Tambone Erica, Marchetti Alice, Ceresa Chiara, Piccoli Federico, Anesi Adriano, Nollo Giandomenico, Caola Iole, Bosetti Michela, Fracchia Letizia, Ghensi Paolo, Tessarolo Francesco
Department of Industrial Engineering & BIOtech, University of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy.
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", 28100 Novara, Italy.
Polymers (Basel). 2021 Jul 23;13(15):2420. doi: 10.3390/polym13152420.
This study aimed to grow a fungal-bacterial mixed biofilm on medical-grade titanium and assess the ability of the biosurfactant R89 (R89BS) coating to inhibit biofilm formation. Coated titanium discs (TDs) were obtained by physical absorption of R89BS. - biofilm on TDs was grown in Yeast Nitrogen Base, supplemented with dextrose and fetal bovine serum, renewing growth medium every 24 h and incubating at 37 °C under agitation. The anti-biofilm activity was evaluated by quantifying total biomass, microbial metabolic activity and microbial viability at 24, 48, and 72 h on coated and uncoated TDs. Scanning electron microscopy was used to evaluate biofilm architecture. R89BS cytotoxicity on human primary osteoblasts was assayed on solutions at concentrations from 0 to 200 μg/mL and using eluates from coated TDs. Mixed biofilm was significantly inhibited by R89BS coating, with similar effects on biofilm biomass, cell metabolic activity and cell viability. A biofilm inhibition >90% was observed at 24 h. A lower but significant inhibition was still present at 48 h of incubation. Viability tests on primary osteoblasts showed no cytotoxicity of coated TDs. R89BS coating was effective in reducing mixed biofilm on titanium surfaces and is a promising strategy to prevent dental implants microbial colonization.
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