LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Ultrasound‐Triggered Nano‐Bomb: Bacteria‐Targeted Oxygen‐Supplying Liposomes as Seed Bubbles for Enhanced Mechano‐Sonodynamic Therapy of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms

Biofilms are the primary form of infections caused by bacterial pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa). Encased in extracellular polymeric substances, biofilms form a sealed, dense, and hypoxic microenvironmental… Click to show full abstract

Biofilms are the primary form of infections caused by bacterial pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa). Encased in extracellular polymeric substances, biofilms form a sealed, dense, and hypoxic microenvironmental barrier, limiting antibiotic penetration, impairing ROS‐based sonodynamic therapy (SDT), and resulting in persistent and recurrent infections. Here, ultrasound‐triggered nano‐bomb (UNB) is developed to comprehensively eradicate biofilms. The UNB consists of polymyxin B (PMB)‐functionalized liposomes encapsulating the sonosensitizer IR780 and oxygen‐carrying perfluorobromooctane (PFOB). PMB enables targeted delivery to P. aeruginosa, while oxygen‐loaded PFOB generates seed bubbles that initiate inertial cavitation under ultrasound stimulation. This process creates intense mechanical forces that disrupt the biofilm structure and rupture the liposomes, releasing IR780 and oxygen. In both superficial wound and internal deep‐seated pulmonary infection models, UNB demonstrates potent anti‐biofilm and bactericidal effects while reducing inflammation. This work highlights the effectiveness of leveraging mechanical forces generated by inertial cavitation, rapidly initiated through the artificial introduction of seed bubbles, to disrupt biofilm barriers. Further, combine oxygen delivery to reverse the anaerobic microenvironment within the biofilm to enhance the efficacy of SDT. This approach offers a novel and promising paradigm for enhanced mechano‐sonodynamic therapy to solve complex P. aeruginosa‐associated biofilm infections.

Keywords: seed; oxygen; aeruginosa; sonodynamic therapy; seed bubbles

Journal Title: Advanced Functional Materials
Year Published: 2025

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.