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Subcutaneous Infection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus MRSA
Published on: February 9, 2011
Antibacterial mechanism of artemisinin / beta-cyclodextrins against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Lin Lin1, Xuefang Mao1, Yanhui Sun2
1School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Abstract:
A new inhibitor to overcome the multi-drug resistance of MRSA was developed in this study. Artemisinin (ART) was encapsulated in beta-cyclodextrin (β-CD) in order to enhance the solubility of ART. The molecular encapsulation of ART was confirmed by using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), and nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) methods. The phase solubility study showed the relationship between ART solubility and β-CD concentration. The antibacterial activity of ART/β-CDs inclusion complexes (ART/β-CDs-IC) (20 mg/mL) against MRSA was distinguished, with the inhibition rate of 99.94% after 4 days. The antibacterial mechanism research indicated the membrane permeability of MRSA can be increased by the complexes. Besides, the respiratory metabolism of MRSA was inhibited via Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas (EMP) pathway. The conclusion was further confirmed by measuring the contents of three enzymes in the irreversible reaction in EMP pathway. The obtained results enable the potential use of ART/β-CDs-IC in the field of antimicrobial.
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