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Cao H, Qin H, Zhao Y, Jin G, Lu T, Meng F, Zhang X, Liu X. Nano-thick calcium oxide armed titanium: boosts bone cells against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Sci Rep 2016; 6:21761. [PMID: 26899567 PMCID: PMC4761977 DOI: 10.1038/srep21761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Since the use of systemic antibiotics for preventing acute biomaterial-associated infections (BAIs) may build up bacterial resistance and result in huge medical costs and unpredictable mortality, new precaution strategies are required. Here, it demonstrated that titanium armed with a nano-thick calcium oxide layer was effective on averting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in rabbits. The calcium oxide layer was constructed by, firstly, injecting of metallic calcium into titanium via a plasma immersion ion implantation process, and then transforming the outer most surface into oxide by exposing to the atmosphere. Although the calcium oxide armed titanium had a relative low reduction rate (~74%) in growth of MRSA in vitro, it could markedly promote the osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow stem cells (BMSCs), restore local bone integration against the challenge of MRSA, and decrease the incidence of MRSA infection with a rate of 100% (compared to the titanium control). This study demonstrated for the first time that calcium, as one of the major elements in a human body, could be engineered to avert MRSA infections, which is promising as a safe precaution of disinfection for implantable biomedical devices.
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- Huiliang Cao
- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200233, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200233, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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Akiyama H, Yamasaki O, Tada J, Kubota K, Arata J. Antimicrobial effects of acidic hot-spring water on Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from atopic dermatitis patients. J Dermatol Sci 2000; 24:112-8. [PMID: 11064246 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-1811(00)00091-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The present study examined the antimicrobial effects of acidic hot-spring water on Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from atopic dermatitis (AD) patients. Plasma coagulation by S. aureus cells was not detected in plasma containing acidic hot-spring water (60%, pH 5.4) or hydrochloric acid (pH 5.0) after incubation for 24 h. S. aureus cells did not grow in Mueller-Hinton broth with acidic hot-spring water (50%, pH 4.4) after 24 h incubation. The colony counts of S. aureus cells in tryptic soy broth containing acidic hot-spring water (60%, pH 3.9) were over ten times lower than those in tryptic soy broth alone after incubation for 24 h (P<0.01). A membranous structure (an immature biofilm) was formed on the coverslips of tissue culture dishes by S. aureus cells in plasma after incubation for 24 h, although the colony counts of S. aureus cells in the immature biofilms in plasma containing acidic hot-spring water (60%, pH 5.4) were about eight times lower than those in plasma alone after incubation for 24 h (P<0.01). The colony counts of S. aureus cells that attached on coverslips in plasma containing acidic hot-spring water (60%, pH 5.4) or hydrochloric acid (pH 5.4) were over 1000 times lower than those in plasma alone after incubation for 24 h. These results suggest that 50% acidic hot-spring water has a bacteriostatic effect, 60% acidic hot-spring water has a moderate bactericidal effect against floating S. aureus cells and those cells in a biofilm, and, 60% acidic hot-spring water has an inhibitory effect on plasma coagulation and attachment of S. aureus cells. Furthermore, our present results suggest that a small amount of some ions in hot-spring water such as manganese and iodide ions are very important for a bactericidal activity of hot-spring water as well as the low pH condition.
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- H Akiyama
- Department of Dermatology, Okayama University Medical School, Shikata-cho 2-5-1, 700-8558, Okayama, Japan
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