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BIOMOLECULES AND BIOMEDICINE
卷 23, 期 6, 页码 1051-1068出版社
ASSOC BASIC MEDICAL SCI FEDERATION BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA SARAJEVO
DOI: 10.17305/bb.2023.9324
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Biosurfactant; Lactobacillus acidophilus; antibiofilm; quorum sensing (QS); virulence
The study demonstrates that a biosurfactant derived from L. acidophilus can effectively inhibit virulence factors, biofilm formation, and quorum sensing in Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria. This provides a promising approach for tackling antimicrobial resistance.
Antimicrobial resistance by pathogenic bacteria has become a global risk to human health in recent years. The most promising approach to combating antimicrobial resistance is to target virulent traits of bacteria. In the present study, a biosurfactant derived from the probiotic strain Lactobacillus acidophilus was tested against three Gram-negative bacteria to evaluate its inhibitory potential on their biofilms, and whether it affected the virulence factors controlled by quorum sensing (QS). A reduction in the virulence factors of Chromobacterium violaceum (violacein production), Serratia marcescens (prodigiosin production), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (pyocyanin, total protease, LasB elastase, and LasA protease production) was observed at different sub-minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) concentrations in a dose-dependent manner. Biofilm development was reduced by 65.76%, 70.64%, and 58.12% at the highest sub-MIC levels for C. violaceum, P. aeruginosa, and S. marcescens, respectively. Biofilm formation on glass surfaces exhibited significant reduction, with less bacterial aggregation and reduced formation of extracellular polymeric materials. Additionally, swimming motility and exopolysaccharides (EPS) production were shown to be reduced in the presence of the L. acidophilus-derived biosurfactant. Furthermore, molecular docking analysis performed on compounds identified through gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis of QS and biofilm proteins yielded further insights into the mechanism underlying the anti-QS activity. Therefore, the present study has clearly demonstrated that a biosurfactant derived from L. acidophilus can significantly inhibit virulence factors of Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria. This could provide an effective method to inhibit the formation of biofilms and QS in Gram-negative bacteria.
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