Reduced polyoxometalate synergized with photothermal therapy for the ferroptosis antibacterial mechanism
Since bacterial infections are a serious threat to public health and the misuse of antibiotics can induce certain resist-ance in bacteria,effective suppression of bacteria has become an urgent problem.In this study,reduced polyoxometalate(Fe-POM)was synthesized by a simple one-pot method,which can be used for photothermal antibacterial therapy due to their strong absorption in near-infrared light regions,excellent photothermal conversion efficiency and favorable photothermal stability.In ad-dition,since reduced Fe-POM has a mixed valence Fe2+/Fe3+,it not only catalyzes reactive oxygen species(ROS)production and contributes to the enhancement of bacterial lipid peroxidation(LPO),but also depletes glutathione(GSH),which in turn induces bacterial ferroptosis.In bacterial experiments,synergistic treatment of bacteria with Fe-POM(50 μg/mL)combined with NIR-II photothermal decreased the viability of bacteria by more than 95%.Therefore,Fe-POM not only promotes the bacte-ria-induced ferroptosis mechanism,but also can be used as a photothermal reagent for antibacterial therapy,which can signifi-cantly improve the antibacterial effect by combining the dual antibacterial properties of nanomaterials and photothermal therapy.