69. [PMID: 33495702 PMCID: PMC7817352 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-021-00784-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The global public health threat of antimicrobial resistance has led the scientific community to highly engage into research on alternative strategies to the traditional small molecule therapeutics. Here, we review one of the most popular alternatives amongst basic and applied research scientists, synthetic antimicrobial peptides. The ease of peptide chemical synthesis combined with emerging engineering principles and potent broad-spectrum activity, including against multidrug-resistant strains, has motivated intense scientific focus on these compounds for the past decade. This global effort has resulted in significant advances in our understanding of peptide antimicrobial activity at the molecular scale. Recent evidence of molecular targets other than the microbial lipid membrane, and efforts towards consensus antimicrobial peptide motifs, have supported the rise of molecular engineering approaches and design tools, including machine learning. Beyond molecular concepts, supramolecular chemistry has been lately added to the debate; and helped unravel the impact of peptide self-assembly on activity, including on biofilms and secondary targets, while providing new directions in pharmaceutical formulation through taking advantage of peptide self-assembled nanostructures. We argue that these basic research advances constitute a solid basis for promising industry translation of rationally designed synthetic peptide antimicrobials, not only as novel drugs against multidrug-resistant strains but also as components of emerging antimicrobial biomaterials. This perspective is supported by recent developments of innovative peptide-based and peptide-carrier nanobiomaterials that we also review.
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- Priscila Cardoso
- School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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Biomimetic nanoparticles are hybrid nanostructures in which the uppermost layer is similar to a cell membrane. In these nanoparticles, lipids and biopolymers can be organized to improve drug incorporation and delivery. This report provides instructions for the preparation and physical characterization of four different biomimetic nanoparticles: (1) polystyrene sulphate (PSS) nanoparticles covered with one cationic dioctadecyl dimethylammonium bromide bilayer (DODAB), which incorporates dimeric channels of the antimicrobial peptide Gramicidin D; (2) silica nanoparticles covered with one single bilayer of the antimicrobial cationic lipid DODAB; (3) hybrid lipid/polymer indomethacin (IND) nanoparticles from injection of IND/DODAB ethanolic solution in a water solution of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC); (4) bactericidal and fungicidal nanoparticles from DODAB bilayer fragments (BF) covered consecutively by a CMC and a poly(diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride) (PDDA) layer. These examples provide the basis for the preparation and characterization of novel biomimetic nanoparticles with lipids and/or biopolymers in their composition. The polymers and lipids in the hybrid nanoparticle composition may impart stability and/or bioactivity and/or provide adequate microenvironments for carrying bioactive drugs and biomolecules.
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- Ana Maria Carmona-Ribeiro
- Biocolloids Laboratory, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Sharma VK, Srinivasan H, García Sakai V, Mitra S. Dioctadecyldimethylammonium bromide, a surfactant model for the cell membrane: Importance of microscopic dynamics. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (MELVILLE, N.Y.) 2020; 7:051301. [PMID: 32984433 PMCID: PMC7511241 DOI: 10.1063/4.0000030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Cationic lipid membranes have recently attracted huge attention both from a fundamental point of view and due to their practical applications in drug delivery and gene therapy. The dynamical behavior of the lipids in the membrane is a key parameter controlling various physiological processes and drug release kinetics. Here, we review the dynamical and thermotropic phase behavior of an archetypal cationic lipid membrane, dioctadecyldimethylammonium bromide (DODAB), as studied using neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulation techniques. DODAB membranes exhibit interesting phase behavior, specifically showing coagel, gel, and fluid phases in addition to a large hysteresis when comparing heating and cooling cycles. The dynamics of the lipid membrane is strongly dependent on the physical state of the bilayer. Lateral diffusion of the lipids is faster, by an order of magnitude, in the fluid phase than in the ordered phase. It is not only the characteristic times but also the nature of the segmental motions that differ between the ordered and fluid phases. The effect of different membrane active molecules including drugs, stimulants, gemini surfactants, and unsaturated lipids, on the dynamical and thermotropic phase behavior of the DODAB membrane, is also discussed here. Various interesting features such as induced synchronous ordering between polar head groups and tails, sub diffusive behavior, etc., are observed. The results shed light on the interaction between these additives and the membrane, which is found to be a complex interplay between the physical state of the membrane, charge, concentration, molecular architecture of the additives, and their location within the membrane.
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- V. K. Sharma
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: and . Phone: +91-22-25594604
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- ISIS Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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Carmona-Ribeiro AM, Pérez-Betancourt Y. Cationic Nanostructures for Vaccines Design. Biomimetics (Basel) 2020; 5:biomimetics5030032. [PMID: 32645946 PMCID: PMC7560170 DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics5030032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Subunit vaccines rely on adjuvants carrying one or a few molecular antigens from the pathogen in order to guarantee an improved immune response. However, to be effective, the vaccine formulation usually consists of several components: an antigen carrier, the antigen, a stimulator of cellular immunity such as a Toll-like Receptors (TLRs) ligand, and a stimulator of humoral response such as an inflammasome activator. Most antigens are negatively charged and combine well with oppositely charged adjuvants. This explains the paramount importance of studying a variety of cationic supramolecular assemblies aiming at the optimal activity in vivo associated with adjuvant simplicity, positive charge, nanometric size, and colloidal stability. In this review, we discuss the use of several antigen/adjuvant cationic combinations. The discussion involves antigen assembled to 1) cationic lipids, 2) cationic polymers, 3) cationic lipid/polymer nanostructures, and 4) cationic polymer/biocompatible polymer nanostructures. Some of these cationic assemblies revealed good yet poorly explored perspectives as general adjuvants for vaccine design.
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Hybrid Nanoparticles of Poly (Methyl Methacrylate) and Antimicrobial Quaternary Ammonium Surfactants. Pharmaceutics 2020; 12:pharmaceutics12040340. [PMID: 32290276 PMCID: PMC7238100 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 04/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Quaternary ammonium surfactants (QACs) are microbicides, whereas poly (acrylates) are biocompatible polymers. Here, the physical and antimicrobial properties of two QACs, cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) or dioctadecyl dimethyl ammonium bromide (DODAB) in poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) nanoparticles (NPs) are compared to those of QACs alone. Methyl methacrylate (MMA) polymerization using DODAB or CTAB as emulsifiers and initiator azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) yielded cationic, nanometric, homodisperse, and stable NPs. NPs’ physical and antimicrobial properties were assessed from dynamic light scattering (DLS), scanning electron microscopy, and viability curves of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, or Candida albicans determined as log(colony-forming unities counting) over a range of [QACs]. NPs were spherical and homodisperse but activity for free QACs was higher than those for QACs in NPs. Inhibition halos against bacteria and yeast were observed only for free or incorporated CTAB in NPs because PMMA/CTAB NPs controlled the CTAB release. DODAB displayed fungicidal activity against C. albicans since DODAB bilayer disks could penetrate the outer glycoproteins fungus layer. The physical properties and stability of the cationic NPs highlighted their potential to combine with other bioactive molecules for further applications in drug and vaccine delivery.
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Roszkowiak J, Jajor P, Guła G, Gubernator J, Żak A, Drulis-Kawa Z, Augustyniak D. Interspecies Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMVs) Modulate the Sensitivity of Pathogenic Bacteria and Pathogenic Yeasts to Cationic Peptides and Serum Complement. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20225577. [PMID: 31717311 PMCID: PMC6888958 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20225577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Revised: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The virulence of bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) contributes to innate microbial defense. Limited data report their role in interspecies reactions. There are no data about the relevance of OMVs in bacterial-yeast communication. We hypothesized that model Moraxella catarrhalis OMVs may orchestrate the susceptibility of pathogenic bacteria and yeasts to cationic peptides (polymyxin B) and serum complement. Using growth kinetic curve and time-kill assay we found that OMVs protect Candida albicans against polymyxin B-dependent fungicidal action in combination with fluconazole. We showed that OMVs preserve the virulent filamentous phenotype of yeasts in the presence of both antifungal drugs. We demonstrated that bacteria including Haemophilus influenza, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa coincubated with OMVs are protected against membrane targeting agents. The high susceptibility of OMV-associated bacteria to polymyxin B excluded the direct way of protection, suggesting rather the fusion mechanisms. High-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet spectroscopy (HPLC-UV) and zeta-potential measurement revealed a high sequestration capacity (up to 95%) of OMVs against model cationic peptide accompanied by an increase in surface electrical charge. We presented the first experimental evidence that bacterial OMVs by sequestering of cationic peptides may protect pathogenic yeast against combined action of antifungal drugs. Our findings identify OMVs as important inter-kingdom players.
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- Justyna Roszkowiak
- Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wroclaw, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland; (J.R.); (G.G.); (Z.D.-K.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wroclaw, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland; (J.R.); (G.G.); (Z.D.-K.)
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- Department of Lipids and Liposomes, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Science, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wroclaw, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland; (J.R.); (G.G.); (Z.D.-K.)
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- Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wroclaw, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland; (J.R.); (G.G.); (Z.D.-K.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-71-375-6296
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Carmona-Ribeiro AM. Self-Assembled Antimicrobial Nanomaterials. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2018; 15:E1408. [PMID: 29973521 PMCID: PMC6069395 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15071408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Revised: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Nanotechnology came to stay improving the quality of human life by reducing environmental contamination of earth and water with pathogens. This review discusses how self-assembled antimicrobial nanomaterials can contribute to maintain humans, their water and their environment inside safe boundaries to human life even though some of these nanomaterials display an overt toxicity. At the core of their strategic use, the self-assembled antimicrobial nanomaterials exhibit optimal and biomimetic organization leading to activity at low doses of their toxic components. Antimicrobial bilayer fragments, bilayer-covered or multilayered nanoparticles, functionalized inorganic or organic polymeric materials, coatings and hydrogels disclose their potential for environmental and public health applications in this review.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ana Maria Carmona-Ribeiro
- Biocolloids Laboratory, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo; Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 748, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil.
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Booysen E, Bezuidenhout M, van Staden ADP, Dimitrov D, Deane SM, Dicks LMT. Antibacterial Activity of Vancomycin Encapsulated in Poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide) Nanoparticles Using Electrospraying. Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins 2018; 11:310-316. [PMID: 29961212 DOI: 10.1007/s12602-018-9437-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Vancomycin is often used to treat infections caused by β-lactam-resistant bacteria. However, methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) acquired resistance to vancomycin, rendering it less effective in the treatment of serious infections. In the search for novel antibiotics, alternative delivery mechanisms have also been explored. In this study, we report on the encapsulation of vancomycin in PLGA [poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide)] nanoparticles by electrospraying. The nanoparticles were on average 247 nm in size with small bead formations on the surface. Clusters of various sizes were visible under the SEM (scanning electron microscope). Vancomycin encapsulated in PLGA (VNP) was more effective in inhibiting the growth of S. aureus Xen 31 (MRSA) and S. aureus Xen 36 than un-encapsulated vancomycin. Encapsulated vancomycin had a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 1 μg/mL against MRSA compared to 5 μg/mL of free vancomycin. At least 70% (w/w) of the vancomycin was encapsulated. Thirty percent of the vancomycin was released within the first 144 h, followed by slow release over 10 days. Vancomycin encapsulated in PLGA nanoparticles may be used to treat serious infections.
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- Elzaan Booysen
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Physiological Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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Cationic Biomimetic Particles of Polystyrene/Cationic Bilayer/Gramicidin for Optimal Bactericidal Activity. NANOMATERIALS 2017; 7:nano7120422. [PMID: 29207496 PMCID: PMC5746912 DOI: 10.3390/nano7120422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Revised: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Nanostructured particles of polystyrene sulfate (PSS) covered by a cationic lipid bilayer of dioctadecyldimethylammonium bromide (DODAB) incorporated gramicidin D (Gr) yielding optimal and broadened bactericidal activity against both Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. The adsorption of DODAB/Gr bilayer onto PSS nanoparticles (NPs) increased the zeta-average diameter by 8–10 nm, changed the zeta-potential of the NPs from negative to positive, and yielded a narrow size distributions for the PSS/DODAB/Gr NPs, which displayed broad and maximal microbicidal activity at very small concentrations of the antimicrobials, namely, 0.057 and 0.0057 mM DODAB and Gr, respectively. The results emphasized the advantages of highly-organized, nanostructured, and cationic particles to achieve hybrid combinations of antimicrobials with broad spectrum activity at considerably reduced DODAB and Gr concentrations.
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Ribeiro RT, Braga VHA, Carmona-Ribeiro AM. Biomimetic Cationic Nanoparticles Based on Silica: Optimizing Bilayer Deposition from Lipid Films. Biomimetics (Basel) 2017; 2:E20. [PMID: 31105181 PMCID: PMC6352667 DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics2040020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Revised: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The optimization of bilayer coverage on particles is important for a variety of biomedical applications, such as drug, vaccine, and genetic material delivery. This work aims at optimizing the deposition of cationic bilayers on silica over a range of experimental conditions for the intervening medium and two different assemblies for the cationic lipid, namely, lipid films or pre-formed lipid bilayer fragments. The lipid adsorption on silica in situ over a range of added lipid concentrations was determined from elemental analysis of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen and related to the colloidal stability, sizing, zeta potential, and polydispersity of the silica/lipid nanoparticles. Superior bilayer deposition took place from lipid films, whereas adsorption from pre-formed bilayer fragments yielded limiting adsorption below the levels expected for bilayer adsorption.
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- Rodrigo T Ribeiro
- Biocolloids Laboratory, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Lineu Prestes 748, São Paulo 05508-000, SP, Brazil.
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- Biocolloids Laboratory, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Lineu Prestes 748, São Paulo 05508-000, SP, Brazil.
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- Biocolloids Laboratory, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Lineu Prestes 748, São Paulo 05508-000, SP, Brazil.
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Rozenfeld JHK, Duarte EL, Oliveira TR, Lamy MT. Structural insights on biologically relevant cationic membranes by ESR spectroscopy. Biophys Rev 2017; 9:633-647. [PMID: 28836112 PMCID: PMC5662045 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-017-0304-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Cationic bilayers have been used as models to study membrane fusion, templates for polymerization and deposition of materials, carriers of nucleic acids and hydrophobic drugs, microbicidal agents and vaccine adjuvants. The versatility of these membranes depends on their structure. Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy is a powerful technique that employs hydrophobic spin labels to probe membrane structure and packing. The focus of this review is the extensive structural characterization of cationic membranes prepared with dioctadecyldimethylammonium bromide or diC14-amidine to illustrate how ESR spectroscopy can provide important structural information on bilayer thermotropic behavior, gel and fluid phases, phase coexistence, presence of bilayer interdigitation, membrane fusion and interactions with other biologically relevant molecules.
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- Julio H K Rozenfeld
- Departamento de Biofísica, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, R. Botucatu 862, São Paulo, SP, 04023-062, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, R. do Matão 1371, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil
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- Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Universidade Federal do ABC, R. Arcturus (Jd Antares), São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, R. do Matão 1371, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil.
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Li J, Koh JJ, Liu S, Lakshminarayanan R, Verma CS, Beuerman RW. Membrane Active Antimicrobial Peptides: Translating Mechanistic Insights to Design. Front Neurosci 2017; 11:73. [PMID: 28261050 PMCID: PMC5306396 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 339] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are promising next generation antibiotics that hold great potential for combating bacterial resistance. AMPs can be both bacteriostatic and bactericidal, induce rapid killing and display a lower propensity to develop resistance than do conventional antibiotics. Despite significant progress in the past 30 years, no peptide antibiotic has reached the clinic yet. Poor understanding of the action mechanisms and lack of rational design principles have been the two major obstacles that have slowed progress. Technological developments are now enabling multidisciplinary approaches including molecular dynamics simulations combined with biophysics and microbiology toward providing valuable insights into the interactions of AMPs with membranes at atomic level. This has led to increasingly robust models of the mechanisms of action of AMPs and has begun to contribute meaningfully toward the discovery of new AMPs. This review discusses the detailed action mechanisms that have been put forward, with detailed atomistic insights into how the AMPs interact with bacterial membranes. The review further discusses how this knowledge is exploited toward developing design principles for novel AMPs. Finally, the current status, associated challenges, and future directions for the development of AMP therapeutics are discussed.
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- Jianguo Li
- Ocular Chemistry and Anti-Infectives, Singapore Eye Research InstituteSingapore, Singapore
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR), Bioinformatics InstituteSingapore, Singapore
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, SRP Neuroscience and BDSingapore, Singapore
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- Ocular Chemistry and Anti-Infectives, Singapore Eye Research InstituteSingapore, Singapore
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- Ocular Chemistry and Anti-Infectives, Singapore Eye Research InstituteSingapore, Singapore
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- Ocular Chemistry and Anti-Infectives, Singapore Eye Research InstituteSingapore, Singapore
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR), Bioinformatics InstituteSingapore, Singapore
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of SingaporeSingapore, Singapore
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore, Singapore
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- Ocular Chemistry and Anti-Infectives, Singapore Eye Research InstituteSingapore, Singapore
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, SRP Neuroscience and BDSingapore, Singapore
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Carrasco LDDM, Bertolucci R, Ribeiro RT, Sampaio JLM, Carmona-Ribeiro AM. Cationic Nanostructures against Foodborne Pathogens. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1804. [PMID: 27881979 PMCID: PMC5101191 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Letícia Dias de Melo Carrasco
- Laboratório de Biocolóides, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil; Laboratório de Microbiologia, Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biocolóides, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biocolóides, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia, Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biocolóides, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil; Laboratório de Microbiologia, Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil
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Carmona-Ribeiro AM, de Melo Carrasco LD. Novel formulations for antimicrobial peptides. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:18040-83. [PMID: 25302615 PMCID: PMC4227203 DOI: 10.3390/ijms151018040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2014] [Revised: 08/30/2014] [Accepted: 09/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Peptides in general hold much promise as a major ingredient in novel supramolecular assemblies. They may become essential in vaccine design, antimicrobial chemotherapy, cancer immunotherapy, food preservation, organs transplants, design of novel materials for dentistry, formulations against diabetes and other important strategical applications. This review discusses how novel formulations may improve the therapeutic index of antimicrobial peptides by protecting their activity and improving their bioavailability. The diversity of novel formulations using lipids, liposomes, nanoparticles, polymers, micelles, etc., within the limits of nanotechnology may also provide novel applications going beyond antimicrobial chemotherapy.
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- Ana Maria Carmona-Ribeiro
- Biocolloids Laboratory, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Lineu Prestes 748, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Biocolloids Laboratory, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Lineu Prestes 748, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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