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- Title
Effects of Silver Nanoparticles on Burn Wound Healing in a Mouse Model.
- Authors
Wasef, Lamiaa G.; Shaheen, Hazem M.; El-Sayed, Yasser S.; Shalaby, Thanaa I. A.; Samak, Dalia H.; Abd El-Hack, Mohamed E.; Al-Owaimer, Abdullah; Saadeldin, Islam M.; El-mleeh, Amany; Ba-Awadh, Hani; Swelum, Ayman A.
- Abstract
Healing of injuries caused by exposure to heat has been discussed in many studies, although a few drugs have been shown to produce satisfactory results. In this study, 100 healthy mice randomly allocated into four categories (each = 25 mice) were analyzed. A deep second-degree burn on the back of each mouse was created. The burns were dressed daily with either AgNPs or silver sulfadiazine over 28 days of treatment. Safety evaluation of the AgNP treatment was performed by measuring the deposition rate of silver in the liver, brain, and kidney of treated mice. In the murine burn model, the speed of wound healing and the antibacterial effect of AgNPs were better than those in the silver sulfadiazine group. Burn wounds treated with SSD appeared to display a greater degree of inflammation as notable by the three clinical signs of the inflammatory process such as redness and swelling which appeared to be less after wounds treated with AgNPs. Also, AgNP treatment modified leukocytic infiltration and reduced collagen degeneration in treated mice and enhanced healing processes that were confirmed by morphological and histological investigations. Beside the potential significant effects of AgNPs on reduction of some microorganism counts that routinely isolated from burn wounds included aerobic organisms as Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli when compared to both SSD and control groups. The deposition kinetics of AgNPs revealed lower distribution in the liver, brain, and kidney than that in silver sulfadiazine-treated mice with respect to both SSD and control groups.
- Subjects
SILVER nanoparticles; WOUND healing; MICE; SULFADIAZINE; SYMPTOMS; INFLAMMATION
- Publication
Biological Trace Element Research, 2020, Vol 193, Issue 2, p456
- ISSN
0163-4984
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12011-019-01729-z