journal article·2026-03Open access

An Enzyme‐Like Catalyzed Nanosheets for Redox Stress Oscillation Therapy Against Bacterial Infections

Min Ge, Zhao Guo, Zhiming Zhang, Lanlu Lu, Zesong Ruan, Tingwang Shi, Yunfeng Chen, Ju Huang, Chaoliang Tan, Han Lin

Advanced Science· Volume 13· Issue 18

Abstract

Abstract The presence of bacterial biofilms creates a physicochemical barrier, as their dense networks and redox homeostasis prevent the penetration of antimicrobial agents, reactive oxygen species, and host immune cells, rendering them highly resistant to antimicrobial treatment and immune‐mediated killing and clearance. Here, this study demonstrates that SnSe nanosheets with enzyme‐like properties and piezoelectric catalysis can oscillate to regulate bacterial redox homeostasis and improve the lactate‐rich immunosuppressive microenvironment of the infection. This strategy enhances innate immune cell responses to infection or inflammation, achieving effective biofilm clearance on implant surfaces and surrounding tissues in a mouse surgical implant infection model. It reshapes the local immune microenvironment, allowing comprehensive infection control and effective restoration of tissue function. Mechanistically, redox stress oscillation therapy reprograms bacterial amino acid metabolism to induce reductive stress, which then generates oxidative stress under piezoelectric catalysis, resulting in continuously oscillating redox stress within the biofilm. Therefore, this study provides an alternative and promising strategy for the treatment of bacterial biofilm infections with recalcitrant redox homeostasis.
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OpenAlex topics: Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics · Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis · Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications

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Affiliations

Department of Electrical Engineering City University of Hong Kong 83 Tat Chee Avenue Kowloon Tong Hong Kong SAR 999077 P. R. China

Department of Orthopaedics Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine 600 Yishan Road Shanghai 200233 P. R. China

State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics Shanghai Institute of Ceramics Chinese Academy of Sciences; Research Unit of Nanocatalytic Medicine in Specific Therapy for Serious Disease Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Shanghai 200050 P. R. China

National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai Shanghai Advanced Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201210 P. R. China

Department of Ultrasound Women and Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University 120 Longshan Road Chongqing 401147 P. R. China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences · Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipality

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