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Fluegge K, Fluegge K. Anesthetic agents, neurodevelopmental risk and the connection to bacterial infections. Microbes Infect 2017; 19:443-448. [PMID: 28666807 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2017.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Revised: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This short communication identifies a significant flaw in research investigating the neurodevelopmental consequences of general anesthesia exposure. We have identified that chronic environmental exposure to pervasive air pollutants that are also widely used as anesthetic agents, specifically nitrous oxide (N2O), may contribute to the rising prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders. Consistent with the emerging link between microbes and psychiatric illness risk, this epidemiological analysis extends our prior conclusions by proposing that such exposures may alter host immunity so as to enhance vulnerability to certain pathogenic microbes that have been implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Clostridium difficile.
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- Keith Fluegge
- Institute of Health and Environmental Research, Cleveland, OH 44118, USA.
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- Institute of Health and Environmental Research, Cleveland, OH 44118, USA; New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York 11101-4132, USA
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Verderosa AD, de la Fuente-Núñez C, Mansour SC, Cao J, Lu TK, Hancock REW, Fairfull-Smith KE. Ciprofloxacin-nitroxide hybrids with potential for biofilm control. Eur J Med Chem 2017; 138:590-601. [PMID: 28709125 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.06.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Revised: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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As bacterial biofilms display extreme tolerance to conventional antibiotic treatments, it has become imperative to develop new antibacterial strategies with alternative mechanisms of action. Herein, we report the synthesis of a series of ciprofloxacin-nitroxide conjugates and their corresponding methoxyamine derivatives in high yield. This was achieved by linking various nitroxides or methoxyamines to the secondary amine of the piperazine ring of ciprofloxacin using amide bond coupling. Biological evaluation of the prepared compounds on preformed P. aeruginosa biofilms in flow cells revealed substantial dispersal with ciprofloxacin-nitroxide hybrid 25, and virtually complete killing and removal (94%) of established biofilms in the presence of ciprofloxacin-nitroxide hybrid 27. Compounds 25-28 were shown to be non-toxic in both human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK 293) cells and human muscle rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cells at concentrations up to 40 μM. Significantly, these hybrids demonstrate the potential of antimicrobial-nitroxide agents to overcome the resistance of biofilms to antimicrobials via stimulation of biofilm dispersal or through direct cell killing.
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- Anthony D Verderosa
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland 4001, Australia
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- Synthetic Biology Group, MIT Synthetic Biology Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States; Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States; Department of Biological Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, United States; Harvard Biophysics Program, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States; The Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Synthetic Biology Group, MIT Synthetic Biology Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States; Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States; Department of Biological Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, United States; Harvard Biophysics Program, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States; The Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Synthetic Biology Group, MIT Synthetic Biology Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States; Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States; Department of Biological Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, United States; Harvard Biophysics Program, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States; The Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland 4001, Australia.
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Haem-based sensors have emerged during the last 15 years as being a large family of proteins that occur in all kingdoms of life. These sensors are responsible mainly for detecting binding of O2, CO and NO and reporting the ligation status to an output domain with an enzymatic or macromolecule-binding property. A myriad of biological functions have been associated with these sensors, which are involved in vasodilation, bacterial symbiosis, chemotaxis and biofilm formation, among others. Here, we critically review several bacterial systems for O2 sensing that are extensively studied in many respects, focusing on the lessons that are important to advance the field.
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Synthesis and Evaluation of Ciprofloxacin-Nitroxide Conjugates as Anti-Biofilm Agents. Molecules 2016; 21:molecules21070841. [PMID: 27355936 PMCID: PMC6273952 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21070841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2016] [Revised: 06/17/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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As bacterial biofilms are often refractory to conventional antimicrobials, the need for alternative and/or novel strategies for the treatment of biofilm related infections has become of paramount importance. Herein, we report the synthesis of novel hybrid molecules comprised of two different hindered nitroxides linked to the piperazinyl secondary amine of ciprofloxacin via a tertiary amine linker achieved utilising reductive amination. The corresponding methoxyamine derivatives were prepared alongside their radical-containing counterparts as controls. Subsequent biological evaluation of the hybrid compounds on preformed P. aeruginosa flow cell biofilms divulged significant dispersal and eradication abilities for ciprofloxacin-nitroxide hybrid compound 10 (up to 95% eradication of mature biofilms at 40 μM). Importantly, these hybrids represent the first dual-action antimicrobial-nitroxide agents, which harness the dispersal properties of the nitroxide moiety to circumvent the well-known resistance of biofilms to treatment with antimicrobial agents.
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Kondakova T, Catovic C, Barreau M, Nusser M, Brenner-Weiss G, Chevalier S, Dionnet F, Orange N, Poc CD. Response to Gaseous NO2 Air Pollutant of P. fluorescens Airborne Strain MFAF76a and Clinical Strain MFN1032. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:379. [PMID: 27065229 PMCID: PMC4814523 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Human exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2), an air pollutant of increasing interest in biology, results in several toxic effects to human health and also to the air microbiota. The aim of this study was to investigate the bacterial response to gaseous NO2. Two Pseudomonas fluorescens strains, namely the airborne strain MFAF76a and the clinical strain MFN1032 were exposed to 0.1, 5, or 45 ppm concentrations of NO2, and their effects on bacteria were evaluated in terms of motility, biofilm formation, antibiotic resistance, as well as expression of several chosen target genes. While 0.1 and 5 ppm of NO2did not lead to any detectable modification in the studied phenotypes of the two bacteria, several alterations were observed when the bacteria were exposed to 45 ppm of gaseous NO2. We thus chose to focus on this high concentration. NO2-exposed P. fluorescens strains showed reduced swimming motility, and decreased swarming in case of the strain MFN1032. Biofilm formed by NO2-treated airborne strain MFAF76a showed increased maximum thickness compared to non-treated cells, while NO2 had no apparent effect on the clinical MFN1032 biofilm structure. It is well known that biofilm and motility are inversely regulated by intracellular c-di-GMP level. The c-di-GMP level was however not affected in response to NO2 treatment. Finally, NO2-exposed P. fluorescens strains were found to be more resistant to ciprofloxacin and chloramphenicol. Accordingly, the resistance nodulation cell division (RND) MexEF-OprN efflux pump encoding genes were highly upregulated in the two P. fluorescens strains. Noticeably, similar phenotypes had been previously observed following a NO treatment. Interestingly, an hmp-homolog gene in P. fluorescens strains MFAF76a and MFN1032 encodes a NO dioxygenase that is involved in NO detoxification into nitrites. Its expression was upregulated in response to NO2, suggesting a possible common pathway between NO and NO2 detoxification. Taken together, our study provides evidences for the bacterial response to NO2 toxicity.
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- Tatiana Kondakova
- Laboratory of Microbiology Signals and Microenvironment EA 4312, Normandy University, University of Rouen, SéSa, IRIBEvreux, France; Aerothermic and Internal Combustion Engine Technological Research CentreSaint Etienne du Rouvray, France
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- Laboratory of Microbiology Signals and Microenvironment EA 4312, Normandy University, University of Rouen, SéSa, IRIB Evreux, France
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- Laboratory of Microbiology Signals and Microenvironment EA 4312, Normandy University, University of Rouen, SéSa, IRIB Evreux, France
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- Institute of Functional Interfaces, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Functional Interfaces, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Laboratory of Microbiology Signals and Microenvironment EA 4312, Normandy University, University of Rouen, SéSa, IRIB Evreux, France
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- Aerothermic and Internal Combustion Engine Technological Research Centre Saint Etienne du Rouvray, France
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- Laboratory of Microbiology Signals and Microenvironment EA 4312, Normandy University, University of Rouen, SéSa, IRIB Evreux, France
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- Laboratory of Microbiology Signals and Microenvironment EA 4312, Normandy University, University of Rouen, SéSa, IRIB Evreux, France
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