Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29936135›Full record

ArticleEBioMedicine2018

Liposomal Therapy Attenuates Dermonecrosis Induced by Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Targeting α-Type Phenol-Soluble Modulins and α-Hemolysin.

Heidi Wolfmeier, Sarah C Mansour, Leo T Liu, Daniel Pletzer, Annette Draeger, Eduard B Babiychuk, Robert E W Hancock

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in EBioMedicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Review
  5. Article
  6. A Wall Fragment ofPharmaceutics · 2023
    Article
  7. Article
  8. Targeting theFrontiers in microbiology · 2022
    Article
  9. Toxins · 2021
    Review
  10. Article
  11. Nanobiosystems for Antimicrobial Drug-Resistant Infections.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
    Review
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. Dismantling the bacterial virulence program.Microbial biotechnology · 2019
    Article
  16. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Heidi WolfmeierCentre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2259 Lower Mall Research Station, V6T1Z4 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Sarah C MansourCentre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2259 Lower Mall Research Station, V6T1Z4 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Leo T LiuCentre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2259 Lower Mall Research Station, V6T1Z4 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Daniel PletzerCentre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2259 Lower Mall Research Station, V6T1Z4 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Annette DraegerInstitute of Anatomy, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 2, 3000 Bern, Switzerland.
Eduard B BabiychukInstitute of Anatomy, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 2, 3000 Bern, Switzerland.
Robert E W HancockCentre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2259 Lower Mall Research Station, V6T1Z4 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Electronic address: bob@hancocklab.com.
University of British Columbia · CAUniversity of Bern · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA), typified by the pulse-field type USA300, is an emerging endemic pathogen that is spreading rapidly among healthy people. CA-MRSA causes skin and soft tissue infections, life-threatening necrotizing pneumonia and sepsis, and is remarkably resistant to many antibiotics. Here we show that engineered liposomes composed of naturally occurring sphingomyelin were able to sequester cytolytic toxins secreted by USA300 and prevent necrosis of human erythrocytes, peripheral blood mononuclear cells and bronchial epithelial cells. Mass spectrometric analysis revealed the capture by liposomes of phenol-soluble modulins, α-hemolysin and other toxins. Sphingomyelin liposomes prevented hemolysis induced by pure phenol-soluble modulin-α3, one of the main cytolytic components in the USA300 secretome. In contrast, sphingomyelin liposomes harboring a high cholesterol content (66 mol/%) were unable to protect human cells from phenol-soluble modulin-α3-induced lysis, however these liposomes efficiently sequestered the potent staphylococcal toxin α-hemolysin. In a murine cutaneous abscess model, a single dose of either type of liposomes was sufficient to significantly decrease tissue dermonecrosis. Our results provide further insights into the promising potential of tailored liposomal therapy in the battle against infectious diseases.

Indexed as

AnimalsBacterial ProteinsCell LineCommunity-Acquired InfectionsDisease Models, AnimalHemolysin ProteinsHumansLiposomesMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMiceNecrosisSphingomyelinsStaphylococcal Skin InfectionsTreatment OutcomeBacterial ProteinsHemolysin ProteinsLiposomesSphingomyelinsAnti-toxin therapyCA-MRSADermonecrosisLiposomesPhenol-soluble modulinsSkin and soft tissue infectionsUSA300α-Hemolysin

Identifiers

PMID29936135
PMCPMC6085503
OpenAlexW2808965108

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.