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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS
卷 45, 期 6, 页码 622-626出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2015.01.016
关键词
Fusogenic liposomes; SUVET; Gram-positive bacteria; Gram-negative bacteria; Acinetobacter baumannii
资金
- University of Catania (Catania, Italy)
Many antibacterial drugs have some difficulty passing through the bacterial cell membrane, especially if they have a high molecular weight or large spatial structure. Consequently, intrinsic resistance is shown by some bacterial strains. Reduced cell membrane permeability is one of the mechanisms of resistance known for fusidic acid (FUS), a bacteriostatic steroidal compound with activity limited to Gram-positive bacteria. Moreover, the lipophilic character of FUS has been shown to cause drug retention inside the bilayers of cell membranes, preventing its diffusion towards target sites inside the cytoplasm. Targeting antimicrobial agents by means of liposomes may be a valid strategy in the treatment of infections refractory to conventional routes of antimicrobial treatment. On this basis, loading of FUS in fusogenic lipo some s (FLs) was planned in this study. Fusogenic small unilamellar vesicles loaded with FUS were produced to evaluate their influence on improving the cell penetration and antibacterial activity of the antibiotic. The produced carriers were technologically characterised and were subjected to an in vitro microbiological assay against several strains of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. The experimental results showed that encapsulating FUS in a liposomal carrier can improve antimicrobial efficacy and reduce the effective concentration required, probably through putative mechanisms of increased diffusion through the bacterial cell membrane. In fact, whilst free FUS was active only on the tested Gram-positive strains, incubation of FUS-loaded FLs exhibited growth inhibitory activity both against Gram-positive and Gramnegative strains. The lowest MICs were obtained against Staphylococcus epidermidis (<0.15 mu g/mL) and Acinetobacter baumannii (37.5 mu g/mL) clinical strains. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. and the International Society of Chemotherapy. All rights reserved.
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