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Abstract
Silica materials are popular in biomedical applications as composites and drug delivery platforms due to their low toxicity and biocompatibility. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles are attractive drug delivery systems based on their porous silica framework with high surface area. In the preparation of mesoporous silica frameworks, most commonly, MCM-41, the efficient removal of the template responsible for introducing porous networks, cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB), is a critical step due to the template's high toxicity in the environment and human health. In this work, we present a new one-pot approach of introducing challenging antibiotics within a silica framework without the need of toxic templates, but instead using micelle formation by an antibacterial agent. We demonstrate that micelles formed by cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC), a known antibacterial agent, entrap antibiotics such as rifampicin and ciprofloxacin. Extensive NMR studies elucidate the precise localisation of the antibiotic within the CPC micelle. Ciprofloxacin is placed between the outer and palisade region while rifampicin is located further into the hydrophobic CPC micelle core. In both cases, the formation of the silica framework can be built around the CPC-antibiotic loaded micelles. The resulting silica nanoparticles show loading of both CPC and antibiotic agents, porosity and dual antibacterial release upon disruption of the micelle within the silica framework. The design not only provides a strategy of a therapeutic design to form porous frameworks but also highlights the potential of precise antibiotic dose and release in nanoparticle systems.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 112841 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Microporous and Mesoporous Materials |
Volume | 363 |
Early online date | 5 Oct 2023 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2024 |
Keywords
- Cetylpyridinium chloride
- Micelles
- Nuclear magnetic resonance
- Antibiotics
- Porous silica nanoparticles
- Drug delivery
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UltraSOuNd-controlled release of Antimicrobial particles for denTAl tissues
Walmsley, D. (Co-Investigator), Pikramenou, Z. (Principal Investigator) & Kuehne, S. (Co-Investigator)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council
15/04/21 → 14/03/25
Project: Research Councils