Table 2.
Key considerations in the construction of delivery systems for AMPs and biomaterial
Biomaterial | Considerations | Comments | Refs. | |
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AMPs delivery | ||||
Metal nanoparticles | Gold, Silver | Shape, size, spatial arrangement | Metal nanoparticles are durable materials that can accumulate in tissues and should be used with consideration for long‐term toxicity and safety. | [59] |
Porous materials | Mesoporous silica, Titanium dioxide | Pore size, surface area, pore structure, charge | Due to well‐defined pores in the nanometer range, drug loading, and release kinetics are broadly controllable; avoiding hydrolysis of antimicrobial peptides by proteases, peptide sealing as well as binding are closely related to void size. | [60] |
Polymeric materials | Poly (lactic acid‐glycolic acid copolymer) (PLGA), poly (lactic acid) (PLA) | pH, Pore size | Biodegradable polymer that releases lactic acid to promote angiogenesis and wound healing; configured with AMPs to form a hydrogel. | [61] |
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) | Length, conformation, and linkage type of PEG molecules | PEG‐modified peptides can improve the stability of protease and prolong the action time, but some studies have shown that PEG modification will reduce the activity of peptides; nondegradability. | [62] | |
Chitosan | Solubility, uncontrolled pore size | CS is biodegradable, biocompatible, and has low toxicity. CS offers a wide range of applications in tissue engineering, wound healing, and as a drug delivery additive. | [63] | |
Polyelectrolytes (poly (ethyleneimine; poly (styrene sulfonate) poly (acrylic acid)) | Charge, polyelectrolyte concentration, ionic strength, and pH | Polyelectrolyte complexation provides a versatile route for the design of drug delivery systems for AMP. It reduces peptide toxicity and increases the stability of peptide‐related functional advantages against infection‐related protease degradation. | [64] |