Issue 24, 2020

Amyloid-like protein aggregates combining antifouling with antibacterial activity

Abstract

Infections related to implanted medical devices have placed a heavy burden on public health and require feasible solutions. In this study, a simple approach is reported to fabricate an antifouling and antibacterial dual-functional coating. One-step aqueous supramolecular assembly of bovine serum albumin (BSA) is employed to immobilize ε-polylysine (ε-PL) and form a coating (PTB@ε-PL). Based on amyloid-like protein aggregation through the rapid reduction of the intramolecular disulfide bonds of BSA by tris(2-carboxyethyl) phosphine, a dense PTB@ε-PL nanofilm with controllable thickness and ε-PL loading density can be covered on virtually arbitrary material surfaces by simple aqueous dipping. In vitro and in vivo experiments show that this coating not only exhibits effective antibacterial activity against Gram-positive/Gram-negative bacteria, but also imparts excellent antifouling property to the surface. As a pure biopolymer coating, the PTB@ε-PL nanofilm shows negligible cytotoxicity and hemolysis. In addition, due to the various functional groups exposed on the surface of the nanofilm, the coating shows excellent interfacial bonding stability and can maintain bactericidal and antifouling properties under harsh conditions including ultrasound, autoclaving, organic solvents, and physiological body fluids.

Graphical abstract: Amyloid-like protein aggregates combining antifouling with antibacterial activity

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 may 2020
Accepted
04 iyl 2020
First published
09 iyl 2020

Biomater. Sci., 2020,8, 6903-6911

Amyloid-like protein aggregates combining antifouling with antibacterial activity

J. Tian, Y. Liu, S. Miao, Q. Yang, X. Hu, Q. Han, L. Xue and P. Yang, Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8, 6903 DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00760A

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