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Pashizeh F, Mansouri A, Bazzazan S, Abdihaji M, Khaleghian M, Bazzazan S, Rezei N, Eskandari A, Mashayekhi F, Heydari M, Tavakkoli Yaraki M. Bioresponsive gingerol-loaded alginate-coated niosomal nanoparticles for targeting intracellular bacteria and cancer cells. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 258:128957. [PMID: 38154726 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.128957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
Abstract
Targeting and treating intracellular pathogen infections has been long-standing challenge, particularly in light of the escalating prevalence of antimicrobial resistance. Herein, an optimum formulation of alginate (AL)-coated niosome-based carriers for delivery of herbal extract Gingerol (Gin) was developed to treat intracellular pathogen infections and cancer cells. We used Gin-Nio@AL as a model drug to assess its efficacy against Gram-negative/positive bacteria and breast cancer cell lines. Our investigation affirmed its heightened antibacterial and anticancer properties. The antibacterial activity of Gin-Nio@AL against intracellular Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) was also tested. In the current study, the niosome nanoparticles containing herbal extract Gingerol were optimized regarding lipid content and Surfactant per Cholesterol molar ratio. The developed formulation provided potential advantages, such as smooth globular surface morphology, small diameter (240.68 nm), pH-sensitive sustained release, and high entrapment efficiency (94.85 %). The release rate of Gin from AL-coated niosomes (Gin-Nio@AL) in physiological and acidic pH is lower than uncoated nanoparticles (Gin-Nio). Besides, the release rate of Gin from niosomal formulations increased in acidic pH. The Gin-Nio@AL demonstrated good antimicrobial activity against S. aureus and P. aeruginosa, and compared to Gin-Nio, the MIC values decreased to 7.82 ± 0.00 and 1.95 ± 0.00 μg/mL, respectively. In addition, the time-kill assay results showed that the developed formulation significantly reduced the number of bacteria in both strains compared to other tested groups. The microtiter data and scanning electron microscope micrography showed that Gin-Nio@AL has a more significant inhibitory effect on biofilm formation than Gin-Nio and Gin. The cell cytotoxicity evaluation showed that Gin-Nio@AL reduced the survival rate of MDA-MB-231 cancer cells to 52.4 % and 45.2 % after 48 h and 72 h, respectively. The elimination of intracellular pathogens was investigated through a breast cancer cell infection in an in vitro model. Gin-Nio@AL exhibited an enhanced and sustained intracellular antibacterial activity against pathogens-infected breast cancer cells compared to other tested formulations. Overall, Gin-Nio@AL enables the triggered release and targeting of intra-extra cellular bacteria and cancer cells and provides a novel and promising candidate for treating intracellular pathogen infections and cancer cells.
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- Fatemeh Pashizeh
- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science Yazd, Iran
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Community Medicine, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, The Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Community Medicine, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
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- School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- CTERC, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Rasoul Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
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Khaleghian M, Sahrayi H, Hafezi Y, Mirshafeeyan M, Moghaddam ZS, Farasati Far B, Noorbazargan H, Mirzaie A, Ren Q. In silico design and mechanistic study of niosome-encapsulated curcumin against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus biofilms. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1277533. [PMID: 38098658 PMCID: PMC10720333 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1277533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
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Curcumin, an important natural component of turmeric, has been known for a long time for its antimicrobial properties. This study aimed to investigate the anti-biofilm action of the niosome-encapsulated curcumin and explore the involved anti-biofilm mechanism. In silico investigations of ADME-Tox (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity) were first performed to predict the suitability of curcumin for pharmaceutical application. Curcumin showed low toxicity but at the same time, low solubility and low stability, which, in turn, might reduce its antimicrobial activity. To overcome these intrinsic limitations, curcumin was encapsulated using a biocompatible niosome system, and an encapsulation efficiency of 97% was achieved. The synthesized curcumin-containing niosomes had a spherical morphology with an average diameter of 178 nm. The niosomal curcumin was capable of reducing multi-drug resistant (MDR) Staphylococcus aureus biofilm 2-4-fold compared with the free curcumin. The encapsulated curcumin also demonstrated no significant cytotoxicity on the human foreskin fibroblasts. To understand the interaction between curcumin and S. aureus biofilm, several biofilm-related genes were analyzed for their expression. N-acetylglucosaminyl transferase (IcaD), a protein involved in the production of polysaccharide intercellular adhesion and known to play a function in biofilm development, was found to be downregulated by niosomal curcumin and showed high binding affinity (-8.3 kcal/mol) with curcumin based on molecular docking analysis. Our study suggests that the niosome-encapsulated curcumin is a promising approach for the treatment of MDR S. aureus biofilm and can be extended to biofilms caused by other pathogens.
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- Department of Chemical and Petrochemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemical and Petrochemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Parand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahr-e Jadid-e Parand, Iran
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- Laboratory for Biointerfaces, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Monajjemi M, Naderi F, Mollaamin F, Khaleghian M. Drug Design Outlook by Calculation of Second Virial Coefficient as a Nano Study. J MEX CHEM SOC 2017. [DOI: 10.29356/jmcs.v56i2.323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Intermolecular potential energy surface for an interaction of drug with Na has been examined using HF level of theory with 6-31G* basis set. The name of drug is meso-tetrakis (p-sulphonatophenyl) porphyrin (here after abbreviated to TSPP) . The numbers of Na<sup>+</sup> have a significant effect on the calculated potential energy curve (including position, depth, and width of the potential well). Counterpoise (CP) correction has been used to show the extent of the basis set superposition error (BSSE) on the potential energy curves obtained for TSPPNa. The second virial coefficients are calculated by these data.
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Monajjemi M, Lee VS, Khaleghian M, Honarparvar B, Mollaamin F. Theoretical Description of Electromagnetic Nonbonded Interactions of Radical, Cationic, and Anionic NH2BHNBHNH2Inside of the B18N18Nanoring. J Phys Chem C 2010. [DOI: 10.1021/jp104274z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- M. Monajjemi
- Department of Chemistry, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Computational Simulation and Modeling Laboratory (CSML), Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics (ThEP), Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Department of Chemistry, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran, and Department of Chemistry, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Computational Simulation and Modeling Laboratory (CSML), Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics (ThEP), Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Department of Chemistry, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran, and Department of Chemistry, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Computational Simulation and Modeling Laboratory (CSML), Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics (ThEP), Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Department of Chemistry, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran, and Department of Chemistry, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Computational Simulation and Modeling Laboratory (CSML), Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics (ThEP), Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Department of Chemistry, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran, and Department of Chemistry, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Computational Simulation and Modeling Laboratory (CSML), Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics (ThEP), Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Department of Chemistry, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran, and Department of Chemistry, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran
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