In this study, we report the design and fabrication of a novel biocompatible sponge with excellent antibacterial property, making it a promising material for wound dressings. The sponge is formed by grafting amoxicillin onto regenerated bacterial cellulose (RBC). It was observed that the grafted RBC could enhance the antibacterial activity against fungus, Gram-negative, and Gram-positive bacteria. The morphology of strains treated with the grafted RBC and fluorescent stain results further demonstrated the antibacterial ability of the fabricated sponge. Moreover, a cytocompatibility test evaluated in vitro and in vivo illustrates the nontoxicity of the prepared sponge. More importantly, the wound infection model reveals that this sponge can accelerate the wound healing in vivo. This work indicates the novel sponge has the huge potential in wound dressing application for clinical use.
In this work, bacterial cellulose (BC) was activated by ethylenediamine (EDA) and then dissolved in lithium chloride/N,N-dimethylacetamide (LiCl/DMAc) aqueous solutions. The resulting transparent solution was cast on a glass plate to prepare regenerated BC. Then cationic BC was prepared homogeneously by the reaction between regenerated BC and 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl-trimethyl ammonium chloride (CHPTAC) in a NaOH/urea aqueous solution. Structure and properties of the BC and its products were characterized by different techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA). The results showed that there was no significant difference between the structures of BC, activated BC and regenerated BC. The effects of different temperature and molar ratio of CHPTAC to anhydroglucose unit (AGU) on the degree of substitution (DS) value were examined. The DS values of cationic BC ranged between 0.21 and 0.51.
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