Silver Decorated Mesoporous Carbons for the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Wounds, in a Tissue Regeneration Context
Elisa Torre,1 Dimitra Giasafaki,2 Theodore Steriotis,2 Clara Cassinelli,1 Marco Morra,1 Sonia Fiorilli,3 Chiara Vitale-Brovarone,3 Georgia Charalambopoulou,2 Giorgio Iviglia1 1Nobil Bio Ricerche Srl, Portacomaro 14037, AT, Italy; 2National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos&rdq...
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| author | Torre E Giasafaki D Steriotis T Cassinelli C Morra M Fiorilli S Vitale-Brovarone C Charalambopoulou G Iviglia G |
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| description | Elisa Torre,1 Dimitra Giasafaki,2 Theodore Steriotis,2 Clara Cassinelli,1 Marco Morra,1 Sonia Fiorilli,3 Chiara Vitale-Brovarone,3 Georgia Charalambopoulou,2 Giorgio Iviglia1 1Nobil Bio Ricerche Srl, Portacomaro 14037, AT, Italy; 2National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Athens 15341, Greece; 3Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, ItalyCorrespondence: Giorgio Iviglia Email giviglia@nobilbio.itIntroduction: Silver decorated mesoporous carbons are interesting systems that may offer effective solutions for advanced wound care products by combining the well-known anti-microbial activity of silver nanoparticles with the versatile properties of ordered mesoporous carbons. Silver is being used as a topical antimicrobial agent, especially in wound repair. However, while silver shows bactericidal properties, it is also cytotoxic at high concentrations. Therefore, the incorporation of silver into ordered mesoporous carbons allows to exploit both silver’s biological effects and mesoporous carbons’ biocompatibility and versatility with the purpose of conceiving silver-doped materials in light of the growing health concern in wound care.Methods: The wound healing potential of an ordered mesoporous carbon also doped with two different loadings of silver nanoparticles (2 wt% and 10 wt%), was investigated through a biological assessment study based on different assays (cell viability, inflammation, antibacterial tests, macrophage-conditioned fibroblast and human keratinocyte cell cultures).Results: The results show silver-doped ordered mesoporous carbons to positively condition cell viability, with a cell viability percentage >70% even for 10 wt% Ag, to modulate the expression of inflammatory cytokines and of genes involved in tissue repair (KRT6a, VEGFA, IVN) and remodeling (MMP9, TIMP3) in different cell systems. Furthermore, along with the biocompatibility and the bioactivity, the silver-doped ordered mesoporous carbons still retain an antibacterial effect, as shown by a maximum of 13.1% of inhibited area in the Halo test. The obtained results clearly showed that the silver-doped ordered mesoporous carbons exhibit both good biocompatibility and antibacterial effect with enhanced re-epithelialization, angiogenesis promotion and tissue regeneration.Discussion: These findings suggest that the exceptional properties of silver-doped ordered mesoporous carbons could be exploited in the treatment of acute and chronic wounds and that such carbon materials could be potential candidates for use in medical devices for wound healing purposes, in particular, the 10 wt% loading, as the results showed to be the most effective.Keywords: ordered mesoporous carbon, silver nanoparticles, metal doped carbons, wound healing, tissue regeneration |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a04fa14b0f474116be532b3d53289c622022-12-21T18:01:47ZengDove Medical PressInternational Journal of Nanomedicine1178-20132019-12-01Volume 14101471016450807Silver Decorated Mesoporous Carbons for the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Wounds, in a Tissue Regeneration ContextTorre EGiasafaki DSteriotis TCassinelli CMorra MFiorilli SVitale-Brovarone CCharalambopoulou GIviglia GElisa Torre,1 Dimitra Giasafaki,2 Theodore Steriotis,2 Clara Cassinelli,1 Marco Morra,1 Sonia Fiorilli,3 Chiara Vitale-Brovarone,3 Georgia Charalambopoulou,2 Giorgio Iviglia1 1Nobil Bio Ricerche Srl, Portacomaro 14037, AT, Italy; 2National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Athens 15341, Greece; 3Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, ItalyCorrespondence: Giorgio Iviglia Email giviglia@nobilbio.itIntroduction: Silver decorated mesoporous carbons are interesting systems that may offer effective solutions for advanced wound care products by combining the well-known anti-microbial activity of silver nanoparticles with the versatile properties of ordered mesoporous carbons. Silver is being used as a topical antimicrobial agent, especially in wound repair. However, while silver shows bactericidal properties, it is also cytotoxic at high concentrations. Therefore, the incorporation of silver into ordered mesoporous carbons allows to exploit both silver’s biological effects and mesoporous carbons’ biocompatibility and versatility with the purpose of conceiving silver-doped materials in light of the growing health concern in wound care.Methods: The wound healing potential of an ordered mesoporous carbon also doped with two different loadings of silver nanoparticles (2 wt% and 10 wt%), was investigated through a biological assessment study based on different assays (cell viability, inflammation, antibacterial tests, macrophage-conditioned fibroblast and human keratinocyte cell cultures).Results: The results show silver-doped ordered mesoporous carbons to positively condition cell viability, with a cell viability percentage >70% even for 10 wt% Ag, to modulate the expression of inflammatory cytokines and of genes involved in tissue repair (KRT6a, VEGFA, IVN) and remodeling (MMP9, TIMP3) in different cell systems. Furthermore, along with the biocompatibility and the bioactivity, the silver-doped ordered mesoporous carbons still retain an antibacterial effect, as shown by a maximum of 13.1% of inhibited area in the Halo test. The obtained results clearly showed that the silver-doped ordered mesoporous carbons exhibit both good biocompatibility and antibacterial effect with enhanced re-epithelialization, angiogenesis promotion and tissue regeneration.Discussion: These findings suggest that the exceptional properties of silver-doped ordered mesoporous carbons could be exploited in the treatment of acute and chronic wounds and that such carbon materials could be potential candidates for use in medical devices for wound healing purposes, in particular, the 10 wt% loading, as the results showed to be the most effective.Keywords: ordered mesoporous carbon, silver nanoparticles, metal doped carbons, wound healing, tissue regenerationhttps://www.dovepress.com/silver-decorated-mesoporous-carbons-for-the-treatment-of-acute-and-chr-peer-reviewed-article-IJNordered mesoporous carbonsilver nanoparticlesmetal doped carbonswound healingtissue regeneration |
| spellingShingle | Torre E Giasafaki D Steriotis T Cassinelli C Morra M Fiorilli S Vitale-Brovarone C Charalambopoulou G Iviglia G Silver Decorated Mesoporous Carbons for the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Wounds, in a Tissue Regeneration Context International Journal of Nanomedicine ordered mesoporous carbon silver nanoparticles metal doped carbons wound healing tissue regeneration |
| title | Silver Decorated Mesoporous Carbons for the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Wounds, in a Tissue Regeneration Context |
| title_full | Silver Decorated Mesoporous Carbons for the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Wounds, in a Tissue Regeneration Context |
| title_fullStr | Silver Decorated Mesoporous Carbons for the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Wounds, in a Tissue Regeneration Context |
| title_full_unstemmed | Silver Decorated Mesoporous Carbons for the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Wounds, in a Tissue Regeneration Context |
| title_short | Silver Decorated Mesoporous Carbons for the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Wounds, in a Tissue Regeneration Context |
| title_sort | silver decorated mesoporous carbons for the treatment of acute and chronic wounds in a tissue regeneration context |
| topic | ordered mesoporous carbon silver nanoparticles metal doped carbons wound healing tissue regeneration |
| url | https://www.dovepress.com/silver-decorated-mesoporous-carbons-for-the-treatment-of-acute-and-chr-peer-reviewed-article-IJN |
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