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Eradication of Candida albicans persister cell biofilm by the membranotropic peptide gH625
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Author(s)
Galdiero, Emilia
de Alteriis, Elisabetta
De Natale, Antonino
D'Alterio, Angela
Siciliano, Antonietta
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Biofilm formation poses an important clinical trouble due to resistance to antimicrobial agents; therefore, there is an urgent demand for new antibiofilm strategies that focus on the use of alternative compounds also in combination with conventional drugs. Drug-tolerant persisters are present in Candida albicans biofilms and are detected following treatment with high doses of amphotericin B. In this study, persisters were found in biofilms treated with amphotericin B of two clinical isolate strains, and were capable to form a new biofilm in situ. We investigated the possibility of eradicating persister-derived biofilms from these two Candida albicans strains, using the peptide gH625 analogue (gH625-M). Confocal microscopy studies allowed us to characterize the persister-derived biofilm and understand the mechanism of interaction of gH625-M with the biofilm. These findings confirm that persisters may be responsible for Candida biofilm survival, and prove that gH625-M was very effective in eradicating persister-derived biofilms both alone and in combination with conventional antifungals, mainly strengthening the antibiofilm activity of fluconazole and 5-flucytosine. Our strategy advances our insights into the development of effective antibiofilm therapeutic approaches.
Date Issued
2020-04-01
Date Acceptance
2020-03-09
Citation
Scientific Reports, 2020, 10
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/112243
URL
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-62746-w
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62746-w
ISSN
2045-2322
Publisher
Nature Portfolio
Journal / Book Title
Scientific Reports
Volume
10
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000563465100015&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=a2bf6146997ec60c407a63945d4e92bb
Subjects
AMPHOTERICIN-B
ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES
FLUCONAZOLE
IMAGE-ANALYSIS
LASER-SCANNING MICROSCOPY
MEMBRANE-FUSION
Multidisciplinary Sciences
PENETRATING PEPTIDES
RESISTANCE
Science & Technology
Science & Technology - Other Topics
SIMPLEX-VIRUS TYPE-1
STRATEGIES
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
5780
Date Publish Online
2020-04-01
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