Volume 17, Issue 51 2103303
Research Article

Bacteria-Triggered Multifunctional Hydrogel for Localized Chemodynamic and Low-Temperature Photothermal Sterilization

Xiaodong Lin

Xiaodong Lin

State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 P. R. China

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Yuan Fang

Yuan Fang

State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 P. R. China

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Zhe Hao

Zhe Hao

State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 P. R. China

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Haotian Wu

Haotian Wu

State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 P. R. China

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Minyang Zhao

Minyang Zhao

State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 P. R. China

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Shuo Wang

Corresponding Author

Shuo Wang

Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071 P. R. China

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

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Yaqing Liu

Corresponding Author

Yaqing Liu

State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 P. R. China

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

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First published: 13 October 2021
Citations: 58

Abstract

Pathogenic infections seriously threaten public health and have been considered as one of the most critical challenges in clinical therapy. Construction of a safe and efficient photothermal antibacterial platform is a promising strategy for treatment of bacterial infections. Considering that high temperature does harm to the normal tissues and cells, herein, a bacteria-triggered multifunctional hydrogel is constructed for low-temperature photothermal sterilization with high efficiency by integrating localized chemodynamic therapy (L-CDT). The hydrogel is constructed by incorporating copper sulfide nanoparticles (CuSNPs) with photothermal profile into the network of hyaluronic acid (HA) and Fe3+-EDTA complexes, named as CHFH (CuSNPs-HA-Fe3+-EDTA hydrogel). Bacteria can be accumulated on the surface of CHFH, which secretes hyaluronidase to decompose the HA and release Fe3+. The Fe3+ is reduced into Fe2+ in microenvironment of bacteria to trigger Fenton reaction. The generated hydroxyl radicals result in sterilization based on L-CDT within short range. By integrating with photothermal property of CuSNPs, low-temperature photothermal therapy (LT-PTT) for sterilization is realized, which improves the antibacterial efficiency while minimizes damage to normal tissues. The CHFH is further used to prepare Band aid which effectively promotes the Staphylococcus aureus-infected wound healing process in vivo, confirming the great potential for clinical application.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

Research data are not shared.

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