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Pritchard MF, Powell LC, Adams JYM, Menzies G, Khan S, Tøndervik A, Sletta H, Aarstad O, Skjåk-Bræk G, McKenna S, Buurma NJ, Farnell DJJ, Rye PD, Hill KE, Thomas DW. Structure-Activity Relationships of Low Molecular Weight Alginate Oligosaccharide Therapy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1366. [PMID: 37759766 PMCID: PMC10527064 DOI: 10.3390/biom13091366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 08/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Low molecular weight alginate oligosaccharides have been shown to exhibit anti-microbial activity against a range of multi-drug resistant bacteria, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Previous studies suggested that the disruption of calcium (Ca2+)-DNA binding within bacterial biofilms and dysregulation of quorum sensing (QS) were key factors in these observed effects. To further investigate the contribution of Ca2+ binding, G-block (OligoG) and M-block alginate oligosaccharides (OligoM) with comparable average size DPn 19 but contrasting Ca2+ binding properties were prepared. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy demonstrated prolonged binding of alginate oligosaccharides to the pseudomonal cell membrane even after hydrodynamic shear treatment. Molecular dynamics simulations and isothermal titration calorimetry revealed that OligoG exhibited stronger interactions with bacterial LPS than OligoM, although this difference was not mirrored by differential reductions in bacterial growth. While confocal laser scanning microscopy showed that both agents demonstrated similar dose-dependent reductions in biofilm formation, OligoG exhibited a stronger QS inhibitory effect and increased potentiation of the antibiotic azithromycin in minimum inhibitory concentration and biofilm assays. This study demonstrates that the anti-microbial effects of alginate oligosaccharides are not purely influenced by Ca2+-dependent processes but also by electrostatic interactions that are common to both G-block and M-block structures.
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- Manon F. Pritchard
- Advanced Therapies Group, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK; (L.C.P.); (J.Y.M.A.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (D.J.J.F.); (K.E.H.); (D.W.T.)
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- Advanced Therapies Group, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK; (L.C.P.); (J.Y.M.A.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (D.J.J.F.); (K.E.H.); (D.W.T.)
- Microbiology and Infectious Disease Group, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- Advanced Therapies Group, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK; (L.C.P.); (J.Y.M.A.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (D.J.J.F.); (K.E.H.); (D.W.T.)
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AX, UK;
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- Advanced Therapies Group, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK; (L.C.P.); (J.Y.M.A.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (D.J.J.F.); (K.E.H.); (D.W.T.)
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- Department of Bioprocess Technology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway; (A.T.); (H.S.)
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- Department of Bioprocess Technology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway; (A.T.); (H.S.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway; (O.A.); (G.S.-B.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway; (O.A.); (G.S.-B.)
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- Advanced Therapies Group, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK; (L.C.P.); (J.Y.M.A.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (D.J.J.F.); (K.E.H.); (D.W.T.)
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- Physical Organic Chemistry Centre, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK;
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- Advanced Therapies Group, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK; (L.C.P.); (J.Y.M.A.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (D.J.J.F.); (K.E.H.); (D.W.T.)
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- AlgiPharma AS, Industriveien 33, N-1337 Sandvika, Norway;
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- Advanced Therapies Group, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK; (L.C.P.); (J.Y.M.A.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (D.J.J.F.); (K.E.H.); (D.W.T.)
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- Advanced Therapies Group, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK; (L.C.P.); (J.Y.M.A.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (D.J.J.F.); (K.E.H.); (D.W.T.)
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Frígols B, Martí M, Salesa B, Hernández-Oliver C, Aarstad O, Teialeret Ulset AS, Inger Sӕtrom G, Aachmann FL, Serrano-Aroca Á. Graphene oxide in zinc alginate films: Antibacterial activity, cytotoxicity, zinc release, water sorption/diffusion, wettability and opacity. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0212819. [PMID: 30845148 PMCID: PMC6405205 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Alginate is considered an exceptional biomaterial due to its hydrophilicity, biocompatibility, biodegradability, nontoxicity and low-cost in comparison with other biopolymers. We have recently demonstrated that the incorporation of 1% graphene oxide (GO) into alginate films crosslinked with Ca2+ cations provides antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis, and no cytotoxicity for human keratinocyte HaCaT cells. However, many other reports in literature have shown controversial results about the toxicity of GO demanding further investigation. Furthermore, the synergic effect of GO with other divalent cations with intrinsic antibacterial and cytotoxic activity such as Zn2+ has not been explored yet. Thus, here, two commercially available sodium alginates were characterised and utilized in the synthesis of zinc alginate films with GO following the same chemical route reported for the calcium alginate/GO composites. The results of this study showed that zinc release, water sorption/diffusion and wettability depended significantly on the type of alginate utilized. Furthermore, Zn2+ and GO produced alginate films with increased water diffusion, wettability and opacity. However, neither the combination of GO with Zn2+ nor the use of different types of sodium alginates modified the antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity of the zinc alginates against these Gram-positive pathogens and human cells respectively.
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- Belén Frígols
- Facultad de Veterinaria y Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain
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- Facultad de Veterinaria y Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain
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- Facultad de Veterinaria y Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain
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- Facultad de Veterinaria y Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain
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- NOBIPOL, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- NOBIPOL, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- NOBIPOL, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- NOBIPOL, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Facultad de Veterinaria y Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain
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Dunlop A, Bowman K, Aarstad O, Skjåk-Bræk G, Stokke BT, Round AN. Polymer sequencing by molecular machines: a framework for predicting the resolving power of a sliding contact force spectroscopy sequencing method. Nanoscale 2017; 9:15089-15097. [PMID: 28967943 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr03358c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We evaluate an AFM-based single molecule force spectroscopy method for mapping sequences in otherwise difficult to sequence heteropolymers, including glycosylated proteins and glycans. The sliding contact force spectroscopy (SCFS) method exploits a sliding contact made between a nanopore threaded over a polymer axle and an AFM probe. We find that for sliding α- and β-cyclodextrin nanopores over a wide range of hydrophilic monomers, the free energy of sliding is proportional to the sum of two dimensionless, easily calculable parameters representing the relative partitioning of the monomer inside the nanopore or in the aqueous phase, and the friction arising from sliding the nanopore over the monomer. Using this relationship we calculate sliding energies for nucleic acids, amino acids, glycan and synthetic monomers and predict on the basis of these calculations that SCFS will detect N- and O-glycosylation of proteins and patterns of sidechains in glycans. For these applications, SCFS offers an alternative to sequence mapping by mass spectrometry or newly-emerging nanopore technologies that may be easily implemented using a standard AFM.
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- Alex Dunlop
- HH Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK
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Lewin A, Zhou J, Pham VTT, Haugen T, Zeiny ME, Aarstad O, Liebl W, Wentzel A, Liles MR. Novel archaeal thermostable cellulases from an oil reservoir metagenome. AMB Express 2017; 7:183. [PMID: 28963711 PMCID: PMC5622026 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-017-0485-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Microbial assemblages were sampled from an offshore deep sub-surface petroleum reservoir 2.5 km below the ocean floor off the coast of Norway, providing conditions of high temperature and pressure, to identify new thermostable enzymes. In this study, we used DNA sequences obtained directly from the sample metagenome and from a derived fosmid library to survey the functional diversity of this extreme habitat. The metagenomic fosmid library containing 11,520 clones was screened using function- and sequence-based methods to identify recombinant clones expressing carbohydrate-degrading enzymes. Open reading frames (ORFs) encoding carbohydrate-degrading enzymes were predicted by BLAST against the CAZy database, and many fosmid clones expressing carbohydrate-degrading activities were discovered by functional screening using Escherichia coli as a heterologous host. Each complete ORF predicted to encode a cellulase identified from sequence- or function-based screening was subcloned in an expression vector. Five subclones was found to have significant activity using a fluorescent cellulose model substrate, and three of these were observed to be highly thermostable. Based on phylogenetic analyses, the thermostable cellulases were derived from thermophilic Archaea and are distinct from known cellulases. Cellulase F1, obtained from function-based screening, contains two distinct cellulase modules, perhaps resulting from fusion of two archaeal cellulases and with a novel protein structure that may result in enhanced activity and thermostability. This enzyme was found to exhibit exocellulase function and to have a remarkably high activity compared to commercially available enzymes. Results from this study highlight the complementarity of hybrid approaches for enzyme discovery, combining sequence- and function-based screening.
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Aarstad O, Heggset EB, Pedersen IS, Bjørnøy SH, Syverud K, Strand BL. Mechanical Properties of Composite Hydrogels of Alginate and Cellulose Nanofibrils. Polymers (Basel) 2017; 9:E378. [PMID: 30971055 PMCID: PMC6418825 DOI: 10.3390/polym9080378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Revised: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Alginate and cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) are attractive materials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. CNF gels are generally weaker and more brittle than alginate gels, while alginate gels are elastic and have high rupture strength. Alginate properties depend on their guluronan and mannuronan content and their sequence pattern and molecular weight. Likewise, CNF exists in various qualities with properties depending on, e.g., morphology and charge density. In this study combinations of three types of alginate with different composition and two types of CNF with different charge and degree of fibrillation have been studied. Assessments of the composite gels revealed that attractive properties like high rupture strength, high compressibility, high gel rigidity at small deformations (Young's modulus), and low syneresis was obtained compared to the pure gels. The effects varied with relative amounts of CNF and alginate, alginate type, and CNF quality. The largest effects were obtained by combining oxidized CNF with the alginates. Hence, by combining the two biopolymers in composite gels, it is possible to tune the rupture strength, Young's modulus, syneresis, as well as stability in physiological saline solution, which are all important properties for the use as scaffolds in tissue engineering.
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- Olav Aarstad
- NOBIPOL, Department of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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- RISE PFI, Nanocellulose and carbohydrate polymers, Høgskoleringen 6b, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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- NOBIPOL, Department of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Physics, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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- RISE PFI, Nanocellulose and carbohydrate polymers, Høgskoleringen 6b, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
- Department of Chemical Engineering, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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- NOBIPOL, Department of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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Aarstad O, Strand BL, Klepp-Andersen LM, Skjåk-Bræk G. Analysis of G-Block Distributions and Their Impact on Gel Properties of in Vitro Epimerized Mannuronan. Biomacromolecules 2013; 14:3409-16. [DOI: 10.1021/bm400658k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Olav Aarstad
- Department
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Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU Sem Sælands
vei 6-8, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department
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Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU Sem Sælands
vei 6-8, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department
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Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU Sem Sælands
vei 6-8, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department
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Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU Sem Sælands
vei 6-8, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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