Journal: ACS Omega
Article Title: Repurposing Fingolimod as an Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Agent against Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
doi: 10.1021/acsomega.5c12513
Figure Lengend Snippet: Impact of fingolimod on cell viability and structural integrity and of mature A. baumannii biofilms. (A) CLSM images showing cell viability within mature A. baumannii KBN12P01964 biofilms stained with SYTO 9 (green) and PI (red) following fingolimod treatment. SYTO 9 stains metabolically viable cells, whereas PI stains nonviable cells. Images were acquired at ×63 magnification using a Zeiss LSM900 microscope equipped with Airyscan 2 and processed using ZEN software. (B) Biofilm structural parameters were quantified by COMSTAT 2 analysis. Data are presented as individual values (●), with error bars representing the mean ± SD of three independent experiments ( N = 3). Statistical significance was determined by one-way ANOVA, with * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 and *** p < 0.001 compared to the control.
Article Snippet: Fingolimod was purchased from TCI Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan).
Techniques: Staining, Metabolic Labelling, Microscopy, Software, Control