Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE
Volume 13, Issue -, Pages 5849-5863Publisher
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S177109
Keywords
nanosilver-decorated mesoporous silica nanoparticles; nano-adhesive; wound healing; antibacterial; biodegradable
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81601609, 81771982, 61535010, 81371681, 81470778, 8160071152]
- Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [KFZD-SW-210]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BE2015601]
- Science and Technology Commission Program of Nanjing [201605011]
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Background: Although various organic tissue adhesives designed to facilitate would healing are gaining popularity in diverse clinical applications, they present significant inherent limitations, such as rejection, infections, toxicity and/or excessive swelling. It is highly desirable to develop efficient, biocompatible and anti-bacterial tissue adhesives for skin wound healing. Purpose: Inspired by the fact that inorganic nanoparticles can directly glue tissues through the nanobridging effect, herein disulfide bond-bridged nanosilver-decorated mesoporous silica nanoparticles (Ag-MSNs) was constructed as an effective and safe tissue adhesive with antibacterial and degradable properties for wound closure and healing. Materials and methods: Ag-MSNs was fabricated by controlled reduce of ultrasmall nanosilvers onto the both surface and large pore of biodegradable MSNs. The obtained MSNs were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and measurement of size distribution, zeta potential, and mesopore properties. Furthermore, adhesion strength test, anti-bacterial assessment, mouse skin wound model, and MTT assays were used to investigate the tissue adhesive property, anti-bacterial effect, biodegradability and biocompatibility of the Ag-MSNs. Results: Ag-MSNs exhibited not only strong adhesive properties but also excellent antibacterial activities than that of MSNs. Importantly, this antibacterial nano-adhesive achieved rapid and efficient closure and healing of wounds in comparison to sutures or MSNs in a mouse skin wound model. Furthermore, Ag-MSNs with fast degradable behavior caused little cellular toxicity and even less systemic toxicity during wound healing. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that biodegradable Ag-MSNs can be employed as the next generation of nano-adhesives for rapid wound closure and aesthetic wound healing.
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