目的探讨氨溴索对铜绿假单胞菌生物膜群体感应(Qs)系统的影响。方法平板法培养成熟的铜绿假单胞菌PA01野生型菌株和Qs系统缺陷株△lasR△rhlR基因缺陷型、△lasI△rhlI基因缺陷型菌株生物膜,分别予生理盐水和氨溴索1.875g·L^-1、3.75g·L^-1作用8h。通过荧光探针SYT09/PI标记,激光共聚焦显微镜(CLSM)观察不同浓度氨溴索作用前后不同菌株生物膜的结构变化,利用生物膜图象结构分析软件(ISA)对氨溴索作用前后的生物膜结构参数进行定量分析。结果PA01野生型菌株可见大片状生物膜,细菌密集。2个基因缺陷型菌株的生物膜菌落较稀疏,氨溴索作用后不同菌株生物膜厚度、平均扩散距离和结构熵均显著减少,区域孔率增加,有剂量相关性(P〈0.05),PA01野生型菌株生物膜的变化幅度比QS系统缺陷株更大(P〈0.05)。结论氨溴索破坏铜绿假单胞菌生物膜的结构,具有拮抗QS系统的特性,高浓度氨溴索(3.75g·L^-1)效果更显著。
AIM To investigate the effect of ambroxol on biofilm quorum-sensing system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. METHODS In vitro biofilm models of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 wild-type, △lasR △rhlRand △lasI △rhlI isolate strain were established. The effects of normal saline and ambroxol 1.875 g·L^-1 and 3.75 g·L^-1 on biofilm were monitored by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) respectively, based on nucleic acid SYTO9/PI stained. Quantitative parameters describing biofilm spatial structure were acquired after the image information and calculated by Image Structure Analyzer (ISA) software. RESULTS The PAO1 wild-type strain produced a significantly thicker biofilm compared to biofilms produced by the △rhlR and △lasl △rhll isolates which appeared more diffuse, respectively. Ambroxol treatment reduced biofilm thickness, increased areal porosity, decreased the average diffusion distance and the textual entropy of wild-type and the two doublemutant strains (P 〈 0.05). However, compared to the double mutant strains, the changes observed for the wildtype strain were more clearly defined (P 〈 0.05). CONCLUSION Ambroxol destroys the structure of biofilm and exhibits significant antagonistic quorum-sensing property, and its high concentration (3.75 g·L^-1) has more significant effect.