Nanoporous Superhydrophobic Coatings that Promote the Extended Release of Water-Labile Quorum Sensing Inhibitors and Enable Long-Term Modulation of Quorum Sensing in .

ACS Biomater Sci Eng

Department of Chemistry, 1101 University Avenue, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States ; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 1415 Engineering Drive, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.

Published: October 2015

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  • Innovations in materials and coatings that prevent bacterial colonization are crucial in various fields, especially as bacteria become increasingly resistant to antibiotics.
  • The research highlights the use of nanoporous, polymer-based superhydrophobic coatings to deliver peptide-based inhibitors of quorum sensing (QS), which is linked to bacterial virulence, for over 8 months.
  • These coatings not only protect the peptides from degradation but also effectively reduce biofilm formation, paving the way for new nonbiocidal strategies to combat bacterial infections and alter QS-related behaviors.

Article Abstract

Materials and coatings that inhibit bacterial colonization are of interest in a broad range of biomedical, environmental, and industrial applications. In view of the rapid increase in bacterial resistance to conventional antibiotics, the development of new strategies that target nonessential pathways in bacterial pathogens-and that thereby limit growth and reduce virulence through nonbiocidal means-has attracted considerable attention. Bacterial quorum sensing (QS) represents one such target, and is intimately connected to virulence in many human pathogens. Here, we demonstrate that the properties of nanoporous, polymer-based superhydrophobic coatings can be exploited to host and subsequently sustain the extended release of potent and water-labile peptide-based inhibitors of QS (QSIs) in . Our results demonstrate that these peptidic QSIs can be released into surrounding media for periods of at least 8 months, and that they strongly inhibit agr-based QS in for at least 40 days. These results also suggest that these extremely nonwetting coatings can confer protection against the rapid hydrolysis of these water-labile peptides, thereby extending their useful lifetimes. Finally, we demonstrate that these peptide-loaded superhydrophobic coatings can strongly modulate the QS-controlled formation of biofilm in wild-type . These nanoporous superhydrophobic films provide a new, useful, and nonbiocidal approach to the design of coatings that attenuate bacterial virulence. This approach has the potential to be general, and could prove suitable for the encapsulation, protection, and release of other classes of water-sensitive agents. We anticipate that the materials, strategies, and concepts reported here will enable new approaches to the long-term attenuation of QS and associated bacterial phenotypes in a range of basic research and applied contexts.

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