An oral multispecies biofilm model for high content screening applications

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  • Nadine Kommerein
  • Sascha N. Stumpp
  • Mathias Musken
  • Nina Ehlert
  • Andreas Winkel
  • Susanne Haussler
  • Peter Behrens
  • Falk F.R. Buettner
  • Meike Stiesch

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  • Hannover Medical School (MHH)
  • Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI)
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Original languageEnglish
JournalPLOS ONE
Volume12
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 15 Mar 2017

Abstract

Peri-implantitis caused by multispecies biofilms is a major complication in dental implant treatment. The bacterial infection surrounding dental implants can lead to bone loss and, in turn, to implant failure. A promising strategy to prevent these common complications is the development of implant surfaces that inhibit biofilm development. A reproducible and easyto-use biofilm model as a test system for large scale screening of new implant surfaces with putative antibacterial potency is therefore of major importance. In the present study, we developed a highly reproducible in vitro four-species biofilm model consisting of the highly relevant oral bacterial species Streptococcus oralis, Actinomyces naeslundii, Veillonella dispar and Porphyromonas gingivalis. The application of live/dead staining, quantitative real time PCR (qRT-PCR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and urea-NaCl fluorescence in situ hybridization (urea-NaCl-FISH) revealed that the four-species biofilm community is robust in terms of biovolume, live/dead distribution and individual species distribution over time. The biofilm community is dominated by S. oralis, followed by V. dispar, A. naeslundii and P. gingivalis. The percentage distribution in this model closely reflects the situation in early native plaques and is therefore well suited as an in vitro model test system. Furthermore, despite its nearly native composition, the multispecies model does not depend on nutrient additives, such as native human saliva or serum, and is an inexpensive, easy to handle and highly reproducible alternative to the available model systems. The 96-well plate format enables high content screening for optimized implant surfaces impeding biofilm formation or the testing of multiple antimicrobial treatment strategies to fight multispecies biofilm infections, both exemplary proven in the manuscript.

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An oral multispecies biofilm model for high content screening applications. / Kommerein, Nadine; Stumpp, Sascha N.; Musken, Mathias et al.
In: PLOS ONE, Vol. 12, No. 3, 15.03.2017.

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Kommerein, N, Stumpp, SN, Musken, M, Ehlert, N, Winkel, A, Haussler, S, Behrens, P, Buettner, FFR & Stiesch, M 2017, 'An oral multispecies biofilm model for high content screening applications', PLOS ONE, vol. 12, no. 3. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173973
Kommerein, N., Stumpp, S. N., Musken, M., Ehlert, N., Winkel, A., Haussler, S., Behrens, P., Buettner, F. F. R., & Stiesch, M. (2017). An oral multispecies biofilm model for high content screening applications. PLOS ONE, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173973
Kommerein N, Stumpp SN, Musken M, Ehlert N, Winkel A, Haussler S et al. An oral multispecies biofilm model for high content screening applications. PLOS ONE. 2017 Mar 15;12(3). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173973
Kommerein, Nadine ; Stumpp, Sascha N. ; Musken, Mathias et al. / An oral multispecies biofilm model for high content screening applications. In: PLOS ONE. 2017 ; Vol. 12, No. 3.
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