Gram Negative Biofilms: Structural and Functional Responses to Destruction by Antibiotic-Loaded Mixed Polymeric Micelles

Overview

Journal Microorganisms

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2025 Jan 8

PMID 39770872

Authors

Tsvetozara Damyanova

Rumena Stancheva

Milena N Leseva

Petya A Dimitrova

Tsvetelina Paunova-Krasteva

Dayana Borisova

Katya Kamenova

Petar D Petrov

Ralitsa Veleva

Ivelina Zhivkova

Tanya Topouzova-Hristova

Emi Haladjova

Stoyanka Stoitsova

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Abstract

Biofilms are a well-known multifactorial virulence factor with a pivotal role in chronic bacterial infections. Their pathogenicity is determined by the combination of strain-specific mechanisms of virulence and the biofilm extracellular matrix (ECM) protecting the bacteria from the host immune defense and the action of antibacterials. The successful antibiofilm agents should combine antibacterial activity and good biocompatibility with the capacity to penetrate through the ECM. The objective of the study is the elaboration of biofilm-ECM-destructive drug delivery systems: mixed polymeric micelles (MPMs) based on a cationic poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate)-b-poly(ε-caprolactone)-b-poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA-b-PCL-b-PDMAEMA) and a non-ionic poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(propylene oxide)-b-poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO-b-PPO-b-PEO) triblock copolymers, loaded with ciprofloxacin or azithromycin. The MPMs were applied on 24 h pre-formed biofilms of and (laboratory strains and clinical isolates). The results showed that the MPMs were able to destruct the biofilms, and the viability experiments supported drug delivery. The biofilm response to the MPMs loaded with the two antibiotics revealed two distinct patterns of action. These were registered on the level of both bacterial cell-structural alterations (demonstrated by scanning electron microscopy) and the interaction with host tissues (ex vivo biofilm infection model on skin samples with tests on nitric oxide and interleukin (IL)-17A production).

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