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Converting Natural Biomass to Amphiphilic Antimicrobial
Polymers in Solution and on Surfaces
Tang Polymer Research Group @ USC, Columbia, SC. URL: http://www.tangpolymer.org
Motivation
Antimicrobial Surfaces Bacterial infectious diseases have
become a widespread health care crisis.
Most antibiotics used today are prone to
bacterial resistance.
There is a great need for a resilient
platform to develop antimicrobial agents
to face the evolving microbial resistance.
Antimicrobial peptides are a
class of natural molecules
acting to defend animals from
emerging pathogens.
They typically target bacterial
cell membranes.
Antimicrobial polymers are
synthetic counterparts of
them.
An economical method was developed to prepare cationic resin acid
compounds at kilograms scale without any chromatography purification.
Strong antimicrobial activities against MRSA strains and minimum
toxicities towards mammalian cells.
Molecular dynamics simulations and dye-leakage assays indicated a
membrane-disruptive mechanism of action.
Medically relevant antimicrobial and anti-biofilm coatings were
developed by grafting resin acid derived compounds and
polymers on surfaces.
The surfaces showed antimicrobial
and antibiofilm properties against
Gram (-) E. Coli and Gram (+) S.
aureus bacteria.
Quaternary ammonium containing cationic materials can be conveniently
synthesized from biomass derived resin acids and itaconic acid and can
be applied as antimicrobial agents in solution and on surfaces.
Strong antimicrobial and anti-biofilm properties with minimum toxicities
indicate that these materials are promising for biomedical applications.
Dr. Kristen P. Miller
Dr. Juhua Zhou
Dr. Jerry Ebalunode
Dr. Jifu Wang
Dr. Kejian Yao
Dr. Perry Wilbon
S. Parker Singleton
Mitra S. Ganewatta,† Pegah Mehrpouya-Bahrami,§ Md Anisur Rahman,† Louis N. Mercado,† Yung P. Chen,‡
Mitzi Nagarkatti,§ Prakash Nagarkatti,§ Alan W. Decho,‡ and Chuanbing Tang†*
†Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, ‡Department of Environmental Health Sciences, §Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (School of Medicine), University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208
Antimicrobial Polymers
Natural biomass derived chemicals show the potential to be modified into
amphiphilic molecules with antimicrobial properties.
Objectives
Hydrophobic Cationic
Convert natural resin acids and itaconic acid into cationic compounds
and polymers that are soluble in water.
Modify solid substrate surfaces using the biomass derived cationic
polymers.
Introduction
Itaconic acid derived cationic and hydrophobic random polymers were
synthesized via RAFT polymerization and post-polymerization
modifications. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
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Key Features: • Polymerizable acrylate group
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Ganewatta M. S.; Tang C. Polymer, 2015, 63, A1-A29.
The cationic surfaces promoted
human dermal fibroblast growth.
Ganewatta M. S.; Miller K. P.; Singleton S. P.; Mehrpouya-Bahrami P.; Chen Y. P.; Yan Y.; Nagarkatti M.; Nagarkatti P.; Decho A. W.;
Tang C. Biomacromolecules, 2015, 16, 3336–3344.
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Ganewatta M. S.; Chen Y. P.; Wang J.; Zhou J.; Ebalunde J.; Nagarkatti M.; Decho A. W.; Tang C. Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 2011-2016.