Multifunctional Chi-Ag@HMPB@CBD nanocomposites for eradicating multidrug-resistant bacteria and promoting diabetic damaged tissue repair

Abstract

Injured tissues are vulnerable to polymicrobial infection, resulting in insufficient blood supply, excessive oxidative stress, and inflammation, seriously affecting skin regeneration. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop effective strategies to treat multiple bacterial infections and damaged tissues and tissue repair for clinical treatment. Herein, we designed new nano-complexes of Chi-Ag@HMPB@CBD NPs via hollow mesoporous Prussian blue nanoparticles (HMPB NPs) loaded with cannabidiol (CBD) and chitosan-modified silver nanoparticles (Chi-Ag NPs) to treat multiple bacterial infected damaged tissues. In vitro experiments show that Chi-Ag@HMPB@CBD NPs synergizes with CBD and Chi-Ag NPs to effectively kill the mixture of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) via disrupting the cell membranes and established biofilms. Meanwhile, Chi-Ag@HMPB@CBD NPs can decompose H2O2 and increase O2 levels, thereby alleviating microenvironmental hypoxia and protecting cells from oxidative stress damage. Moreover, Chi-Ag@HMPB@CBD NPs can promote Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVECs) proliferation, migration, and neovascularization by inhibiting Matrix Metalloprotein-9 (MMP-9) expression. In vivo experiments show that Chi-Ag@HMPB@CBD NPs exhibit high efficacy against mixed infections of E. coli and MRSA, accelerating damaged tissue repair via upregulating levels of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (CD31). Collectively, this study demonstrates that Chi-Ag@HMPB@CBD NPs are versatile nanomaterials with a great potential in clinical treatment of mixed bacterial-infected damaged tissue repair.