Combined photodynamic and antibiotic therapy for skin disorder via lipase-sensitive liposomes with enhanced antimicrobial performance

Songhee Jeong, Jonghwan Lee, Byeong Nam Im, Hyung Park, Kun Na

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Abstract

A lipase-sensitive singlet oxygen-producible and erythromycin-loaded liposome (LSSPL) was developed for combination antibacterial therapy for skin disorder. The LSSPL was synthesized by coating pullulan-pheophorbide a (PU-Pheo A) conjugates onto erythromycin-loaded liposomes composed of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and cholesterol. Lipase activity was chosen as the environmental-stimulus for the controlled release of erythromycin and Pheo A from LSSPL because skin inflammation-inducing Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) secrete extracellular lipases. The presence of P. acnes lipases disrupted LSSPLs by selective cleavage of their ester linkages, liberating erythromycin and Pheo A. Along with the antibacterial effect of erythromycin, additional laser irradiation onto Pheo A further achieved the inhibition of P. acnes growth and treatment of P. acnes-infected inflammation in nude mice back skin. Therefore, antimicrobial therapy, using a stimulus-responsiveness moiety, presents a feasible way to treat bacteria-induced skin disorders.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)243-250
Number of pages8
JournalBiomaterials
Volume141
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2017

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (NRF-2015R1A4A1042350), and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (No. NRF-2017R1A2B3010038).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd

Keywords

  • Antimicrobial therapy
  • Lipase-sensitivity
  • Liposome
  • Propionibacterium acnes
  • Skin disorder

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