Ostapska Hanna, Le Mauff François, Gravelat Fabrice N, Snarr Brendan D, Bamford Natalie C, Van Loon Jaime C, McKay Geoffrey, Nguyen Dao, Howell P Lynne, Sheppard Donald C
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada.
Infectious Disease in Global Health Program, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada.
J Fungi (Basel). 2022 Mar 24;8(4):336. doi: 10.3390/jof8040336.
The mold and bacterium form biofilms in the airways of individuals with cystic fibrosis. Biofilm formation by depends on the self-produced cationic exopolysaccharide galactosaminogalactan (GAG), while biofilms can contain the cationic exopolysaccharide Pel. GAG and Pel are rendered cationic by deacetylation mediated by either the secreted deacetylase Agd3 () or the periplasmic deacetylase PelA (). Given the similarities between these polymers, the potential for biofilm interactions between these organisms were investigated. were observed to adhere to hyphae in a GAG-dependent manner and to GAG-coated coverslips of biofilms. In biofilm adherence assays, incubation of with culture supernatants containing de--acetylated GAG augmented the formation of adherent biofilms, increasing protection against killing by the antibiotic colistin. Fluorescence microscopy demonstrated incorporation of GAG within biofilms, suggesting that GAG can serve as an alternate biofilm exopolysaccharide for this bacterium. In contrast, Pel-containing bacterial culture supernatants only augmented the formation of adherent biofilms when antifungal inhibitory molecules were removed. This study demonstrates biofilm interaction via exopolysaccharides as a potential mechanism of co-operation between these organisms in chronic lung disease.
在囊性纤维化患者的气道中,霉菌和细菌会形成生物膜。霉菌形成生物膜依赖于自身产生的阳离子胞外多糖半乳糖氨基半乳聚糖(GAG),而细菌生物膜可能含有阳离子胞外多糖Pel。GAG和Pel通过分泌的脱乙酰酶Agd3()或周质脱乙酰酶PelA()介导的脱乙酰作用而呈阳离子化。鉴于这些聚合物之间的相似性,对这些生物体之间生物膜相互作用的可能性进行了研究。观察到细菌以GAG依赖的方式粘附在霉菌菌丝上以及细菌生物膜的GAG包被盖玻片上。在生物膜粘附试验中,将细菌与含有去乙酰化GAG的霉菌培养上清液一起孵育,增强了粘附性细菌生物膜的形成,增加了对抗生素黏菌素杀伤作用的抵抗力。荧光显微镜检查显示GAG掺入细菌生物膜中,表明GAG可作为该细菌的另一种生物膜胞外多糖。相比之下,仅在去除抗真菌抑制分子时,含Pel的细菌培养上清液才增强粘附性细菌生物膜的形成。这项研究表明,通过胞外多糖的生物膜相互作用是这些生物体在慢性肺部疾病中合作的一种潜在机制。