Biofilm, 2021, 3:100058

Epinephrine affects gene expression levels and has a complex effect on biofilm formation in Micrococcus luteus strain C01 isolated from human skin

In this study, the effect of epinephrine on the biofilm formation of C01 isolated from human skin was investigated in depth for the first time. This hormone has a complex effect on biofilms in various systems. In a system with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) cubes, treatment with epinephrine at a physiological concentration of 4.9 × 10 M increased the total amount of 72-h biofilm biomass stained with crystal violet and increased the metabolic activity of biofilms, but at higher and lower concentrations, the treatment had no significant effect. On glass fiber filters, treatment with the hormone decreased the number of colony forming units (CFUs) and changed the aggregation but did not affect the metabolic activity of biofilm cells. In glass bottom plates examined by confocal microscopy, epinephrine notably inhibited the growth of biofilms. RNA-seq analysis and RT-PCR demonstrated reproducible upregulation of genes encoding Fe-S cluster assembly factors and cyanide detoxification sulfurtransferase, whereas genes encoding the co-chaperone GroES, the LysE superfamily of lysine exporters, short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase and the potential c-di-GMP phosphotransferase were downregulated. Our results suggest that epinephrine may stimulate matrix synthesis in biofilms, thereby increasing the activity of NAD(H) oxidoreductases. Potential c-di-GMP pathway proteins are essential in these processes.

Gannesen AV, Schelkunov MI, Geraskina OV, Makarova NE, Sukhacheva MV, Danilova ND, Ovcharova MA, Martyanov SV, Pankratov TA, Muzychenko DS, Zhurina MV, Feofanov AV, Botchkova EA, Plakunov VK

IBCH: 9535
Ссылка на статью в журнале: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2590207521000162
Кол-во цитирований на 10.2026: 22
Данные статьи проверены модераторами 2021-11-08

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