Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 26, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26041004
Keywords
melioidosis; silver nanoparticles; biofilm inhibition; mechanism; resistance induction; efflux pump inhibition; biomedical application
Funding
- Royal Golden Jubilee Ph.D. Programme (RGJ-Ph.D. Program) by the Thailand Research Fund (TRF), Bangkok, Thailand [PHD/0092/2560]
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The study demonstrates that silver nanoparticles have strong antibacterial activity against Burkholderia pseudomallei, including ceftazidime-resistant strains, with a fast-killing mode. Additionally, the nanoparticles are effective in killing both planktonic bacteria in solution and bacteria in established biofilm. Furthermore, there was no resistance development observed in the bacteria after prolonged exposure to sublethal concentrations of silver nanoparticles, indicating their potential as a potent antimicrobial agent to combat antibiotic resistance.
Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative pathogen of melioidosis and this bacterium is resistant to several antibiotics. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are an interesting agent to develop to solve this bacterial resistance. Here, we characterize and assess the antimelioidosis activity of AgNPs against these pathogenic bacteria. AgNPs were characterized and displayed a maximum absorption band at 420 nm with a spherical shape, being well-monodispersed and having high stability in solution. The average size of AgNPs is 7.99 +/- 1.46 nm. The antibacterial efficacy of AgNPs was evaluated by broth microdilution. The bactericidal effect of AgNPs was further assessed by time-kill kinetics assay. Moreover, the effect of AgNPs on the inhibition of the established biofilm was investigated by the crystal violet method. In parallel, a study of the resistance induction development of B. pseudomallei towards AgNPs with efflux pump inhibiting effect was performed. We first found that AgNPs had strong antibacterial activity against both susceptible and ceftazidime-resistant (CAZ-resistant) strains, as well as being efficiently active against B. pseudomallei CAZ-resistant strains with a fast-killing mode via a bactericidal effect within 30 min. These AgNPs did not only kill planktonic bacteria in broth conditions, but also in established biofilm. Our findings first documented that the resistance development was not induced in B. pseudomallei toward AgNPs in the 30th passage. We found that AgNPs still showed an effective efflux pump inhibiting effect against these bacteria after prolonged exposure to AgNPs at sublethal concentrations. Thus, AgNPs have valuable properties for being a potent antimicrobial agent to solve the antibiotic resistance problem in pathogens.
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