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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11902-5
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- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [2013/07296-2, 2014/14171-4, 2017/13008-0, 2018/16578-5, 2018/01677-8, 2019/03722-3, 2019/25944-8]
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ)
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
- Universitat Jaume I [UJI-B2019-37, UJI-B2019-30]
- Generalitat Valenciana [PROMETEO/2020/029, AICO2020]
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades (Spain) [PGC2018094417-B-I00]
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [PID2019-110927RB-I00]
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This study reports the synthesis of chitosan/alpha-Ag2WO4 composites using femtosecond laser irradiation, which exhibit antimicrobial activity against bacteria and yeast, as well as the ability to inactivate SARS-CoV-2 virus. The composites show good biocompatibility with keratinocyte cells and are non-cytotoxic. The results suggest that these composites are highly efficient materials for killing microorganisms and inactivating SARS-CoV-2.
In the current COVID-19 pandemic, the next generation of innovative materials with enhanced anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity is urgently needed to prevent the spread of this virus within the community. Herein, we report the synthesis of chitosan/alpha-Ag2WO4 composites synthetized by femtosecond laser irradiation. The antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli, Methicilin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), and Candida albicans was determined by estimating the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimal bactericidal/fungicidal concentration (MBC/MFC). To assess the biocompatibility of chitosan/alpha-Ag2WO4 composites in a range involving MIC and MBC/MFC on keratinocytes cells (NOK-si), an alamarBlue (TM) assay and an MTT assay were carried out. The SARS-CoV-2 virucidal effects was analyzed in Vero E6 cells through viral titer quantified in cell culture supernatant by PFU/mL assay. Our results showed a very similar antimicrobial activity of chitosan/alpha-Ag2WO4 3.3 and 6.6, with the last one demonstrating a slightly better action against MSSA. The chitosan/alpha-Ag2WO4 9.9 showed a wide range of antimicrobial activity (0.49-31.25 mu g/mL). The cytotoxicity outcomes by alamarBlue (TM) revealed that the concentrations of interest (MIC and MBC/MFC) were considered non-cytotoxic to all composites after 72 h of exposure. The Chitosan/alpha-Ag2WO4 (CS6.6/alpha-Ag2WO4) composite reduced the SARS-CoV-2 viral titer quantification up to 80% of the controls. Then, our results suggest that these composites are highly efficient materials to kill bacteria (Escherichia coli, Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, and the yeast strain Candida albicans), in addition to inactivating SARS-CoV-2 by contact, through ROS production.
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