Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles as Antibiotic Delivery Vehicles.
Front Immunol
; 12: 733064, 2021.
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ABSTRACT
Bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are nanometer-scale, spherical vehicles released by Gram-negative bacteria into their surroundings throughout growth. These OMVs have been demonstrated to play key roles in pathogenesis by delivering certain biomolecules to host cells, including toxins and other virulence factors. In addition, this biomolecular delivery function enables OMVs to facilitate intra-bacterial communication processes, such as quorum sensing and horizontal gene transfer. The unique ability of OMVs to deliver large biomolecules across the complex Gram-negative cell envelope has inspired the use of OMVs as antibiotic delivery vehicles to overcome transport limitations. In this review, we describe the advantages, applications, and biotechnological challenges of using OMVs as antibiotic delivery vehicles, studying both natural and engineered antibiotic applications of OMVs. We argue that OMVs hold great promise as antibiotic delivery vehicles, an urgently needed application to combat the growing threat of antibiotic resistance.
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Portadores de Fármacos
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Vesículas Extracelulares
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Membrana Externa Bacteriana
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Bactérias Aeróbias Gram-Negativas
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Antibacterianos
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Animals
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Humans
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Front Immunol
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2021
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