真菌生物膜与多微生物疾病
Fungal Biofilms and Polymicrobial Diseases.
作者信息
Costa-Orlandi Caroline B, Sardi Janaina C O, Pitangui Nayla S, de Oliveira Haroldo C, Scorzoni Liliana, Galeane Mariana C, Medina-Alarcón Kaila P, Melo Wanessa C M A, Marcelino Mônica Y, Braz Jaqueline D, Fusco-Almeida Ana Marisa, Mendes-Giannini Maria José S
机构信息
Department of Clinical Analysis, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara SP 14800-903, Brazil.
Department of Physiological Sciences, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Piracicaba SP 13414-018, Brazil.
出版信息
J Fungi (Basel). 2017 May 10;3(2):22. doi: 10.3390/jof3020022.
Biofilm formation is an important virulence factor for pathogenic fungi. Both yeasts and filamentous fungi can adhere to biotic and abiotic surfaces, developing into highly organized communities that are resistant to antimicrobials and environmental conditions. In recent years, new genera of fungi have been correlated with biofilm formation. However, biofilms remain the most widely studied from the morphological and molecular perspectives. Biofilms formed by yeast and filamentous fungi present differences, and studies of polymicrobial communities have become increasingly important. A key feature of resistance is the extracellular matrix, which covers and protects biofilm cells from the surrounding environment. Furthermore, to achieve cell-cell communication, microorganisms secrete quorum-sensing molecules that control their biological activities and behaviors and play a role in fungal resistance and pathogenicity. Several in vitro techniques have been developed to study fungal biofilms, from colorimetric methods to omics approaches that aim to identify new therapeutic strategies by developing new compounds to combat these microbial communities as well as new diagnostic tools to identify these complex formations in vivo. In this review, recent advances related to pathogenic fungal biofilms are addressed.
生物膜形成是致病真菌的一个重要毒力因子。酵母和丝状真菌都能附着在生物和非生物表面,发展成高度有组织的群落,这些群落对抗菌剂和环境条件具有抗性。近年来,新的真菌属与生物膜形成有关。然而,从形态学和分子学角度来看,生物膜仍然是研究最为广泛的。酵母和丝状真菌形成的生物膜存在差异,对多微生物群落的研究变得越来越重要。抗性的一个关键特征是细胞外基质,它覆盖并保护生物膜细胞免受周围环境的影响。此外,为了实现细胞间通讯,微生物会分泌群体感应分子,这些分子控制着它们的生物活性和行为,并在真菌抗性和致病性中发挥作用。已经开发了几种体外技术来研究真菌生物膜,从比色法到组学方法,这些方法旨在通过开发新化合物来对抗这些微生物群落,以及开发新的诊断工具来在体内识别这些复杂结构,从而确定新的治疗策略。在这篇综述中,将探讨与致病真菌生物膜相关的最新进展。