生物膜
聚糖
微生物学
甘露糖
抗生素
化学
生物
细菌
糖蛋白
生物化学
遗传学
作者
Elaine Limqueco,Daniel Passos da Silva,Courtney Reichhardt,Fang‐Yi Su,Debobrato Das,Jasmin Chen,Siddarth Srinivasan,Anthony J. Convertine,Shawn J. Skerrett,Matthew R. Parsek,Patrick S. Stayton,Daniel M. Ratner
出处
期刊:ACS Infectious Diseases
[American Chemical Society]
日期:2020-10-19
卷期号:6 (11): 2866-2871
被引量:9
标识
DOI:10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00407
摘要
Biofilms are one of the most challenging obstacles in bacterial infections. By providing protection against immune responses and antibiotic therapies, biofilms enable chronic colonization and the development of antibiotic resistance. As previous clinical observations and studies have shown, traditional antibiotic therapy alone cannot effectively treat and eliminate biofilm forming infections due to the protection conferred by the biofilm. A new strategy specifically targeting biofilms must be developed. Here, we specifically target and bind to the PAO1 biofilm and elucidate the molecular mechanism behind the interaction between a glycan targeted polymer and biofilm using a continuous flow biofilm model. The incubation of biofilms with fluorescent glycan targeted polymers demonstrated strong and persistent interactions with the mannose-containing polymer even after 24 h of continuous flow. To evaluate the role of major biofilm proteins LecB and CdrA, loss of function experiments with knockout variants established the dual involvement of both proteins in mannose targeted polymer retention. These results identify a persistent and specific targeting strategy to the biofilm, emphasizing its potential value as a delivery strategy and encouraging further exploration of biofilm targeted delivery.
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