Modeling of Diffusion Transport through Oral Biofilms with the Inverse Problem Method
| Autor: | Zhengwei Huang, Jin Zeng, Rui Ma, Yuntao Jiang, Zheng Liu, Jie Liu, Zi-sheng Tang, Dong-xia Ye |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Passive transport
Macromolecular Substances Dental Plaque Molecular Probe Techniques Dental plaque Models Biological Microbiology Diffusion Streptococcus mutans medicine Actinomyces General Dentistry Fluorescent Dyes Microscopy Confocal Molecular mass biology Fusobacterium nucleatum Chemistry Biofilm oral biofilm diffusion model Biological Transport Dextrans biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Original Scientific Article inverse problem method boundary condition Streptococcus sanguinis stomatognathic diseases Biofilms Biophysics Actinomyces naeslundii Streptococcus sanguis Algorithms |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Oral Science |
| ISSN: | 2049-3169 1674-2818 |
| Popis: | Aim The purpose of this study was to develop a mathematical model to quantitatively describe the passive transport of macromolecules within dental biofilms. Methodology Fluorescently labeled dextrans with different molecular mass (3 kD, 10 kD, 40 kD, 70 kD, 2 000 kD) were used as a series of diffusion probes. Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sanguinis, Actinomyces naeslundii and Fusobacterium nucleatum were used as inocula for biofilm formation. The diffusion processes of different probes through the in vitro biofilm were recorded with a confocal laser microscope. Results Mathematical function of biofilm penetration was constructed on the basis of the inverse problem method. Based on this function, not only the relationship between average concentration of steady-state and molecule weights can be analyzed, but also that between penetrative time and molecule weights. Conclusion This can be used to predict the effective concentration and the penetrative time of anti-biofilm medicines that can diffuse through oral biofilm. Furthermore, an improved model for large molecule is proposed by considering the exchange time at the upper boundary of the dental biofilm. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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