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    Anti-Acanthamoebic effects of silver-conjugated tetrazole nanoparticle
    (Academic Press Inc., 2024) Anwar, Areeba; Fatima, Itrat; Khan, Khalid Mohammed; Daalah, Meshal; Alawfi, Bader S.; Khan, Naveed Ahmed; Khan, Naveed Ahmed
    Tetrazoles are five-membered ring aromatic heterocyclic molecules that consist of one carbon and four nitrogen atoms. Several tetrazole-based drugs have shown promising activities against bacteria, fungi, asthma, cancer, hypertension etc. The overall aim of this study was to determine anti-Acanthamoebic properties of tetrazoles and tetrazole-conjugated silver nanoparticles. Tetrazole-conjugated silver nanoparticles were synthesized and confirmed using ultraviolet–visible spectrometry, Dynamic light scattering, and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. Using amoebicidal, encystment, and excystment assays, the findings revealed that tetrazoles exhibited antiamoebic properties and these effects were enhanced when conjugated with silver nanoparticles. Importantly, conjugation with silver nanoparticles inhibited parasite-mediated human cell death in vitro, as measured by lactate dehydrogenase release, but it reduced toxic effects of drugs alone on human cells. Overall, these results showed clearly that tetrazoles exhibit potent antiamoebic properties which can be enhanced by conjugation with silver nanoparticles and these potential in the rational development of therapeutic interventions against parasitic infections such as keratitis and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to pathogenic Acanthamoeba. © 2024 Elsevier Inc.
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    Drug modifications: graphene oxide-chitosan loading enhanced anti-amoebic effects of pentamidine and doxycycline
    (SPRINGER, 28.11.2024) Jabri, Tooba; Daalah, Meshal; Alawfi, Bader S.; Gul, Jasra; Ahmed, Usman; Shah, Muhammad Raza; Khan, Naveed Ahmed; Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah; Ying, Tan Yee; Tong, Yeo Jia; Anwar, Ayaz
    Acanthamoeba castellanii is the causative pathogen of a severe eye infection, known as Acanthamoeba keratitis and a life-threatening brain infection, named granulomatous amoebic encephalitis. Current treatments are problematic and costly and exhibit limited efficacy against Acanthamoeba parasite, especially the cyst stage. In parallel to drug discovery and drug repurposing efforts, drug modification is also an important approach to tackle infections, especially against neglected parasites such as free-living amoebae: Acanthamoeba. In this study, we determined whether modifying pentamidine and doxycycline through chitosan-functionalized graphene oxide loading enhances their anti-amoebic effects. Various concentrations of doxycycline, pentamidine, graphene oxide, chitosan-functionalized graphene oxide, and chitosan-functionalized graphene oxide loaded with doxycycline and pentamidine were investigated for amoebicidal effects against pathogenic A. castellanii belonging to the T4 genotype. Lactate dehydrogenase assays were performed to determine toxic effects of these various drugs and nanoconjugates against human cells. The findings revealed that chitosan-functionalized graphene oxide loaded with doxycycline demonstrated potent amoebicidal effects. Nanomaterials significantly (p < 0.05) inhibited excystation and encystation of A. castellanii without exhibiting toxic effects against human cells in a concentration-dependent manner, as compared with other formulations. These results indicate that drug modifications coupled with nanotechnology may be a viable avenue in the rationale development of effective therapies against Acanthamoeba infections.
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    Drug modifications: graphene oxide-chitosan loading enhanced anti-amoebic effects of pentamidine and doxycycline
    (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2024) Jabri, Tooba; Daalah, Meshal; Alawfi, Bader S.; Gul, Jasra; Ahmed, Usman; Shah, Muhammad Raza; Khan, Naveed Ahmed; Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah; Ying, Tan Yee; Tong, Yeo Jia; Anwar, Ayaz
    Acanthamoeba castellanii is the causative pathogen of a severe eye infection, known as Acanthamoeba keratitis and a life-threatening brain infection, named granulomatous amoebic encephalitis. Current treatments are problematic and costly and exhibit limited efficacy against Acanthamoeba parasite, especially the cyst stage. In parallel to drug discovery and drug repurposing efforts, drug modification is also an important approach to tackle infections, especially against neglected parasites such as free-living amoebae: Acanthamoeba. In this study, we determined whether modifying pentamidine and doxycycline through chitosan-functionalized graphene oxide loading enhances their anti-amoebic effects. Various concentrations of doxycycline, pentamidine, graphene oxide, chitosan-functionalized graphene oxide, and chitosan-functionalized graphene oxide loaded with doxycycline and pentamidine were investigated for amoebicidal effects against pathogenic A. castellanii belonging to the T4 genotype. Lactate dehydrogenase assays were performed to determine toxic effects of these various drugs and nanoconjugates against human cells. The findings revealed that chitosan-functionalized graphene oxide loaded with doxycycline demonstrated potent amoebicidal effects. Nanomaterials significantly (p < 0.05) inhibited excystation and encystation of A. castellanii without exhibiting toxic effects against human cells in a concentration-dependent manner, as compared with other formulations. These results indicate that drug modifications coupled with nanotechnology may be a viable avenue in the rationale development of effective therapies against Acanthamoeba infections. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2024.