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Xue B, Shen Y, Zuo J, Song D, Fan Q, Zhang X, Yi L, Wang Y. Bringing Antimicrobial Strategies to a New Level: The Quorum Sensing System as a Target to Control Streptococcus suis. LIFE (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:life12122006. [PMID: 36556371 PMCID: PMC9782415 DOI: 10.3390/life12122006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Streptococcus suis (S. suis) is an important zoonotic pathogen. It mainly uses quorum sensing (QS) to adapt to complex and changeable environments. QS is a universal cell-to-cell communication system that has been widely studied for its physiological functions, including the regulation of bacterial adhesion, virulence, and biofilm formation. Quorum sensing inhibitors (QSIs) are highly effective at interfering with the QS system and bacteria have trouble developing resistance to them. We review the current research status of the S. suis LuxS/AI-2 QS system and QSIs. Studies showed that by inhibiting the formation of AI-2, targeting the LuxS protein, inhibiting the expression of luxs gene can control the LuxS/AI-2 QS system of S. suis. Other potential QSIs targets are summarized, which may be preventing and treating S. suis infections, including AI-2 production, transmission, LuxS protein, blockage of AI-2 binding to receptors, AI-2-mediated QS. Since antibiotics are becoming increasingly ineffective due to the emergence of resistant bacteria, including S. suis, it is thus critical to find new antibacterial drugs with different mechanisms of action. QSIs provide hope for the development of such drugs.
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- Bingqian Xue
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Pathogen and Immunology of Animal of Luoyang, Luoyang 471000, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Pathogen and Immunology of Animal of Luoyang, Luoyang 471000, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Pathogen and Immunology of Animal of Luoyang, Luoyang 471000, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Pathogen and Immunology of Animal of Luoyang, Luoyang 471000, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Pathogen and Immunology of Animal of Luoyang, Luoyang 471000, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Pathogen and Immunology of Animal of Luoyang, Luoyang 471000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Pathogen and Immunology of Animal of Luoyang, Luoyang 471000, China
- College of Life Science, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471000, China
- Correspondence: (L.Y.); (Y.W.)
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Pathogen and Immunology of Animal of Luoyang, Luoyang 471000, China
- Correspondence: (L.Y.); (Y.W.)
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Chen M, Liu H, Yan F. Oscillatory dynamics mechanism induced by protein synthesis time delay in quorum-sensing system. Phys Rev E 2019; 99:062405. [PMID: 31330665 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.99.062405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Recent experimental evidence reports that the oscillatory behavior of quorum sensing plays an extremely important role in the process of bacterial synthesis and release drug to fight cancer. As we know, the six substances AiiA, LuxI, internal AHL, external AHL, AHL substrate, and H_{2}O_{2} are the core parts of the quorum-sensing system. Here, the effects of several important factors, including time delay, variable H_{2}O_{2}, AHL synthesis rate induced by LuxI, and AHL degradation rate induced by AiiA on the oscillatory behavior of the quorum-sensing system are studied theoretically based on a part of mathematical model describing the interaction of the above six substances proposed by Prindle et al. [Nature 508, 387 (2014)10.1038/nature13238]. The results show that the time delay is a prerequisite for inducing oscillation of the quorum-sensing system. Furthermore, the length of time delay can determine the amplitude and period of oscillation. As a further matter, the change of H_{2}O_{2} concentration can induce the oscillatory behavior of the quorum-sensing system. In addition, under the regulation of H_{2}O_{2}, the period robustness of the quorum-sensing system is increased. Similarly, the quorum-sensing system exhibits periodic oscillation when AHL synthesis rate induced by LuxI less than a certain critical value, unless it displays a steady state. Additionally, a too-high or too-low level of AHL degradation rate induced by AiiA will fail to generate oscillation of the quorum-sensing system, only the intermediate level will cause oscillation. Finally, the two and three parameter regions in which the quorum-sensing system exhibits oscillation behavior are generated.
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- Menghan Chen
- Department of Mathematics, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China
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- Department of Mathematics, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China
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- Department of Mathematics, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China
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Jiang T, Zhu P, Du L, Li M. Identification of AI-2 Quorum Sensing Inhibitors in Vibrio harveyi Through Structure-Based Virtual Screening. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1673:353-362. [PMID: 29130185 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7309-5_26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Quorum sensing (QS) is a cell-to-cell communication system that regulates gene expression as a result of the production and perception of signal molecules called autoinducers (AIs). AI-2 is a QS autoinducer produced by both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, in which it regulates intraspecies and interspecies communication. The identification of QS inhibitors is considered a promising strategy for the development of anti-virulence drugs with reduced selective pressure for resistance. Here we describe a high-throughput virtual screening approach to identify AI-2 quorum sensing inhibitors on the basis of Vibrio harveyi LuxPQ crystal structure. Seven potent inhibitors with IC50 values in the micromolar range were selected with no effect or low effect on V. harveyi growth rate.
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- Tianyu Jiang
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, China.
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Draganov A, Wang D, Wang B. The Future of Boron in Medicinal Chemistry: Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications. TOPICS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/7355_2014_65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Small molecule inhibitors of AI-2 signaling in bacteria: state-of-the-art and future perspectives for anti-quorum sensing agents. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:17694-728. [PMID: 23994835 PMCID: PMC3794749 DOI: 10.3390/ijms140917694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2013] [Revised: 08/09/2013] [Accepted: 08/09/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Bacteria respond to different small molecules that are produced by other neighboring bacteria. These molecules, called autoinducers, are classified as intraspecies (i.e., molecules produced and perceived by the same bacterial species) or interspecies (molecules that are produced and sensed between different bacterial species). AI-2 has been proposed as an interspecies autoinducer and has been shown to regulate different bacterial physiology as well as affect virulence factor production and biofilm formation in some bacteria, including bacteria of clinical relevance. Several groups have embarked on the development of small molecules that could be used to perturb AI-2 signaling in bacteria, with the ultimate goal that these molecules could be used to inhibit bacterial virulence and biofilm formation. Additionally, these molecules have the potential to be used in synthetic biology applications whereby these small molecules are used as inputs to switch on and off AI-2 receptors. In this review, we highlight the state-of-the-art in the development of small molecules that perturb AI-2 signaling in bacteria and offer our perspective on the future development and applications of these classes of molecules.
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Lowery CA, Salzameda NT, Sawada D, Kaufmann GF, Janda KD. Medicinal chemistry as a conduit for the modulation of quorum sensing. J Med Chem 2010; 53:7467-89. [PMID: 20669927 DOI: 10.1021/jm901742e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Colin A Lowery
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Galloway WRJD, Hodgkinson JT, Bowden SD, Welch M, Spring DR. Quorum Sensing in Gram-Negative Bacteria: Small-Molecule Modulation of AHL and AI-2 Quorum Sensing Pathways. Chem Rev 2010; 111:28-67. [DOI: 10.1021/cr100109t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 454] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Warren R. J. D. Galloway
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW U.K
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW U.K
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW U.K
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW U.K
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW U.K
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Ni N, Choudhary G, Peng H, Li M, Chou HT, Lu CD, Gilbert ES, Wang B. Inhibition of Quorum Sensing inVibrio harveyiby Boronic Acids. Chem Biol Drug Des 2009; 74:51-6. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2009.00834.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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