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Volume 60, Issue 11

Blocking of biofilm formation by -2-dodecenoic acid and -2-dodecenoic acid No Access

Abstract

is an important opportunistic human fungal pathogen. Infections caused by are related to the formation of a biofilm. The biofilm enhances the resistance of the defence system, increases its resistance to antifungal drugs and induces increased drug tolerance, making clinical care more challenging. The activity of -2-dodecenoic acid (BDSF; a diffusible signal factor from ) and -2-dodecenoic acid (-BDSF) against growth, germ-tube germination and biofilm formation was estimated by absorbance measurements and microscopic assessments. biofilms were prepared using a static microtitre plate model. Quantitative analysis of biofilm formation was performed using a 2,3-bis(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfo-phenyl)-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide reduction assay to evaluate the effect of different concentrations of BDSF and -BDSF at different stages of biofilm formation. Reductions in biofilm structure and formation were visualized by inverted microscopy. Real-time RT-PCR was employed to estimate the mRNA expression levels of the hyphae-specific genes and . It was found that 30 µM of either BDSF or -BDSF reduced germ-tube formation by approximately 70 % without inhibiting yeast growth. Yeast growth was strongly repressed by the exogenous addition of 300 µM BDSF and -BDSF at 0 and 1 h after cell attachment, with biofilm formation being reduced by approximately 90 and 60 %, respectively. BDSF and -BDSF were more effective against biofilm formation than farnesol and the diffusible signal factor -11-methyl-2-dodecenoic acid. None of the four drugs was able to destroy pre-formed biofilms. Real-time RT-PCR analysis showed that was downregulated by approximately 90 % and was downregulated by 70–80 % by 60 µM BDSF and -BDSF, implying that BDSF and -BDSF block biofilm formation by interfering with the morphological switch. These results suggest that BDSF and -BDSF are potentially useful therapeutic agents worthy of further study.

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Blocking of Candida albicans biofilm formation by cis-2-dodecenoic acid and trans-2-dodecenoic acid
J. Med. Microbiol. 60, 1643 (2011); https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.029058-0
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