Transcriptomic profiling of polymicrobial biofilm dynamics on catheters in Vitro

Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) have serious medical and economic implications. Although antibiotics can treat acute UTI, the recurrent nature of UTIs escalates the rate of antibiotic resistance and impedes the development of anti-microbial treatments. Catheter-associated UTIs (CAUTIs) are hospital-...

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Main Author: Lai, Valerie Jia Hui
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-538262023-02-28T18:02:58Z Transcriptomic profiling of polymicrobial biofilm dynamics on catheters in Vitro Lai, Valerie Jia Hui School of Biological Sciences Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering Kimberly Kline DRNTU::Science Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) have serious medical and economic implications. Although antibiotics can treat acute UTI, the recurrent nature of UTIs escalates the rate of antibiotic resistance and impedes the development of anti-microbial treatments. Catheter-associated UTIs (CAUTIs) are hospital-acquired UTIs caused by urinary catheters in the bladder which provides a surface for planktonic bacterial cells to adhere to before proliferation and maturation into a polymicrobial biofilm community. Dispersal marks the end of the biofilm life cycle and the beginning of bacterial dissemination which is believed to be responsible for biofilm virulence. Here, we report the set-up of catheter biofilm assay and our findings demonstrated that Escherichia coli UTI89 in the mixed species is preventing the dispersal of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF in the mixed species although further investigation is required. Our study was also extended to mixed microbial communities given that molecular interactions within constituents of polymicrobial communities on the surface of urinary catheters are poorly defined. RNA sequencing was employed to map mRNA reads to gene expression in single and mixed species biofilm. Studying their gene expression profiles can provide an insight into biofilm dispersal and aid in the development of novel anti-microbial agents against CAUTIs. Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences 2013-06-07T07:32:59Z 2013-06-07T07:32:59Z 2013 2013 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/53826 en Nanyang Technological University 46 p. application/pdf
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Lai, Valerie Jia Hui
Transcriptomic profiling of polymicrobial biofilm dynamics on catheters in Vitro
description Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) have serious medical and economic implications. Although antibiotics can treat acute UTI, the recurrent nature of UTIs escalates the rate of antibiotic resistance and impedes the development of anti-microbial treatments. Catheter-associated UTIs (CAUTIs) are hospital-acquired UTIs caused by urinary catheters in the bladder which provides a surface for planktonic bacterial cells to adhere to before proliferation and maturation into a polymicrobial biofilm community. Dispersal marks the end of the biofilm life cycle and the beginning of bacterial dissemination which is believed to be responsible for biofilm virulence. Here, we report the set-up of catheter biofilm assay and our findings demonstrated that Escherichia coli UTI89 in the mixed species is preventing the dispersal of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF in the mixed species although further investigation is required. Our study was also extended to mixed microbial communities given that molecular interactions within constituents of polymicrobial communities on the surface of urinary catheters are poorly defined. RNA sequencing was employed to map mRNA reads to gene expression in single and mixed species biofilm. Studying their gene expression profiles can provide an insight into biofilm dispersal and aid in the development of novel anti-microbial agents against CAUTIs.
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Lai, Valerie Jia Hui
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title Transcriptomic profiling of polymicrobial biofilm dynamics on catheters in Vitro
title_short Transcriptomic profiling of polymicrobial biofilm dynamics on catheters in Vitro
title_full Transcriptomic profiling of polymicrobial biofilm dynamics on catheters in Vitro
title_fullStr Transcriptomic profiling of polymicrobial biofilm dynamics on catheters in Vitro
title_full_unstemmed Transcriptomic profiling of polymicrobial biofilm dynamics on catheters in Vitro
title_sort transcriptomic profiling of polymicrobial biofilm dynamics on catheters in vitro
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