Developing Antibiofilm Fibrillar Scaffold with Intrinsic Capacity to Produce Silver Nanoparticles
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Synthesis and Characterization of PDAEA and PLA/PDAEA Electrospun Scaffolds
2.2. Plasma Treatment of the Scaffolds
2.3. SEM Analyses and Contact Angle Measurements on Plasma-Treated Scaffolds
2.4. AgNPs In Situ Production
2.5. PLA/PDAEA@AgNPs Scaffolds Morphological Characterization
2.6. PLA/PDAEA@AgNPs Scaffolds Surface Characterization
2.7. Ag Quantification on PLA/PDAEA@AgNPs Scaffolds
2.8. In Vitro Cytocompatibility Studies
2.9. Inhibition of Bacterial Biofilm Formation of PLA/PDAEA@AgNPs Scaffolds
2.10. Antibiofilm Activity Evaluation
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Materials
3.2. Apparatus
3.3. Synthesis of PDAEA
3.4. Production of PLA/PDAEA Electrospun Scaffold
3.5. Plasma Treatment of Scaffolds
3.6. Production and Characterization of PLA/PDAEA@AgNPs Scaffolds
3.7. Ag Quantification on PLA/PDAEA@AgNPs Scaffolds
3.8. In Vitro Cytocompatibility Studies
3.9. Inhibition of Bacterial Biofilm Formation of PLA/PDAEA@AgNPs Scaffolds
3.10. Antibiofilm Activity Tests
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Planktonic Growth | Optical Density Mean Values ± SD |
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Growth control | 0.391 (±0.049) |
PLA/PDAEA | 0.403 (±0.013) |
PLA/PDAEA@AgNPs | 0.079 (±0.007) |
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Pitarresi, G.; Barberi, G.; Palumbo, F.S.; Schillaci, D.; Fiorica, C.; Catania, V.; Indelicato, S.; Bongiorno, D.; Biscari, G.; Giammona, G. Developing Antibiofilm Fibrillar Scaffold with Intrinsic Capacity to Produce Silver Nanoparticles. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 15378. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232315378
Pitarresi G, Barberi G, Palumbo FS, Schillaci D, Fiorica C, Catania V, Indelicato S, Bongiorno D, Biscari G, Giammona G. Developing Antibiofilm Fibrillar Scaffold with Intrinsic Capacity to Produce Silver Nanoparticles. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(23):15378. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232315378
Chicago/Turabian StylePitarresi, Giovanna, Giuseppe Barberi, Fabio Salvatore Palumbo, Domenico Schillaci, Calogero Fiorica, Valentina Catania, Serena Indelicato, David Bongiorno, Giuseppina Biscari, and Gaetano Giammona. 2022. "Developing Antibiofilm Fibrillar Scaffold with Intrinsic Capacity to Produce Silver Nanoparticles" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 23: 15378. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232315378