16:00 - 18:00
Room: Poster Area - Poster Shed
Poster Presentation
Disturbing the P.aeruginosa biofilm architecture by natural products: an original strategy to synergize infectious diseases treatments
Julie Carette 1, Amandine Nachtergael 1, Mondher El Jaziri 2, Pierre Duez 1
1 Department of Therapeutic Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Mons, Avenue Maistriau 19, 7000 Mons, Belgium, Mons
2 Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet 12, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium, Gosselies

Antibiotic resistance constitutes a serious threat in healthcare. Across the world, antibiotic resistance has reached an unsafe level and, if the situation doesn’t change, even benign infections will reveal dangerous. The increase and spread of antibiotic resistance need to be urgently solved. The WHO provides a priority list for bacteria antibiotic resistance, divided into three groups according to the urgent need for new treatments. Pseudomonas aeruginosais part of the group 1: « critical » level. P. aeruginosa, a gram negative, opportunistic pathogenic bacteria, is a major cause of various infections because of its ability to form biofilms in several environments. In this context, the aim of this work is to discover new natural antimicrobial agents with original modes of action. The strategy we propose relies on the disruption of the biofilm architecture to improve the penetration of antimicrobial agents. Thanks to a CDC bioreactor system, we generated biofilms imitating in vivoconditions and characterized their architecture using electron microscopy. The effects of antimicrobial agents have been studied (i) on biofilm architecture using microfluidic cells and (ii) on biofilm formation using Nunc TSP plates. From these data, we intend to develop a new, easier and faster method to measure the disruption of biofilm architecture based on electrical potentials measurements. The use of selected mutant strains and known modulators of QS systems will allow to elucidate the mechanism and targets of discovered natural molecules active towards the biofilms.


Reference:
Poster session-PO-65:
Session:
Poster Presentation-2
Presenter/s:
Julie Carette
Presentation type:
Poster presentation
Room:
Poster Area - Poster Shed
Date:
Tuesday, 28th August, 2018
Time:
16:00 - 18:00
Session times:
16:00 - 18:00