Alabrahim Obaydah Abd Alkader, Fytory Mostafa, Abou-Shanab Ahmed M, Lababidi Jude, Fritzsche Wolfgang, El-Badri Nagwa, Azzazy Hassan Mohamed El-Said
Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences & Engineering, The American University in Cairo AUC Avenue, P.O. Box 74 New Cairo 11835 Egypt
Material Science and Nanotechnology Department, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies for Advanced Sciences (PSAS), Beni-Suef University 62511 Beni-Suef Egypt.
Nanoscale Adv. 2025 Jan 13;7(5):1405-1420. doi: 10.1039/d4na00916a. eCollection 2025 Feb 25.
Biofilms formed by several bacterial strains still pose a significant challenge to healthcare due to their resistance to conventional treatment approaches, including antibiotics. This study explores the potential of loading natural extracts with antimicrobial activities into β-cyclodextrin (βCD) nanoparticles, which are FDA-approved and have superior biocompatibility owing to their cyclic sugar structures, for biofilm eradication. An inclusion complex of βCD carrying essential oils (BOS) was prepared and characterized with regard to its physicochemical properties, antimicrobial efficacy, and antibiofilm activities. Encapsulation of BOS into βCD significantly enhanced the antimicrobial activity of BOS by 4-fold against Gram-positive ( and ) and by 8-fold against Gram-negative ( and ) bacteria, with minimum inhibitory concentrations ranging from 2.5 to 5 mg mL. Furthermore, the BOS-βCD complex demonstrated a dual-action against bacterial biofilms where it prevented biofilm formation and disrupted established biofilms. This resulted in a significant reduction in biofilm biomass, with prevention and disruption rates reaching up to 93.78% and 82.17%, respectively. Additionally, the formula revealed an excellent biocompatibility profile with no induction of oxidative stress in human skin fibroblast cells. Our findings suggest that βCD nanoparticles loaded with BOS essential oils hold promise as an effective formula for preventing the formation of bacterial biofilms and combating preformed ones for use in relevant medical applications.
由多种细菌菌株形成的生物膜,由于其对包括抗生素在内的传统治疗方法具有抗性,仍然对医疗保健构成重大挑战。本研究探索了将具有抗菌活性的天然提取物负载到β-环糊精(βCD)纳米颗粒中的潜力,βCD纳米颗粒已获美国食品药品监督管理局(FDA)批准,并且由于其环状糖结构而具有卓越的生物相容性,可用于根除生物膜。制备了携带精油的βCD包合物(BOS),并对其物理化学性质、抗菌功效和抗生物膜活性进行了表征。将BOS包封到βCD中可显著增强BOS对革兰氏阳性菌(和)的抗菌活性4倍,对革兰氏阴性菌(和)的抗菌活性8倍,最低抑菌浓度范围为2.5至5 mg/mL。此外,BOS-βCD复合物对细菌生物膜具有双重作用,既能防止生物膜形成,又能破坏已形成的生物膜。这导致生物膜生物量显著减少,预防率和破坏率分别高达93.78%和82.17%。此外,该配方显示出优异的生物相容性,对人皮肤成纤维细胞无氧化应激诱导作用。我们的研究结果表明,负载BOS精油的βCD纳米颗粒有望成为一种有效的配方,用于预防细菌生物膜的形成和对抗已形成的生物膜,以用于相关医疗应用。
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