Viability of A549 cells
treated with 12, 13, 23, and 24 and 15% (v/v) wt PA14 supernatant or ΔlasB PA14 supernatant. (A) Dose-dependent effect
of the compounds on the viability
of A549 cells treated with wt PA14 supernatant; (B) no
effect of the compounds on A549 cells treated with ΔlasB PA14 supernatant. The supernatant-treated groups are
shown in gray background. Each graph is a representation of three
independent experiments; mean ± SD. One-way ANOVA was performed
for each experiment following Dunnett’s multiple comparison
test. The mean of each column was compared with the mean of the negative
control (ns: not significant, *: p ≤ 0.05,
**: p ≤ 0.01, ***:p ≤
0.001). wt PA14: wild-type Pseudomonas aeruginosa, ΔlasB PA14: LasB knockout P. aeruginosa, Pam: phosphoramidon.