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Effect of Shear Stress on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from the Cystic Fibrosis Lung. / Dingemans, Jozef; Monsieurs, Pieter; Yu, Sung-Huan; Crabbé, Aurélie; Förstner, Konrad U.; Malfroot, Anne; Cornelis, Pierre; Van Houdt, Rob.
In: mBio, Vol. 7, No. 4, e00813-16, 02.08.2016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Effect of Shear Stress on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from the Cystic Fibrosis Lung
AU - Dingemans, Jozef
AU - Monsieurs, Pieter
AU - Yu, Sung-Huan
AU - Crabbé, Aurélie
AU - Förstner, Konrad U.
AU - Malfroot, Anne
AU - Cornelis, Pierre
AU - Van Houdt, Rob
N1 - Score=10
PY - 2016/8/2
Y1 - 2016/8/2
N2 - Biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the hallmarks of chronic cystic fibrosis (CF) lung infections. The biofilm matrix protects this bacterium from antibiotics as well as from the immune system. Hence, the prevention or reversion of biofilm formation is believed to have a great impact on treatment of chronic P. aeruginosa CF lung infections. In the present study, we showed that it is possible to modulate the behavior of a highly adapted transmissible P. aeruginosa CF isolate at both the transcriptomic and phenotypic levels by introducing shear stress in a CF-like environment, driving it from a biofilm to a planktonic lifestyle. Consequently, the results obtained in this study are of great importance with regard to therapeutic applications that introduce shear stress in the lungs of CF patients.
AB - Biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the hallmarks of chronic cystic fibrosis (CF) lung infections. The biofilm matrix protects this bacterium from antibiotics as well as from the immune system. Hence, the prevention or reversion of biofilm formation is believed to have a great impact on treatment of chronic P. aeruginosa CF lung infections. In the present study, we showed that it is possible to modulate the behavior of a highly adapted transmissible P. aeruginosa CF isolate at both the transcriptomic and phenotypic levels by introducing shear stress in a CF-like environment, driving it from a biofilm to a planktonic lifestyle. Consequently, the results obtained in this study are of great importance with regard to therapeutic applications that introduce shear stress in the lungs of CF patients.
KW - Pseudomonas
KW - cystic fibrosis
KW - Rotating Wall Vessel
UR - http://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll/open/18428989
U2 - 10.1128/mBio.00813-16
DO - 10.1128/mBio.00813-16
M3 - Article
VL - 7
JO - mBio
JF - mBio
SN - 2150-7511
IS - 4
M1 - e00813-16
ER -
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