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Hoang HT, Nguyen TTT, Do HM, Nguyen TKN, Pham HT. A novel finding of intra-genus inhibition of quorum sensing in Vibrio bacteria. Sci Rep 2022; 12:15203. [PMID: 36075953 PMCID: PMC9458646 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-19424-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Quorum sensing is the process by which microbial cells sense and respond to the co-presence of others in their surrounding, through the detection of their autoinducers associated with gene expression regulation and thereby controlling many physiological processes, such as biofilm formation and/or bioluminescence, etc. In Vibrio bacteria, where quorum sensing is relatively well understood with three commonly known autoinducers (HAI-1, AI-2 and CAI-1), both intra-species and inter-species cell-cell communications occur but no inter-Vibrio-species quorum sensing inhibition has been reported. In this study, by screening bacterial isolated from soil and mud samples in a northern province in Vietnam, we discovered a strain that reduced more than 75% of the bioluminescence of a Vibrio harveyi, with evidence showing that such an inhibition might be associated with quorum sensing inhibition. The strain, designated as XTS1.2.9, was identified to be a Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacterium based on its morphological, physiological, biochemical and phylogenetic characteristics. We also tested XTS1.2.9 for its bioluminescence inhibition against different mutants lacking different quorum sensing autoinducers by using plate assays. The results showed that XTS1.2.9 inhibited the bioluminescence of the mutants having sensor 1, especially the one detecting CAI-1, and lacking sensor for AI-2; while it did not inhibit the mutants having only sensor for AI-2 and lacking sensor 1. Therefore, we propose an intra-genus quorum sensing inhibition mechanism involving CAI-1 to explain for such interactions between Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio harveyi. This phenomenon is reported for the first time and may have certain scientific and application implications.
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- Huong Thanh Hoang
- Research group for Physiology and Applications of Microorganisms (PHAM group), GREENLAB, Center for Life Science Research (CELIFE), Faculty of Biology, University of Science - Vietnam National University in Hanoi, 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam.,Cell Therapy Department, Hi-Tech Center, Vinmec International General Hospital Joint Stock Company, Times City, 458 Minh Khai, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Research group for Physiology and Applications of Microorganisms (PHAM group), GREENLAB, Center for Life Science Research (CELIFE), Faculty of Biology, University of Science - Vietnam National University in Hanoi, 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Physiology and Human Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Science - Vietnam National University in Hanoi, 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Science - Vietnam National University in Hanoi, 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Research group for Physiology and Applications of Microorganisms (PHAM group), GREENLAB, Center for Life Science Research (CELIFE), Faculty of Biology, University of Science - Vietnam National University in Hanoi, 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam. .,Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Science - Vietnam National University in Hanoi, 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Jiang K, Xu Y, Yuan B, Yue Y, Zhao M, Luo R, Wu H, Wang L, Zhang Y, Xiao J, Lin F. Effect of Autoinducer-2 Quorum Sensing Inhibitor on Interspecies Quorum Sensing. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:791802. [PMID: 35418956 PMCID: PMC8996156 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.791802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Bacterial drug resistance caused by overuse and misuse of antibiotics is common, especially in clinical multispecies infections. It is of great significance to discover novel agents to treat clinical bacterial infections. Studies have demonstrated that autoinducer-2 (AI-2), a signal molecule in quorum sensing (QS), plays an important role in communication among multiple bacterial species and bacterial drug-resistance. Previously, 14 AI-2 inhibited compounds were selected through virtual screening by using the AI-2 receptor protein LuxP as a target. Here, we used Vibrio harveyi BB170 as a reporter strain for the preliminary screening of 14 inhibitors and compound Str7410 had higher AI-2 QS inhibition activity (IC50 = 0.3724 ± 0.1091 μM). Then, co-culture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 with Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 was used to evaluate the inhibitory effects of Str7410 on multispecies infection in vitro and in vivo. In vitro, Str7410 significantly inhibited the formation of mixed bacterial biofilms. Meanwhile, the combination of Str7410 with meropenem trihydrate (MEPM) significantly improved the susceptibility of mixed-species-biofilm cells to the antibiotic. In vivo, Str7410 significantly increased the survival rate of wild-type Caenorhabditis elegans N2 co-infected by P. aeruginosa PAO1 and S. aureus ATCC 25923. Real-time quantitative PCR analysis showed that Str7410 reduced virulence factor (pyocyanin and elastase) production and swarming motility of P. aeruginosa PAO1 by downregulating the expression of QS-related genes in strain PAO1 in co-culture with S. aureus ATCC 25923. Compound Str7410 is a candidate agent for treating drug-resistant multispecies infections. The work described here provides a strategy for discovering novel antibacterial drugs.
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- Kai Jiang
- School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China.,Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering, The Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Strategic Drugs, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, China.,State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Strategic Drugs, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, China.,State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, China.,No. 971 Hospital of People's Liberation Army Navy, Qingdao, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Strategic Drugs, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, China.,State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China.,Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering, The Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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dos Santos RM, Diaz PAE, Lobo LLB, Rigobelo EC. Use of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria in Maize and Sugarcane: Characteristics and Applications. FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS 2020. [DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2020.00136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Liu Z, Hong CJ, Yang Y, Dai L, Ho CL. Advances in Bacterial Biofilm Management for Maintaining Microbiome Homeostasis. Biotechnol J 2020; 15:e1900320. [PMID: 32510869 DOI: 10.1002/biot.201900320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Certain microbial biofilm in the human-microbiota community can negatively impact the host microbiome. This gives rise to various methods to prevent the formation of biofilms or to facilitate biofilm dispersal from surfaces and tissues in the host. Despite all these efforts, these persistent microbial biofilms on surfaces and in the host tissue can result in health problems to the host and its microbiome. It is the adaptive behavior of microbes within the biofilm that confers on these tenacious microbes the resistance to harsh environments, antibiotic treatments, and the ability to evade the host immune system. In this review, the approaches to combat microbial biofilm in the last decade are discussed. The biochemical pathway regulating biofilm formation is first discussed, followed by the discussion of the three approaches to combat biofilm formation: physical, chemical, and biological approaches. The advances in these approaches have given rise to methods of effectively dispersing the microbial biofilm and preventing the adherence of these microbial communities altogether. As there are numerous approaches to target biofilm, in this review the attempt is to provide insights on how these approaches have been used to modulate the host-microbiome by looking at the individual strengths and weaknesses.
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- Zhao Liu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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Gupta K, Daroch P, Harjai K, Chhibber S. Parallels among natural and synthetically modified quorum-quenching strategies as convoy to future therapy. Microbiology (Reading) 2019; 165:1265-1281. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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- Kshitiz Gupta
- Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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Haque S, Yadav DK, Bisht SC, Yadav N, Singh V, Dubey KK, Jawed A, Wahid M, Dar SA. Quorum sensing pathways in Gram-positive and -negative bacteria: potential of their interruption in abating drug resistance. J Chemother 2019; 31:161-187. [DOI: 10.1080/1120009x.2019.1599175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Shafiul Haque
- Research and Scientific Studies Unit, College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
- Gene Expression Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, H.N.B Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Microbiology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Industrial Biotechnology Laboratory, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana, India
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- Research and Scientific Studies Unit, College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
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- Research and Scientific Studies Unit, College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
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- Research and Scientific Studies Unit, College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
- Departments of Microbiology, University College of Medical Sciences (University of Delhi), Delhi, India
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Stotani S, Gatta V, Medarametla P, Padmanaban M, Karawajczyk A, Giordanetto F, Tammela P, Laitinen T, Poso A, Tzalis D, Collina S. DPD-Inspired Discovery of Novel LsrK Kinase Inhibitors: An Opportunity To Fight Antimicrobial Resistance. J Med Chem 2019; 62:2720-2737. [PMID: 30786203 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Antibiotic resistance is posing a continuous threat to global public health and represents a huge burden for society as a whole. In the past decade, the interference with bacterial quorum sensing (QS) (i.e., cell-cell communication) mechanisms has extensively been investigated as a valid therapeutic approach in the pursuit of a next generation of antimicrobials. ( S)-4,5-Dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione, commonly known as ( S)-DPD, a small signaling molecule that modulates QS in both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, is phosphorylated by LsrK, and the resulting phospho-DPD activates QS. We designed and prepared a small library of DPD derivatives, characterized by five different scaffolds, and evaluated their LsrK inhibition in the context of QS interference. SAR studies highlighted the pyrazole moiety as an essential structural element for LsrK inhibition. Particularly, four compounds were found to be micromolar LsrK inhibitors (IC50 ranging between 100 μM and 500 μM) encouraging further exploration of novel analogues as potential new antimicrobials.
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- Silvia Stotani
- Department of Drug Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology Section , University of Pavia , Viale Taramelli 12 , 27100 Pavia , Italy.,Medicinal Chemistry , Taros Chemicals GmbH & Co. KG , Emil-Figge-Straße 76a , 44227 Dortmund , Germany
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy , University of Helsinki , FI-00014 Helsinki , Finland
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of Eastern Finland , P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio , Finland
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- Medicinal Chemistry , Taros Chemicals GmbH & Co. KG , Emil-Figge-Straße 76a , 44227 Dortmund , Germany
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- Selvita S.A. , Park Life Science, Bobrzyňskiego 14 , 30-348 Krakow , Poland
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- Medicinal Chemistry , Taros Chemicals GmbH & Co. KG , Emil-Figge-Straße 76a , 44227 Dortmund , Germany
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy , University of Helsinki , FI-00014 Helsinki , Finland
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of Eastern Finland , P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio , Finland
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of Eastern Finland , P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio , Finland
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- Medicinal Chemistry , Taros Chemicals GmbH & Co. KG , Emil-Figge-Straße 76a , 44227 Dortmund , Germany
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- Medicinal Chemistry , Taros Chemicals GmbH & Co. KG , Emil-Figge-Straße 76a , 44227 Dortmund , Germany
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Maslennikova IL, Kuznetsova MV, Nekrasova IV, Shirshev SV. Effect of bacterial components of mixed culture supernatants of planktonic and biofilm Pseudomonas aeruginosa with commensal Escherichia coli on the neutrophil response in vitro. Pathog Dis 2018; 75:4101235. [PMID: 28961860 DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftx105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) responsible for acute and chronic infections often forms a well-organized bacterial population with different microbial species including commensal strains of Escherichia coli. Bacterial extracellular components of mixed culture can modulate the influence of bacteria on the neutrophil functions. The objective of this study was to compare the effect of pyocyanin, pyoverdine, LPS, exopolysaccharide of single species and mixed culture supernatants of PA strains and E. coli K12 on microbicidal, secretory activity of human neutrophils in vitro. Bacterial components of E. coli K12 in mixed supernatants with 'biofilm' PA strains (PA ATCC, PA BALG) enhanced short-term microbicidal mechanisms and inhibited neutrophil secretion delayed in time. The influence of 'planktonic' PA (PA 9-3) exometabolites in mixed culture is almost mimicked by E. coli K12 effect on functional neutrophil changes. This investigation may help to understand some of the mechanisms of neutrophil response to mixed infections of different PA with other bacteria species.
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Oh HS, Lee CH. Origin and evolution of quorum quenching technology for biofouling control in MBRs for wastewater treatment. J Memb Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2018.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Zhao X, Zhao F, Wang J, Zhong N. Biofilm formation and control strategies of foodborne pathogens: food safety perspectives. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra02497e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Foodborne pathogens are the main factors behind foodborne diseases and food poisoning and thus pose a great threat to food safety.
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- Xihong Zhao
- Research Center for Environmental Ecology and Engineering
- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education
- Key Laboratory for Hubei Novel Reactor & Green Chemical Technology
- School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy
- Wuhan Institute of Technology
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- Research Center for Environmental Ecology and Engineering
- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education
- Key Laboratory for Hubei Novel Reactor & Green Chemical Technology
- School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy
- Wuhan Institute of Technology
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- College of Food Science and Engineering
- Qingdao Agricultural University
- Qingdao
- P. R. China
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- School of Food Science
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
- Zhongshan 528458
- P. R. China
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Polymicrobial–Host Interactions during Infection. J Mol Biol 2016; 428:3355-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Revised: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Weiland-Bräuer N, Kisch MJ, Pinnow N, Liese A, Schmitz RA. Highly Effective Inhibition of Biofilm Formation by the First Metagenome-Derived AI-2 Quenching Enzyme. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1098. [PMID: 27468282 PMCID: PMC4942472 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Bacterial cell-cell communication (quorum sensing, QS) represents a fundamental process crucial for biofilm formation, pathogenicity, and virulence allowing coordinated, concerted actions of bacteria depending on their cell density. With the widespread appearance of antibiotic-resistance of biofilms, there is an increasing need for novel strategies to control harmful biofilms. One attractive and most likely effective approach is to target bacterial communication systems for novel drug design in biotechnological and medical applications. In this study, metagenomic large-insert libraries were constructed and screened for QS interfering activities (quorum quenching, QQ) using recently established reporter strains. Overall, 142 out of 46,400 metagenomic clones were identified to interfere with acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs), 13 with autoinducer-2 (AI-2). Five cosmid clones with highest simultaneous interfering activities were further analyzed and the respective open reading frames conferring QQ activities identified. Those showed homologies to bacterial oxidoreductases, proteases, amidases and aminotransferases. Evaluating the ability of the respective purified QQ-proteins to prevent biofilm formation of several model systems demonstrated highest inhibitory effects of QQ-2 using the crystal violet biofilm assay. This was confirmed by heterologous expression of the respective QQ proteins in Klebsiella oxytoca M5a1 and monitoring biofilm formation in a continuous flow cell system. Moreover, QQ-2 chemically immobilized to the glass surface of the flow cell effectively inhibited biofilm formation of K. oxytoca as well as clinical K. pneumoniae isolates derived from patients with urinary tract infections. Indications were obtained by molecular and biochemical characterizations that QQ-2 represents an oxidoreductase most likely reducing the signaling molecules AHL and AI-2 to QS-inactive hydroxy-derivatives. Overall, we propose that the identified novel QQ-2 protein efficiently inhibits AI-2 modulated biofilm formation by modifying the signal molecule; and thus appears particularly attractive for medical and biotechnological applications.
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- Nancy Weiland-Bräuer
- Institute for General Microbiology, Molecular Microbiology, University KielKiel, Germany
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- Institute of Technical Biocatalysis, Technical University HamburgHamburg, Germany
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- Institute for General Microbiology, Molecular Microbiology, University KielKiel, Germany
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- Institute of Technical Biocatalysis, Technical University HamburgHamburg, Germany
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- Institute for General Microbiology, Molecular Microbiology, University KielKiel, Germany
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Amara N, Gregor R, Rayo J, Dandela R, Daniel E, Liubin N, Willems HME, Ben-Zvi A, Krom BP, Meijler MM. Fine-Tuning Covalent Inhibition of Bacterial Quorum Sensing. Chembiochem 2016; 17:825-35. [PMID: 26840534 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201500676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Emerging antibiotic resistance among human pathogens has galvanized efforts to find alternative routes to combat bacterial virulence. One new approach entails interfering with the ability of bacteria to coordinate population-wide gene expression, or quorum sensing (QS), thus inhibiting the production of virulence factors and biofilm formation. We have recently developed such a strategy by targeting LasR, the master regulator of QS in the opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, through the rational design of covalent inhibitors closely based on the core structure of the native ligand. We now report several groups of new inhibitors, one of which, fluoro-substituted ITC-12, displayed complete covalent modification of LasR, as well as effective QS inhibition in vitro and promising in vivo results. In addition to their potential clinical relevance, this series of synthetic QS modulators can be used as a tool to further unravel the complicated QS regulation in P. aeruginosa.
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- Neri Amara
- Department of Chemistry and, The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and, The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and, The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and, The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and, The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences and, The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Free University Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Life Sciences and, The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Free University Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry and, The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel.
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Novel reporter for identification of interference with acyl homoserine lactone and autoinducer-2 quorum sensing. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 81:1477-89. [PMID: 25527543 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03290-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Two reporter strains were established to identify novel biomolecules interfering with bacterial communication (quorum sensing [QS]). The basic design of these Escherichia coli-based systems comprises a gene encoding a lethal protein fused to promoters induced in the presence of QS signal molecules. Consequently, these E. coli strains are unable to grow in the presence of the respective QS signal molecules unless a nontoxic QS-interfering compound is present. The first reporter strain designed to detect autoinducer-2 (AI-2)-interfering activities (AI2-QQ.1) contained the E. coli ccdB lethal gene under the control of the E. coli lsrA promoter. The second reporter strain (AI1-QQ.1) contained the Vibrio fischeri luxI promoter fused to the ccdB gene to detect interference with acyl-homoserine lactones. Bacteria isolated from the surfaces of several marine eukarya were screened for quorum- quenching (QQ) activities using the established reporter systems AI1-QQ.1 and AI2-QQ.1. Out of 34 isolates, two interfered with acylated homoserine lactone (AHL) signaling, five interfered with AI-2 QS signaling, and 10 were demonstrated to interfere with both signal molecules. Open reading frames (ORFs) conferring QQ activity were identified for three selected isolates (Photobacterium sp., Pseudoalteromonas sp., and Vibrio parahaemolyticus). Evaluation of the respective heterologously expressed and purified QQ proteins confirmed their ability to interfere with the AHL and AI-2 signaling processes.
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Athe S, Sharma A, Marumudi K, Ghosh S. Synthetic studies of callyspongiolide: synthesis of the macrolactone core of the molecule. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:6769-79. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ob01007e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Synthesis of the fully functionalized macrolactone core of the highly cytotoxic marine natural product callyspongiolide has been achievedviaaZ-selective intramolecular H–W–E reaction and allylic alkylation of an activatedZ-allylic alcoholviaan SN2′ fashion as key steps.
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- Sudhakar Athe
- Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Division
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
- Hyderabad 500007
- India
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- Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Division
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
- Hyderabad 500007
- India
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- Centre for NMR & Structural Chemistry
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
- Hyderabad 500007
- India
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- Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Division
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
- Hyderabad 500007
- India
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Yang YB, Wang S, Wang C, Huang QY, Bai JW, Chen JQ, Chen XY, Li YH. Emodin affects biofilm formation and expression of virulence factors in Streptococcus suis ATCC700794. Arch Microbiol 2015; 197:1173-80. [PMID: 26446827 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-015-1158-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2015] [Revised: 09/14/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Streptococcus suis (S. suis) is a swine pathogen and also a zoonotic agent. In this study, the effects of subinhibitory concentrations (sub-MICs) of emodin on biofilm formation by S. suis ATCC700794 were evaluated. As quantified by crystal violet staining, biofilm formation by S. suis ATCC700794 was dose-dependently decreased after growth with 1/2 MIC, 1/4 MIC, or 1/8 MIC of emodin. By scanning electron microscopy, the structural architecture of the S. suis ATCC700794 biofilms was examined following growth in culture medium supplemented with 1/2 MIC, 1/4 MIC, 1/8 MIC, or 1/16 MIC of emodin. Scanning electron microscopy analysis revealed the potential effect of emodin on biofilm formation by S. suis ATCC700794. The expression of luxS gene and virulence genes in S. suis ATCC700794 was investigated by quantitative RT-PCR. It was found that sub-MICs of emodin significantly decreased the expression of gapdh, sly, fbps, ef, and luxS. However, it was found that sub-MICs of emodin significantly increased the expression of cps2J, mrp, and gdh. These findings showed that sub-MICs of emodin could cause the difference in the expression level of the virulence genes.
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- Yan-Bei Yang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, 59 Mucai Street, Xiangfang, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, 59 Mucai Street, Xiangfang, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, 59 Mucai Street, Xiangfang, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, 59 Mucai Street, Xiangfang, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, 59 Mucai Street, Xiangfang, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, 59 Mucai Street, Xiangfang, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, 59 Mucai Street, Xiangfang, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, 59 Mucai Street, Xiangfang, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China.
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Song S, Du L, Yu J, Ai Q, Pan Y, Fu Y, Wang Z. Does Streptococcus mitis, a neonatal oropharyngeal bacterium, influence the pathogenicity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa? Microbes Infect 2015; 17:710-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2015.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Revised: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Mandabi A, Ganin H, Meijler MM. Synergistic activation of quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2015; 25:3966-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.07.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Revised: 07/09/2015] [Accepted: 07/13/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Helman Y, Chernin L. Silencing the mob: disrupting quorum sensing as a means to fight plant disease. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2015; 16:316-29. [PMID: 25113857 PMCID: PMC6638422 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Bacteria are able to sense their population's density through a cell-cell communication system, termed 'quorum sensing' (QS). This system regulates gene expression in response to cell density through the constant production and detection of signalling molecules. These molecules commonly act as auto-inducers through the up-regulation of their own synthesis. Many pathogenic bacteria, including those of plants, rely on this communication system for infection of their hosts. The finding that the countering of QS-disrupting mechanisms exists in many prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms offers a promising novel method to fight disease. During the last decade, several approaches have been proposed to disrupt QS pathways of phytopathogens, and hence to reduce their virulence. Such studies have had varied success in vivo, but most lend promising support to the idea that QS manipulation could be a potentially effective method to reduce bacterial-mediated plant disease. This review discusses the various QS-disrupting mechanisms found in both bacteria and plants, as well as the different approaches applied artificially to interfere with QS pathways and thus protect plant health.
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- Yael Helman
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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Ramos AN, Sesto Cabral ME, Arena ME, Arrighi CF, Arroyo Aguilar AA, Valdéz JC. Compounds from Lactobacillus plantarum culture supernatants with potential pro-healing and anti-pathogenic properties in skin chronic wounds. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY 2015; 53:350-358. [PMID: 25347359 DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2014.920037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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CONTEXT It is necessary to advance the field of alternative treatments for chronic wounds that are financially accessible to the least economically developed countries. Previously we demonstrated that topical applications of Lactobacillus plantarum culture supernatants (LAPS) on human-infected chronic wounds reduce the pathogenic bioburden, the amount of necrotic tissue, and the wound area, as well as promote debridement, granulation tissue, and wound healing. OBJECTIVE To study LAPS chemically and biologically and to find potential molecules responsible for its pro-healing and anti-pathogenic properties in chronic wounds. MATERIALS AND METHODS (1) Chemical analysis: extracts were subjected to a column chromatography and the fractions obtained were studied by GCMS. (2) Quantification: dl-lactic acid (commercial kit), phenolic compounds (Folin-Ciocalteu), H2O2 (micro-titration), and cations (flame photometry). (3) Biological analysis: autoinducers type 2 (AI-2) (Vibrio harveyi BB170 bioassay), DNAase activity (Agar DNAase), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm inhibition (crystal violet technique). RESULTS According to its biological activity, the most significant molecules found by GCMS were the following: antimicrobials (mevalonolactone, 5-methyl-hydantoine, benzoic acid, etc.); surfactants (di-palmitin, distearin, and 1,5-monolinolein); anesthetics (barbituric acid derivatives), and AI-2 precursors (4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione and 2-methyl-2,3,3,4-tetrahydroxytetrahydrofurane). Concentrations measured (µg/mL): DL-lactic acid (11.71 ± 1.53) and H2O2 (36 ± 2.0); phenolic compounds (485.2 ± 15.20); sodium (370 ± 17); potassium 920 ± 24); calcium (20 ± 4); and magnesium (15 ± 3). DNAase from LAPS had activity on genomic DNA from PMNs and P. aeruginosa. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION The molecules and biological activities found in LAPS could explain the observed effects in human chronic wounds.
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- Alberto N Ramos
- Cátedra de Inmunología, Facultad de Bioquímica, Química, Farmacia y Biotecnología, Instituto de Microbiología, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán , Tucumán , Argentina
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Bachtiar EW, Bachtiar BM, Jarosz LM, Amir LR, Sunarto H, Ganin H, Meijler MM, Krom BP. AI-2 of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans inhibits Candida albicans biofilm formation. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2014; 4:94. [PMID: 25101248 PMCID: PMC4104835 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2014] [Accepted: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, a Gram-negative bacterium, and Candida albicans, a polymorphic fungus, are both commensals of the oral cavity but both are opportunistic pathogens that can cause oral diseases. A. actinomycetemcomitans produces a quorum-sensing molecule called autoinducer-2 (AI-2), synthesized by LuxS, that plays an important role in expression of virulence factors, in intra- but also in interspecies communication. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of AI-2 based signaling in the interactions between C. albicans and A. actinomycetemcomitans. A. actinomycetemcomitans adhered to C. albicans and inhibited biofilm formation by means of a molecule that was secreted during growth. C. albicans biofilm formation increased significantly when co-cultured with A. actinomycetemcomitans luxS, lacking AI-2 production. Addition of wild-type-derived spent medium or synthetic AI-2 to spent medium of the luxS strain, restored inhibition of C. albicans biofilm formation to wild-type levels. Addition of synthetic AI-2 significantly inhibited hypha formation of C. albicans possibly explaining the inhibition of biofilm formation. AI-2 of A. actinomycetemcomitans is synthesized by LuxS, accumulates during growth and inhibits C. albicans hypha- and biofilm formation. Identifying the molecular mechanisms underlying the interaction between bacteria and fungi may provide important insight into the balance within complex oral microbial communities.
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- Endang W Bachtiar
- Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The W.J. Kolff Institute, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Be'er-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Be'er-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Free University Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Cell-cell communication, or quorum sensing, is a widespread phenomenon in bacteria that is used to coordinate gene expression among local populations. Its use by bacterial pathogens to regulate genes that promote invasion, defense, and spread has been particularly well documented. With the ongoing emergence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, there is a current need for development of alternative therapeutic strategies. An antivirulence approach by which quorum sensing is impeded has caught on as a viable means to manipulate bacterial processes, especially pathogenic traits that are harmful to human and animal health and agricultural productivity. The identification and development of chemical compounds and enzymes that facilitate quorum-sensing inhibition (QSI) by targeting signaling molecules, signal biogenesis, or signal detection are reviewed here. Overall, the evidence suggests that QSI therapy may be efficacious against some, but not necessarily all, bacterial pathogens, and several failures and ongoing concerns that may steer future studies in productive directions are discussed. Nevertheless, various QSI successes have rightfully perpetuated excitement surrounding new potential therapies, and this review highlights promising QSI leads in disrupting pathogenesis in both plants and animals.
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Ha JH, Eo Y, Grishaev A, Guo M, Smith JAI, Sintim HO, Kim EH, Cheong HK, Bentley WE, Ryu KS. Crystal structures of the LsrR proteins complexed with phospho-AI-2 and two signal-interrupting analogues reveal distinct mechanisms for ligand recognition. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:15526-35. [PMID: 24047255 DOI: 10.1021/ja407068v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Quorum sensing (QS) is a cell-to-cell communication system responsible for a variety of bacterial phenotypes including virulence and biofilm formation. QS is mediated by small molecules, autoinducers (AIs), including AI-2 that is secreted by both Gram-positive and -negative microbes. LsrR is a key transcriptional regulator that governs the varied downstream processes by perceiving AI-2 signal, but its activation via autoinducer-binding remains poorly understood. Here, we provide detailed regulatory mechanism of LsrR from the crystal structures in complexes with the native signal (phospho-AI-2, D5P) and two quorum quenching antagonists (ribose-5-phosphate, R5P; phospho-isobutyl-AI-2, D8P). Interestingly, the bound D5P and D8P molecules are not the diketone forms but rather hydrated, and the hydrated moiety forms important H-bonds with the carboxylate of D243. The D5P-binding flipped out F124 of the binding pocket, and resulted in the disruption of the dimeric interface-1 by unfolding the α7 segment. However, the same movement of F124 by the D8P'-binding did not cause the unfolding of the α7 segment. Although the LsrR-binding affinity of R5P (Kd, ∼1 mM) is much lower than that of D5P and D8P (∼2.0 and ∼0.5 μM), the α-anomeric R5P molecule fits into the binding pocket without any structural perturbation, and thus stabilizes the LsrR tetramer. The binding of D5P, not D8P and R5P, disrupted the tetrameric structure and thus is able to activate LsrR. The detailed structural and mechanistic insights from this study could be useful for facilitating design of new antivirulence and antibiofilm agents based on LsrR.
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- Jung-Hye Ha
- Division of Magnetic Resonance Research, Korea Basic Science Institute , Yangcheong-Ri 804-1, Ochang-Eup, Cheongwon-Gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do 363-883, Republic of Korea
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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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Zhu J, Hixon MS, Globisch D, Kaufmann GF, Janda KD. Mechanistic insights into the LsrK kinase required for autoinducer-2 quorum sensing activation. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:7827-30. [PMID: 23672516 PMCID: PMC3736694 DOI: 10.1021/ja4024989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In enteric bacteria, the kinase LsrK catalyzes the phosphorylation of the C5-hydroxyl group in the linear form of 4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione (DPD), the precursor of the type II bacterial quorum sensing molecule (AI-2). This phosphorylation is required for AI-2 sequestration in the cytoplasm and subsequent derepression of AI-2-related genes necessary for quorum development. While LsrK is a critical enzyme within the DPD quorum sensing relay system, kinetic details of this kinase have yet to be reported. A continuous UV-vis spectrophotometric assay was developed that allowed steady-state kinetic analysis of LsrK to be undertaken with the substrates ATP and DPD. The data was most consistent with a rapid equilibrium ordered mechanism with ATP binding first: kcat (7.4 ± 0.6 s(-1)), Km,ATP (150 ± 30 μM) and Km(app),DPD (1.0 ± 0.2 mM). The assay also allowed a DPD substrate profile to be conducted, which provided an unexpected biochemical disconnect between the previous agonist/antagonist cell-based reporter assay and the LsrK assay presented herein. Together these findings raise the importance of LsrK and lay the foundation not only for further understanding of this enzyme and its critical biological role but also for the rational design of regulatory molecules targeting AI-2 quorum sensing in pathogenic bacteria.
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- Jie Zhu
- The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and Departments of Chemistry and Immunology and the Worm Institute for Research and Medicine (WIRM), the Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California, 92037
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- Takeda California Inc., 10410 Science Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121
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- The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and Departments of Chemistry and Immunology and the Worm Institute for Research and Medicine (WIRM), the Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California, 92037
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- The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and Departments of Chemistry and Immunology and the Worm Institute for Research and Medicine (WIRM), the Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California, 92037
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Quorum sensing inhibitors: An overview. Biotechnol Adv 2013; 31:224-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2012.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 474] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2012] [Revised: 09/24/2012] [Accepted: 10/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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AI-2 analogs and antibiotics: a synergistic approach to reduce bacterial biofilms. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 97:2627-38. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4404-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2012] [Revised: 08/30/2012] [Accepted: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Tsuchikama K, Zhu J, Lowery CA, Kaufmann GF, Janda KD. C4-alkoxy-HPD: a potent class of synthetic modulators surpassing nature in AI-2 quorum sensing. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:13562-4. [PMID: 22866957 DOI: 10.1021/ja305532y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bacteria have developed cell-to-cell communication mechanisms, termed quorum sensing (QS), that regulate bacterial gene expression in a cell population-dependent manner. Autoinducer-2 (AI-2), a class of QS signaling molecules derived from (4S)-4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione (DPD), has been identified in both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Despite considerable interest in the AI-2 QS system, the biomolecular communication used by distinct bacterial species still remains shrouded. Herein, we report the synthesis and evaluation of a new class of DPD analogues, C4-alkoxy-5-hydroxy-2,3-pentanediones, termed C4-alkoxy-HPDs. Remarkably, two of the analogues were more potent QS agonists than the natural ligand, DPD, in Vibrio harveyi. The findings presented extend insights into ligand-receptor recognition/signaling in the AI-2 mediated QS system.
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- Kyoji Tsuchikama
- The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and Department of Chemistry, and Worm Institute for Research and Medicine (WIRM), The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Pereira CS, Thompson JA, Xavier KB. AI-2-mediated signalling in bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2012; 37:156-81. [PMID: 22712853 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2012.00345.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 348] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2012] [Revised: 06/06/2012] [Accepted: 06/08/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Success in nature depends upon an ability to perceive and adapt to the surrounding environment. Bacteria are not an exception; they recognize and constantly adjust to changing situations by sensing environmental and self-produced signals, altering gene expression accordingly. Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) is a signal molecule produced by LuxS, an enzyme found in many bacterial species and thus proposed to enable interspecies communication. Two classes of AI-2 receptors and many layers and interactions involved in downstream signalling have been identified so far. Although AI-2 has been implicated in the regulation of numerous niche-specific behaviours across the bacterial kingdom, interpretation of these results is complicated by the dual role of LuxS in signalling and the activated methyl cycle, a crucial central metabolic pathway. In this article, we present a comprehensive review of the discovery and early characterization of AI-2, current developments in signal detection, transduction and regulation, and the major studies investigating the phenotypes regulated by this molecule. The development of novel tools should help to resolve many of the remaining questions in the field; we highlight how these advances might be exploited in AI-2 quorum quenching, treatment of diseases, and the manipulation of beneficial behaviours caused by polyspecies communities.
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A pro-drug approach for selective modulation of AI-2-mediated bacterial cell-to-cell communication. SENSORS 2012; 12:3762-72. [PMID: 22737036 PMCID: PMC3376627 DOI: 10.3390/s120303762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2011] [Revised: 02/26/2012] [Accepted: 03/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The universal quorum sensing autoinducer, AI-2, is utilized by several bacteria. Analogs of AI-2 have the potential to modulate bacterial behavior. Selectively quenching the communication of a few bacteria, in the presence of several others in an ecosystem, using analogs of AI-2 is non-trivial due to the ubiquity of AI-2 processing receptors in many bacteria that co-exist. Herein, we demonstrate that when an AI-2 analog, isobutyl DPD (which has been previously shown to be a quorum sensing, QS, quencher in both Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium) is modified with ester groups, which get hydrolyzed once inside the bacterial cells, only QS in E. coli, but not in S. typhimurium, is inhibited. The origin of this differential QS inhibition could be due to differences in analog permeation of the bacterial membranes or ester hydrolysis rates. Such differences could be utilized to selectively target QS in specific bacteria amongst a consortium of other species that also use AI-2 signaling.
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Globisch D, Lowery CA, McCague KC, Janda KD. Uncharacterized 4,5-Dihydroxy-2,3-Pentanedione (DPD) Molecules Revealed Through NMR Spectroscopy: Implications for a Greater Signaling Diversity in Bacterial Species. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201109149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Globisch D, Lowery CA, McCague KC, Janda KD. Uncharacterized 4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione (DPD) molecules revealed through NMR spectroscopy: implications for a greater signaling diversity in bacterial species. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:4204-8. [PMID: 22378693 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201109149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Daniel Globisch
- Department of Chemistry, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Rui F, Marques JC, Miller ST, Maycock CD, Xavier KB, Ventura MR. Stereochemical diversity of AI-2 analogs modulates quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi and Escherichia coli. Bioorg Med Chem 2011; 20:249-56. [PMID: 22137598 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2011] [Revised: 11/04/2011] [Accepted: 11/05/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Bacteria coordinate population-dependent behaviors such as virulence by intra- and inter-species communication (quorum sensing). Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) regulates inter-species quorum sensing. AI-2 derives from the spontaneous cyclisation of linear (S)-4,5-dihydroxypentanedione (DPD) into two isomeric forms in dynamic equilibrium. Different species of bacteria have different classes of AI-2 receptors (LsrB and LuxP) which bind to different cyclic forms. In the present work, DPD analogs with a new stereocenter at C-5 (4,5-dihydroxyhexanediones (DHDs)) have been synthesized and their biological activity tested in two bacteria. (4S,5R)-DHD is a synergistic agonist in Escherichia coli (which contains the LsrB receptor), while it is an agonist in Vibrio harveyi (LuxP), displaying the strongest agonistic activity reported so far (EC(50)=0.65μM) in this organism. Thus, modification at C-5 opens the way to novel methods to manipulate quorum sensing as a method for controlling bacteria.
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- Fabio Rui
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Av. da República, Estação Agronómica Nacional, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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Tsuchikama K, Lowery CA, Janda KD. Probing autoinducer-2 based quorum sensing: the biological consequences of molecules unable to traverse equilibrium states. J Org Chem 2011; 76:6981-9. [PMID: 21678949 PMCID: PMC3162994 DOI: 10.1021/jo200882k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Bacteria have developed a cell-to-cell communication system, termed quorum sensing (QS), which allows for the population-dependent coordination of their behavior via the exchange of chemical signals. Autoinducer-2 (AI-2), a class of QS signals derived from 4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentandione (DPD), has been revealed as a universal signaling molecule in a variety of bacterial species. In spite of considerable interest, the study of putative AI-2 based QS systems remains a challenging topic in part due to the rapid interconversion between the linear and cyclic forms of DPD. Herein, we report the design and development of efficient syntheses of carbocyclic analogues of DPD, which are locked in the cyclic form. The synthetic analogues were evaluated for the modulation of AI-2-based QS in Vibrio harveyi and Salmonella typhimurium. No agonists were uncovered in either V. harveyi or S. typhimurium assay, whereas weak to moderate antagonists were found against V. harveyi. On the basis of NMR analyses and DFT calculations, the heterocyclic oxygen atom within DPD appears necessary to promote hydration at the C3 position of cyclic DPD to afford the active tetrahydroxy species. These results also shed light on the interaction between the heterocyclic oxygen atom and receptor proteins as well as the importance of the linear form and dynamic equilibrium of DPD as crucial requirements for activation of AI-2 based QS circuits.
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- Kyoji Tsuchikama
- The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Ding X, Yin B, Qian L, Zeng Z, Yang Z, Li H, Lu Y, Zhou S. Screening for novel quorum-sensing inhibitors to interfere with the formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm. J Med Microbiol 2011; 60:1827-1834. [PMID: 21852522 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.024166-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to screen for novel quorum-sensing inhibitors (QSIs) from traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) that inhibit bacterial biofilm formation. Six of 46 active components found in TCMs were identified as putative QSIs based on molecular docking studies. Of these, three compounds inhibited biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia at a concentration of 200 µM. A fourth compound (emodin) significantly inhibited biofilm formation at 20 µM and induced proteolysis of the quorum-sensing signal receptor TraR in Escherichia coli at a concentration of 3-30 mM. Emodin also increased the activity of ampicillin against P. aeruginosa. Therefore, emodin might be suitable for development into an antivirulence and antibacterial agent.
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- Xian Ding
- South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou 510300, PR China
- State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- LED, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 510301, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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Roy V, Adams BL, Bentley WE. Developing next generation antimicrobials by intercepting AI-2 mediated quorum sensing. Enzyme Microb Technol 2011; 49:113-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2011.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2011] [Revised: 06/02/2011] [Accepted: 06/02/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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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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Natural and synthetic small boron-containing molecules as potential inhibitors of bacterial and fungal quorum sensing. Chem Rev 2010; 111:209-37. [PMID: 21171664 DOI: 10.1021/cr100093b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Roy V, Smith JAI, Wang J, Stewart JE, Bentley WE, Sintim HO. Synthetic Analogs Tailor Native AI-2 Signaling Across Bacterial Species. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:11141-50. [DOI: 10.1021/ja102587w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Varnika Roy
- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cell Biology, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cell Biology, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cell Biology, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cell Biology, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cell Biology, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cell Biology, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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Paradigm shift in discovering next-generation anti-infective agents: targeting quorum sensing, c-di-GMP signaling and biofilm formation in bacteria with small molecules. Future Med Chem 2010; 2:1005-35. [DOI: 10.4155/fmc.10.185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Small molecules that can attenuate bacterial toxin production or biofilm formation have the potential to solve the bacteria resistance problem. Although several molecules, which inhibit bacterial cell-to-cell communication (quorum sensing), biofilm formation and toxin production, have been discovered, there is a paucity of US FDA-approved drugs that target these processes. Here, we review the current understanding of quorum sensing in important pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus and provide examples of experimental molecules that can inhibit both known and unknown targets in bacterial virulence factor production and biofilm formation. Structural data for protein targets that are involved in both quorum sensing and cyclic diguanylic acid signaling are needed to aid the development of molecules with drug-like properties in order to target bacterial virulence factors production and biofilm formation.
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Lowery CA, Abe T, Park J, Eubanks LM, Sawada D, Kaufmann GF, Janda KD. Revisiting AI-2 quorum sensing inhibitors: direct comparison of alkyl-DPD analogues and a natural product fimbrolide. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 131:15584-5. [PMID: 19824634 DOI: 10.1021/ja9066783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Quorum sensing (QS) systems have been discovered in a wide variety of bacteria, and mediate both intra- and interspecies communication. The AI-2-based QS system represents the most studied of these proposed interspecies systems and has been shown to regulate diverse functions such as bioluminescence, expression of virulence factors, and biofilm formation. As such, the development of modulatory compounds, both agonists and antagonists, is of great interest for the study of unknown AI-2-based QS systems and the potential treatment of bacterial infections. The fimbrolide class of natural products has exhibited excellent inhibitory activity against AI-2-based QS and as such may be considered the "gold standard" of AI-2 inhibitors. Thus, we sought to include a fimbrolide as a control compound for our recently developed alkyl-DPD panel of AI-2 modulators. Herein, we present a revised synthesis of a commonly studied fimbrolide as well as a direct comparison between the fimbrolide and alkyl-DPD analogues. We demonstrate that our alkyl-DPD analogues are more potent inhibitors of QS in both Vibrio harveyi and Salmonella typhimurium, the two organisms with defined AI-2 QS systems, and in doing so call into question the widely accepted use of fimbrolide-derived compounds as the "gold standard" of AI-2 inhibition.
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- Colin A Lowery
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Atkinson S, Williams P. Quorum sensing and social networking in the microbial world. J R Soc Interface 2009; 6:959-78. [PMID: 19674996 PMCID: PMC2827448 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2009] [Accepted: 07/10/2009] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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For many years, bacterial cells were considered primarily as selfish individuals, but, in recent years, it has become evident that, far from operating in isolation, they coordinate collective behaviour in response to environmental challenges using sophisticated intercellular communication networks. Cell-to-cell communication between bacteria is mediated by small diffusible signal molecules that trigger changes in gene expression in response to fluctuations in population density. This process, generally referred to as quorum sensing (QS), controls diverse phenotypes in numerous Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Recent advances have revealed that bacteria are not limited to communication within their own species but are capable of 'listening in' and 'broadcasting to' unrelated species to intercept messages and coerce cohabitants into behavioural modifications, either for the good of the population or for the benefit of one species over another. It is also evident that QS is not limited to the bacterial kingdom. The study of two-way intercellular signalling networks between bacteria and both uni- and multicellular eukaryotes as well as between eukaryotes is just beginning to unveil a rich diversity of communication pathways.
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- Steve Atkinson
- Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, School of Molecular Medical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
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