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  4. Antibacterial properties of glycosylated surfaces: Variation of the glucosidal moiety and fatty acid conformation of grafted microbial glycolipids
 
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2020
Journal Article
Title

Antibacterial properties of glycosylated surfaces: Variation of the glucosidal moiety and fatty acid conformation of grafted microbial glycolipids

Abstract
Glycosylated surfaces can display antimicrobial properties. It has been shown that sophorolipids can be used to develop biocidal coatings against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, but with a limited efficiency so far. Therefore, it appears necessary to further investigate the surface antibacterial activity of a broader set of structurally related glycolipids. The present work explores the influence of the glucosidic moiety (gluco-, sophoro-, cellobio-) and the fatty acid backbone (saturated, cis or trans monounsaturated). We show that the fatty acid backbone plays an important role: cis derivative of sophorolipids (SL) grafted onto model gold surfaces has better biocidal properties than saturated (SL0) and trans monounsaturated (SLt) molecules, which appear to be inefficient. The number of glucose units is also a key factor: a one-third decrease in antibacterial activity is observed when having one glucose unit (GL) compared to two (SL). Sugar acetylation (SLa) does not seem to have an impact on the biocidal properties of surfaces. These results are not limited to sophorolipids, with cellobioselipids (CL) leading to similar antibacterial observations.
Author(s)
Valotteau, C.
Roelants, S.L.K.V.
Dasaiyan, P.
Zibek, S.  
Günther, Michael  
Soetaert, W.
Everaert, B.
Pradier, C.-M.
Babonneau, F.
Baccile, N.
Humblot, V.
Journal
Molecular systems design & engineering  
Open Access
DOI
10.1039/d0me00059k
Language
English
Fraunhofer-Institut für Grenzflächen- und Bioverfahrenstechnik IGB  
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