MAPLE fabricated Fe3O4@Cinnamomum verum antimicrobial surfaces for improved gastrostomy tubes

Molecules. 2014 Jun 27;19(7):8981-94. doi: 10.3390/molecules19078981.

Abstract

Cinnamomum verum-functionalized Fe3O4 nanoparticles of 9.4 nm in size were laser transferred by matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE) technique onto gastrostomy tubes (G-tubes) for antibacterial activity evaluation toward Gram positive and Gram negative microbial colonization. X-ray diffraction analysis of the nanoparticle powder showed a polycrystalline magnetite structure, whereas infrared mapping confirmed the integrity of C. verum (CV) functional groups after the laser transfer. The specific topography of the deposited films involved a uniform thin coating together with several aggregates of bio-functionalized magnetite particles covering the G-tubes. Cytotoxicity assays showed an increase of the G-tube surface biocompatibility after Fe3O4@CV treatment, allowing a normal development of endothelial cells up to five days of incubation. Microbiological assays on nanoparticle-modified G-tube surfaces have proved an improvement of anti-adherent properties, significantly reducing both Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria colonization.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biofilms
  • Catheter-Related Infections / prevention & control
  • Cell Line
  • Cinnamomum zeylanicum / chemistry*
  • Coated Materials, Biocompatible / chemistry*
  • Enteral Nutrition
  • Escherichia coli / growth & development
  • Gastrostomy
  • Humans
  • Magnetite Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / growth & development
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Coated Materials, Biocompatible
  • Magnetite Nanoparticles
  • Plant Extracts