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Particle-cell contact enhances antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles

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dc.contributor.authorBondarenko, O.
dc.contributor.authorIvask, A.
dc.contributor.authorKäkinen, A.
dc.contributor.authorKurvet, I.
dc.contributor.authorKahru, A.
dc.contributor.editorGan, Y.
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractBackground: It is generally accepted that antibacterial properties of Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs) are dictated by their dissolved fraction. However, dissolution-based concept alone does not fully explain the toxic potency of nanoparticulate silver compared to silver ions. Conclusions/Significance: Our findings provide new insights into the mode of antibacterial action of nanosilver and explain some discrepancies in this field, showing that ''Ag-ion'' and ''particle-specific'' mechanisms are not controversial but, rather,are two faces of the same coin. Methodology/Principal Findings: Herein, we demonstrated that the direct contact between bacterial cell and AgNPs' surface enhanced the toxicity of nanosilver. More specifically, cell-NP contact increased the cellular uptake of particle associated Ag ions - the single and ultimate cause of toxicity. To prove that, we evaluated the toxicity of three different AgNPs (uncoated, PVP-coated and protein-coated) to six bacterial strains: Gram-negative Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas fluorescens, P. putida and P. aeruginosa and Gram-positive Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus. While the toxicity of AgNO3 to these bacteria varied only slightly (the 4-h EC50 ranged from 0.3 to 1.2 mg Ag/l), the 4-h EC50 values of protein coated AgNPs for various bacterial strains differed remarkably, from 0.35 to 46 mg Ag/l. By systematically comparing the intracellular and extracellular free Ag+ liberated from AgNPs, we demonstrated that not only extracellular dissolution in the bacterial test environment but also additional dissolution taking place at the particle-cell interface played an essential role in antibacterial action of AgNPs. The role of the NP-cell contact in dictating the antibacterial activity of Ag-NPs was additionally proven by the following observations: (i) separation of bacterial cells from AgNPs by particle-impermeable membrane (cut off 20 kDa, similar to 4 nm) significantly reduced the toxicity of AgNPs and (ii) P. aeruginosa cells which tended to attach onto AgNPs, exhibited the highest sensitivity to all forms of nanoparticulate Ag.
dc.identifier.citationPLoS ONE, 2013; 8(5, e64060):1-12
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0064060
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.8/162481
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.relation.fundingEstonian target funding project ETF8561
dc.relation.fundingEstonian target funding project ETF9347
dc.relation.fundingEstonian target funding project SF0690063s08
dc.relation.fundingEU 263147
dc.relation.fundingEuropean Social Fund
dc.rightsCopyright 2013 Bondarenko et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064060
dc.subjecttoxicity nanoparticles
dc.subjectsilver
dc.subjectmembrane dialysis
dc.subjectintracellular pathogens
dc.subjectantibacterials
dc.subjectatomic absorption
dc.titleParticle-cell contact enhances antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
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