Hejia Yue

Hejia Yue


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1Year (2026-Present)

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17 June 2026 in Gels
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LPLiubov I. Popova
Liubov I. Popova
EAElizaveta Akoulina
Elizaveta Akoulina
EPEvgenia Yu. Parshina
Evgenia Yu. Parshina
TTTarasov Timofey
Tarasov Timofey
HYHejia Yue
Hejia Yue
TOTolbert Osire
Tolbert Osire
Wound infections due to antibiotic resistance pose a global public health problem. Phage therapy is a promising approach to address this issue. To improve localization, phage stability, delivery, and antibacterial performance, we propose polymer mix gel microbeads encapsulated with phages as a model for the delivery of phiKZ bacteriophage to combat Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Phages were loaded into the alginate pre-gel under magnetic stirring, with further cross-linking by chitosan and/or Ca2+ ions. The obtained gel microbeads were characterized using FTIR and Raman spectroscopy, and their cytotoxicity and antimicrobial properties were evaluated. This study demonstrated the efficient loading of high-titer phage lysate, achieving up to 99% encapsulation efficiency for alginate–chitosan microbeads. The key characteristics of the microbeads include stable physicochemical properties, slow but continuous phage release over 48 h in physiological saline, and low cytotoxicity. The phage-loaded microbeads demonstrated strong in vitro antimicrobial activity against P. aeruginosa PAO1, resulting in mean reductions of 6.9 log10 and 4.8 log10 CFU/mL for alginate and alginate–chitosan formulations, respectively. This corresponded to a decrease in bacterial concentration from approximately 1.1 × 1011 CFU/mL in untreated controls to 1.1 × 105 CFU/mL and 7.7 × 106 CFU/mL for alginate and alginate–chitosan formulations after 3 h of incubation.