期刊
JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY
卷 196, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.04.001
关键词
Bi2Te3 nanoparticles; Cefotaxirne; Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Synergistic antibacterial effect; Mechanism
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21371139]
- Graduate Innovation Foundation of Wuhan Institute of Technology [CX2017087]
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have become a serious threat to public health because traditional antibiotics are less efficient. Here, we developed a simple and efficient combination of Bi2Te3 nanoparticles (NPs) with beta-lactam antibiotics cefotaxime (CTX), which presented significant synergistic antibacterial activity against MRSA. The minimal inhibitory concentration of CTX decreased from 256 to 32 mu g/mL in the presence of 8 mu g/mL Bi2Te3 NPs. The results of cell membrane potential and cellular K+ content measurements demonstrated that the destruction of membrane functions is a factor in the synergistic mechanism. Furthermore, the induction of cellular reactive oxygen species generation, inhibition of beta-lactamases induced by CTX and direct damage to the cell structure constituted other factors of the synergistic mechanism. These observations suggest that reviving the efficacy of ineffective fi-lactam antibiotic CTX by Bi2Te3 NPs may be a potentially effective therapeutic strategy to overcome refractory MRSA infections.
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