Inspired by the effective interfacial interactions between natural creatures (e.g., cockleburs and viruses) and their bio-hosts, we developed a novel gold-manganese oxide nanoparticle (Au-MnOx) nanoenzyme with a spiky surface for NIR-II light-induced synergistic antibacterial therapy. Au-MnOx with favorable photothermal performance and peroxidase-like activity could achieve combined photothermal therapy (PTT)/chemodynamic therapy (CDT) under NIR-II irradiation with a low concentration. Of special note, the spiky surface endows Au-MnOx robust bacterial adhesion, in turn favoring the following synergistic PTT/CDT through effective interaction between Au-MnOx and bacteria. In vitro results display that our combined antibacterial nanoplatforms possess the broad-spectrum antibacterial ability against both Escherichia coli (E. coli, Gram-negative) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus, Gram-positive). Moreover, satisfactory in vivo bactericidal efficacy and good cytocompatibility could be obtained in the rat wound model with the mixed bacterial infections. This study puts forward a facile one-pot method to establish the well-designed Au-MnOx nanozymes with a spiky surface for NIR-II light-enhanced bacterial elimination. The meteor hammer-like Au-MnOx holds great potential in construction of a novel antibacterial treatment system to settle the overuse of antibiotics.
Ning Li,Feika Bian,Xiaowei Wei,Lijun Cai,Hongcheng Gu,Yuanjin Zhao,Luoran Shang
Exosomes, which play an important role in intercellular communication, are closely related to the pathogenesis of disease. However, their effective capture and multiplex screening are still challenging. Here, inspired by the unique structure of pollens, we present novel photonic crystal (PhC) barcodes with prickly surface by hydrothermal synthesis for multiplex exosome capturing and screening. These pollen-inspired PhC barcodes are imparted with extremely high specific surface area and excellent prickly surface nanostructures, which can improve the capture rate and detection sensitivity of exosomes. As the internal periodic structures are kept during the hydrothermal synthesis process, the pollen-inspired PhC barcodes exhibit obvious and stable structural colors for identification, which enables multiplex detection of exosomes. Thus, the pollen-inspired PhC barcodes can not only effectively capture and enrich cancer-related exosomes but also support multiplex screening of exosomes with high sensitivity. These features make the prickly PhC barcodes ideal for the analysis of exosomes in medical diagnosis.