PMID- 37155716 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230613 LR - 20230720 IS - 2373-9878 (Electronic) IS - 2373-9878 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 6 DP - 2023 Jun 12 TI - Nucleotide Messenger Signaling of Staphylococci in Responding to Nitric Oxide - Releasing Biomaterials. PG - 3285-3296 LID - 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c01536 [doi] AB - Nitric oxide (NO) releasing biomaterials are a promising approach against medical device associated microbial infection. In contrast to the bacteria-killing effects of NO at high concentrations, NO at low concentrations serves as an important signaling molecule to inhibit biofilm formation or disperse mature biofilms by regulating the intracellular nucleotide second messenger signaling network such as cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP) for many Gram-negative bacterial strains. However, Gram-positive staphylococcal bacteria are the most commonly diagnosed microbial infections on indwelling devices, but much less is known about the nucleotide messengers and their response to NO as well as the mechanism by which NO inhibits biofilm formation. This study investigated the cyclic nucleotide second messengers c-di-GMP, cyclic dimeric adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP), and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) in both Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) Newman D2C and Staphylococcus epidermidis (S. epidermidis) RP62A after incubating with S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP, NO donor) impregnated polyurethane (PU) films. Results demonstrated that NO release from the polymer films significantly reduced the c-di-GMP levels in S. aureus planktonic and sessile cells, and these bacteria showed inhibited biofilm formation. However, the effect of NO release on c-di-GMP in S. epidermidis was weak, but rather, S. epidermidis showed significant reduction in c-di-AMP levels in response to NO release and also showed reduced biofilm formation. Results strongly suggest that NO regulates the nucleotide second messenger signaling network in different ways for these two bacteria, but for both bacteria, these changes in signaling affect the formations of biofilms. These findings provide cues to understand the mechanism of Staphylococcus biofilm inhibition by NO and suggest novel targets for antibiofilm interventions. FAU - Ochetto, Alyssa AU - Ochetto A AD - Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028, United States. FAU - Sun, Dongxiao AU - Sun D FAU - Siedlecki, Christopher A AU - Siedlecki CA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2163-4099 FAU - Xu, Li-Chong AU - Xu LC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6503-0655 LA - eng GR - R01 HL153231/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20230508 PL - United States TA - ACS Biomater Sci Eng JT - ACS biomaterials science & engineering JID - 101654670 RN - 0 (Nucleotides) RN - 31C4KY9ESH (Nitric Oxide) RN - H2D2X058MU (Cyclic GMP) RN - 415SHH325A (Adenosine Monophosphate) SB - IM MH - *Nucleotides MH - *Nitric Oxide/pharmacology MH - Staphylococcus MH - Staphylococcus aureus MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial MH - Cyclic GMP MH - Adenosine Monophosphate PMC - PMC10355158 MID - NIHMS1900640 OTO - NOTNLM OT - c-di-AMP OT - c-di-GMP OT - nitric oxide OT - nucleotide signaling OT - staphylococci COIS- The authors declare no competing financial interest. EDAT- 2023/05/08 18:42 MHDA- 2023/06/13 06:42 PMCR- 2023/07/19 CRDT- 2023/05/08 14:44 PHST- 2023/06/13 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/08 18:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/05/08 14:44 [entrez] PHST- 2023/07/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c01536 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ACS Biomater Sci Eng. 2023 Jun 12;9(6):3285-3296. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c01536. Epub 2023 May 8.