Antioxidative, cytotoxic, and antibacterial properties of self-assembled glycine-histidine-based dipeptides with or without silver nanoparticles in bio-inspired film.
Merve Eylul KiymaciHakan ErdoğanMerve BacanlıPublished in: Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju (2022)
Recent years have seen much attention being given to self-assembly of dipeptide-based structures, especially to self-regulation of dipeptide structures with different amino acid sequences. In this study we investigated the effects of varying solvent environments on the self-assembly of glycine-histidine (Gly-His) dipeptide structures. First we determined the morphological properties of Gly-His films formed in different solvent environments with scanning electron microscopy and then structural properties with Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. In addition, we studied the effects of Gly-His films on silver nanoparticle (AgNP) formation and the antioxidant and cytotoxic properties of AgNPs obtained in this way. We also, assessed antibacterial activities of Gly-His films against Gram-negative Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus . Silver nanoparticle-decorated Gly-His films were not significantly cytotoxic at concentrations below 2 mg/mL but had antibacterial activity. We therefore believe that AgNP-decorated Gly-His films at concentrations below 2 mg/mL can be used safely against bacteria.
Keyphrases
- silver nanoparticles
- room temperature
- gram negative
- electron microscopy
- high resolution
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- staphylococcus aureus
- multidrug resistant
- escherichia coli
- ionic liquid
- reduced graphene oxide
- biofilm formation
- carbon nanotubes
- amino acid
- gold nanoparticles
- cystic fibrosis
- working memory
- quantum dots
- acinetobacter baumannii
- mass spectrometry
- highly efficient
- single molecule