Inhibition effect of allitride on Candida albicans biofilm / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the killing effect of allitride on fungus inside Candida albicans biofilm (BF) .Methods The polyascchride components of BF was labeled by FITC-conA .The fluorescence microscopic was adopted to observe the effect of al-litride on the BF forming process of Candida albicans in morphology .The specimens were divided into 3 groups ,the control group (allicin concentration of 0) ,0 .25 mg/mL allicin group ,0 .5 mg/mL allicin group ,1 .0 mg/mL allicin group ,2 .0 mg/mL allicin group .The XTT reduction assay was performed to quantitatively detect the killing effect of allitride on fungus inside Candida albi-cans BF .Results After the treatment by different concentrations of allitride ,the BF structure was observed by fluorescence micros-copy .The fluorescence intensity of high concentration group was weakened compared with the low concentration group and the con-trol group .The ODA450 values of the XTT reduction assay after acting on Candida albicans BF for 5 h by different concentrations of allitride (0 .5 ,1 .0 ,2 .0 mg/mL) were 1 .87 ± 0 .31 ,1 .64 ± 0 .25 and 1 .30 ± 0 .29 ,respectively ,and the OD450 value of the control group was 2 .11 ± 0 .26 ,there was statistically significant difference between the allitride groups and control group (P0 .05) .Conclusion Allitride can kill the fungus inside BF of Candida albicans and has the inhibiting effect on biofilm .Moreover the inhibiting effect on biofilm is increased with its concentration increase within certain concentration range .