Endogenous oxygen-evolving bio-catalytic fabrics with fortified photonic disinfection for invasive bacteria-caused refractory cutaneous regeneration

Abstract

Invasive bacterial infection interferes the normal orchestrated course of healing cascades during cutaneous regeneration. Hypoxia in the deep-seated infection microenvironment (IME) considerably precludes photonic disinfection efficacy, especially antibacterial photodynamic therapy (aPDT). Herein we develop IME-unlocked oxygen-evolving bio-catalytic fabrics composed of electrospun poly(ε-caprolactone) scaffolds, MXene/SnS2 bio-heterojunctions (MX/SnS bio-HJs), and lactate oxidase (LOx) for deep-seated bacteria-infected cutaneous regeneration. LOx can deplete lactic acid produced by bacteria at infected site and yield hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The MX/SnS bio-HJs not only catalyze H2O2 to produce hydroxyl radicals (·OH) through Fenton-like reaction, but also generate oxygen (O2) to fortify aPDT under Near-infrared (NIR) light irradiation, consequently, expeditious disinfection is achieved. Moreover, in vivo results reveal that the bio-catalytic fabrics exert benign cutaneous regeneration ability by slaughtering bacteria, promoting hemostasis and collagen deposition. This work provides a tactic to instill fabrics with an IME-unlocked catalytic sterilization capability through endogenous O2 evolution for remedying infected wounds.