Light-Triggered Fluorescence Self-Reporting Nitric Oxide Release from Coumarin Analogues for Accelerating Wound Healing and Synergistic Antimicrobial Applications

Nitric
oxide (NO) has an important class of endogenous diatomic
molecules that play a key regulatory role in many physiological and
biochemical processes. However, the type of nitrosamine NO donor stimulated
by light has many advantages compared to the conventional NO donors
such as diazeniumdiolates and S-nitrosothiols compounds,
including easy synthesis, good stability, and controllable release.
In addition, NO release can be regulated by light induction with a
built-in calibration mechanism fluorescence. Here, we report that
the migration and proliferation of human umbilical vein vascular endothelial
cells could be accelerated by the light-triggered NO donors, leading
to the angiogenesis. Meanwhile, the screened NO donor 3a with Levofloxacin
(Lev) showed synergistic effects to eradicate Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) biofilms in vitro and treat
bacteria-infected wound in vivo.