N-acylhomoserine-lactone-mediated communication between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cepacia in mixed biofilms. Export

@article{citeulike:249076, abstract = {Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cepacia are capable of forming mixed biofilms in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. Both bacteria employ quorum-sensing systems, which rely on N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) signal molecules, to co-ordinate expression of virulence factors with the formation of biofilms. As both bacteria utilize the same class of signal molecules the authors investigated whether communication between the species occurs. To address this issue, novel Gfp-based biosensors for non-destructive, in situ detection of AHLs were constructed and characterized. These sensors were used to visualize AHL-mediated communication in mixed biofilms, which were cultivated either in artificial flow chambers or in alginate beads in mouse lung tissue. In both model systems B. cepacia was capable of perceiving the AHL signals produced by P. aeruginosa, while the latter strain did not respond to the molecules produced by B. cepacia. Measurements of extracellular proteolytic activities of defined quorum-sensing mutants grown in media complemented with AHL extracts prepared from culture supernatants of various wild-type and mutant strains supported the view of unidirectional signalling between the two strains.}, address = {Department of Microbiology, TUM, Am Hochanger 4, D-85350 Freising, Germany.}, author = {Riedel, K. and Hentzer, M. and Geisenberger, O. and Huber, B. and Steidle, A. and Wu, H. and H{\o}iby, N. and Givskov, M. and Molin, S. and Eberl, L.}, citeulike-article-id = {249076}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://mic.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/147/12/3249}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11739757}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11739757}, issn = {1350-0872}, journal = {Microbiology}, keywords = {aeruginosa, burkholderia, coinfection, qs}, month = {December}, number = {Pt 12}, pages = {3249--3262}, posted-at = {2008-02-18 10:44:19}, priority = {2}, title = {N-acylhomoserine-lactone-mediated communication between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cepacia in mixed biofilms.}, url = {http://mic.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/147/12/3249}, volume = {147}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:249076 L3 - citeulike-article-id:249076 N2 - Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cepacia are capable of forming mixed biofilms in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. Both bacteria employ quorum-sensing systems, which rely on N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) signal molecules, to co-ordinate expression of virulence factors with the formation of biofilms. As both bacteria utilize the same class of signal molecules the authors investigated whether communication between the species occurs. To address this issue, novel Gfp-based biosensors for non-destructive, in situ detection of AHLs were constructed and characterized. These sensors were used to visualize AHL-mediated communication in mixed biofilms, which were cultivated either in artificial flow chambers or in alginate beads in mouse lung tissue. In both model systems B. cepacia was capable of perceiving the AHL signals produced by P. aeruginosa, while the latter strain did not respond to the molecules produced by B. cepacia. Measurements of extracellular proteolytic activities of defined quorum-sensing mutants grown in media complemented with AHL extracts prepared from culture supernatants of various wild-type and mutant strains supported the view of unidirectional signalling between the two strains. IS - Pt 12 JF - Microbiology SN - 1350-0872 AD - Department of Microbiology, TUM, Am Hochanger 4, D-85350 Freising, Germany. EP - 3262 TI - N-acylhomoserine-lactone-mediated communication between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cepacia in mixed biofilms. VL - 147 SP - 3249 KW - aeruginosa KW - burkholderia KW - coinfection KW - qs AU - Riedel, K AU - Hentzer, M AU - Geisenberger, O AU - Huber, B AU - Steidle, A AU - Wu, H AU - Høiby, N AU - Givskov, M AU - Molin, S AU - Eberl, L PY - 2001/12// UR - http://mic.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/147/12/3249 ER -