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Ionizable Lipid Containing Nanocarriers for Antimicrobial Agent Delivery.

Haitao Yu, Sampa Sarkar, Z L Shaw, Brendan Dyett, Xudong Cai, Sue Lyn Yap, Charlotte E Conn, Aaron Elbourne, Calum J Drummond, Jiali Zhai

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Article in Small science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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10 authors.

Haitao YuSchool of Science STEM College RMIT University Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-2392
Sampa SarkarSchool of Science STEM College RMIT University Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia.
Z L ShawSchool of Engineering STEM College RMIT University Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia.
Brendan DyettSchool of Science STEM College RMIT University Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia.
Xudong CaiSchool of Science STEM College RMIT University Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia.
Sue Lyn YapSchool of Science STEM College RMIT University Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia.
Charlotte E ConnSchool of Science STEM College RMIT University Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia.
Aaron ElbourneSchool of Science STEM College RMIT University Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia.
Calum J DrummondSchool of Science STEM College RMIT University Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7340-8611
Jiali ZhaiSchool of Science STEM College RMIT University Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9882-9014

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a global health crisis demanding innovative solutions. Traditional antibiotics, though pivotal over the past century in combating bacterial infections, face diminished efficacy against evolving bacterial defense mechanisms, especially in Gram-negative strains. This study explores self-assembled ionizable lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) with the incorporation of two ionizable lipid components (one cationic, one anionic) in nanocarriers for advanced antimicrobial drug delivery of the broad-spectrum antibiotic Piperacillin (Pip). Incorporating cationic ionizable lipid ALC-0315, recognized as a functional lipid in the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, into LNPs allowed mesophase transition, pH responsiveness, and ionization behavior in acidic environments found in sites of bacterial infections, to be studied using synchrotron small angle X-ray scattering, dynamic light scattering, and a 2-(p-toluidino)-6-naphthalene sulfonic acid assay. Incorporating another anionic ionizable lipid, oleic acid not only modulates the LNPs' physicochemical properties, such as size, internal phase nanostructure, and surface charge but also synergistically enhances the antimicrobial potency together with ALC-0315 with a benefit enhancing permeability and fusion with bacterial membranes. This study introduces a strategy for tailoring ionizable lipid compositions in LNPs, providing a new approach to antimicrobial treatment contributing to the fight against AMR.

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antimicrobial resistanceionizable lipidslipid nanoparticleslyotropic liquid crystalspiperacillin

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PMID40212240
PMCPMC11934984

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