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Singh S, Bhatia S. Quorum Sensing Inhibitors: Curbing Pathogenic Infections through Inhibition of Bacterial Communication. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH : IJPR 2021; 20:486-514. [PMID: 34567177 PMCID: PMC8457738 DOI: 10.22037/ijpr.2020.113470.14318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Currently, most of the developed and developing countries are facing the problem of infectious diseases. The genius way of an exaggerated application of antibiotics led the infectious agents to respond by bringing a regime of persisters to resist antibiotics attacks prolonging their survival. Persisters have the dexterity to communicate among themself using signal molecules via the process of Quorum Sensing (QS), which regulates virulence gene expression and biofilms formation, making them more vulnerable to antibiotic attack. Our review aims at the different approaches applied in the ordeal to solve the riddle for QS inhibitors. QS inhibitors, their origin, structures and key interactions for QS inhibitory activity have been summarized. Solicitation of a potent QS inhibitor molecule would be beneficial, giving new life to the simplest antibiotics in adjuvant therapy.
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- Shaminder Singh
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3 Milestone, Faridabad-Gurugram Expressway, Faridabad - 121 001, Haryana, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Science, SHALOM Institute of Health and Allied Sciences, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Naini-211007, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Zhang Q, Li S, Hachicha M, Boukraa M, Soulère L, Efrit ML, Queneau Y. Heterocyclic Chemistry Applied to the Design of N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Analogues as Bacterial Quorum Sensing Signals Mimics. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26175135. [PMID: 34500565 PMCID: PMC8433848 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26175135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) are small signaling molecules used by many Gram-negative bacteria for coordinating their behavior as a function of their population density. This process, based on the biosynthesis and the sensing of such molecular signals, and referred to as Quorum Sensing (QS), regulates various gene expressions, including growth, virulence, biofilms formation, and toxin production. Considering the role of QS in bacterial pathogenicity, its modulation appears as a possible complementary approach in antibacterial strategies. Analogues and mimics of AHLs are therefore biologically relevant targets, including several families in which heterocyclic chemistry provides a strategic contribution in the molecular design and the synthetic approach. AHLs consist of three main sections, the homoserine lactone ring, the central amide group, and the side chain, which can vary in length and level of oxygenation. The purpose of this review is to summarize the contribution of heterocyclic chemistry in the design of AHLs analogues, insisting on the way heterocyclic building blocks can serve as replacements of the lactone moiety, as a bioisostere for the amide group, or as an additional pattern appended to the side chain. A few non-AHL-related heterocyclic compounds with AHL-like QS activity are also mentioned.
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- Qiang Zhang
- Univ Lyon, INSA Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, UMR 5246, CNRS, ICBMS, Institut de Chimie et de Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, Bât. E. Lederer, 1 Rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France; (Q.Z.); (S.L.); (M.H.); (M.B.)
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- Univ Lyon, INSA Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, UMR 5246, CNRS, ICBMS, Institut de Chimie et de Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, Bât. E. Lederer, 1 Rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France; (Q.Z.); (S.L.); (M.H.); (M.B.)
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- Univ Lyon, INSA Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, UMR 5246, CNRS, ICBMS, Institut de Chimie et de Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, Bât. E. Lederer, 1 Rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France; (Q.Z.); (S.L.); (M.H.); (M.B.)
- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique Sélective et Hétérocyclique, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, El Manar, Tunis 2092, Tunisia
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- Univ Lyon, INSA Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, UMR 5246, CNRS, ICBMS, Institut de Chimie et de Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, Bât. E. Lederer, 1 Rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France; (Q.Z.); (S.L.); (M.H.); (M.B.)
- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique Sélective et Hétérocyclique, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, El Manar, Tunis 2092, Tunisia
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- Univ Lyon, INSA Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, UMR 5246, CNRS, ICBMS, Institut de Chimie et de Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, Bât. E. Lederer, 1 Rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France; (Q.Z.); (S.L.); (M.H.); (M.B.)
- Correspondence: (L.S.); (M.L.E.); (Y.Q.)
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- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique Sélective et Hétérocyclique, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, El Manar, Tunis 2092, Tunisia
- Correspondence: (L.S.); (M.L.E.); (Y.Q.)
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- Univ Lyon, INSA Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, UMR 5246, CNRS, ICBMS, Institut de Chimie et de Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, Bât. E. Lederer, 1 Rue Victor Grignard, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France; (Q.Z.); (S.L.); (M.H.); (M.B.)
- Correspondence: (L.S.); (M.L.E.); (Y.Q.)
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Wu S, Liu C, Feng J, Yang A, Guo F, Qiao J. QSIdb: quorum sensing interference molecules. Brief Bioinform 2020; 22:5916938. [PMID: 33003203 DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbaa218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 08/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Quorum sensing interference (QSI), the disruption and manipulation of quorum sensing (QS) in the dynamic control of bacteria populations could be widely applied in synthetic biology to realize dynamic metabolic control and develop potential clinical therapies. Conventionally, limited QSI molecules (QSIMs) were developed based on molecular structures or for specific QS receptors, which are in short supply for various interferences and manipulations of QS systems. In this study, we developed QSIdb (http://qsidb.lbci.net/), a specialized repository of 633 reported QSIMs and 73 073 expanded QSIMs including both QS agonists and antagonists. We have collected all reported QSIMs in literatures focused on the modifications of N-acyl homoserine lactones, natural QSIMs and synthetic QS analogues. Moreover, we developed a pipeline with SMILES-based similarity assessment algorithms and docking-based validations to mine potential QSIMs from existing 138 805 608 compounds in the PubChem database. In addition, we proposed a new measure, pocketedit, for assessing the similarities of active protein pockets or QSIMs crosstalk, and obtained 273 possible potential broad-spectrum QSIMs. We provided user-friendly browsing and searching facilities for easy data retrieval and comparison. QSIdb could assist the scientific community in understanding QS-related therapeutics, manipulating QS-based genetic circuits in metabolic engineering, developing potential broad-spectrum QSIMs and expanding new ligands for other receptors.
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- Shengbo Wu
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, College of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, College of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering, Ministry of Education (Tianjin University) and Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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Torres M, Dessaux Y, Llamas I. Saline Environments as a Source of Potential Quorum Sensing Disruptors to Control Bacterial Infections: A Review. Mar Drugs 2019; 17:md17030191. [PMID: 30934619 PMCID: PMC6471967 DOI: 10.3390/md17030191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Saline environments, such as marine and hypersaline habitats, are widely distributed around the world. They include sea waters, saline lakes, solar salterns, or hypersaline soils. The bacteria that live in these habitats produce and develop unique bioactive molecules and physiological pathways to cope with the stress conditions generated by these environments. They have been described to produce compounds with properties that differ from those found in non-saline habitats. In the last decades, the ability to disrupt quorum-sensing (QS) intercellular communication systems has been identified in many marine organisms, including bacteria. The two main mechanisms of QS interference, i.e., quorum sensing inhibition (QSI) and quorum quenching (QQ), appear to be a more frequent phenomenon in marine aquatic environments than in soils. However, data concerning bacteria from hypersaline habitats is scarce. Salt-tolerant QSI compounds and QQ enzymes may be of interest to interfere with QS-regulated bacterial functions, including virulence, in sectors such as aquaculture or agriculture where salinity is a serious environmental issue. This review provides a global overview of the main works related to QS interruption in saline environments as well as the derived biotechnological applications.
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- Marta Torres
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
- Institute of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), University of Granada, 18100 Granada, Spain.
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA/CNRS/University Paris-Sud, University Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA/CNRS/University Paris-Sud, University Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
- Institute of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), University of Granada, 18100 Granada, Spain.
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The role of LasR active site amino acids in the interaction with the Acyl Homoserine Lactones (AHLs) analogues: A computational study. J Mol Graph Model 2018; 86:113-124. [PMID: 30352386 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2018.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Revised: 09/14/2018] [Accepted: 10/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The present work combines molecular docking calculations, 3D-QSAR, molecular dynamics simulations and free binding energy calculations (MM/PBSA and MM/GBSA) in a set of 28 structural analogues of acyl homoserine lactones with Quorum Sensing antagonist activity. The aim of this work is to understand how ligand binds and is affected by the molecular microenvironment in the active site of the LasR receptor for pseudomonas aeruginosa. We also study the stability of the interaction to find key structural characteristics that explain the antagonist activities of this set of ligands. This information is relevant for the rational modification or design of molecules and their identification as powerful LasR modulators. The analysis of molecular docking simulations shows that the 28 analogues have a similar binding mode compared to the native ligand. The carbonyl groups belonging to the lactone ring and the amide group of the acyl chain are oriented towards the amino acids forming hydrogen bond like interactions. The difference in antagonist activity is due to location and orientation of the LasR side chains within the hydrophobic pocket in its binding site. Additionally, we carried out molecular dynamics simulations to understand the conformational changes in the ligand-receptor interaction and the stability of each complex. Results show a direct relationship among the interaction energies of the ligands and the activities as an antagonist of the LasR receptor.
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Li SZ, Xu R, Ahmar M, Goux-Henry C, Queneau Y, Soulère L. Influence of the d/l configuration of N-acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) and analogues on their Lux-R dependent quorum sensing activity. Bioorg Chem 2018; 77:215-222. [PMID: 29367078 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2018.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Revised: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Whereas l-3-oxo-hexanoyl homoserine lactone (OHHL) is the active enantiomer of the of LuxR-regulated quorum sensing (QS) autoinducer, its d isomer is implicitly considered as inactive. The present work aims to clarify this l-specificity and investigate whether it extends to some analogues in the acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) family. For this purpose, OHHL and a series of AHL analogs were synthesized in racemic and enantiomerically pure d and l forms and their ability to induce or attenuate bioluminescence in the LuxR-dependent QS system was evaluated. In this study, l-isomers are confirmed as either the only, or as the most active, enantiomers. However, in several cases, especially for the natural ligand of LuxR (OHHL) and the very similar AHL agonist analogue 2, the d-isomer cannot be considered as totally inactive on QS. Molecular modelling suggests that when the lactone moiety of the d-isomer is able to twist, enabling the lactone carbonyl group and the amide function to interact with the key residues in the binding site, then the d-isomer can exhibit some activity.
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- Si-Zhe Li
- Univ Lyon, INSA Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, UMR 5246, ICBMS, Institut de Chimie et de Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Bioorganique Bât. J. Verne, 20 avenue A. Einstein, F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, INSA Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, UMR 5246, ICBMS, Institut de Chimie et de Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Bioorganique Bât. J. Verne, 20 avenue A. Einstein, F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, INSA Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, UMR 5246, ICBMS, Institut de Chimie et de Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Bioorganique Bât. J. Verne, 20 avenue A. Einstein, F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, INSA Lyon, CPE Lyon, UMR 5246, ICBMS, Institut de Chimie et de Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, CASYEN Bât Curien (CPE) 43, Bd du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Univ Lyon, INSA Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, UMR 5246, ICBMS, Institut de Chimie et de Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Bioorganique Bât. J. Verne, 20 avenue A. Einstein, F-69621 Villeurbanne, France.
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- Univ Lyon, INSA Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, UMR 5246, ICBMS, Institut de Chimie et de Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Bioorganique Bât. J. Verne, 20 avenue A. Einstein, F-69621 Villeurbanne, France.
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Quorum sensing inhibitors: can endophytes be prospective sources? Arch Microbiol 2017; 200:355-369. [PMID: 29026943 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-017-1437-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Revised: 09/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Endophytes are microbes which reside inside the plant tissues asymptomatically or causing pathogenicity to the host plant for a brief period. Owing to their presence in a specialized niche, endophytes are capable of synthesizing diverse types of bioactive molecules. Continuous development of resistance mechanism by pathogens to the currently available health treatments and pharmaceuticals has led researchers to explore new therapeutic agents. Quorum sensing has a role in the development of microbial pathogenic traits including biofilm formation. Utilization of quorum sensing (QS) inhibitors in antivirulence approach against pathogenesis is one of the innovative strategies. Endophytic microbes provide a plethora of such required bioactive molecules. This review summarizes the bioprospecting of endophytic microbes for production of novel QS inhibitors. At the outset, an overview is presented about the QS and QS inhibition followed by a summary on the endophytes as a treasure trove of bioactive metabolites, particularly the QS inhibitors. Next, we have outlined screening, purification, production, and application of QS inhibitors starting from the isolation of endophytic microbes. There is huge prospect for endophytes in the domain of human healthcare and food industry, provided that we develop a comprehensive understanding of the biology of endophyte and its ecosystem.
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Soulère L, Soulage CO. Exploring docking methods for virtual screening: application to the identification of neuraminidase and Ftsz potential inhibitors. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2017.1290234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Laurent Soulère
- Université de Lyon, INSA LYON, Institut de Chimie et de Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, ICBMS, UMR 5246, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, CPE-Lyon, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Bioorganique, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, CarMeN lab, INSA-Lyon, INSERM U1060, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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Grandclément C, Tannières M, Moréra S, Dessaux Y, Faure D. Quorum quenching: role in nature and applied developments. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2015; 40:86-116. [PMID: 26432822 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuv038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 338] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Quorum sensing (QS) refers to the capacity of bacteria to monitor their population density and regulate gene expression accordingly: the QS-regulated processes deal with multicellular behaviors (e.g. growth and development of biofilm), horizontal gene transfer and host-microbe (symbiosis and pathogenesis) and microbe-microbe interactions. QS signaling requires the synthesis, exchange and perception of bacterial compounds, called autoinducers or QS signals (e.g. N-acylhomoserine lactones). The disruption of QS signaling, also termed quorum quenching (QQ), encompasses very diverse phenomena and mechanisms which are presented and discussed in this review. First, we surveyed the QS-signal diversity and QS-associated responses for a better understanding of the targets of the QQ phenomena that organisms have naturally evolved and are currently actively investigated in applied perspectives. Next the mechanisms, targets and molecular actors associated with QS interference are presented, with a special emphasis on the description of natural QQ enzymes and chemicals acting as QS inhibitors. Selected QQ paradigms are detailed to exemplify the mechanisms and biological roles of QS inhibition in microbe-microbe and host-microbe interactions. Finally, some QQ strategies are presented as promising tools in different fields such as medicine, aquaculture, crop production and anti-biofouling area.
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- Catherine Grandclément
- Institut for Integrative Biology of the Cell, Department of Microbiology, CNRS CEA Paris-Sud University, Saclay Plant Sciences, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institut for Integrative Biology of the Cell, Department of Microbiology, CNRS CEA Paris-Sud University, Saclay Plant Sciences, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institut for Integrative Biology of the Cell, Department of Structural Biology, CNRS CEA Paris-Sud University, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institut for Integrative Biology of the Cell, Department of Microbiology, CNRS CEA Paris-Sud University, Saclay Plant Sciences, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institut for Integrative Biology of the Cell, Department of Microbiology, CNRS CEA Paris-Sud University, Saclay Plant Sciences, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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From broad-spectrum biocides to quorum sensing disruptors and mussel repellents: antifouling profile of alkyl triphenylphosphonium salts. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0123652. [PMID: 25897858 PMCID: PMC4405350 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2014] [Accepted: 02/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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'Onium' compounds, including ammonium and phosphonium salts, have been employed as antiseptics and disinfectants. These cationic biocides have been incorporated into multiple materials, principally to avoid bacterial attachment. In this work, we selected 20 alkyl-triphenylphosphonium salts, differing mainly in the length and functionalization of their alkyl chains, in fulfilment of two main objectives: 1) to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the antifouling profile of these molecules with relevant marine fouling organisms; and 2) to shed new light on their potential applications, beyond their classic use as broad-spectrum biocides. In this regard, we demonstrate for the first time that these compounds are also able to act as non-toxic quorum sensing disruptors in two different bacterial models (Chromobacterium violaceum and Vibrio harveyi) as well as repellents in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. In addition, their inhibitory activity on a fouling-relevant enzymatic model (tyrosinase) is characterized. An analysis of the structure-activity relationships of these compounds for antifouling purposes is provided, which may result useful in the design of targeted antifouling solutions with these molecules. Altogether, the findings reported herein provide a different perspective on the biological activities of phosphonium compounds that is particularly focused on, but, as the reader will realize, is not limited to their use as antifouling agents.
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Ahumedo M, Drosos JC, Vivas-Reyes R. Application of molecular docking and ONIOM methods for the description of interactions between anti-quorum sensing active (AHL) analogues and the Pseudomonas aeruginosa LasR binding site. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2014; 10:1162-71. [DOI: 10.1039/c3mb70181f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Beury-Cirou A, Tannières M, Minard C, Soulère L, Rasamiravaka T, Dodd RH, Queneau Y, Dessaux Y, Guillou C, Vandeputte OM, Faure D. At a supra-physiological concentration, human sexual hormones act as quorum-sensing inhibitors. PLoS One 2013; 8:e83564. [PMID: 24376718 PMCID: PMC3871529 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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N-Acylhomoserine lactone (AHL)-mediated quorum-sensing (QS) regulates virulence functions in plant and animal pathogens such as Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. A chemolibrary of more than 3500 compounds was screened using two bacterial AHL-biosensors to identify QS-inhibitors (QSIs). The purity and structure of 15 QSIs selected through this screening were verified using HPLC MS/MS tools and their activity tested on the A. tumefaciens and P. aeruginosa bacterial models. The IC50 value of the identified QSIs ranged from 2.5 to 90 µg/ml, values that are in the same range as those reported for the previously identified QSI 4-nitropyridine-N-oxide (IC50 24 µg/ml). Under the tested culture conditions, most of the identified QSIs did not exhibit bacteriostatic or bactericidal activities. One third of the tested QSIs, including the plant compound hordenine and the human sexual hormone estrone, decreased the frequency of the QS-regulated horizontal transfer of the tumor-inducing (Ti) plasmid in A. tumefaciens. Hordenine, estrone as well as its structural relatives estriol and estradiol, also decreased AHL accumulation and the expression of six QS-regulated genes (lasI, lasR, lasB, rhlI, rhlR, and rhlA) in cultures of the opportunist pathogen P. aeruginosa. Moreover, the ectopic expression of the AHL-receptors RhlR and LasR of P. aeruginosa in E. coli showed that their gene-regulatory activity was affected by the QSIs. Finally, modeling of the structural interactions between the human hormones and AHL-receptors LasR of P. aeruginosa and TraR of A. tumefaciens confirmed the competitive binding capability of the human sexual hormones. This work indicates potential interferences between bacterial and eukaryotic hormonal communications.
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- Amélie Beury-Cirou
- Institut des Sciences du Végétal (ISV) UPR 2355, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Seeds Innovation Protection Research and Environment (SIPRE), Comité Nord Plants de Pommes de Terre (CNPPT), Achicourt, France
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal (ISV) UPR 2355, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (ICSN) UPR2301, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires (ICBMS) UMR 5246, INSA Lyon-Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie Végétale, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (ICSN) UPR2301, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires (ICBMS) UMR 5246, INSA Lyon-Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal (ISV) UPR 2355, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (ICSN) UPR2301, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie Végétale, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium
- * E-mail: (OV); (DF)
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal (ISV) UPR 2355, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- * E-mail: (OV); (DF)
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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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des Essarts YR, Sabbah M, Comte A, Soulère L, Queneau Y, Dessaux Y, Hélias V, Faure D. N,N'-alkylated Imidazolium-derivatives act as quorum-sensing inhibitors targeting the Pectobacterium atrosepticum-induced symptoms on potato tubers. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:19976-86. [PMID: 24108370 PMCID: PMC3821598 DOI: 10.3390/ijms141019976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Revised: 09/16/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Bacteria belonging to the Pectobacterium genus are the causative agents of the blackleg and soft-rot diseases that affect potato plants and tubers worldwide. In Pectobacterium, the expression of the virulence genes is controlled by quorum-sensing (QS) and N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs). In this work, we screened a chemical library of QS-inhibitors (QSIs) and AHL-analogs to find novel QSIs targeting the virulence of Pectobacterium. Four N,N′-bisalkylated imidazolium salts were identified as QSIs; they were active at the μM range. In potato tuber assays, two of them were able to decrease the severity of the symptoms provoked by P. atrosepticum. This work extends the range of the QSIs acting on the Pectobacterium-induced soft-rot disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yannick Raoul des Essarts
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, UPR 2355, Gif-sur-Yvette 91198, France; E-Mails: (Y.R.E.); (Y.D.)
- FN3PT/RD3PT, Fédération Nationale des Producteurs de Plants de Pomme de terre, 43-45 Rue de Naples, Paris F-75008, France; E-Mail:
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- INSA Lyon, ICBMS, UMR 5246, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, INSA-Lyon, CPE-Lyon, Bât J. Verne, 20 av A. Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France; E-Mails: (M.S.); (L.S.); (Y.Q.)
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- Service de Chimiothèque, ICBMS, UMR 5246, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, INSA-Lyon, CPE-Lyon, Bât Curien, 43 bd du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France; E-Mail:
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- INSA Lyon, ICBMS, UMR 5246, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, INSA-Lyon, CPE-Lyon, Bât J. Verne, 20 av A. Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France; E-Mails: (M.S.); (L.S.); (Y.Q.)
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- INSA Lyon, ICBMS, UMR 5246, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, INSA-Lyon, CPE-Lyon, Bât J. Verne, 20 av A. Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France; E-Mails: (M.S.); (L.S.); (Y.Q.)
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, UPR 2355, Gif-sur-Yvette 91198, France; E-Mails: (Y.R.E.); (Y.D.)
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- FN3PT/RD3PT, Fédération Nationale des Producteurs de Plants de Pomme de terre, 43-45 Rue de Naples, Paris F-75008, France; E-Mail:
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR 1349IGEPP, Le Rheu F-35653, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, UPR 2355, Gif-sur-Yvette 91198, France; E-Mails: (Y.R.E.); (Y.D.)
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +33-1-69-82-35-77; Fax: +33-1-69-82-36-95
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Sabbah M, Fontaine F, Grand L, Boukraa M, Efrit ML, Doutheau A, Soulère L, Queneau Y. Synthesis and biological evaluation of new N-acyl-homoserine-lactone analogues, based on triazole and tetrazole scaffolds, acting as LuxR-dependent quorum sensing modulators. Bioorg Med Chem 2012; 20:4727-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2012] [Revised: 05/21/2012] [Accepted: 06/02/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Dobretsov S, Teplitski M, Bayer M, Gunasekera S, Proksch P, Paul VJ. Inhibition of marine biofouling by bacterial quorum sensing inhibitors. BIOFOULING 2011; 27:893-905. [PMID: 21882898 PMCID: PMC3489184 DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2011.609616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Seventy eight natural products from chemical libraries containing compounds from marine organisms (sponges, algae, fungi, tunicates and cyanobacteria) and terrestrial plants, were screened for the inhibition of bacterial quorum sensing (QS) using a reporter strain Chromobacterium violaceum CV017. About half of the natural products did not show any QS inhibition. Twenty four percent of the tested compounds inhibited QS of the reporter without causing toxicity. The QS inhibitory activities of the most potent and abundant compounds were further investigated using the LuxR-based reporter E. coli pSB401 and the LasR-based reporter E. coli pSB1075. Midpacamide and tenuazonic acid were toxic to the tested reporters. QS-dependent luminescence of the LasR-based reporter, which is normally induced by N-3-oxo-dodecanoyl-L-homoserine lactone, was reduced by demethoxy encecalin and hymenialdisin at concentrations >6.6 μM and 15 μM, respectively. Hymenialdisin, demethoxy encecalin, microcolins A and B and kojic acid inhibited responses of the LuxR-based reporter induced by N-3-oxo-hexanoyl-L-homoserine lactone at concentrations >0.2 μM, 2.2 μM, 1.5 μM, 15 μM and 36 μM, respectively. The ability to prevent microfouling by one of the compounds screened in this study (kojic acid; final concentrations 330 μM and 1 mM) was tested in a controlled mesocosm experiment. Kojic acid inhibited formation of microbial communities on glass slides, decreasing the densities of bacteria and diatoms in comparison with the control lacking kojic acid. The study suggests that natural products with QS inhibitory properties can be used for controlling biofouling communities.
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- Sergey Dobretsov
- Department of Marine Science and Fisheries, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman.
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Sabbah M, Soulère L, Reverchon S, Queneau Y, Doutheau A. LuxR dependent quorum sensing inhibition by N,N'-disubstituted imidazolium salts. Bioorg Med Chem 2011; 19:4868-75. [PMID: 21782453 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.06.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2011] [Revised: 06/24/2011] [Accepted: 06/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Thirty N,N'-disubstituted imidazolium salts have been synthesized and evaluated as LuxR antagonists. Substitution on one of the imidazolium nitrogen atoms includes benzhydryl, fluorenyl or cyclopentyl substituent, and alkyl chains of various lengths on the second one. Most of these compounds displayed antagonist activity, with IC(50) reaching the micromolar range for the most active ones. The disubstituted imidazolium scaffold is thus shown to be a new pertinent pharmacophore in the field of AHL dependent QS inhibition.
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- Mohamad Sabbah
- INSA Lyon, Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Bioorganique, Bât J. Verne, 20 av A. Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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Stevens AM, Queneau Y, Soulère L, Bodman SV, Doutheau A. Mechanisms and Synthetic Modulators of AHL-Dependent Gene Regulation. Chem Rev 2010; 111:4-27. [DOI: 10.1021/cr100064s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Ann M. Stevens
- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States, INSA Lyon, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Bioorganique, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France, CNRS, UMR 5246 ICBMS, Université Lyon 1, INSA-Lyon, CPE-Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France, Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States, and National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia 22230, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States, INSA Lyon, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Bioorganique, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France, CNRS, UMR 5246 ICBMS, Université Lyon 1, INSA-Lyon, CPE-Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France, Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States, and National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia 22230, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States, INSA Lyon, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Bioorganique, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France, CNRS, UMR 5246 ICBMS, Université Lyon 1, INSA-Lyon, CPE-Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France, Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States, and National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia 22230, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States, INSA Lyon, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Bioorganique, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France, CNRS, UMR 5246 ICBMS, Université Lyon 1, INSA-Lyon, CPE-Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France, Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States, and National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia 22230, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States, INSA Lyon, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Bioorganique, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France, CNRS, UMR 5246 ICBMS, Université Lyon 1, INSA-Lyon, CPE-Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France, Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States, and National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia 22230, United States
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