依地酸钠对黏液型铜绿假单胞菌生物膜的作用

目的探讨金属螯合剂依地酸钠（EDTA）对黏液型铜绿假单胞菌（PA）成熟生物膜的杀菌作用和对其结构的影响。方法平板法培养成熟铜绿假单胞菌生物膜,微量肉汤稀释法测量EDTA、环丙沙星的最低抑菌浓度,平板计数法计算EDTA、环丙沙星单独及联合对生物膜菌落数的影响,荧光探针FITC-ConA染细菌胞外多糖、荧光显微镜下观察EDTA作用前后多糖差别,荧光探针SYT09／H标记生物膜内细菌、激光共聚焦显微镜观察结合BF图像结构分析软件（ISA）对EDTA作用前后的生物膜结构参数进行定量分析。结果当EDTA浓度为5MIC时达到对PA生物膜的最大杀菌效应,可使菌落数由10^7CFU／ml降至10^4CFU／ml,0．1MIC、5 MIC的EDTA均可增强环丙沙星对生物膜的杀菌作用,高浓度组效果更明显、使菌落数降至10^2CFU／ml。EDTA作用后荧光显微镜下可见多糖被破坏,明显减少。激光共聚焦显微镜下可见EDTA作用后生物膜死茵比例增加,菌落变稀疏。ISA软件分析结果显示：5MIC的EDTA作用后生物膜厚度（d）由（22．59±4．13）μm降至（8．97±2．45）μm,t=8．515,P〈0．05;AP（区域孔率）由0．89±0．07增加至0．97±0．02,t=-2．653,P〈0．05;ADD（平均扩散距离）由3．08±0．96降至1．59±0．24,t=4．510,P〈0．05;TE（结构熵）由6．25±0．79降至3．02±0．67,t=9．375,P〈0．05;0．1MIC的EDTA效果没有5MIC明显。结论EDTA可以破坏铜绿假单胞菌生物膜的结构,增强抗生素对生物膜杀菌活性。     

Lipase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa LP602: biochemical properties and application for wastewater treatment

Lipase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa LP602, a bacterial strain isolated from a domestic wastewater sample, was preliminarily characterized. The enzyme exhibited maximum lipolytic activity at pH 8.0 where it was also stably maintained. At 55°C, the lipase had the highest activity but not stability. The enzyme was insensitive to EDTA and to many ions tested except Zn²⁺. It was sensitive to SDS but not to Tween-20, Tween-80 or Triton X-100. The enzyme was active towards a number of commercial food grade fats and oils. A suitable medium formula for lipase production was MMP containing 6.25% whey as a carbon source, 1% soybean oil as inducer and 0.5% yeast extract supplement. The culture was fed with glucose to a final concentration of 0.1% at the 15th hour of incubation. Lipase production under this condition was 3.5 U ml⁻¹. Both P. aeruginosa LP602 cells and the lipase were shown to be usable for lipid-rich wastewater treatment. Received 21 April 1998/ Accepted in revised form 6 August 1998     

A novel biological function of alginate in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its mucoid mutants: stimulation of exolipase

Abstract Treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC9027 with various commercial alginates from brown algae enhanced extracellular lipase activities in a time- and concentration-dependent manner ("exolipase stimulation"). Alginate isolated from Azotobacter vinelandii and mucoid mutants of P. aeruginosa was similarly effective. Several independently isolated mucoid (alginate-producing) mutants of P. aeruginosa showed higher spontaneous exolipase activities than the nonmucoid wild type. Alginate was chemically modified by (i) reduction of carboxyl groups (removal of charge), (ii) oxidation of pyranoid rings (destruction of tertiary structure), and (iii) reduction of reducing end groups. None of the chemical modifications resulted in total loss of the exolipase-stimulating ability of the alginate derivatives.     

铜绿假单胞菌生物被膜与宿主免疫的关系

铜绿假单胞菌(Pseudomonas aeruginosa,P.aeruginosa)是一种常见的革兰阴性条件致病菌,能引起严重的院内感染,可从支气管扩张、肺囊性纤维化(CF)等患者体内分离。机体免疫系统可以通过识别不同的病原体相关分子模式(PAMPs)来抵御P.aeruginosa的感染,但P.aeruginosa生物被膜(BF)的形成可以导致这些成分被遮蔽从而引起免疫逃逸,导致疾病的迁延难愈。BF是一种与游离细菌相对立的生活方式,能帮助细菌有效适应外部环境,其可以通过藻酸盐的屏障作用,抵抗吞噬细胞的吞噬,干扰多核白细胞(PMNs)的激活,从而逃避宿主免疫。研究P.aeruginosa-BF的免疫逃逸机制,发现有效清除P.aeruginosa-BF的方法,从而为临床治疗P.aeruginosa引起的感染性疾病提供科学依据。现以P.aeruginosa为例对近年来国内外BF的免疫逃逸机制的研究进展进行综述。     

Monoclonal antibodies to the surface antigens of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Abstract A panel of 48 monoclonal antibodies was prepared against 8 O-serotype strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa , and 43 of the antibodies reacted specifically with whole cells of the vaccine strain in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). 4 antibodies showed varying degrees of reactivity for more than one of the serotype strains, and one antibody bound to all of the serotype strains as well as strains of Pseudomonas putida and Pseudomonas fluorescens . The epitopes recognised by these antibodies were characterised by immunoblotting and the serotype-specific antibodies reacted only with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of the vaccine strain. The antibodies that bound to more than one serotype strain were specific for outer-membrane proteins common to the serotype strains. The antibody that cross-reacted with all strains of P. aeruginosa apparently recognised an antigen associated with the core or lipid A components of LPS.     

Thermostable xylanase inhibits and disassembles Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms are problematic and play a critical role in the persistence of chronic infections because of their ability to tolerate antimicrobial agents. In this study, various cell-wall degrading enzymes were investigated for their ability to inhibit biofilm formation of two P. aeruginosa strains, PAO1 and PA14. Xylanase markedly inhibited and detached P. aeruginosa biofilms without affecting planktonic growth. Xylanase treatment broke down extracellular polymeric substances and decreased the viscosity of P. aeruginosa strains. However, xylanase treatment did not change the production of pyochelin, pyocyanin, pyoverdine, the Pseudomonas quinolone signal, or rhamnolipid. In addition, the anti-biofilm activity of xylanase was thermally stable for > 100 days at 45°C. Also, xylanase showed anti-biofilm activity against one methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus and two Escherichia coli strains.     

Saccharides of seven Pseudomonas aeruginosa immunotypes

Abstract The structures of O-specific polysaccharides obtained by mild acid degredation of lipopolysaccharides (LPS) from seven Pseudomonas aeruginosa Fisher's immunotypes have been studied. The polysaccharides consist mainly of monoamino and diamino sugars, frequently also carrying acidic functions. Some of the sugars were detected in nature for the O-specific polysaccharides of the immunotypes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are identical to those of the polysaccharides of the 011; 0(2a)2c; 01; 010a, 10b and 07a, 7d Lányi-Bergan serological subgroups respectively, whereas no analogues have been found for the immunotypes 1 and 7. Some cross-reactions between the LPS of different immunotypes were observed in passive haemagglutination tests; the results of inhibition of passive haemagglutination and agar gel immunoprecipitation point, however, to a specificity of the LPS. Many of the LPS of the seven Pseudomonas aeruginosa immunotypes manifest rather a high cross-protective activity in active immunization tests in mice. The nature of the cross-protective activity of the LPS is discussed.     

Antimicrobial and anti-biofilm effect of a novel BODIPY photosensitizer against Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) combines the use of organic dyes (photosensitizers, PSs) and visible light in order to elicit a photo-oxidative stress which causes bacterial death. GD11, a recently synthesized PS belonging to the boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) class, was demonstrated to be efficient against planktonic cultures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, causing a 7 log unit reduction of viable cells when administered at 2.5?μM. The effectiveness of GD11 against P. aeruginosa biofilms grown in flow-cells and microtiter trays was also demonstrated. Confocal laser scanning microscopy of flow-cell-grown biofilms suggests that the treatment has a biocidal effect against bacterial biofilm cells.     

哈尔滨市112株绿脓杆菌的血清学分型和耐药性测定

对从临床分离的112株绿脓杆菌进行系统鉴定后,血清学分型表明:6、2和3型分别占32.14％、15.18％、15.18％,为主要流行型,共占总分离株的62.50％。耐药性测定结果为:对10种抗生素5耐以上者占69.6％。其中对多粘菌素、妥布霉素、丁胺卡那霉素三种抗生素最为敏感,敏感率分别为100％、70.6％、86.5％。     

Evidence for the location of OprM in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane

Abstract OprM with a M _r of 49 K is associated with the multidrug resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa . Detergent fractionation of bacterial cells has demonstrated that OprM is located in the outer membrane from which it sediments with the other major outer membrane proteins. In this study we have determined the location of OprM as the P. aeruginosa outer membrane. Western immunoblots of cell fractions, obtained by sucrose density gradient centrifugation of whole cell lysates, were probed with an OprM-specific murine polyclonal antiserum.     

Studies on Uranium Removal by the Extracellular Polysaccharide of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain

Extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) produced by a Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain BU2 was characterized for its ability to remove uranium from aqueous solution. The EPS was acidic in nature and found as a potent biosorbent for uranium (U), showing pH dependence and fast saturating metal sorption, being maximum (985 mg U g^{? 1} EPS) at pH 5.0. The polymer showed enhanced uranium sorption capacity and affinity with increasing solution pH, suggesting a preferential sorption of monovalent uranyl hydroxide ions over the nonhydroxylated divalent species. Pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetic models were applied to the experimental data, assuming that the external mass transfer limitations in the system can be neglected and biosorption is sorption controlled. Equilibrium metal binding showing conformity to the Freundlich model suggested a multilayer sorption involving specific binding sites with affinity distribution. The presence of two types of metal binding sites corresponding to strong and weak binding affinity was interpreted from the Scatchard model equation. Uranium sorption by EPS was unaffected or only slightly affected in the presence of several interfering cations and anions, except iron and thorium. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy ascertained the strong binding of uranium with the carboxylic groups of uronic acids of bacterial EPS at pH 5.0, whereas at lower pH, amino and hydroxyl groups played a major role in metal binding.     

Genomic islands of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Key to Pseudomonas aeruginosa 's ability to thrive in a diversity of niches is the presence of numerous genomic islands that confer adaptive traits upon individual strains. We reasoned that P. aeruginosa strains capable of surviving in the harsh environments of multiple hosts would therefore represent rich sources of genomic islands. To this end, we identified a strain, PSE9, that was virulent in both animals and plants. Subtractive hybridization was used to compare the genome of PSE9 with the less virulent strain PAO1. Nine genomic islands were identified in PSE9 that were absent in PAO1; seven of these had not been described previously. One of these seven islands, designated P. aeruginosa genomic island (PAGI)-5, has already been shown to carry numerous interesting ORFs, including several required for virulence in mammals. Here we describe the remaining six genomic islands, PAGI-6, -7, -8, -9, -10, and -11, which include a prophage element and two Rhs elements.     

Peptidase N of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Abstract Pseudomonas aeruginosa possesses a peptidase N activity analogous to those described in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium . This activity resides in a protein with an M _r value of 85 000. Part of this peptidase activity appears to be associated with the cytoplasmic membrane. The K _M value for this peptidase bound to the cytoplasmic membrane is in the range of 0.5 mM.     

Specific and non-specific mouse protection induced by different chemotypes of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipopolysaccharides

Abstract Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were studied by the mouse active, cross-protection test. The primary structure of O-specific polysaccharides (O-repeating units) of different chemotypes was determined and their cross-protective activity demonstrated. Low doses of LPS (0.1–1 μg) stimulated chemotype-specific protection against P. aeruginosa in mice. This immunity was associated with the primary structure of the LPS and it lasted for 14 days after the first or second immunization. High doses of LPS (10–100 μg) induced cross-protection against P. aeruginosa in mice. The cross-protective capacity was caused evidently by the secondary structure or conformation of LPS molecule, i.e. by the common conformational protective determinant. This cross-protection lasted for only 5 days after the first or second immunization.     

铜绿假单胞菌的分布特点耐药性分析

目的分析3年来我院患者铜绿假单胞菌的耐药特点,为临床合理用药提供依据,并有助于医院感染预防与控制。方法对2010年至2012年我院各类感染患者标本中分离获得的铜绿假单胞菌,采用纸片扩散法（K-B法）检测抗菌药物的敏感性,并用WHONET5．3软件对药敏结果进行统计分析。结果3年分离的铜绿假单胞菌共计369株,其对多黏菌素B无耐药,对亚胺培南、美罗培南、头孢哌酮／舒巴坦、哌拉西彬他唑巴坦和阿米卡星的耐药率较低（6．81％～22．73％）,对其他抗菌药物的耐药率较高（32．47％～73．38％）。结论铜绿假单胞菌对多种抗菌药物均具有较高的耐药性,临床上治疗该菌感染时应根据药敏检测结果选择抗菌药物。     

镁离子对黏液型铜绿假单胞菌生物膜形成过程的影响

目的探讨镁离子对黏液型铜绿假单胞菌早期黏附和生物膜形成过程的影响。方法荧光多功能酶标仪检测各组不同时间点96孔板底部黏附细菌的荧光强度,荧光探针FTTC-ConA染细菌胞外多糖（Extracellular Polymeric Substances,EPS）、荧光显微镜下观察各组多糖差别;SYTO9／PI染生物膜内细菌、激光共聚焦显微镜观察结合BF图像结构分析软件（Image Structor Analyzer,ISA）对各组生物膜结构参数进行定量分析。结果2d时,空白组和1mmol／L镁组的黏附细菌的荧光强度分别为1845．67±45．3和2254．78±42．45,t=-9．96,P〈0．05;0．1mmol／L的镁浓度下荧光强度也有增加,其余各时间组趋势与2d组相似;在荧光显微镜下观察可见随着镁浓度增加,EPS增多;激光共聚焦显微镜下可见随着镁浓度增加,生物膜活菌增加、菌落变密集;ISA软件分析结果示：空白组和1mmol／L镁组的6d生物膜厚度分别为（25．80±1．16）μm和（34．87±1．59）μm,t=-13．85,P〈0．05;区域孔率分别为0．96±0．05和0．90±0．04,t=2．48,P〈0．05;平均扩散距离分别为1．54±0．15和1．92±0．16,t=5．23,P〈0．05;结构熵分别为3．64±0．57和4．70±1．09,t=-2．6,P〈0．05,3d组生物膜也有相同的趋势。结论镁离子可以增强黏液型铜绿假单胞菌的早期黏附,影响随后生物膜的形成及结构。     

Structural relationship between the polyagglutinable antigen and the core polysaccharide of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Abstract It has been observed that each strain of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa species harbours the so-called polyagglutinable antigen (PA). Some strains may produce it in a form which is linked to the core moiety of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and this type of PA can thus be detected by passive haemagglutination using the isolated LPS as coating antigen. Other strains synthesize PA exclusively in a free form, which is also coextractable with LPS, its presence can, however, be demonstrated by the haemagglutination inhibition test. From a polyagglutinable strain of P. aeruginosa an R-type LPS was isolated having the core-linked PA. This LPS preparation was highly immunogenic with regard to its PA moiety. The core-bound PA seems to exert an immunosuppression on the core region, hence, the polyagglutinable strains isolated from cystic fibrosis patients only engender anti-PA antibodies, whereas antibodies against both, side chain and core region of LPS, are not engendered. The mucoid exopolysacharides also contains the PA which could possibly play an important role in the patient by protecting P. aeruginosa cells against anti-PA antibodies.     

Cellular response mechanisms in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PseA during growth in organic solvents

Aims:  Solvent-tolerant bacteria have emerged as a new class of micro-organisms able to grow at high concentrations of toxic solvents. Such bacteria and their solvent-stable enzymes are perceived to be useful for biotransformations in nonaqueous media. In the present study, the solvent-responsive features of a lipase–producing, solvent-tolerant strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa PseA have been investigated to understand the cellular mechanisms followed under solvent-rich conditions.
Methods and Results:  The solvents, cyclohexane and tetradecane with differing log P -values (3·2 and 7·6 respectively), have been used as model systems. Effect of solvents on (i) the cell morphology and structure (ii) surface hydrophobicity and (iii) permeability of cell membrane have been examined using transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and other biochemical techniques. The results show that (i) less hydrophobic (low log P -value) solvent cyclohexane alters the cell membrane integrity and (ii) cells adapt to organic solvents by changing morphology, size, permeability and surface hydrophobicity. However, no such changes were observed in the cells grown in tetradecane.
Conclusions:  It may be concluded that P. aeruginosa PseA responds differently to solvents of different hydrophobicities. Bacterial cell membrane is more permeable to less hydrophobic solvents that eventually accumulate in the cytoplasm, while highly hydrophobic solvents have lesser tendency to access the membrane.
Significance and Impact of the Study:  To the best of our knowledge, these are first time observations that show that way of bacterial solvent adaptability depends on nature of solvent. Difference in cellular responses towards solvents of varying log P -values (hydrophobicity) might prove useful to search for a suitable solvent for carrying out whole-cell biocatalysis.