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ArticleApplied microbiology and biotechnology2023

Self-assembled and Zn(II)-coordinated dipeptide nanoparticles with membrane-rupturing action on bacteria.

Shahzad Anwar, Muhammad Babar Khawar, Ali Afzal, Muhammad Ovais, Zhang Xiang

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Article in Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Advances in carrier-free nanodrug delivery systems.Drug delivery and translational research · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Shahzad AnwarNational Institutes of Lasers and Optronics College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nilore, 45650, Islamabad, Pakistan. shahzad@nilop.edu.pk.
Muhammad Babar KhawarUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR, 100049, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1812-0591
Ali AfzalMolecular Medicine and Cancer Therapeutics Lab, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3679-1257
Muhammad OvaisCAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience & Technology (NCNST), PR, 100190, Beijing, China.
Zhang XiangUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR, 100049, Beijing, China.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNNational Center for Nanoscience and Technology · CNPakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences · PKUniversity of Central Punjab · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metal ion-coordinated self-assembled short-chain amino acid peptide molecules with multi-photon excitation wavelengths and their photoluminescence properties are advantageous for fluorescence-based diagnostics and treatments of biological diseases based on their extra features of antibacterial agents. We have designed a novel strategy based on tryptophan molecule coordinated with Zn(II) ions in the form of biocompatible spherical nanoparticles of diameter 30-80 nm which have been used for antibacterial treatments against different kinds of pathogenic bacteria (Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, and Pseudomonas). Preferably, we have used tryptophan-phenylalanine (Trp-Phe), a dipeptide molecule having tryptophan as principal material against E. coli strains as antimicrobial agents for surface rupturing and killing purposes. Furthermore, based on single amino acid, tryptophan, self-assembled and Zn(II)-coordinated dipeptide nanoparticles (Zn-DPNPs) were studied against three types of multi-drug-resistant bacteria as an active antimicrobial agent. These antibacterial efficient nanoparticles may have best alternative of antibiotic drugs for clinical applications. The capability of self-assembled fluorescence behavior of Zn-coordinated dipeptide molecules and higher hydrophobicity against bacterial cell wall will perform as antimicrobial fluorescent agents. KEY POINTS: • Zn(II) and Cu(II) better coordinated into self-assembled NPs. • Fluorescence signals showed interaction of NPs with gram -ve cell wall. • Significant surface-damaging effects were observed in the case of Cu-DPNPs and Zn-DPNPs.

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Anti-Infective AgentsMetal NanoparticlesNanoparticlesAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaDipeptidesEscherichia coliIonsMicrobial Sensitivity TestsTryptophanZincAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsDipeptidesIonsTryptophanZincAntimicrobial activityBacterial strainsPhenylalanine-tryptophan (Trp-Phe)Self-assembly

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PMID37439833
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