期刊
ACS BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
卷 2, 期 1, 页码 112-121出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5b00427
关键词
antifungal; biofilms; catheters; polyelectrolyte multilayers; antimicrobial surfaces; beta-peptides
资金
- National Institutes of Health [R01 AI092225]
- National Science Foundation [DMR-1121288]
- UW-Madison Nanoscale Research and Engineering Center (NSEC) [DMR-0832760]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [R01AI092225, R01AI073289] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Candida albicans is the most prevalent cause of hospital-acquired fungal infections and forms biofilms on indwelling medical devices that are notoriously difficult to treat or remove. We recently demonstrated that the colonization of C. albicans on the surfaces of catheter tube segments can be reduced in vitro by coating them with polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) that release a potent antifungal beta-peptide. Here, we report on the impact of polymer structure and film composition on both the inherent and beta-peptide-mediated ability of PEM-coated catheters to prevent or reduce the formation of C. albicans biofilms in vitro and in vivo using a rat model of central venous catheter infection. Coatings fabricated using polysaccharide-based components [hyaluronic acid (HA) and chitosan (CH)] and coatings fabricated using polypeptide-based components [poly-L-lysine (PLL) and poly-L-glutamic acid (PGA)] both served as reservoirs for the loading and sustained release of beta-peptide, but differed substantially in loading and release profiles and in their inherent antifungal properties (e.g., the ability to prevent colonization and biofilm growth in the absence of beta-peptide). In particular, CH/HA films exhibited inherent antifungal and antibiofilm behaviors in vitro and in vivo, a result we attribute to the incorporation of CH, a weak polycation demonstrated to exhibit antimicrobial properties in other contexts. The antifungal properties of both types of films were improved substantially when beta-peptide was incorporated. Catheter segments coated with beta-peptide-loaded CH/HA and PLL/PGA films were both strongly antifungal against planktonic C. albicans and the formation of surface-associated biofilms in vitro and in vivo. Our results demonstrate that PEM coatings provide a useful platform for the design of new antifungal materials, and suggest opportunities to design multifunctional or dual-action platforms to prevent or reduce the severity of fungal infections in applied biomedical contexts or other areas in which fungal biofilms are endemic.
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