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Journal Article
Extracellular DNA Is Essential for Maintaining Bordetella Biofilm Integrity on Abiotic Surfaces and in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Mice
2011
Overview
Bacteria form complex and highly elaborate surface adherent communities known as biofilms which are held together by a self-produced extracellular matrix. We have previously shown that by adopting a biofilm mode of existence in vivo, the gram negative bacterial pathogens Bordetella bronchiseptica and Bordetella pertussis are able to efficiently colonize and persist in the mammalian respiratory tract. In general, the bacterial biofilm matrix includes polysaccharides, proteins and extracellular DNA (eDNA). In this report, we investigated the function of DNA in Bordetella biofilm development. We show that DNA is a significant component of Bordetella biofilm matrix. Addition of DNase I at the initiation of biofilm growth inhibited biofilm formation. Treatment of pre-established mature biofilms formed under both static and flow conditions with DNase I led to a disruption of the biofilm biomass. We next investigated whether eDNA played a role in biofilms formed in the mouse respiratory tract. DNase I treatment of nasal biofilms caused considerable dissolution of the biofilm biomass. In conclusion, these results suggest that eDNA is a crucial structural matrix component of both in vitro and in vivo formed Bordetella biofilms. This is the first evidence for the ability of DNase I to disrupt bacterial biofilms formed on host organs.
Publisher
Public Library of Science,Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subject
/ Bacteria
/ Biofilms
/ Biofilms - growth & development
/ Biology
/ Biomass
/ Bordetella bronchiseptica - cytology
/ Bordetella bronchiseptica - drug effects
/ Bordetella bronchiseptica - metabolism
/ Bordetella bronchiseptica - physiology
/ Bordetella pertussis - cytology
/ Bordetella pertussis - drug effects
/ Bordetella pertussis - metabolism
/ Bordetella pertussis - physiology
/ Deoxyribonuclease I - pharmacology
/ DNA
/ E coli
/ Extracellular Space - drug effects
/ Extracellular Space - metabolism
/ Female
/ Genomes
/ Mice
/ Organs
/ Proteins
/ Respiratory System - drug effects
/ Respiratory System - microbiology
/ Vaccines
