Entwicklung neuartiger Konzepte zur Unterscheidung bakterieller und steriler Entzündungen

authored by
Fabian Brunswig
supervised by
Oliver Plettenburg
Abstract

The development of a diagnostic concept for the non-invasive diagnosis of a bacterial infection was the first target of this work. For a successful implementation, the colony behaviour of bacteria was utilised. To protect themselves from unfavourable living conditions, bacteria tend to form a colony in a protective layer. This protective layer is called biofilm and consists of extracellular cell components in the form of a hydrogel. A ubiquitous component of a biofilm is extracellular DNA (eDNA). By synthesising a suitable molecule, that has the property to selectively bind to eDNA, located in a biofilm and thus the source of a bacterial infection. The detection was performed by implementation of a radioactive marker in the molecule. The focus of the chapter is the synthesis of the probe and the validation of the hypothesis in in vitro experiments based on fluorescent and radioactive molecular properties. In addition to the diagnosis of bacterial infections, the work also covers the development of a therapy concept for the treatment of one. In a material-based approach, porous organosilica nanoparticles were conjugated with two molecules of different functionality. A derivative of the molecule, which eDNA­binding properties were elaborated in the first chapter, was conjugated to the surface of the particles. The functionalisation of the particles' surface guaranteed a spatial proximity of the particle to the biofilm. The pores of the particles were functionalised with a photosensitizer that releases reactive oxygen intermediates upomn irradiation. lt could be shown that the spatial proximity of the particles to a biofilm in combination with the production of reactive oxygen intermediates significantly reduces the number ofliving bacteria in a biofilm. In addition to the evaluation of the therapeutic function of the material, the investigation of electronic interactions of the two conjugated molecules with each other, as well as the characterisation of the material properties are the core of the chapter.

Organisation(s)
Section Medicinal Chemistry
Type
Doctoral thesis
No. of pages
210
Publication date
2023
Publication status
Published
Electronic version(s)
https://doi.org/10.15488/15104 (Access: Open)