Influence of glucose on biodegradable waterborne polyurethane blend together with LL-37 in inhibiting ESBLs producing Escherichia coli biofilm in vitro
Objective:To investigate the influence of the change of glucose concentration on ‘LL-37 sustained-release BWPU mem-brane’ in inhibiting the formation of the BF of urinary pathogenic ESBLs producing E.coli. Methods:Urinary pathogenic ESBLs pro-ducing E.coli isolates(E44) and standard strains ATCC25922(E0) were collected. Dynamic simulated bladder BF model was adopted. ‘Two-step approach’ was adopted to prepare new LDI-BWPU emulsion PCLPU33. ‘Physical dissolution and air-drying’ loading technique was adopted to prepare LL-37 sustained-release BWPU membrane.H group:high peptide(LL-37,2000 ?滋g/mL),L group:low peptide group(LL-37,250 ?滋g/mL),P group:positive control(Imipenem,8 ?滋g/mL),and N group:negative control(without antibacterial drug) were set up to incubate under artificial urine environment for 48hours. The influence of different glucose concen-trations(0,11.1,33.3 mmol/L),control of glucose concentration(33.3→0 mmol/L) on LL-37 sustained-release BWPU membrane in inhibiting BF were observed. The detection methods included viable bacteria count method. Syto-9/P fluorescent staining,combined with laser scanning confocal microscope,was applied to construct a space diagram to measure the BF thickness. Scan-ning electron microscope was adopted to observe the microscopic view of BF structure. One-way analysis of variance(ANOVA) was adopted in viable bacteria count,BF thickness and comparison of means of multiple groups. Results:For the observation point of different glucose concentration under the constantly infected artificial urine environment,the viable bacteria count and BF thickness of P group,H group,and L group were significantly decreased than that of N group(aP=0.000). The viable bacteria count of group H was significantly decreased than that of L group(bP=0.000)in the glucose-free environment(G0 mmol/L),and there was no statistical dif-ference between the H and L group in the glucose-containing environment(G11.1,33.3 mmol/L)(P>0.01);The BF thickness of the H group was significantly decreased than that of L group at the observation point of different glucose concentration(bP=0.000). With the increase of glucose concentration,the viable bacteria count and BF thickness of the H and L groups,increased significantly(cP=0.000). When glucose concentration was controlled(33.3→0 mmol/L) in the H and L groups,the viable bacteria count and BF thickness were were significantly decreased(dP=0.000). Conclusion:When the glucose concentration is different under the constantly infected artificial urine environment,LL-37 sustained-release BWPU membrane can inhibit BF growth,kill BF bacteria and signifi-cantly inhibit BF formation.