A novel antibacterial strategy is urgently required to develop for solving bacterial biofilm obstruction and bacterial drug resistance in the infected wound healing process. Herein, the Chitosan/Bletilla striata polysaccharide composited microneedles were prepared by chitosan, tannic acid, AgNO3 and Bletilla striata polysaccharide through step centrifugation. In our design system, the porous structure of microneedles gradually disappeared, and the mechanical properties were significantly improved after multiple fillings. Ag+ is reduced in-situ to silver nanoparticles by the abundant polyphenols of tannic acid, displaying antibacterial effects both in vitro and vivo, even for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The addition of Bletilla striata polysaccharide increased the ability of piercing biofilm and promoted wound healing. The microneedles exhibited good biocompatibility and with function of piercing the bacterial biofilms, scavenging excessive free radicals, inhibiting inflammatory factors, and promoting wound healing. Therefore, the multifunctional composited microneedles show great potential to promote infected and susceptible wound healing.
Keywords: Bacterial infection; Bletilla striata polysaccharide; Chitosan; In-situ synthesis; Microneedle; Silver nanoparticles; Wound healing.
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