The Antibacterial Effect of Low Temperature Stored Amnion on Growth of Escherichia Coli, Staphylococcus Aureus and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Amniotic membrane (AM) has a lot of applied properties like anti-bacterial characteristic mediated by peptides such as elafin. Because of limitations in use of freshly prepared tissue, there are various methods for long-term preservation of amniotic membrane. This study was conducted to determine the effect of cryopreservation, as one of the common methods of preservation of amniotic membrane, on its antibacterial property against the growth of commonly occurring bacteria in the clinic. METHODS: In this experimental study, the effect of fresh AM (from elective Cesarean) and cryopreserved (by 10% DMSO) AM on the growth of three standard bacterial strains including Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and two clinical isolated strains of E.coli were evaluated using disk diffusion test. In this method, pieces of fresh or cryopreserved AM was placed in the culture plate after bacterial culturing. After incubation, the number of plates with inhibition zone and amount of inhibition zone were measured. The amount of elafin was measured in AM samples using ELISA. RESULTS: Fresh AM inhibit the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and two clinical isolated strains of E.coli. However, it has no effect on the growth of standard strain of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus strain. There is no difference in the number of plates including inhibition zone between fresh and cryopreserved AM. The amount of elafin decreased significantly in cryopreserved AM (p<0.01). CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed that the anti-bacterial property of the AM depends on bacterial species. In addition, the cryopreservation process maintains anti-bacterial properties of amniotic stem cells

Keywords

• Amniotic membrane
• Anti-bacterial
• Cryopreservation
• Bacterial strain