Issue 5, 2022

Selective treatment of intracellular bacterial infections using host cell-targeted bioorthogonal nanozymes

Abstract

Intracellular bacterial infections are difficult to treat, and in the case of Salmonella and related infections, can be life threatening. Antibiotic treatments for intracellular infections face challenges including cell penetration and intracellular degradation that both reduce antibiotic efficacy. Even when treatable, the increased dose of antibiotics required to counter infections can strongly impact the microbiome, compromising the native roles of beneficial non-pathogenic species. Bioorthogonal catalysis provides a new tool to combat intracellular infections. Catalysts embedded in the monolayers of gold nanoparticles (nanozymes) bioorthogonally convert inert antibiotic prodrugs (pro-antibiotics) into active species within resident macrophages. Targeted nanozyme delivery to macrophages was achieved through mannose conjugation and subsequent uptake VIA the mannose receptor (CD206). These nanozymes efficiently converted pro-ciprofloxacin to ciprofloxacin inside the macrophages, selectively killing pathogenic Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium relative to non-pathogenic Lactobacillus sp. in a transwell co-culture model. Overall, this targeted bioorthogonal nanozyme strategy presents an effective treatment for intracellular infections, including typhoid and tuberculosis.

Graphical abstract: Selective treatment of intracellular bacterial infections using host cell-targeted bioorthogonal nanozymes

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 12月 2021
Accepted
10 3月 2022
First published
10 3月 2022

Mater. Horiz., 2022,9, 1489-1494

Selective treatment of intracellular bacterial infections using host cell-targeted bioorthogonal nanozymes

J. Hardie, J. M. Makabenta, A. Gupta, R. Huang, R. Cao-Milán, R. Goswami, X. Zhang, P. Abdulpurkar, M. E. Farkas and V. M. Rotello, Mater. Horiz., 2022, 9, 1489 DOI: 10.1039/D1MH02042K

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