Irina Sadovskaya

Dr. Irina Sadovskaya


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Academic Career Length

17Years (2010-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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3 December 2010 in PLOS ONE
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CCCharlène Coulon
Charlène Coulon
EVEvgeny Vinogradov
Evgeny Vinogradov
AFAlain Filloux
Alain Filloux
ISIrina Sadovskaya
Irina Sadovskaya
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative bacterium and an opportunistic pathogen, which causes persisting life-threatening infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Biofilm mode of growth facilitates its survival in a variety of environments. Most P. aeruginosa isolates, including the non-mucoid laboratory strain PA14, are able to form a thick pellicle, which results in a surface-associated biofilm at the air-liquid (A–L) interface in standing liquid cultures. Exopolysaccharides (EPS) are considered as key components in the formation of this biofilm pellicle. In the non-mucoid P. aeruginosa strain PA14, the “scaffolding” polysaccharides of the biofilm matrix, and the molecules responsible for the structural integrity of rigid A–L biofilm have not been identified. Moreover, the role of LPS in this process is unclear, and the chemical structure of the LPS O-antigen of PA14 has not yet been elucidated. In the present work we carried out a systematic analysis of cellular and extracellular (EC) carbohydrates of P. aeruginosa PA14. We also elucidated the chemical structure of the LPS O-antigen by chemical methods and 2-D NMR spectroscopy. Our results showed that it is composed of linear trisaccharide repeating units, identical to those described for P. aeruginosa Lanýi type O:2a,c (Lanýi-Bergman O-serogroup 10a, 10c; IATS serotype 19) and having the following structure: -4)-α-L-GalNAcA-(1–3)-α-D-QuiNAc-(1–3)- α-L-Rha-(1-. Furthermore, an EC O-antigen polysaccharide (EC O-PS) and the glycerol-phosphorylated cyclic β-(1,3)-glucans were identified in the culture supernatant of PA14, grown statically in minimal medium. Finally, the extracellular matrix of the thick biofilm formed at the A-L interface contained, in addition to eDNA, important quantities (at least ∼20% of dry weight) of LPS-like material. We characterized the chemical structure of the LPS O-antigen and showed that the O-antigen polysaccharide is an abundant extracellular carbohydrate of PA14. We present evidence that LPS-like material is found as a component of a biofilm matrix of P. aeruginosa.

1 November 2016 in Carbohydrate Research
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EVEvgeny Vinogradov
Evgeny Vinogradov
ISIrina Sadovskaya
Irina Sadovskaya
TGThierry GRARD
Thierry GRARD
MCMarie-Pierre Chapot-Chartier
Marie-Pierre Chapot-Chartier

1 May 2018 in Carbohydrate Research
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EVEvgeny Vinogradov
Evgeny Vinogradov
ISIrina Sadovskaya
Irina Sadovskaya
TGThierry GRARD
Thierry GRARD
JMJames Murphy
James Murphy
Jennifer MahonyJennifer Mahony
Jennifer Mahony
DSDouwe Sinderen
Douwe Sinderen