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Çevikbaş H, Ulusoy S, Kaya Kinaytürk N. Exploring rose absolute and phenylethyl alcohol as novel quorum sensing inhibitors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Chromobacterium violaceum. Sci Rep 2024; 14:15666. [PMID: 38977845 PMCID: PMC11231148 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-66888-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2024] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/10/2024] Open
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Inter-cellular signaling, referred to as quorum sensing (QS), regulates the production of virulence factors in numerous gram-negative bacteria, such as the human pathogens Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Chromobacterium violaceum. QS inhibition may provide an opportunity for the treatment of bacterial infections. This represents the initial study to examine the antibiofilm and antivirulence capabilities of rose absolute and its primary component, phenylethyl alcohol. QS inhibition was assessed by examining extracellular exopolysaccharide synthesis, biofilm development, and swarming motility in P. aeruginosa PAO1, along with violacein production in C. violaceum ATCC 12472. Molecular docking analysis was conducted to explore the mechanism by which PEA inhibits QS. Our results indicate that rose absolute and PEA caused decrease in EPS production (60.5-33.5%), swarming motility (94.7-64.5%), and biofilm formation (98.53-55.5%) in the human pathogen P. aeruginosa PAO1. Violacein production decreased by 98.1% and 62.5% with an absolute (0.5 v/v %) and PEA (2 mM). Moreover, the molecular docking analysis revealed a promising competitive interaction between PEA and AHLs. Consequently, this study offers valuable insights into the potential of rose absolute and PEA as inhibitors of QS in P. aeruginosa and C. violaceum.
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- Halime Çevikbaş
- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Biology Department, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, 32260, Turkey
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Biology Department, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, 32260, Turkey.
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- Faculty of Arts and Science, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Department, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, 15100, Turkey
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Das S, Konwar BK. Prophylactic application of vaginal lactic acid bacteria against urogenital pathogens and its prospective use in sanitary suppositories. Int Microbiol 2024; 27:179-202. [PMID: 37258658 DOI: 10.1007/s10123-023-00376-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Beneficial and pathogenic microbes coexist in the vaginal canal, where a diminishing population of lactic acid bacteria may cause recurring urogenital infections. Probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus crispatus, Lactobacillus gasseri, Lactobacillus vaginalis, and pathogenic microbes Enterococcus faecalis, Enterobacter cloacae, Shigella sp., Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Escherichia fergusonii were isolated from vaginal swabs. Lactobacillus sp. and their probiotic culture free supernatant (PCFS) inhibited the growth of the above-mentioned urogenital pathogens. L. crispatus produced both lactic acid and hydrogen peroxide, exhibiting the best antimicrobial potential against the studied pathogens. Lyophilized L. crispatus had a shelf life of 12 months and the lyophilized PCFS also retained its antibacterial property with a minimum inhibition concentration of 1 μg/μL. Carboxy-methyl cellulose-alginate, a green alternative to super-absorbent polymers, was encapsulated with L. crispatus cells. The probiotic in its encapsulated state retained its viability for 21 days, and the bead showed 30% solvent absorptive capacity. PCFS-laced non-woven fabric displayed antibacterial property with no change in its physicochemical properties. These probiotic and postbiotic formulations have excellent prophylactic potential for urogenital infections. Such formulations can be exploited as additives in sanitary suppositories to enhance vaginal health.
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- Shreaya Das
- Department of MBBT, Tezpur University, Napaam-784028, Assam, India
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Smola-Dmochowska A, Lewicka K, Macyk A, Rychter P, Pamuła E, Dobrzyński P. Biodegradable Polymers and Polymer Composites with Antibacterial Properties. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087473. [PMID: 37108637 PMCID: PMC10138923 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest threats to global health and food security today. It becomes increasingly difficult to treat infectious disorders because antibiotics, even the newest ones, are becoming less and less effective. One of the ways taken in the Global Plan of Action announced at the World Health Assembly in May 2015 is to ensure the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. In order to do so, attempts are made to develop new antimicrobial therapeutics, including biomaterials with antibacterial activity, such as polycationic polymers, polypeptides, and polymeric systems, to provide non-antibiotic therapeutic agents, such as selected biologically active nanoparticles and chemical compounds. Another key issue is preventing food from contamination by developing antibacterial packaging materials, particularly based on degradable polymers and biocomposites. This review, in a cross-sectional way, describes the most significant research activities conducted in recent years in the field of the development of polymeric materials and polymer composites with antibacterial properties. We particularly focus on natural polymers, i.e., polysaccharides and polypeptides, which present a mechanism for combating many highly pathogenic microorganisms. We also attempt to use this knowledge to obtain synthetic polymers with similar antibacterial activity.
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- Anna Smola-Dmochowska
- Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, 34 Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej Str., 41-819 Zabrze, Poland
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, 13/15 Armii Krajowej Av., 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland
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- Department of Biomaterials and Composites, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30 Mickiewicza Av., 30-059 Kraków, Poland
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, 13/15 Armii Krajowej Av., 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland
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- Department of Biomaterials and Composites, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30 Mickiewicza Av., 30-059 Kraków, Poland
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- Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, 34 Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej Str., 41-819 Zabrze, Poland
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, 13/15 Armii Krajowej Av., 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland
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Ardean C, Davidescu CM, Nemeş NS, Negrea A, Ciopec M, Duteanu N, Negrea P, Duda-Seiman D, Muntean D. Antimicrobial Activities of Chitosan Derivatives. Pharmaceutics 2021; 13:pharmaceutics13101639. [PMID: 34683932 PMCID: PMC8541518 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13101639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Considering the challenge created by the development of bacterial and fungal strains resistant to multiple therapeutic variants, new molecules and materials with specific properties against these microorganisms can be synthesized, like those synthesized from biopolymers such as chitosan with improved antimicrobial activities. Antimicrobial activities of seven obtained materials were tested on four reference strains belonging to American Type Culture Collection. The best antimicrobial activity was obtained by functionalization by impregnation of chitosan with quaternary ammonium salts, followed by that obtained by functionalization of chitosan with phosphonium. The lowest antibacterial and antifungal effects were expressed by Ch-THIO and Ch-MBT, but new materials obtained with these extractants may be precursors with a significant role in the direct control of active molecules, such as cell growth factors or cell signaling molecules.
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- Cristina Ardean
- Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Politehnica University of Timişoara, 2 Piata Victoriei, 300006 Timisoara, Romania; (C.A.); (A.N.); (M.C.); (P.N.)
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- Renewable Energy Research Institute-ICER, University Politehnica of Timisoara, 138 Gavril Musicescu Street, 300501 Timisoara, Romania;
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- Renewable Energy Research Institute-ICER, University Politehnica of Timisoara, 138 Gavril Musicescu Street, 300501 Timisoara, Romania;
- Correspondence: (N.S.N.); (N.D.); (D.D.-S.)
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- Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Politehnica University of Timişoara, 2 Piata Victoriei, 300006 Timisoara, Romania; (C.A.); (A.N.); (M.C.); (P.N.)
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- Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Politehnica University of Timişoara, 2 Piata Victoriei, 300006 Timisoara, Romania; (C.A.); (A.N.); (M.C.); (P.N.)
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- Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Politehnica University of Timişoara, 2 Piata Victoriei, 300006 Timisoara, Romania; (C.A.); (A.N.); (M.C.); (P.N.)
- Correspondence: (N.S.N.); (N.D.); (D.D.-S.)
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- Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Politehnica University of Timişoara, 2 Piata Victoriei, 300006 Timisoara, Romania; (C.A.); (A.N.); (M.C.); (P.N.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timişoara, 2 Piata Eftimie Murgu, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
- Correspondence: (N.S.N.); (N.D.); (D.D.-S.)
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- Multidisciplinary Research Center on Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Microbiology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timişoara, 2 Eftimie Murgu Square, 300041 Timisoara, Romania;
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Ardean C, Davidescu CM, Nemeş NS, Negrea A, Ciopec M, Duteanu N, Negrea P, Duda-Seiman D, Musta V. Factors Influencing the Antibacterial Activity of Chitosan and Chitosan Modified by Functionalization. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:7449. [PMID: 34299068 PMCID: PMC8303267 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22147449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The biomedical and therapeutic importance of chitosan and chitosan derivatives is the subject of interdisciplinary research. In this analysis, we intended to consolidate some of the recent discoveries regarding the potential of chitosan and its derivatives to be used for biomedical and other purposes. Why chitosan? Because chitosan is a natural biopolymer that can be obtained from one of the most abundant polysaccharides in nature, which is chitin. Compared to other biopolymers, chitosan presents some advantages, such as accessibility, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and no toxicity, expressing significant antibacterial potential. In addition, through chemical processes, a high number of chitosan derivatives can be obtained with many possibilities for use. The presence of several types of functional groups in the structure of the polymer and the fact that it has cationic properties are determinant for the increased reactive properties of chitosan. We analyzed the intrinsic properties of chitosan in relation to its source: the molecular mass, the degree of deacetylation, and polymerization. We also studied the most important extrinsic factors responsible for different properties of chitosan, such as the type of bacteria on which chitosan is active. In addition, some chitosan derivatives obtained by functionalization and some complexes formed by chitosan with various metallic ions were studied. The present research can be extended in order to analyze many other factors than those mentioned. Further in this paper were discussed the most important factors that influence the antibacterial effect of chitosan and its derivatives. The aim was to demonstrate that the bactericidal effect of chitosan depends on a number of very complex factors, their knowledge being essential to explain the role of each of them for the bactericidal activity of this biopolymer.
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- Cristina Ardean
- Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Politehnica University of Timişoara, 2 Piata Victoriei, 300006 Timisoara, Romania; (C.A.); (A.N.); (M.C.); (N.D.); (P.N.)
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- Renewable Energy Research Institute-ICER, University Politehnica of Timisoara, 138 Gavril Musicescu Street, 300774 Timisoara, Romania;
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- Renewable Energy Research Institute-ICER, University Politehnica of Timisoara, 138 Gavril Musicescu Street, 300774 Timisoara, Romania;
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- Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Politehnica University of Timişoara, 2 Piata Victoriei, 300006 Timisoara, Romania; (C.A.); (A.N.); (M.C.); (N.D.); (P.N.)
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- Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Politehnica University of Timişoara, 2 Piata Victoriei, 300006 Timisoara, Romania; (C.A.); (A.N.); (M.C.); (N.D.); (P.N.)
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- Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Politehnica University of Timişoara, 2 Piata Victoriei, 300006 Timisoara, Romania; (C.A.); (A.N.); (M.C.); (N.D.); (P.N.)
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- Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Politehnica University of Timişoara, 2 Piata Victoriei, 300006 Timisoara, Romania; (C.A.); (A.N.); (M.C.); (N.D.); (P.N.)
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babeș” Timișoara, 2 Piața Eftimie Murgu, 300041 Timișoara, Romania
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babeș” Timișoara, 2 Piața Eftimie Murgu, 300041 Timișoara, Romania
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Blachechen TS, Petri DFS. Physicochemical and antimicrobial properties of
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crosslinked alginate/hydroxypropyl methylcellulose/ε‐polylysine films. J Appl Polym Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/app.48832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Tatiana Schafranski Blachechen
- Department of Fundamental ChemistryInstitute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Avenue Prof. Lineu Prestes 748, 05508‐000 São Paulo 55‐11‐30919154 Brazil
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- Department of Fundamental ChemistryInstitute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Avenue Prof. Lineu Prestes 748, 05508‐000 São Paulo 55‐11‐30919154 Brazil
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