Nano-enabled Quenching of Bacterial Communications for the Prevention of Biofilm Formation.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
; 62(27): e202305485, 2023 07 03.
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ABSTRACT
Biofilm formation is a major threat to industry, the environment and human health. While killing of embedded microbes in biofilms may inevitably lead to the evolution of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), catalytic quenching of bacterial communications by lactonase is a promising antifouling approach. Given the shortcomings of protein enzymes, it is attractive to engineer synthetic materials to mimic the activity of lactonase. Herein, an efficient lactonase-like Zn-Nx -C nanomaterial was synthesized by tuning the coordination environment around zinc atoms to mimic the active domain of lactonase for catalytical interception of bacterial communications in biofilm formation. The Zn-Nx -C material could selectively catalyze 77.5 % hydrolysis of N-acylated-L-homoserine lactone (AHL), a critical bacterial quorum sensing (QS) signal in biofilm construction. Consequently, AHL degradation downregulated the expression of QS-related genes in antibiotic resistant bacteria and significantly prevented biofilm formation. As a proof of concept, Zn-Nx -C-coated iron plates prevented 80.3 % biofouling after a month exposure in river. Overall, our study provides a nano-enabled contactless antifouling insight to avoid AMR evolution by engineering nanomaterials for mimicking the key bacterial enzymes (e.g., lactonase) functioning in biofilm construction.
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Biopelículas
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Percepción de Quorum
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Humans
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En
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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
Año:
2023
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Article
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China