Biofilm inhibitory effect of alginate lyases on mucoid P. aeruginosa from a cystic fibrosis patient.

Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports
Sonal MahajanThirumalai Nallan Chakravarthy Ramya

Abstract

Chronic mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections are a major scourge in cystic fibrosis patients. Mucoid P. aeruginosa displays structured alginate-rich biofilms that are resistant to antibiotics. Here, we have assessed the efficacy of a panel of alginate lyases in combating mucoid P. aeruginosa biofilms in cystic fibrosis. Albeit we could not demonstrate alginate degradation by alginate lyases in sputum, we demonstrate that the endotypic alginate lyases, CaAly (from Cellulophaga algicola) and VspAlyVI (from Vibrio sp. QY101) and the exotypic alginate lyases, FspAlyFRB (from Falsirhodobacterium sp. alg1), and SA1-IV (from Sphingomonas sp. A1), indeed inhibit biofilm formation by a mucoid P. aeruginosa strain isolated from the sputum of a cystic fibrosis patient with comparative effect to that of the glycoside hydrolase PslG, a promising candidate for biofilm treatment. We believe that these enzymes should be explored for in vivo efficacy in future studies.

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