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Modelling persistent Mycoplasma pneumoniae biofilm infections in a submerged BEAS-2B bronchial epithelial tissue culture model.

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:Introduction. Infections with the respiratory pathogen Mycoplasma pneumoniae are often chronic, recurrent and resistant, persisting after antibiotic treatment. M. pneumoniae grown on glass forms protective biofilms, consistent with a role for biofilms in persistence. These biofilms consist of towers of bacteria interspersed with individual adherent cells.Hypothesis/Gap Statement. A tissue culture model for M. pneumoniae biofilms has not been described or evaluated to address whether growth, development and resistance properties are consistent with persistence in the host. Moreover, it is unclear whether the M. pneumoniae cells in the biofilm towers and individual bacterial cells have distinct roles in disease.Aim. We evaluated the properties of biofilms of M. pneumoniae grown on the immortalized human bronchial epithelial cell line BEAS-2B in relation to persistence in the host. We observed nucleation of biofilm towers and the disposition of individual cells in culture, leading to a model of how tower and individual cells contribute to infection and disease.Methodology. With submerged BEAS-2B cells as a substrate, we evaluated growth and development of M. pneumoniae biofilms using scanning electron microscopy and confocal laser scanning microscopy. We characterized resistance to erythromycin and complement using minimum inhibitory concentration assays and quantification of colony forming units. We monitored biofilm tower formation using time-lapse microscopic analysis of host-cell-free M. pneumoniae cultures.Results. Bacteria grown on host cells underwent similar development to those grown without host cells, including tower formation, rounding and incidence of individual cells outside towers. Erythromycin and complement significantly reduced growth of M. pneumoniae. Towers formed exclusively from pre-existing aggregates of bacteria. We discuss a model of the M. pneumoniae biofilm life cycle in which protective towers derive from pre-existing aggregates, and generate individual cytotoxic cells.Conclusion. M. pneumoniae can form protective biofilms in a tissue culture model, implicating biofilms in chronic infections, with aggregates of M. pneumoniae cells being important for establishing infections.

journal_name

J Med Microbiol

journal_title

Journal of medical microbiology

authors

Feng M,Burgess AC,Cuellar RR,Schwab NR,Balish MF

doi

10.1099/jmm.0.001266

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2021-01-01 00:00:00

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eissn

0022-2615

issn

1473-5644

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Modelling persistent Mycoplasma pneumoniae biofilm infections in a submerged BEAS-2B bronchial epithelial tissue culture model.