Combating Drug-Resistant Bacteria Using Photothermally Active Nanomaterials: A Perspective Review

Injudicious use of antibiotics has been the main driver of severe bacterial non-susceptibility to commonly available antibiotics (known as drug resistance or antimicrobial resistance), a global threat to human health and healthcare. There is an increase in the incidence and levels of resistance to a...

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Autores principales: Kawaljeet Kaur, Sagar Reddy, Pramod Barathe, Varsha Shriram, Uttpal Anand, Jarosław Proćków, Vinay Kumar
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b76b962ca1a14e13920ced1595c69d6a2021-11-12T05:45:18ZCombating Drug-Resistant Bacteria Using Photothermally Active Nanomaterials: A Perspective Review1664-302X10.3389/fmicb.2021.747019https://doaj.org/article/b76b962ca1a14e13920ced1595c69d6a2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.747019/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-302XInjudicious use of antibiotics has been the main driver of severe bacterial non-susceptibility to commonly available antibiotics (known as drug resistance or antimicrobial resistance), a global threat to human health and healthcare. There is an increase in the incidence and levels of resistance to antibacterial drugs not only in nosocomial settings but also in community ones. The drying pipeline of new and effective antibiotics has further worsened the situation and is leading to a potentially “post-antibiotic era.” This requires novel and effective therapies and therapeutic agents for combating drug-resistant pathogenic microbes. Nanomaterials are emerging as potent antimicrobial agents with both bactericidal and potentiating effects reported against drug-resistant microbes. Among them, the photothermally active nanomaterials (PANs) are gaining attention for their broad-spectrum antibacterial potencies driven mainly by the photothermal effect, which is characterized by the conversion of absorbed photon energy into heat energy by the PANs. The current review capitalizes on the importance of using PANs as an effective approach for overcoming bacterial resistance to drugs. Various PANs leveraging broad-spectrum therapeutic antibacterial (both bactericidal and synergistic) potentials against drug-resistant pathogens have been discussed. The review also provides deeper mechanistic insights into the mechanisms of the action of PANs against a variety of drug-resistant pathogens with a critical evaluation of efflux pumps, cell membrane permeability, biofilm, and quorum sensing inhibition. We also discuss the use of PANs as drug carriers. This review also discusses possible cytotoxicities related to the therapeutic use of PANs and effective strategies to overcome this. Recent developments, success stories, challenges, and prospects are also presented.Kawaljeet KaurSagar ReddyPramod BaratheVarsha ShriramUttpal AnandJarosław ProćkówVinay KumarFrontiers Media S.A.articleantibioticsmultidrug resistancenanoparticlesdrug efflux pumpsROSantimicrobial resistanceMicrobiologyQR1-502ENFrontiers in Microbiology, Vol 12 (2021)
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topic antibiotics
multidrug resistance
nanoparticles
drug efflux pumps
ROS
antimicrobial resistance
Microbiology
QR1-502
spellingShingle antibiotics
multidrug resistance
nanoparticles
drug efflux pumps
ROS
antimicrobial resistance
Microbiology
QR1-502
Kawaljeet Kaur
Sagar Reddy
Pramod Barathe
Varsha Shriram
Uttpal Anand
Jarosław Proćków
Vinay Kumar
Combating Drug-Resistant Bacteria Using Photothermally Active Nanomaterials: A Perspective Review
description Injudicious use of antibiotics has been the main driver of severe bacterial non-susceptibility to commonly available antibiotics (known as drug resistance or antimicrobial resistance), a global threat to human health and healthcare. There is an increase in the incidence and levels of resistance to antibacterial drugs not only in nosocomial settings but also in community ones. The drying pipeline of new and effective antibiotics has further worsened the situation and is leading to a potentially “post-antibiotic era.” This requires novel and effective therapies and therapeutic agents for combating drug-resistant pathogenic microbes. Nanomaterials are emerging as potent antimicrobial agents with both bactericidal and potentiating effects reported against drug-resistant microbes. Among them, the photothermally active nanomaterials (PANs) are gaining attention for their broad-spectrum antibacterial potencies driven mainly by the photothermal effect, which is characterized by the conversion of absorbed photon energy into heat energy by the PANs. The current review capitalizes on the importance of using PANs as an effective approach for overcoming bacterial resistance to drugs. Various PANs leveraging broad-spectrum therapeutic antibacterial (both bactericidal and synergistic) potentials against drug-resistant pathogens have been discussed. The review also provides deeper mechanistic insights into the mechanisms of the action of PANs against a variety of drug-resistant pathogens with a critical evaluation of efflux pumps, cell membrane permeability, biofilm, and quorum sensing inhibition. We also discuss the use of PANs as drug carriers. This review also discusses possible cytotoxicities related to the therapeutic use of PANs and effective strategies to overcome this. Recent developments, success stories, challenges, and prospects are also presented.
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author Kawaljeet Kaur
Sagar Reddy
Pramod Barathe
Varsha Shriram
Uttpal Anand
Jarosław Proćków
Vinay Kumar
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title Combating Drug-Resistant Bacteria Using Photothermally Active Nanomaterials: A Perspective Review
title_short Combating Drug-Resistant Bacteria Using Photothermally Active Nanomaterials: A Perspective Review
title_full Combating Drug-Resistant Bacteria Using Photothermally Active Nanomaterials: A Perspective Review
title_fullStr Combating Drug-Resistant Bacteria Using Photothermally Active Nanomaterials: A Perspective Review
title_full_unstemmed Combating Drug-Resistant Bacteria Using Photothermally Active Nanomaterials: A Perspective Review
title_sort combating drug-resistant bacteria using photothermally active nanomaterials: a perspective review
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