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ArticleBMC biotechnology2024

Staphopain mediated virulence and antibiotic resistance alteration in co-infection of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: an animal model.

Sanaz Dehbashi, Hamed Tahmasebi, Mohammad Yousef Alikhani, Mohammad-Ali Shahbazi, Mohammad Reza Arabestani

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Article in BMC biotechnology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Sanaz DehbashiDepartment of Laboratory Sciences, Varastegan Institute of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Hamed TahmasebiSchool of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
Mohammad Yousef AlikhaniDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Mohammad-Ali ShahbaziDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713, Groningen, AV, The Netherlands.
Mohammad Reza ArabestaniDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. mohammad.arabestani@gmail.com.
Hamedan University of Medical Sciences · IRMashhad University of Medical Sciences · IRShahroud University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

Funding

The vice chancellor for research and technology, Hamadan university of medical sciences, Hamadan Iran 961026685
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polymicrobial communities lead to worsen the wound infections, due to mixed biofilms, increased antibiotic resistance, and altered virulence production. Promising approaches, including enzymes, may overcome the complicated condition of polymicrobial infections. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate Staphopain A-mediated virulence and resistance alteration in an animal model of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa co-infection. S. aureus and P. aeruginosa were co-cultured on the L-929 cell line and wound infection in an animal model. Then, recombinant staphopain A was purified and used to treat mono- and co-infections. Following the treatment, changes in virulence factors and resistance were investigated through phenotypic methods and RT-PCR. Staphopain A resulted in a notable reduction in the viability of S. aureus and P. aeruginosa. The biofilm formed in the wound infection in both animal model and cell culture was disrupted remarkably. Moreover, the biofilm-encoding genes, quorum sensing regulating genes, and virulence factors (hemolysin and pyocyanin) controlled by QS were down-regulated in both microorganisms. Furthermore, the resistance to vancomycin and doripenem decreased following treatment with staphopain A. According to this study, staphopain A might promote wound healing and cure co-infection. It seems to be a promising agent to combine with antibiotics to overcome hard-to-cure infections.

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CoinfectionWound InfectionAnimalsDrug Resistance, MicrobialModels, AnimalPseudomonas aeruginosaStaphylococcus aureusVirulenceVirulence FactorsVirulence FactorsCo-infectionCysteine proteaseEnzymesEnzyme therapyPseudomonas aeruginosaRecombinantStaphopain AStaphylococcus aureus

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PMID38439037
PMCPMC10913572
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