Giongo Janice Luehring, de Almeida Vaucher Rodrigo, Fausto Viviane Pedroso, Quatrin Priscilla Maciel, Lopes Leonardo Quintana Soares, Santos Roberto Christ Vianna, Gündel André, Gomes Patrícia, Steppe Martin
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Laboratório de Tecnologia Farmacêutica, Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai (URI), Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Centro de Ciências Químicas, Farmacêuticas e de Alimentos, Curso de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Microb Pathog. 2016 Nov;100:170-178. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2016.08.013. Epub 2016 Aug 18.
Infections due to microbial biofilm formation on the surface of catheters and other medical devices are constantly reported as a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients admitted to hospitals. Furthermore, sessile cells are more resistant to phagocytosis and most antimicrobial, which complicates the treatment of such infections. Researches aimed at new antimicrobial originating mainly from plants have increased in recent years and the development of new strategies for their release is critical in combating the formation of biofilms. Geranium oil (GO) has proven antimicrobial activity. Because of this, the aim of this study was to develop nanoemulsions containing this oil (NEG) and evaluate its activity after the biofilm formation of Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, Candida glabrata, and Candida krusei in hospital medical supplies. For quantification of the biofilm, crystal violet, total protein, and ATP-bioluminescence assays were used. The results revealed that GO and NEG showed lower MIC for C. albicans and C. tropicalis. The biofilms formed by different species of Candida on the surfaces of polyethylene and polyurethane were quantified. GO and NEG significantly inhibited the formation of biofilms in all species tested on the surfaces of polyethylene. However, NEG antibiofilm has had better activity than GO for C. albicans, C. tropicalis and C. glabrata, according to the surface potential analysis by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The analysis of the biofilm formation on the polyethylene surface by ATP-bioluminescence and CFU showed similar results. In both methods the formation of biofilm in the catheter occurred in greater quantity for C. albicans and C. tropicalis. GO did not significantly inhibit the formation of biofilms only in C. krusei, although NEG significantly increased this activity GO in all species tested when compared to the control training biofilm. The following study shows that the development of NEG may become an effective alternative to reduce the adhesion of microorganisms and prevent infections resulting from the use of some hospital medical materials.
导管及其他医疗设备表面微生物生物膜形成导致的感染一直被报道为住院患者发病和死亡的主要原因。此外,固着细胞对吞噬作用和大多数抗菌药物更具抗性,这使得此类感染的治疗变得复杂。近年来,旨在开发主要源自植物的新型抗菌剂的研究有所增加,开发其释放的新策略对于对抗生物膜形成至关重要。天竺葵油(GO)已被证明具有抗菌活性。因此,本研究的目的是开发含有这种油的纳米乳液(NEG),并评估其在医院医疗用品中白色念珠菌、热带念珠菌、光滑念珠菌和克柔念珠菌生物膜形成后的活性。为了对生物膜进行定量,使用了结晶紫、总蛋白和ATP生物发光测定法。结果表明,GO和NEG对白色念珠菌和热带念珠菌的最低抑菌浓度较低。对不同念珠菌在聚乙烯和聚氨酯表面形成的生物膜进行了定量。GO和NEG显著抑制了聚乙烯表面所有测试菌种的生物膜形成。然而,根据原子力显微镜(AFM)的表面电位分析,NEG的抗生物膜活性对白色念珠菌、热带念珠菌和光滑念珠菌比GO更好。通过ATP生物发光和CFU对聚乙烯表面生物膜形成的分析显示了相似的结果。在这两种方法中,导管中白色念珠菌和热带念珠菌的生物膜形成量更大。GO仅在克柔念珠菌中未显著抑制生物膜形成,尽管与对照训练生物膜相比,NEG在所有测试菌种中显著提高了GO的这种活性。以下研究表明,NEG的开发可能成为减少微生物粘附并预防使用某些医院医疗材料导致感染的有效替代方法。