Silver nanoparticles production by two soil isolated bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis and Enterobacter cloacae, and assessment of their cytotoxicity and wound healing effect in rats.

Production of silver nanoparticles by Bacillus thuringiensis and Enterobacter cloacae was performed and confirmed through UV-visible spectrophotometry, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and x-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses. The 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay using mouse fibroblast cell line NIH-3T3 D4 was carried out and IC50s of AgNPs were obtained. The nontoxic dose of each AgNPs solution was selected for wound healing assay. Thirty-two rats were divided into four groups; two were used as the controls and two were treated by AgNPs that were produced by two bacterial strains. Results revealed that the produced AgNPs were amorphous, spherical in shapes, and had sizes under 100 nm. Histological analysis showed that AgNPs had better wound healing efficacy than the control groups. In conclusion, when the biologically produced AgNPs were used in vivo, they induced the epithelization, formation of the collagen bundles and fibroplasia and reduced the duration of completion of the epithelization and the angiogenesis.