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- Title
Food-Grade Bacteria Combat Pathogens by Blocking AHL-Mediated Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Formation.
- Authors
Savijoki, Kirsi; San-Martin-Galindo, Paola; Pitkänen, Katriina; Edelmann, Minnamari; Sillanpää, Annika; van der Velde, Cim; Miettinen, Ilkka; Patel, Jayendra Z.; Yli-Kauhaluoma, Jari; Parikka, Mataleena; Fallarero, Adyary; Varmanen, Pekka
- Abstract
Disrupting bacterial quorum sensing (QS) signaling is a promising strategy to combat pathogenic biofilms without the development of antibiotic resistance. Here, we report that food-associated bacteria can interfere with the biofilm formation of a Gram-negative pathogenic bacterium by targeting its AHL (acyl-homoserine lactone) QS system. This was demonstrated by screening metabolic end-products of different lactobacilli and propionibacteria using Gram-negative and biofilm-forming Chromobacterium violaceum as the QS reporter and our anti-QS microscale screening platform with necessary modifications. The method was optimized in terms of the inoculation technique and the concentrations of D-glucose and L-tryptophan, two key factors controlling the synthesis of violacein, a purple pigment indicating the activation of the QS system in C. violaceum. These improvements resulted in ca. 16-times higher violacein yields and enabled revealing anti-QS effects of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lentilactobacillus kefiri, Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus and Propionibacterium freudenreichii, including new cheese-associated strains. Our findings also suggest that acetate and propionate excreted by these species are the main factors that interrupt the QS-mediated signaling and subsequent biofilm growth without affecting the cell viability of the C. violaceum reporter. Thus, the present study reports a revised anti-QS screening method to accurately define new bacteria with an ability to combat pathogens in a safe and sustainable way.
- Subjects
ACYL-homoserine lactones; QUORUM sensing; CHROMOBACTERIUM violaceum; PATHOGENIC bacteria; GRAM-negative bacteria; BIOFILMS; LACTOBACILLUS acidophilus; LACTOBACILLUS
- Publication
Foods, 2023, Vol 12, Issue 1, p90
- ISSN
2304-8158
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/foods12010090