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New Preventive Strategy Against Oral Biofilm Formation In Caries-Active Children: An In Vitro Study

Version 1 : Received: 28 June 2023 / Approved: 6 July 2023 / Online: 6 July 2023 (10:25:25 CEST)

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Parga, A.; Balboa, S.; Otero-Casal, P.; Otero, A. New Preventive Strategy against Oral Biofilm Formation in Caries-Active Children: An In Vitro Study. Antibiotics 2023, 12, 1263. Parga, A.; Balboa, S.; Otero-Casal, P.; Otero, A. New Preventive Strategy against Oral Biofilm Formation in Caries-Active Children: An In Vitro Study. Antibiotics 2023, 12, 1263.

Abstract

Caries are lesions caused by acidic compounds derived from the metabolism of bacteria such as streptococci. It is not merely the presence of acidogenic bacteria that causes caries but an imbalance in the oral biofilm microhabitat and its behavior. One factor underlying biofilm formation is quorum sensing (QS), that in gram-positives relies on peptidic molecules, whereas in gram-negatives is driven by small diffusible signals. Strategies based on QS inhibition have been proposed as alter-natives to antimicrobial therapies. Here, we investigate the antibiofilm potential of the lactonase enzyme Aii20J, previously reported as effective against biofilms of periodontal disease origin. We generated in vitro polymicrobial biofilms dominated by gram-positive taxa using supragingival samples from caries-free and caries-active children. The effect of Aii20J on the biofilms was evalu-ated regarding its biomass-reducing ability, as assessed with crystal violet assay, and its effects on the bacterial composition of the polymicrobial biofilms, as assessed by 16S community profiling. We describe significant biomass reductions upon Aii20J exposure without significant changes in bac-terial composition at the genus level. Our results support the use of Aii20J to prevent oral biofilm formation while highlighting the influence of the polymicrobial environment on bacterial commu-nities and their response to antibiofilm treatments.

Keywords

oral biofilm; caries; quorum sensing; quorum quenching; acylhomoserine lactones; Streptococcus; 16S community profiling; caries-free children; caries-active children

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology

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