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Poly(methyl methacrylate) with Oleic Acid as an Efficient Candida albicans Biofilm Repellent

Petrovic, Milica
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Randjelovic, Marina
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Igic, Marko
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June 1, 2022
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Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), widely used in dentistry, is unfortunately a suitable substrate for Candida (C.) albicans colonization and biofilm formation. The key step for biofilm formation is C. albicans ability to transit from yeast to hypha (filamentation). Since oleic acid (OA), a natural compound, prevents filamentation, we modified PMMA with OA aiming the antifungal PMMA_OA materials. Physico-chemical properties of the novel PMMA_OA composites obtained by incorporation of 3%, 6%, 9%, and 12% OA into PMMA were characterized by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and water contact angle measurement. To test antifungal activity, PMMA_OA composites were incubated with C. albicans and the metabolic activity of both biofilm and planktonic cells was measured with a XTT test, 0 and 6 days after composites preparation. The effect of OA on C. albicans morphology was observed after 24 h and 48 h incubation in agar loaded with 0.0125% and 0.4% OA. The results show that increase of OA significantly decreased water contact angle. Metabolic activity of both biofilm and planktonic cells were significantly decreased in the both time points. Therefore, modification of PMMA with OA is a promising strategy to reduce C. albicans biofilm formation on denture.

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research article
DOI
10.3390/ma15113750
Web of Science ID

WOS:000808964300001

Author(s)
Petrovic, Milica
Randjelovic, Marina
Igic, Marko
Randjelovic, Milica
Arsic Arsenijevic, Valentina
Mionic Ebersold, Marijana  
Otasevic, Suzana
Milosevic, Irena
Date Issued

2022-06-01

Published in
Materials
Volume

15

Issue

11

Article Number

3750

Subjects

Chemistry, Physical

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering

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Physics, Applied

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Physics, Condensed Matter

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Chemistry

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Materials Science

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Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering

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Physics

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oleic acid

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pmma

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c

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albicans

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filamentation

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biofilm

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antimicrobial surface

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antifungal activity

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fungal biofilms

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acrylic resin

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resistance

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susceptibility

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mechanism

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adhesion

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glabrata

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July 4, 2022
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