Issue 42, 2022

Multifunctional nanoreactors with nutrient consumption and ROS generation capabilities for antibacterial and skin repair

Abstract

Bacterial wound infection has brought a serious threat to human health and caused huge economic losses. Attempts to develop biomaterials with excellent antibacterial effects are meaningful to promote wound healing. Herein, we report a multifunctional nanoreactor with nutrient consumption and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation capabilities for antibacterial and skin wound repair. The nanoreactor was constructed by the encapsulation of glucose oxidase (GOx) into a Cu2+-doped zeolite-based imidazole framework (ZIF-8) through a one-pot synthesis method. The nanoreactor not only consumes the nutrients of bacteria by the GOx-driven oxidation reaction, but also generates highly toxic hydroxyl radicals (˙OH) to kill bacteria via a Cu+-mediated Fenton-like reaction. Moreover, Zn2+ released from the nanoreactor is also capable of exhibiting synergistic antibacterial activity. In addition to mediating Fenton-like reactions, Cu2+ promotes angiogenesis to accelerate wound healing. Thus, the multifunctional nanoreactor has the ability to cut off the nutrient supply and starve the bacteria, produce ROS to kill bacteria, and promote angiogenesis to accelerate wound healing, enabling it to be promising for the treatment of wound infection.

Graphical abstract: Multifunctional nanoreactors with nutrient consumption and ROS generation capabilities for antibacterial and skin repair

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Qad 2022
Accepted
27 Way 2022
First published
27 Way 2022

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2022,10, 8664-8671

Multifunctional nanoreactors with nutrient consumption and ROS generation capabilities for antibacterial and skin repair

H. Yang, X. Gu, Y. Li, K. Zhang, X. Liu, C. Huang, Y. Ren, C. Qi and K. Cai, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2022, 10, 8664 DOI: 10.1039/D2TB01436J

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