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aureus and S. epidermidis Fig. To determine if the degP deletion of EcN influences the biofilm formation of S. Thus, DegP may partially contribute to the activity of EcN in inhibiting SE biofilm formation. However, we observed a negligible effect of the degP deletion of EcN toward SA biofilm formation in the dual-species biofilm Fig.

Although the EcN wild type significantly inhibited SE and SA biofilm formation, the extracellular function of DegP was not clear in these pathogens. EcN may regulate SA and SE biofilms in ways other than controlling EHEC biofilms. Effect of DegP on SA and SE biofilms. In this study, we showed that probiotic E.

coli inhibits the biofilms of other E. coli strains as well as those of the pathogens S. The EcN supernatant showed a biofilm inhibition effect that was similar to that in dual-species biofilms Fig. A proteomic analysis of E.

coli supernatants and dual biofilm study using isogenic EcN mutants revealed that DegP contributes to the inhibition of EHEC biofilms Fig. Although other E. coli strains produce DegP, the secretion of DegP, which is only available in EcN, is critical to repress other biofilms.

Indeed, purified DegP repressed EHEC biofilm formation Fig. Hence, we identified that probiotic E. coli outcompetes other biofilm formations via the extracellular function of DegP secreted from EcN.

DegP is a widely conserved periplasmic protein that shows chaperone functions at low temperature and has proteolytic activities at elevated temperatures 47 ; DegP degrades misfolded and aggregated proteins from the inner-membrane and periplasmic space of E.

coli Upon temperature elevation, proteolytic sites located in the central cavity of the DegP hexamer are accessible to bind substrates, but when DegP becomes a chaperone, the protease domain becomes inactive, thereby prohibiting substrate binding Such allosteric control of DegP has important effects in regulating proteolysis for protecting cells against various stresses 48 , DegP is closely related to the virulence of many pathogens, as the lack of DegP function increases the vulnerability of bacteria to stresses, resulting in a decreased secretion of virulence factors In this study, we found that extracellular DegP secreted by EcN represses EHEC biofilms Fig.

Although extracellular DegP activity has not been widely studied, some pathogens, such as Helicobacter pylori 50 and Campylobacter jejuni 51 , secrete DegP outside the cells and enhance their invasion to epithelial cells by cleaving E-cadherin, the cell adhesion protein located in the adherence junctions of epithelial cells Hence, although EcN is not a pathogen, EcN may have a DegP secretion system similar to the pathogens but uses DegP to outcompete other biofilms rather than invade epithelial cells.

The purified DegP inhibited EHEC biofilms in single species Fig. Thus, the extracellular function of DegP is not related to protease activity but instead likely modifies or binds the target cell surface, resulting in biofilm inhibition.

In addition to inhibiting pathogenic and commensal E. coli biofilms, EcN significantly outcompeted the Gram-positive pathogens S. epidermidis during biofilm formation Fig. We found that EcN inhibits the growth rates of SA and SE Supplementary Table 3 , resulting in significant reductions of final cell density Fig.

There may be some molecular regulation from EcN in these pathogens. DegP may partially contribute to inhibiting S. epidermidis biofilms but may not be effective for S. aureus biofilms Fig. Other proteins secreted by EcN may play important roles in inhibiting the cell growth and biofilm formation of S.

Further studies revealing EcN-secreted proteins that control S. epidermidis biofilms are required. We did not observe population changes between P. aeruginosa and E. coli biofilms EcN or BW in dual-species biofilms Fig. While P. aeruginosa promotes E. coli biofilms in nutrient-limited medium under sheared flow conditions 52 , the static biofilm formation environment in our study is different from the flow condition and may result in a reduced effect of P.

aeruginosa in E. coli biofilms. We also did not observe any inhibitory effect of probiotic E. coil toward P. aeruginosa has two quorum sensing systems mediated by acylated homoserine lactones HSLs i. If DegP or other secreted proteins by EcN are not related to regulating quorum sensing signaling, P.

aeruginosa biofilms may not be affected by the probiotic E. The results of selective biofilm inhibition by EcN in the dual-species biofilm formation with different pathogens show that the probiotic effect of EcN for controlling biofilm formation is strain-specific.

We demonstrated that probiotic E. coli outcompetes pathogenic E. coli during biofilm formation via a DegP-mediated interaction and significantly reduces the biofilm formation of S. Such biofilm inhibition is a unique characteristic of probiotic E.

coli , as commensal E. coli does not exhibit this inhibition. coli may use different mechanisms to control the biofilm formation of other bacteria due to the complexity of biofilm regulation, which should be explored further.

This study revealed the influence of probiotic E. coli towards the biofilm formation of pathogens. The opposite side of the interaction, i.

Particularly, elucidating the interaction mechanisms between probiotics and pathogens will provide insights for combating persistent biofilm-associated bacterial infections. The bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study are listed in Table 1.

The antibiotic resistances of each bacterial strain were confirmed by plating the overnight cultures on the LB agar plates containing different antibiotics prior to the dual-species experiment. Only the cells expressing the corresponding antibiotic resistance gene grew during overnight incubation and were regarded as one population of dual-species biofilms.

The number of planktonic and biofilm populations of each strain in a dual-species setting was determined by plating onto plain LB agar plates or LB agar plates supplemented with the appropriate antibiotic Supplementary Table 1 after serial dilutions of the cell suspension We confirmed that scraping and vortexing removed nearly all biofilm cells from the surface of the culture tube Supplementary Fig.

The supernatants were separated from the cells by filtration using a 0. Cell-free supernatants were used as growth media for EHEC biofilm formation and samples for mass spectrometry analysis.

The supernatants were filter-sterilized using 0. Full-length protein gel for Figs 2B and 3D are shown in shown in Supplementary Fig. The concentration of proteins and peptides collected in each step was measured using a NanoDrop Thermo Scientific, San Jose, CA, USA. Fractions were run on a Thermo Fisher Orbitrap Velos Pro coupled with an Agilent NanoLC system Agilent, Santa Clara, CA, USA over a min gradient.

RAW files were converted into. mgf files using MSConvert from ProteoWizard coli , entries. Mascot was searched with a fragment ion mass tolerance of 0. Carbamidomethyl of cysteine was specified in Mascot as a fixed modification. The deamidation of asparagine and glutamine and the oxidation of methionine were specified in Mascot as variable modifications.

Peptide identifications were accepted if they could be established at greater than Protein identifications were accepted if they could be established at greater than Protein probabilities were assigned by the Protein Prophet algorithm Proteins sharing significant peptide evidence were grouped into clusters.

The deletion of the target genes and insertion of the kanamycin resistance cassette were confirmed by PCR using mic-F and mic-R primers Supplementary Table 6. Similarly, EcN mutant strains lacking degP , hslU , or sat were constructed using corresponding primers Supplementary Table 7 , and the target genes in the EcN genome were replaced with the kanamycin resistance gene cassette.

The deletion of the genes and insertion of the kanamycin resistance cassette were confirmed by PCR Supplementary Table 7. For degP -deleted EcN, the kanamycin resistance cassette was also removed by Flp-FRT recombination using pCP20 plasmid Table 1. degP from EcN or BW was cloned into pCA24N plasmid Table 1.

The pCA24N plasmid and degP PCR products were digested with restriction enzymes BseRI and HindIII New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, USA and purified. EcN cells were transformed with the ligated plasmid by electroporation Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA.

The constructed plasmid pCA24N- degP was confirmed by sequencing with primers seqfd and seqrv Supplementary Table 7. EcN and BW were transformed with plasmid pJL1-sfGFP, and EHEC was transformed with plasmid pDsRed-Express.

At least six different positions from two independent biofilms were observed, and representative images were processed using IMARIS software Bitplane, Belfast, UK. Color confocal images were converted to grey scale, the threshold was fixed to 30, and the biomass, surface coverage, mean thickness, and roughness coefficient Supplementary Table 2 were determined using COMSTAT 2 image processing software Cell growth OD was measured every hour to calculate the specific growth rate.

For dual-species culture, a transwell permeable support membrane 0. The growth of the target cells was measured every hour by removing the transwell permeable membrane. Overnight cultures of EcN, BW, and EHEC were diluted to be OD of 0.

The biofilm cell pellets were obtained by centrifugation in a manner similar to the methods of the EcN biofilm cell isolation above. For biofilm cell pellet isolation from the dual-species biofilm, we used a transwell plate as described in the specific growth rate measurement setting.

The EcN biofilm cell pellet was obtained by centrifugation. The PCR fragment was double-digested by NdeI and SalI New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, USA and ligated into pJL1 vector at the same restriction sites.

The ligation mix was electroporated into E. coli BL21 DE3 Star competent cells. The size of DegP was confirmed by loading on SDS-PAGE.

The DegP concentration was 7. The null hypothesis stated that the means of two samples are equal. All reported data are the average ± standard deviation from at least two experiments with triplicates.

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