Chronic wounds and their associated bacterial infections are major issues in modern health care systems. Therefore, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), treatment costs, and number of disability-adjusted life-years have gained more interest. Recently, photodynamic therapy emerged as an effective approach against resistant and naïve bacterial strains with a low probability of creating AMR. In this study, needleless electrospinning was used to produce an indocyanine green (ICG) loaded poly(d,l-lactide) nanofibrous mesh as a photoresponsive wound dressing. The non-woven mesh had a homogeneous nanofibrous structure and showed long-term hydrolytic stability at different pH values. The antimicrobial activity was tested against several bacterial strains, namely Staphylococcus saprophyticus subsp. bovis, Escherichia coli DH5 alpha, and Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus. Upon irradiation with a laser of a specific wavelength (λ = 810 nm), the bacterial viability was significantly reduced by 99.978% (3.66 log10), 99.699% (2.52 log10), and 99.977% (3.64 log10), respectively. The nanofibrous mesh showed good biocompatibility, which was confirmed by the proliferation of mouse fibroblasts (L929) on the surface and into deeper parts of the mesh. Furthermore, a favorable proangiogenic effect was observed in ovo using the chorioallantoic membrane assay. In general, it can be concluded that ICG loaded nanofibers as an innovative wound dressing represent a promising strategy against chronic wounds associated with skin infections.
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- biokompatibilní materiály chemie farmakologie MeSH
- buněčné linie MeSH
- chorioalantoická membrána krevní zásobení účinky léků MeSH
- Escherichia coli účinky léků růst a vývoj MeSH
- fibroblasty cytologie účinky léků MeSH
- fotochemoterapie MeSH
- indokyanová zeleň chemie farmakologie MeSH
- mikrobiální viabilita účinky léků MeSH
- myši MeSH
- nanovlákna MeSH
- obvazy MeSH
- polyestery chemie MeSH
- proliferace buněk účinky léků MeSH
- Staphylococcus aureus účinky léků růst a vývoj MeSH
- Staphylococcus saprophyticus účinky léků růst a vývoj MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
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- myši MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
Retinoblastoma (Rb) is the most common primary malignant intraocular tumor in children which develops from the retinal stem cells. Systemic chemotherapy is the typical therapeutic treatment and though most children survive Rb, they often lose their vision, or the eye needs to be enucleated. Regarding to the pure availability of the target tumor by systemic chemotherapy, the local anticancer drug administration would be advantageous to increase the local drug concentration and minimize adverse side effects of chemotherapy. The present paper describes a new hydrogel implant enabled to deliver therapeutically active doses of low molecular weight hydrophilic antitumor drugs topotecan and vincristine. The hydrogel implant is proposed as bi-layered with an inner hydrophilic layer from 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) serving as a reservoir of the chemotherapeutic agent and an outer hydrophobic layer from 2-ethoxyethyl methacrylate (EOEMA) acting as a barrier to protect the surrounding vascularized tissue against cytotoxicity of the delivered chemotherapeutics. The experiments with enucleated pig eyes demonstrated the ability of tested drugs to diffuse through sclera and reach the vitreous humor. HEMA-based hydrogels were examined in terms of sorption, release and transport properties, showing the possibility of adjusting the loading capacity and diffusion of the drugs by the degree of crosslinking. The EOEMA-based gels proved to be an inert for drug sorption and diffusion. A chorioallantoic membrane assay demonstrated excellent biocompatibility of unloaded hydrogels, and in vitro experiments confirmed significant cytotoxicity of drug-loaded hydrogels against a Rb cell line; 2 days for those topotecan-loaded and a minimum of 6 days for vincristine-loaded hydrogels. The bi-layered hydrogel implant can be considered promising for local administration of active agents to eye-globe for the treatment of Rb and also other ocular disorders.
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- hydrogely chemie MeSH
- kinetika MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- methakryláty chemie MeSH
- nádorové buněčné linie MeSH
- nosiče léků chemie MeSH
- oči účinky léků metabolismus MeSH
- prasata MeSH
- protézy a implantáty MeSH
- retinoblastom metabolismus patologie MeSH
- stabilita léku MeSH
- topotekan chemie metabolismus farmakologie MeSH
- viabilita buněk účinky léků MeSH
- vinkristin chemie metabolismus farmakologie MeSH
- vysokoúčinná kapalinová chromatografie MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
Poly(d,l-lactide)/polyethylene glycol (PLA/PEG) micro/nanofibers loaded with paclitaxel (PTX, 10 wt%) were prepared by needless electrospinning technology, which allows large scale production for real medicinal practice. The fiber structure and properties were investigated by several methods including scanning electron microscopy, nitrogen adsorption/desorption isotherm measurements, differential scanning calorimetry, and X-ray diffraction measurements to examine their morphology (fiber diameter distribution, specific surface area, and total pore volume), composition, drug-loading efficiency, and physical state. An HPLC-UV method was optimized and validated to quantify in vitro PTX release into PBS. The results showed that the addition of PEG into PLA fibers promoted the release of higher amounts of hydrophobic PTX over prolonged time periods compared to fibers without PEG. An in vitro cell assay demonstrated the biocompatibility of PLA/PEG fibrous materials and showed significant cytotoxicity of PTX-loaded PLA/PEG fibers against a human fibrosarcoma HT1080 cell line. The chick chorioallantoic membrane assay proved that PTX-loaded fibers exhibited antiangiogenic activity, with a pronounced effect in the case of the PEG-containing fibers. In vivo evaluation of PTX-loaded PLA/PEG fibers in a human fibrosarcoma recurrence model showed statistically significant inhibition in tumor incidence and growth after primary tumor resection compared to other treatment groups.
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- buněčná smrt účinky léků MeSH
- difrakce rentgenového záření MeSH
- inhibitory angiogeneze farmakologie MeSH
- kur domácí MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- lokální recidiva nádoru patologie prevence a kontrola MeSH
- myši nahé MeSH
- nádorové buněčné linie MeSH
- nanovlákna chemie ultrastruktura MeSH
- nosiče léků chemie MeSH
- paclitaxel farmakologie MeSH
- polyestery chemie MeSH
- polyethylenglykoly chemie MeSH
- tělesná hmotnost MeSH
- teplota MeSH
- tumor burden účinky léků MeSH
- uvolňování léčiv * MeSH
- viabilita buněk účinky léků MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
