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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2025

Cholesterol Functionalized Nanoparticles Are Effective against Helicobacter pylori, the Gastric Bug: A Proof-of-Concept Study.

Ana Sofia Pinho, Renato Pereira, Mariana Pereira, Akhilesh Rai, Lino Ferreira, Maria Cristina Lopes Martins, Paula Parreira

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors.

Ana Sofia Pinhoi3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, R. Alfredo Allen 208, Porto, 4200-135, Portugal.
Renato Pereirai3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, R. Alfredo Allen 208, Porto, 4200-135, Portugal.
Mariana Pereirai3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, R. Alfredo Allen 208, Porto, 4200-135, Portugal.
Akhilesh RaiCNC - Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Universidade de Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-504, Portugal.
Lino FerreiraCNC - Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Universidade de Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-504, Portugal.
Maria Cristina Lopes Martinsi3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, R. Alfredo Allen 208, Porto, 4200-135, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6574-4794
Paula Parreirai3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, R. Alfredo Allen 208, Porto, 4200-135, Portugal.

Funding

European Union's Horizon 2020 951723FCT-Fundação para a Ci ência e TecnologiaHealth from Portugal 02/C05-i01.01/2022.PC644937233-00000047
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori chronic infection is the highest risk factor for the development of gastric cancer, being this Gram-negative bacterium classified as carcinogenic. The mounting resistance of H. pylori to antibiotics calls for innovative therapeutic strategies. Here, the proof-of-concept studies that support the development of a "trojan horse" therapeutic strategy based on cholesterol-grafted nanoparticles (Chol-NP) to counteract H. pylori infection are depicted. The bacterium ability to specifically recognize and bind to surface grafted cholesterol is demonstrated by its adhesion to cholesterol(Chol)-functionalized self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on gold substrates (2D Chol-SAMs) in a concentration dependent manner, with optimal Chol-SAMs prepared with 25% Chol-polyethylene glycol (PEG)-thiol in solution (75% tetra(ethylene glycol)-thiol). These results further show that cholesterol functionalized gold nanoparticles (3D Chol-SAMs, Chol-NP) eradicate H. pylori at a minimum bactericidal concentration of 125 µg mL

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsCholesterolHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriMetal NanoparticlesGoldHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPolyethylene GlycolsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCholesterolGoldPolyethylene Glycolsantibiotic‐free strategiesbioengineeringgold nanoparticlesHelicobacter pylorilipidsself‐assembled monolayers

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PMID39910897
PMCPMC12004443

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