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银和氧化铁纳米粒子的绿色合成介导的光热效应在人芽囊原虫上的应用。

Green synthesis of silver and iron oxide nanoparticles mediated photothermal effects on Blastocystis hominis.

机构信息

Department of Laser Application in Metrology, Photochemistry, and Agricultural, National Institute of Laser Enhanced Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

出版信息

Lasers Med Sci. 2024 Jan 22;39(1):43. doi: 10.1007/s10103-024-03984-6.

Abstract

The evolution of parasite resistance to antiparasitic agents has become a serious health issue indicating a critical and pressing need to develop new therapeutics that can conquer drug resistance. Nanoparticles are novel, promising emerging drug carriers that have demonstrated efficiency in treating many parasitic diseases. Lately, attention has been drawn to a broad-spectrum nanoparticle capable of converting absorbed light into heat via the photothermal effect phenomenon. The present study is the first to assess the effect of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) and iron oxide nanoparticles (FeO NPs) as sole agents and with the combined action of the light-emitting diode (LED) on Blastocystis hominins (B. hominis) in vitro. Initially, the aqueous synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy, zeta potential, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The anti-blastocyst efficiency of these NPs was tested separately in dark conditions. As these NPs have a wide absorption spectrum in the visible regions, they were also excited by a continuous wave LED of wavelength band (400-700 nm) to test the photothermal effect. The sensitivity of B. hominis cysts was evaluated using scanning laser confocal microscopy whereas the live and dead cells were accurately segmented based on superpixels and the k-mean clustering algorithm. Our findings showed that this excitation led to hyperthermia that induced a significant reduction in the number of cysts treated with photothermally active NPs. The results of this study elucidate the potential role of photothermally active NPs as an effective anti-blastocystis agent. By using this approach, new therapeutic antiparasitic agents can be developed.

摘要

寄生虫对驱虫剂的抗药性的进化已成为一个严重的健康问题,这表明迫切需要开发新的疗法来克服耐药性。纳米粒子是一种新型的、有前途的新兴药物载体,已被证明在治疗许多寄生虫病方面非常有效。最近,人们开始关注一种广谱纳米粒子,它能够通过光热效应将吸收的光转化为热。本研究首次评估了银纳米粒子(Ag NPs)和氧化铁纳米粒子(FeO NPs)作为单一药物以及与发光二极管(LED)联合作用对人芽囊原虫(B. hominis)的体外影响。最初,通过紫外-可见分光光度法、zeta 电位和透射电子显微镜(TEM)对水合成的纳米粒子进行了表征。在黑暗条件下分别测试了这些 NP 的抗芽囊原虫效率。由于这些 NP 在可见光区域具有较宽的吸收光谱,因此它们也被连续波 LED(波长范围为 400-700nm)激发,以测试光热效应。使用扫描激光共聚焦显微镜评估了 B. hominis 包囊的敏感性,而根据超像素和 k-均值聚类算法准确地对活细胞和死细胞进行了分割。我们的研究结果表明,这种激发导致了过热,从而显著减少了用光热活性 NP 处理的包囊数量。这项研究的结果阐明了光热活性 NP 作为一种有效的抗芽囊原虫药物的潜在作用。通过这种方法,可以开发新的治疗寄生虫的药物。

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