Comparing proteome changes involved in biofilm formation by Streptococcus mutans after exposure to sucrose and starch

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  • Tohid Rezaei
  • Kamounah, Fadhil S
  • Ehsaneh Khodadadi
  • Bahareh Mehramouz
  • Pourya Gholizadeh
  • Leila Yousefi
  • Khudaverdi Ganbarov
  • Reza Ghotaslou
  • Mehdi Yousefi
  • Mohammad Asgharzadeh
  • Hosein Eslami
  • Sepehr Taghizadeh
  • Tahereh Pirzadeh
  • Hossein Samadi Kafil

Streptococcus mutans is a main organism of tooth infections including tooth decay and periodontitis. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of sucrose and starch on biofilm formation and proteome profile of S. mutans ATCC 35668 strain. The biofilm formation was assessed by microtiter plating method. Changes in bacterial proteins after exposure to sucrose and starch carbohydrates were analyzed using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry. The biofilm formation of S. mutans was increased to 391.76% in 1% sucrose concentration, 165.76% in 1% starch, and 264.27% in the 0.5% sucrose plus 0.5% starch in comparison to biofilm formation in the media without sugars. The abundance of glutamines, adenylate kinase, and 50S ribosomal protein L29 was increased under exposure to sucrose. Upregulation of lactate utilization protein C, 5-hydroxybenzimidazole synthase BzaA, and 50S ribosomal protein L16 was formed under starch exposure. Ribosome-recycling factor, peptide chain release factor 1, and peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase MsrB were upregulated under exposure to sucrose in combination with starch. The results demonstrated that the carbohydrates increase microbial pathogenicity. In addition, sucrose and starch carbohydrates can induce biofilm formation of S. mutans via various mechanisms such as changes in the expression of special proteins.

Original languageEnglish
JournalBiotechnology and Applied Biochemistry
Volume70
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)1320-1331
Number of pages12
ISSN0885-4513
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was supported by Drug Applied Research Center with grant number 67426 and approved by local ethics committee with reference number IR.TBZMED.VCR.REC.1400.187.

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© 2023 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

    Research areas

  • biofilm, carbohydrate, proteome, Streptococcus mutans

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