An efficient system for intracellular delivery of beta-lactam antibiotics to overcome bacterial resistance.
An efficient system for intracellular delivery of beta-lactam antibiotics to overcome bacterial resistance.
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一个有效的系统,用于β-内酰胺抗生素的细胞内递送以克服细菌耐药性。
DOI:
10.1038/srep13500
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发表时间:
2015-08-27
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Couvreur P
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作者:
Abed N;Saïd-Hassane F;Zouhiri F;Mougin J;Nicolas V;Desmaële D;Gref R;Couvreur P
The “Golden era” of antibiotics is definitely an old story and this is especially true for intracellular bacterial infections. The poor intracellular bioavailability of antibiotics reduces the efficency of many treatments and thereby promotes resistances. Therefore, the development of nanodevices coupled with antibiotics that are capable of targeting and releasing the drug into the infected-cells appears to be a promising solution to circumvent these complications. Here, we took advantage of two natural terpenes (farnesyl and geranyl) to design nanodevices for an efficient intracellular delivery of penicillin G. The covalent linkage between the terpene moieties and the antibiotic leads to formation of prodrugs that self-assemble to form nanoparticles with a high drug payload between 55–63%. Futhermore, the addition of an environmentally-sensitive bond between the antibiotic and the terpene led to an efficient antibacterial activity against the intracellular pathogen Staphylococcus aureus with reduced intracellular replication of about 99.9% compared to untreated infected cells. Using HPLC analysis, we demonstrated and quantified the intracellular release of PenG when this sensitive-bond (SB) was present on the prodrug, showing the success of this technology to deliver antibiotics directly into cells.