Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 23, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23115898
Keywords
Pseudomonas putida; LapA; Fis; peptides; vWFa; biofilm
Funding
- Estonian Research Council [PRG707]
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The biofilm of Pseudomonas putida is regulated by various factors, including the cell surface adhesin LapA. Peptides in the growth media have been found to enhance biofilm formation, especially in strains with increased LapA expression. This study investigates the relationship between LapA and peptide-dependent biofilm. It is shown that the vWFa domain in LapA is necessary for the enhancement of biofilm formation by extracellular peptides.
The biofilm of Pseudomonas putida is complexly regulated by several intercellular and extracellular factors. The cell surface adhesin LapA of this bacterium is a central factor for the biofilm and, consequently, the regulation of lapA expression, for example, by Fis. It has been recently shown that peptides in growth media enhance the formation of P. putida biofilm, but not as a source of carbon and nitrogen. Moreover, the peptide-dependent biofilm appeared especially clearly in the fis-overexpression strain, which also has increased LapA. Therefore, we investigate here whether there is a relationship between LapA and peptide-dependent biofilm. The P. putida strains with inducible lapA expression and LapA without the vWFa domain, which is described as a domain similar to von Willebrand factor domain A, were constructed. Thereafter, the biofilm of these strains was assessed in growth media containing extracellular peptides in the shape of tryptone and without it. We show that the vWFa domain in LapA is necessary for biofilm enhancement by the extracellular peptides in the growth medium. The importance of vWFa in LapA was particularly evident for the fis-overexpression strain F15. The absence of the vWFa domain diminished the positive effect of Fis on the F15 biofilm.
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