Genes Involved in the Synthesis and Degradation of Matrix Polysaccharide in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Biofilms

JB Kaplan, K Velliyagounder, C Ragunath… - Journal of …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
JB Kaplan, K Velliyagounder, C Ragunath, H Rohde, D Mack, JKM Knobloch, N Ramasubbu
Journal of bacteriology, 2004Am Soc Microbiol
Biofilms are composed of bacterial cells embedded in an extracellular polysaccharide
matrix. A major component of the Escherichia coli biofilm matrix is PGA, a linear polymer of
N-acetyl-d-glucosamine residues in β (1, 6) linkage. PGA mediates intercellular adhesion
and attachment of cells to abiotic surfaces. In this report, we present genetic and
biochemical evidence that PGA is also a major matrix component of biofilms produced by
the human periodontopathogen Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and the porcine …
Abstract
Biofilms are composed of bacterial cells embedded in an extracellular polysaccharide matrix. A major component of the Escherichia coli biofilm matrix is PGA, a linear polymer of N-acetyl-d-glucosamine residues in β(1,6) linkage. PGA mediates intercellular adhesion and attachment of cells to abiotic surfaces. In this report, we present genetic and biochemical evidence that PGA is also a major matrix component of biofilms produced by the human periodontopathogen Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and the porcine respiratory pathogen Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. We also show that PGA is a substrate for dispersin B, a biofilm-releasing glycosyl hydrolase produced by A. actinomycetemcomitans, and that an orthologous dispersin B enzyme is produced by A. pleuropneumoniae. We further show that A. actinomycetemcomitans PGA cross-reacts with antiserum raised against polysaccharide intercellular adhesin, a staphylococcal biofilm matrix polysaccharide that is genetically and structurally related to PGA. Our findings confirm that PGA functions as a biofilm matrix polysaccharide in phylogenetically diverse bacterial species and suggest that PGA may play a role in intercellular adhesion and cellular detachment and dispersal in A. actinomycetemcomitans and A. pleuropneumoniae biofilms.
American Society for Microbiology
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