Cellulose membrane modified with LED209 as an antibacterial and anti-adhesion material

Bacterial adhesion infection caused by medical materials in clinical application has become a serious threat, and it urgently needs new strategies to deal with these clinical challenges. In this work, LED209, a highly selective histidine sensor kinase inhibitor of Gram-negative bacteria, was covalently attached on cellulose membrane (CM) via click reaction. The data of contact angle measurements, ATR-FTIR and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirmed the successful synthesis of LED-CM. In addition, the results of antibacterial activity of the membranes shown that LED-CM exhibited excellent anti-adhesion ability to Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), and significantly reduced the formation of bacterial biofilm. Importantly, LED-CM was able to repress the expression of virulence genes in EHEC. Furthermore, LED209-functionalized cellulose membrane indicated no cytotoxicity to mammalian cells. Hence, our present work demonstrated that CM modified with LED209 possessed markedly anti-adhesion activity against EHEC, which offered a potent antimicrobial material for combating bacterial infections.