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A biomass-derived dual crosslinked DNA-nanoparticle hydrogel for visible light-induced photodynamic bacterial inactivation

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SOFT MATTER
Volume 19, Issue 48, Pages 9511-9519

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d3sm01400b

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In this study, DNA-nanoparticles (DNA-NP) were synthesized from onion genomic DNA as a biomass source through controlled hydrothermal pyrolysis. The resulting DNA-NPs were then crosslinked to form a hydrogel, which exhibited remarkable mechanical strength and self-healing properties. The hydrogel also displayed the ability to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) with visible light irradiation, making it potentially useful for biofilm destruction. Furthermore, the hydrogel demonstrated high loading efficiency and controlled release of a model drug. This study addresses the challenge of sustainability in developing novel nanomaterials from biomass sources and showcases the potential applications of the hydrogel in antibiotic-antibacterial photodynamic treatment.
Sustainability in developing novel nanomaterials (NPs) from biomass sources is a challenging proposition mainly due to the difficulty of infusing or retaining desired chemical functionalities in the biomass substrate. In this study, we demonstrate the synthesis of DNA-nanoparticles (DNA-NP) from onion genomic DNA as a plant biomass source through controlled hydrothermal pyrolysis to retain functional groups in the NPs for predictable downstream chemical transformations. A dual crosslinking scheme was introduced that involves the DNA-NP to form a hydrogel. Chemical crosslinking was achieved through the formation of a Schiff base between the -CHO groups of glutaraldehyde and the amine functionality present on the DNA-NP surface as well as in the nucleobases of the dangling DNA strands of DNA-NP. Simultaneous physical entanglement was attained through hybridization-mediated self-assembly of the dangling DNA strands of the DNA-NP with untransformed onion genomic DNA. As a corollary of the dual crosslinking, the resulting hydrogel not only displayed remarkable mechanical strength but also showed self-healing properties. The ability of the DNA-NP to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) with visible light irradiation is translated to the hydrogel, making the system potent for biofilm destruction. The high loading efficiency of the model drug ampicillin sodium (Amp) in the hydrogel was achieved which was released in four days. This hints towards the application of the hydrogel through combination antibiotic-antibacterial photodynamic treatment (APDT) as demonstrated here with both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Sustainability in developing novel nanomaterials (NPs) from biomass sources is a challenging proposition addressed herein through controlled pyrolysis and surface functional group modification of genomic DNA transformed into DNA-nanoparticles and ultimately to hydrogel.

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