Penicillin-bound polyacrylate nanoparticles: Restoring the activity of β-lactam antibiotics against MRSA

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This report describes the preparation of antibacterially active emulsified polyacrylate nanoparticles in which a penicillin antibiotic is covalently conjugated onto the polymeric framework. These nanoparticles were prepared in water by emulsion polymerization of an acrylated penicillin analogue pre-dissolved in a 7:3 (w:w) mixture of butyl acrylate and styrene in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (surfactant) and potassium persulfate (radical initiator). Dynamic light scattering analysis and atomic force microscopy images show that the emulsions contain nanoparticles of approximately 40 nm in diameter. The nanoparticles have equipotent in vitro antibacterial properties against methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant forms of Staphylococcus aureus and indefinite stability toward β-lactamase.

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Polyacrylate nanoparticles bearing penicillin antibiotics attached to the polymeric matrix have been prepared in water by emulsion polymerization. The nanoparticles are uniformly 25–40 nm in diameter and are stable over a wide range of pH values and in blood serum. The nanoparticle emulsions display potent in vitro activity against Staphylococcus aureus and retain their full antibiotic capabilities against β-lactamase producing, methicillin-resistant S. aureus, suggesting their use as therapies for drug-resistant bacterial infections.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dr. Thomas Koob (Shriners Hospital, Tampa) for assistance with performing the cytotoxicity experiments, Gil Brubaker (University of Florida Particle Engineering Research Center) for helping with particle analyses, and August Heim (University of South Florida) for assistance with AFM imaging experiments. Financial support from the National Institutes of Health (R01 AI051351) and National Science Foundation (0620572) is gratefully acknowledged. We sincerely thank the NSF-IGERT (DGE

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