Quaternary Ammonium Salt-Based Cross-Linked Micelles to Combat Biofilm

Bioconjug Chem. 2019 Mar 20;30(3):541-546. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.9b00010. Epub 2019 Feb 12.

Abstract

Due to self-produced extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), biofilms are hard to eradicate by common antimicrobials. Herein, a new quaternary ammonium salt based cross-linked micelle (QAS@CM) was created to combat biofilms. The QAS@CM adsorbed first onto the biofilm surface through multicharged interaction, then penetrated the EPS in the form of nanoparticles and diffused throughout the films. By responding to the biofilm acid/lipase microenvironment, these nanoparticles would further break into quaternary ammonium oligomers and act as the polyvalent inhibitors to effectively destroy the established biofilm and kill the corresponding bacteria within it.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Biofilms / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Micelles
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry
  • Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / chemistry*
  • Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / pharmacology*
  • Salts / chemistry
  • Salts / pharmacology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / physiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Micelles
  • Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
  • Salts