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Sitah Almotiry1,2, Mehal AlQriqri3, Basma Alhogbi1, Salah E.M. Abo-Aba4,5, Mariusz Jaremko6 and Mohamed Abdel Salam1
1Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O Box 80200- Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
2Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Qassim University, Buraidah 51452, Saudi Arabia.
3Regenerative Medicine, King Fahad Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
4Biological Science Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O Box 80200- Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
5Princess Dr. Najlal Bent Saud Al Saud Centre for Excellence Research in Biotechnology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
6Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), P.O. Box 4700, Thuwal, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Article Number: 9417 | © The Author(s). 2024
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2024;18(3):1824-1837. https://doi.org/10.22207/JPAM.18.3.30
Received: 30 March 2024 | Accepted: 27 June 2024 | Published online: 19 August 2024
Issue online: September 2024
Abstract

This study involved the synthesis of the UiO-67 metal-organic framework; UiO-67 is a well-known type of MOF obtained by coordinating the Zr6O4(OH)4 metal unit with the 4,42-biphenyldicarboxylate organic linker, using the hydrothermal technique. The novelty of the current work is to synthesize UiO-67 MOFs, and their application as biological agents for antibacterial and cancer cells. Subsequently, the composite material UiO-67 was subjected to a comprehensive characterization process involving Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermal gravimetric analyses (TGA) and surface area analysis, and the results showed the successful synthesis of the UiO-67 MOFs, with a high specific surface area of 1415 m2/g.  The­­­ synthesized UiO-67 for its antibacterial properties tested against five pathogenic bacterial strains, which include three gram-positive and methicillin-resistant pairs including MRSA, S. aureus and Enterococcus faecalis, and Two gram-negative bacteria E. colli and S. typhimurium using the agar well diffusion method. These findings have shown enhanced, strong antibacterial activity against all the five used gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial strains. Furthermore, the anticancer efficacy of UiO-67 was evaluated on two distinct types of cancer cells: We are using MCF-7 (human breast cancer cell line) and HepG2 (human liver cancer cells). The experiments prove that UiO-67 has the potential of cytotoxicity against both Glioblastoma and H460 cancer lines with the ability to inhibit apoptosis at the same time.

Keywords

UiO-67, Hydrothermal Technique, Antibacterial, Anticancer

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