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Inhibitory Effect of Epigallocatechin Gallate-Silver Nanoparticles and Their Lysozyme Bioconjugates on Biofilm Formation and Cytotoxicity.


ABSTRACT: Biofilms are multicellular communities of microbial cells that grow on natural and synthetic surfaces. They have become the major cause for hospital-acquired infections because once they form, they are very difficult to eradicate. Nanotechnology offers means to fight biofilm-associated infections. Here, we report on the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) with the antibacterial ligand epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and the formation of a lysozyme protein corona on AgNPs, as shown by UV-vis, dynamic light scattering, and circular dichroism analyses. We further tested the activity of EGCG-AgNPs and their lysozyme bioconjugates on the viability of Bacillus subtilis cells and biofilm formation. Our results showed that, although EGCG-AgNPs presented no antibacterial activity on planktonic B. subtilis cells, they inhibited B. subtilis biofilm formation at concentrations larger than 40 nM, and EGCG-AgNP-lysozyme bioconjugates inhibited biofilms at concentrations above 80 nM. Cytotoxicity assays performed with human cells showed a reverse trend, where EGCG-AgNPs barely affected human cell viability while EGCG-AgNP-lysozyme bioconjugates severely hampered viability. Our results therefore demonstrate that EGCG-AgNPs may be used as noncytotoxic antibiofilm agents.

SUBMITTER: Meesaragandla B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9490750 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Inhibitory Effect of Epigallocatechin Gallate-Silver Nanoparticles and Their Lysozyme Bioconjugates on Biofilm Formation and Cytotoxicity.

Meesaragandla Brahmaiah B   Hayet Shahar S   Fine Tamir T   Janke Una U   Chai Liraz L   Delcea Mihaela M  

ACS applied bio materials 20220817


Biofilms are multicellular communities of microbial cells that grow on natural and synthetic surfaces. They have become the major cause for hospital-acquired infections because once they form, they are very difficult to eradicate. Nanotechnology offers means to fight biofilm-associated infections. Here, we report on the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) with the antibacterial ligand epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and the formation of a lysozyme protein corona on AgNPs, as shown by UV-vi  ...[more]

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