A biofilm-tropicPseudomonas aeruginosabacteriophage uses the exopolysaccharide Psl as receptor

Author:

Walton Brenna,Abbondante Serena,Marshall Michaela Ellen,Dobruchowska Justyna M.,Alvi Amani,Gallagher Larry A.,Vallikat Nikhil,Zhang Zhemin,Wozniak Daniel J.,Yu Edward W.,Boons Geert-Jan,Pearlman Eric,Rietsch ArneORCID

Abstract

AbstractBacteria in nature can exist in multicellular communities called biofilms. Biofilms also form in the course of many infections.Pseudomonas aeruginosainfections frequently involve biofilms, which contribute materially to the difficulty to treat these infections with antibiotic therapy. Many biofilm-related characteristics are controlled by the second messenger, cyclic-di-GMP, which is upregulated on surface contact. Among these factors is the exopolysaccharide Psl, which is a critically important component of the biofilm matrix. Here we describe the discovery of aP. aeruginosabacteriophage, which we have called Clew-1, that directly binds to and uses Psl as a receptor. While this phage does not efficiently infect planktonically growing bacteria, it can disruptP. aeruginosabiofilms and replicate in biofilm bacteria. We further demonstrate that the Clew-1 can reduce the bacterial burden in a mouse model ofP. aeruginosakeratitis, which is characterized by the formation of a biofilm on the cornea. Due to its reliance on Psl for infection, Clew-1 does not actually form plaques on wild-type bacteria under standardin vitroconditions. This argues that our standard isolation procedures likely exclude bacteriophage that are adapted to using biofilm markers for infection. Importantly, the manner in which we isolated Clew-1 can be easily extended to other strains ofP. aeruginosaand indeed other bacterial species, which will fuel the discovery of other biofilm-tropic bacteriophage and expand their therapeutic use.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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