Hezema Nehal Nassef, Eltarahony Marwa Moustafa, Abdel Salam Sara Ahmed
Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications, New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria, Egypt.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 Oct 6;17(10):e0011655. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011655. eCollection 2023 Oct.
The control of toxoplasmosis, a rampant one health disease, has been focussed on conventional antitoxoplasmic agents with their adverse outcomes, including serious side effects, treatment failure and emergence of drug resistant strains. Nanobiotechnology may provide a strong impetus for versatile alternative therapies against toxoplasmosis. Bionanofactory Ochrobactrum sp. strain CNE2 was recruited for the biosynthesis of functionalized magnetite iron nanoparticles (MNPs) and nanozerovalent iron (nZVI) under aerobic and anaerobic conditions and their therapeutic efficacy was evaluated against acute toxoplasmosis in murine model. The formation of self-functionalized spherical nanoparticles varied in size, identity and surface properties were substantiated. Mice were orally administered 20 mg/kg of each formulation on the initial day of infection and continued for seven consecutive days post infection (PI). Parasitological, ultrastructural, immunological, and biochemical studies were performed for assessment of therapeutic activity of biogenic iron nanoparticles (INPs). Parasitologically, MNPs showed the highest antitoxoplasmic efficacy in terms of 96.82% and 91.87% reduction in mean tachyzoite count in peritoneal fluid and liver impression smears, respectively. Lesser percentage reductions were recorded in nZVI-treated infected subgroup (75.44% and 69.04%). In addition, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) examination revealed remarkable reduction in size and extensive damage to the surface of MNPs-treated tachyzoites. MNPs-treated infected mice revealed a statistically significant increase in the serum levels of both interferon gamma (IFN-γ) to 346.2 ± 4.6 pg/ml and reduced glutathione (GSH) to 8.83 ± 0.30 mg/dl that subsequently exerted malondialdehyde (MDA) quenching action. MNPs showed a superior promising antitoxoplasmic activity with respect to both spiramycin (SPI) and nZVI. To best of our knowledge, this is the first study of a bio-safe oral iron nanotherapeutic agent fabricated via an eco-friendly approach that offers promising potential against acute experimental toxoplasmosis.
弓形虫病是一种肆虐的“同一健康”疾病,其防治一直聚焦于传统抗弓形虫药物,但这些药物存在不良后果,包括严重的副作用、治疗失败以及耐药菌株的出现。纳米生物技术可能为针对弓形虫病的多种替代疗法提供强大动力。招募了生物纳米工厂慢生根瘤菌属菌株CNE2,在有氧和无氧条件下生物合成功能化磁铁矿铁纳米颗粒(MNPs)和纳米零价铁(nZVI),并在小鼠模型中评估它们对急性弓形虫病的治疗效果。证实了尺寸、特性和表面性质各异的自功能化球形纳米颗粒的形成。在感染的第一天,给小鼠口服20毫克/千克的每种制剂,并在感染后(PI)连续七天持续给药。进行了寄生虫学、超微结构、免疫学和生化研究,以评估生物源铁纳米颗粒(INPs)的治疗活性。在寄生虫学方面,MNPs在降低腹膜液和肝脏印片涂片平均速殖子计数方面显示出最高的抗弓形虫功效,分别降低了96.82%和91.87%。在nZVI治疗的感染亚组中记录到的降低百分比更低(75.44%和69.04%)。此外,扫描电子显微镜(SEM)检查显示,MNPs处理的速殖子大小显著减小,表面受到广泛损伤。MNPs处理的感染小鼠血清中干扰素γ(IFN-γ)水平显著升高至346.2±4.6皮克/毫升,还原型谷胱甘肽(GSH)水平降低至8.83±0.30毫克/分升,随后发挥了丙二醛(MDA)淬灭作用。MNPs在抗弓形虫活性方面显示出优于螺旋霉素(SPI)和nZVI的前景。据我们所知,这是第一项关于通过生态友好方法制备的生物安全口服铁纳米治疗剂的研究,该制剂对急性实验性弓形虫病具有有前景的潜力。
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