Abstract:Acylase (AC) was immobilized and stabilized on carboxylated polyaniline nanofibers (cPANFs) for the development of antifouling nanobiocatalysts with high enzyme loading and stability. AC was immobilized via three different approaches: covalent attachment (CA), enzyme coating (EC), and magnetically separable enzyme precipitate coating (Mag-EPC). The enzyme activity per unit weight of cPANFs with Mag-EPC was 75 and 300 times higher than that of those with CA and EC, respectively, representing improved enzyme loa… Show more
“…The acylase was revealed to decrease the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 10145 and PAO1 by 60% [85,86] and has been widely applied in human health care; for example, the acylasecoated device showed a well antibacterial property due to the QS signaling disruption by the acylase [87]. The acylase is also chemically immobilized on some nanomaterials to act as an antifouling agent [88]. Undoubtedly, these applications of acylase will greatly reduce the health care cost caused by the spread and colonization of pathogenic bacteria on medical devices.…”
Bacterial quorum sensing (QS) is a cell-to-cell communication in which specific signals are activated to coordinate pathogenic behaviors and help bacteria acclimatize to the disadvantages. The QS signals in the bacteria mainly consist of acyl-homoserine lactone, autoinducing peptide, and autoinducer-2. QS signaling activation and biofilm formation lead to the antimicrobial resistance of the pathogens, thus increasing the therapy difficulty of bacterial diseases. Anti-QS agents can abolish the QS signaling and prevent the biofilm formation, therefore reducing bacterial virulence without causing drug-resistant to the pathogens, suggesting that anti-QS agents are potential alternatives for antibiotics. This review focuses on the anti-QS agents and their mediated signals in the pathogens and conveys the potential of QS targeted therapy for bacterial diseases.
“…The acylase was revealed to decrease the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 10145 and PAO1 by 60% [85,86] and has been widely applied in human health care; for example, the acylasecoated device showed a well antibacterial property due to the QS signaling disruption by the acylase [87]. The acylase is also chemically immobilized on some nanomaterials to act as an antifouling agent [88]. Undoubtedly, these applications of acylase will greatly reduce the health care cost caused by the spread and colonization of pathogenic bacteria on medical devices.…”
Bacterial quorum sensing (QS) is a cell-to-cell communication in which specific signals are activated to coordinate pathogenic behaviors and help bacteria acclimatize to the disadvantages. The QS signals in the bacteria mainly consist of acyl-homoserine lactone, autoinducing peptide, and autoinducer-2. QS signaling activation and biofilm formation lead to the antimicrobial resistance of the pathogens, thus increasing the therapy difficulty of bacterial diseases. Anti-QS agents can abolish the QS signaling and prevent the biofilm formation, therefore reducing bacterial virulence without causing drug-resistant to the pathogens, suggesting that anti-QS agents are potential alternatives for antibiotics. This review focuses on the anti-QS agents and their mediated signals in the pathogens and conveys the potential of QS targeted therapy for bacterial diseases.
“…The final step for the immobilization medium design and development is small QQ-sheets that showed 2.5-fold higher biological QQ activity when compared to the QQ activity of QQ beads [129]. Besides, immobilization of QQ enzymes on the membrane surface has been a hot issue and stability problems for enzyme immobilization for QQ applications have started to be recently solved [130]. All the existing QQ media have their own advantages and disadvantages and offer some elements of superiority to others.…”
Section: Biofouling Prevention Via Quorum Quenching In Mbrmentioning
In comparison to alternative advanced wastewater treatment technologies, the main problem associated with membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology, which has become prominent in recent years, is biofouling. Within these systems, biofouling is typically the result of a biofilm layer resulting from bacterial gathering. One biological system that can be employed to interrupt the process of bacterial gathering is called 'Quorum Quenching (QQ)'. Existing QQ applications can be classified using three main types: 1) bacterial/whole-cell applications, 2) direct enzyme applications, and 3) natural sourced compounds. The most common and widely recognized applications for membrane fouling control during MBR operation are bacterial and direct enzyme applications. The purpose of this review was to identify and assess biofilm formation mechanism and results, the suggestion of the QQ concept and its potential to control biofilm formation, and the means by which these QQ applications can be applied within the MBR and present QQ MBR studies.
“…In another work, the enzyme immobilisation on polyurethane surface resulted also in attenuation of P. aeruginosa virulence (Grover and Plaks 2016). Acylase has been used as an anti-biofilm agent after chemical and enzymatic immobilisation on carboxylated polyaniline nanofibers (Lee and Lee 2017). This QQE was also combined with matrix degrading amylase to impart anti-biofilm functionality on catheter surface.…”
Section: Anti-infective Materials With Anti-quorum Sensing Activitymentioning
Drug resistance occurrence is a global healthcare concern responsible for the increased morbidity and mortality in hospitals, time of hospitalisation and huge financial loss. The failure of the most antibiotics to kill "superbugs" poses the urgent need to develop innovative strategies aimed at not only controlling bacterial infection but also the spread of resistance. The prevention of pathogen host invasion by inhibiting bacterial virulence and biofilm formation, and the utilisation of bactericidal agents with different mode of action than classic antibiotics are the two most promising new alternative strategies to overcome antibiotic resistance. Based on these novel approaches, researchers are developing different advanced materials (nanoparticles, hydrogels and surface coatings) with novel antimicrobial properties. In this review, we summarise the recent advances in terms of engineered materials to prevent bacteria-resistant infections according to the antimicrobial strategies underlying their design.
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