Antibiofilm activity of mesoporous silica nanoparticles against the biofilm associated infections

Moumita Sil; Dipro Mukherjee; Arunava Goswami; Moupriya Nag; Dibyajit Lahiri; Debasmita Bhattacharya

doi:10.1007/s00210-023-02872-0

Antibiofilm activity of mesoporous silica nanoparticles against the biofilm associated infections

Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 2023 Dec 5. doi: 10.1007/s00210-023-02872-0. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Moumita Sil¹, Dipro Mukherjee², Arunava Goswami¹, Moupriya Nag³, Dibyajit Lahiri⁴, Debasmita Bhattacharya⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Bioscience & Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, India.
² Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit, Biological Sciences Division, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.
³ Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, New Town, University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, India.
⁴ Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, New Town, University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, India. dibyajit.lahiri@uem.edu.in.
⁵ Department of Basic Science and Humanities, Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, Salt Lake, University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, India.

PMID: 38051365
DOI: 10.1007/s00210-023-02872-0

Abstract

In pharmaceutical industries, various chemical carriers are present which are used for drug delivery to the correct target sites. The most popular and upcoming drug delivery carriers are mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN). The main reason for its popularity is its ability to be specific and optimize the drug delivery process in a controlled manner. Nowadays, MSNs are widely used to eradicate various microbial infections, especially the ones related to biofilms. Biofilms are sessile groups of cells that live by forming a consortium and exhibit antibacterial resistance (AMR). They exhibit AMR by extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and various quorum sensing (QS) signaling molecules. Usually, bacterial and fungal cells are capable of forming biofilms. These biofilms are pathogenic. In the majority of the cases, biofilms cause nosocomial diseases. This review will focus on the antibiofilm activities of MSN, its mechanism of target-specific drug delivery, and its ability to disrupt the bacterial biofilms inhibiting the infection. The review will also discuss various mechanisms for the delivery of pharmaceutical molecules by the MSNs to inhibit the bacterial biofilms, and lastly, we will talk about the different types of MSNs and their antibiofilm activities.

Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR); Biofilms; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN); Quorum sensing (QS).

Publication types

Review