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Tung TT, Quoc Thang N, Cao Huy N, Bao Phuong P, Ngoc Minh D, Hai Nam N, Nielsen J. Identification of novel phenylalanine derivatives bearing a hydroxamic acid moiety as potent quorum sensing inhibitors. RSC Med Chem 2024; 15:1320-1328. [PMID: 38665836 PMCID: PMC11042162 DOI: 10.1039/d3md00670k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Phenylalanine derivatives are a well-known small moiety responsible for controlling the virulence factors of several bacteria. Herein, for the first time, we report novel structures of phenylalanine derivatives bearing a hydroxamic acid moiety which were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for use as quorum sensing inhibitors. Biological results reveal that six compounds showed good quorum sensing inhibitors properties with an IC50 ranging from 7.12 ± 2.11 μM-92.34 ± 2.09 μM (4NPO, a reference compound, IC50 = 29.13 ± 0.88 μM). In addition, three out of the six compounds (4a, 4c, 4h) showed strong anti-biofilm formation and CviR inhibitory activity when compared to that of 4NPO. These biological data were also confirmed by computational studies. In this series of compounds, 4h is the most promising compound for future drug development targeting quorum sensing. Our results concluded that the fragment-based drug design is a good approach for the discovery of novel quorum-sensing inhibitors in the future.
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- Truong Thanh Tung
- Faculty of Pharmacy, PHENIKAA University Hanoi 12116 Vietnam
- PHENIKAA Institute for Advanced Study (PIAS), PHENIKAA University Hanoi 12116 Vietnam
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- Hanoi University of Pharmacy 13-15 Le Thanh Tong Hanoi Vietnam
- Vinmec International Hospital Hanoi Vietnam
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, PHENIKAA University Hanoi 12116 Vietnam
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, PHENIKAA University Hanoi 12116 Vietnam
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, PHENIKAA University Hanoi 12116 Vietnam
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- Hanoi University of Pharmacy 13-15 Le Thanh Tong Hanoi Vietnam
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen Denmark
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Singh P, Kumar A, Sharma P, Chugh S, Kumar A, Sharma N, Gupta S, Singh M, Kidwai S, Sankar J, Taneja N, Kumar Y, Dhiman R, Mahajan D, Singh R. Identification and optimization of pyridine carboxamide-based scaffold as a drug lead for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2024; 68:e0076623. [PMID: 38193667 PMCID: PMC10848774 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00766-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
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New drugs with novel mechanisms of action are urgently needed to tackle the issue of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Here, we have performed phenotypic screening using the Pathogen Box library obtained from the Medicines for Malaria Venture against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vitro. We have identified a pyridine carboxamide derivative, MMV687254, as a promising hit. This molecule is specifically active against M. tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (M. bovis BCG) but inactive against Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumanii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Escherichia coli pathogens. We demonstrate that MMV687254 inhibits M. tuberculosis growth in liquid cultures in a bacteriostatic manner. Surprisingly, MMV687254 was as active as isoniazid in macrophages and inhibited M. tuberculosis growth in a bactericidal manner. Mechanistic studies revealed that MMV687254 is a prodrug and that its anti-mycobacterial activity requires AmiC-dependent hydrolysis. We further demonstrate that MMV687254 inhibits M. tuberculosis growth in macrophages by inducing autophagy. In the present study, we have also carried out a detailed structure-activity relationship study and identified a promising novel lead candidate. The identified novel series of compounds also showed activity against drug-resistant M. bovis BCG and M. tuberculosis clinical strains. Finally, we demonstrate that in contrast to MMV687254, the lead molecule was able to inhibit M. tuberculosis growth in a chronic mouse model of infection. Taken together, we have identified a novel lead molecule with a dual mechanism of action that can be further optimized to design more potent anti-tubercular agents.
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- Padam Singh
- Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Department of Life Science, Laboratory of Mycobacterial Immunology, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
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- Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Department of Life Science, Laboratory of Mycobacterial Immunology, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
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- Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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Vadakkan K, Ngangbam AK, Sathishkumar K, Rumjit NP, Cheruvathur MK. A review of chemical signaling pathways in the quorum sensing circuit of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 254:127861. [PMID: 37939761 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an increasingly common competitive and biofilm organism in healthcare infection with sophisticated, interlinked and hierarchic quorum systems (Las, Rhl, PQS, and IQS), creates the greatest threats to the medical industry and has rendered prevailing chemotherapy medications ineffective. The rise of multidrug resistance has evolved into a concerning and potentially fatal occurrence for human life. P. aeruginosa biofilm development is assisted by exopolysaccharides, extracellular DNA, proteins, macromolecules, cellular signaling and interaction. Quorum sensing is a communication process between cells that involves autonomous inducers and regulators. Quorum-induced infectious agent biofilms and the synthesis of virulence factors have increased disease transmission, medication resistance, infection episodes, hospitalizations and mortality. Hence, quorum sensing may be a potential therapeutical target for bacterial illness, and developing quorum inhibitors as an anti-virulent tool could be a promising treatment strategy for existing antibiotics. Quorum quenching is a prevalent technique for treating infections caused by microbes because it diminishes microbial pathogenesis and increases microbe biofilm sensitivity to antibiotics, making it a potential candidate for drug development. This paper examines P. aeruginosa quorum sensing, the hierarchy of quorum sensing mechanism, quorum sensing inhibition and quorum sensing inhibitory agents as a drug development strategy to supplement traditional antibiotic strategies.
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- Kayeen Vadakkan
- Department of Biology, St. Mary's College, Thrissur, Kerala 680020, India; Manipur International University, Imphal, Manipur 795140, India.
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- Rhizosphere Biology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 620024, India; Department of Computational Biology, Institute of Bioinformatics, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Thandalam, Chennai 602 105, Tamil Nadu, India
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Sharma N, Srivastava N, Kaushal A, Das B, Vashistha A, Kumar L, Kumar R, Kumar Yadav A. Synthesis, in Silico Study and Biological Evaluation of N-(Benzothiazol/Thiazol-2-yl)benzamide Derivatives as Quorum Sensing Inhibitors against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Chem Biodivers 2023; 20:e202300647. [PMID: 37602712 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202300647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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The development of bacterial resistance to chemical therapy poses a severe danger to efficacy of treating bacterial infections. One of the key factors for resistance to antimicrobial medications is growth of bacteria in biofilm. Quorum sensing (QS) inhibition was created as an alternative treatment by developing novel anti-biofilm medicines. Cell-cell communication is impeded by QS inhibition, which targets QS signaling pathway. The goal of this work is to develop newer drugs that are effective against Pseudomonas aeruginosa by decreasing QS and acting as anti-biofilm agents. In this investigation, N-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)benzamide/N-(thiazol-2-yl)benzamide derivatives 3a-h were designed and synthesized in good yields. Further, molecular docking analyses revealed that binding affinity values were founded -11.2 to -7.6 kcal/mol that were moderate to good. The physicochemical properties of these prepared compounds were investigated through in-silico method. Molecular dynamic simulation was also used to know better understanding of stability of the protein and ligand complex. Comparing N-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)benzamide 3a to salicylic acid (4.40±0.10) that was utilised as standard for quorum sensing inhibitor, the anti-QS action was found greater for N-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)benzamide 3a (4.67±0.45) than salicylic acid (4.40±0.10). Overall, research results suggested that N-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)benzamide/N-(thiazol-2-yl)benzamide derivatives 3a-h may hold to develop new quorum sensing inhibitors.
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- Nikhil Sharma
- University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, 173229, India
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- University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute Of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, 221005, India
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- University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, 173229, India
- Cancer Biology Laboratory, Raj Khosla Center for Cancer Research, Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, 173229, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute Of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, 221005, India
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- University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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Vaithegi K, Yi S, Lee JH, Varun BV, Park SB. Synthesis of substituted pyridines with diverse functional groups via the remodeling of (Aza)indole/Benzofuran skeletons. Commun Chem 2023; 6:112. [PMID: 37286709 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-023-00914-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
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Substituted pyridines with diverse functional groups are important structural motifs found in numerous bioactive molecules. Several methodologies for the introduction of various bio-relevant functional groups to pyridine have been reported, but there is still a need for a single robust method allowing the selective introduction of multiple functional groups. This study reports a ring cleavage methodology reaction for the synthesis of 2-alkyl/aryl 3-electron-withdrawing groups (esters, sulfones, and phosphonates) 5-aminoaryl/phenol pyridines via the remodeling of 3-formyl (aza)indoles/benzofurans. Totally ninety-three 5-aminoaryl pyridines and thirty-three 5-phenol pyridines were synthesized showing the robustness of the developed methodology. The application of this methodology further provided a privileged pyridine scaffold containing biologically relevant molecules and direct drug/natural product conjugation with ethyl 2-methyl nicotinate.
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- Kannan Vaithegi
- CRI Center for Chemical Proteomics, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- CRI Center for Chemical Proteomics, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- CRI Center for Chemical Proteomics, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- CRI Center for Chemical Proteomics, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- CRI Center for Chemical Proteomics, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.
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Çavuşoğlu D, Çavuşoğlu K, Yalçin E, Çavuşoğlu K. Potential toxicity assessment of mycotoxin fusaric acid with the spectral shift profile on DNA. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-27436-w. [PMID: 37188934 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27436-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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In this study, the multiple toxicities induced by three different doses (1, 5, and 10 μM) of fusaric acid (FA), a mycotoxin, was investigated with Allium test. Physiological (percent germination, root number, root length, and weight gain), cytogenetic (micronucleus = MN, chromosomal abnormalities = CAs, and mitotic index = MI), biochemical (proline level, malondialdehyde = MDA level, catalase = CAT activity, and superoxide dismutase = SOD activity), and anatomical parameters were used as indicators of toxicity. Allium cepa L. bulbs were divided into four groups as one control and three applications. The bulbs in the control group were germinated with tap water for 7 days, and the bulbs in the treatment groups were germinated with three different doses of FA for 7 days. As a result, FA exposure caused a decrease in all physiological parameters examined at all three doses. Besides, all FA doses caused a decrease in MI and an increase in the frequency of MN and the number of CAs. FA promoted CAs such as nucleus with vacuoles, nucleus buds, irregular mitosis, bridge, and misdirection in root meristem cells. DNA and FA interactions, which are the possible causes of genotoxic effects, were examined by spectral analysis, and FA could interact with DNA through intercalation, causing bathochromic and hypochromic shifts in the spectrum. FA also causes toxicity by inducing oxidative stress in cells, confirming this; dose-related increases in root MDA and proline levels were measured as a result of FA exposure. In the root SOD and CAT enzyme activities, increases up to 5 μM doses and decreases at 10 μM doses were measured. FA exposure induced anatomical damage such as necrosis, epidermis cell damage, flattened cell nucleus, thickening of the cortex cell wall, and unclear vascular tissue in root tip meristem cells. As a result, FA caused a comprehensive toxicity by showing an inhibitory effect in A. cepa test material, and the Allium test was a very useful test in determining this toxicity.
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- Dilek Çavuşoğlu
- Department of Plant and Animal Production, Atabey Vocational High School, Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Isparta, Türkiye
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Türkiye.
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Giresun University, Giresun, Türkiye
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Giresun University, Giresun, Türkiye
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Vashistha A, Sharma N, Nanaji Y, Kumar D, Singh G, Barnwal RP, Yadav AK. Quorum sensing inhibitors as Therapeutics: Bacterial biofilm inhibition. Bioorg Chem 2023; 136:106551. [PMID: 37094480 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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The overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics to treat bacterial infections has led to the development of multiple drug resistant strains. Biofilm is a complex microorganism aggregation defined by the presence of a dynamic, sticky, and protective extracellular matrix made of polysaccharides, proteins, and nucleic acids. The infectious diseases are caused by bacteria that flourish within quorum sensing (QS) mediated biofilms. Efforts to disrupt biofilms have enabled the identification of bioactive molecules produced by prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The QS system is quenched predominantly by these molecules. The phenomenon is also termed as quorum sensing (QS). Both synthetic and natural substances have been discovered to be useful in QS. This review describes natural and synthetic quorum sensing inhibitors (QSIs) with the potential to treat bacterial infections. It includes the discussion on quorum sensing, mechanism of quorum sensing, effect of substituents on the activity. These discoveries could result in effective therapies using far lower dosages of medications, particularly antibiotics, are currently needed.
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- Aditi Vashistha
- University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Ophthalmology Dept Lbk Genl, Lubbock, Texas, USA, 3601 4th Street, Lubbock TX 79430, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shoolini University, Solan-173229, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Department of Biophysics, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India.
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Sharma N, Srivastava N, Devi B, Kumar L, Kumar R, Kumar Yadav A. Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and in Silico Study of N-(2- and 3-Pyridinyl)benzamide Derivatives as Quorum Sensing Inhibitors against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Chem Biodivers 2023; 20:e202201191. [PMID: 36811279 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202201191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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The effectiveness of treating bacterial infections is seriously threatened by the emergence of bacterial resistance to chemical treatment. Growth of microbes in biofilm is one of the main causes of resistance to antimicrobial drugs. Quorum sensing (QS) inhibition, which targets the QS signalling system by obstructing cell-cell communication, was developed as an alternative treatment by creating innovative anti-biofilm drugs. Therefore, the goal of this study is to develop novel antimicrobial drugs that are effective against Pseudomonas aeruginosa by inhibiting QS and acting as anti-biofilm agents. In this study, N-(2- and 3-pyridinyl)benzamide derivatives were selected to design and syntheses. Antibiofilm activity was revealed by all the synthesized compounds and the biofilm was visibly impaired, and the OD595nm readings of solubilized biofilm cells presented a momentous difference between the treated and untreated biofilms. The best anti-QS zone was observed for compound 5d and found to be 4.96 mm. Through in silico research, the physicochemical characteristics and binding manner of these produced compounds were examined. For the purpose of understanding the stability of the protein and ligand complex, molecular dynamic simulation was also carried out. The overall findings showed that N-(2- and 3-pyridinyl)benzamide derivatives could be the key to creating effective newer anti-quorum sensing drugs that are effective against different bacteria.
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- Nikhil Sharma
- University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh-173229, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (B.H.U.), Varanasi, 221005 (U.P.), India
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- School of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh-173229, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (B.H.U.), Varanasi, 221005 (U.P.), India
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- University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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Biosensor approach for electrochemical quantitative assessment and qualitative characterization of the effect of fusaric acid on a culture-receptor. J Biotechnol 2022; 357:1-8. [PMID: 35963592 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2022.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Fusaric acid (FA) is a secondary fungal metabolite, which is widespread on corn and corn-based feed and food; FA has non-specific toxicity. Biosensor method is an express and easy-to-use method for quantitative and qualitative assessment of FA effect. Search for cultures has been performed for the formation of laboratory models of FA biosensor with the Clark-type oxygen electrode as transducer: respiration intensity of chosen cultures changed in the presence of FA. Resting cells of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum and Bacillus subtilis were used as receptors of the amperometric biosensor for FA determination in aqueous solution. To enhance the sensitivity of detection, induction by substrate was performed for Bacillus subtilis. Response-concentration linear dependencies were obtained in a range of 0.5-500 FA mg/L. Biosensor models were applied to characterize influence of FA on microbial cells and investigate some features of FA transport. The dependences of the cells' response to FA on FA concentration were obtained; the kinetic parameters S0.5 and Vmax were determined for each culture. Inhibition-threshold FA (Sit) concentrations were similar for both studied cultures. At concentrations lower than Sit, the process of simple diffusion governed FA transport into cells and caused the cells' response to FA for non-induced culture.
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Satterlee TR, Williams FN, Nadal M, Glenn AE, Lofton LW, Duke MV, Scheffler BE, Gold SE. Transcriptomic Response of Fusarium verticillioides to Variably Inhibitory Environmental Isolates of Streptomyces. FRONTIERS IN FUNGAL BIOLOGY 2022; 3:894590. [PMID: 37746240 PMCID: PMC10512263 DOI: 10.3389/ffunb.2022.894590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Fusarium verticillioides is a mycotoxigenic fungus that is a threat to food and feed safety due to its common infection of maize, a global staple crop. A proposed strategy to combat this threat is the use of biological control bacteria that can inhibit the fungus and reduce mycotoxin contamination. In this study, the effect of multiple environmental isolates of Streptomyces on F. verticillioides was examined via transcriptome analysis. The Streptomyces strains ranged from inducing no visible response to dramatic growth inhibition. Transcriptionally, F. verticillioides responded proportionally to strain inhibition with either little to no transcript changes to thousands of genes being differentially expressed. Expression changes in multiple F. verticillioides putative secondary metabolite gene clusters was observed. Interestingly, genes involved in the fusaric acid gene cluster were suppressed by inhibitory strains of Streptomyces. A F. verticillioides beta-lactamase encoding gene (FVEG_13172) was found to be highly induced by specific inhibitory Streptomyces strains and its deletion increased visible response to those strains. This study demonstrates that F. verticillioides does not have an all or nothing response to bacteria it encounters but rather a measured response that is strain specific and proportional to the strength of inhibition.
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- Timothy R. Satterlee
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, United States (US) National Poultry Research Center, Athens, GA, United States
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, United States (US) National Poultry Research Center, Athens, GA, United States
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, United States (US) National Poultry Research Center, Athens, GA, United States
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, United States (US) National Poultry Research Center, Athens, GA, United States
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, United States (US) National Poultry Research Center, Athens, GA, United States
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Unit, Stoneville, MS, United States
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Unit, Stoneville, MS, United States
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, United States (US) National Poultry Research Center, Athens, GA, United States
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Arendse M, Khan S, Wani MY, Aqlan FM, Al-Bogami AS, Ahmad A. Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Disrupting Potential of Imidazole Derivatives in Chromobacterium violaceum Using Antimicrobial and Drug Discovery Approaches. Braz J Microbiol 2022; 53:565-582. [PMID: 35301694 PMCID: PMC9151946 DOI: 10.1007/s42770-022-00702-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Population of drug-resistant bacteria have increased at an alarming rate in the past few decades. The major reason for increasing drug resistance is the lack of new antibiotics and limited drug targets. It has therefore been a vital task to develop new antibiotics with different drug targets. Two such targets are biofilm formation and quorum sensing. Quorum sensing is cell to cell communication used by bacteria that initiates many important survival processes and aids in establishing pathogenesis. Both biofilm and quorum sensing are inter-related processes and play a major role in physiological and pathogenesis processes. In this study, five novel imidazole derivatives (IMA-1-IMA-5) were synthesised and tested for their antibacterial and anti-quorum sensing activities against Chromobacterium violaceum using different in silico and in vitro techniques following the standard protocols. In silico results revealed that all compounds were able to effectively bind to and interact sufficiently with the target protein CviR. CviR is a protein to which autoinducers bind to initiate the quorum sensing process. In silico results also revealed that the compounds generated favourable structural dynamics implying that the compounds would be able to effectively bind to CviR and inhibit quorum sensing. Susceptibility results revealed that IMA-1 is the most active of all the derivatives against both planktonic cells and biofilms. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of anti-quorum sensing activity at sub-inhibitory concentrations of these compounds also revealed high activity for IMA-1. Down-regulation of most of the quorum sensing genes when cells were treated with the test compounds affirmed the high anti-quorum sensing activities of these compounds. The results from this study are promising and urges on the use of anti-quorum sensing and biofilm disrupting molecules to combat multi-drug resistance problem.
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- Madison Arendse
- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Pathology, Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Pathology, Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Pathology, Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa. .,Infection Control, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa.
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Desouky SE, Abu-Elghait M, Fayed EA, Selim S, Yousuf B, Igarashi Y, Abdel-Wahab BA, Mohammed Alsuhaibani A, Sonomoto K, Nakayama J. Secondary Metabolites of Actinomycetales as Potent Quorum Sensing Inhibitors Targeting Gram-Positive Pathogens: In Vitro and In Silico Study. Metabolites 2022; 12:metabo12030246. [PMID: 35323689 PMCID: PMC8955454 DOI: 10.3390/metabo12030246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Revised: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Anti-virulence agents are non-bacteriostatic and non-bactericidal emerging therapeutic options which hamper the production of virulence factors in pathogenic flora. In Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis, regulation of virulence genes’ expression occurs through the cyclic peptide-mediated accessory gene regulator (agr) and its ortholog fsr quorum sensing systems, respectively. In the present study, we screened a set of 54 actinomycetales secondary metabolites as novel anti-virulence compounds targeting quorum sensing system of the Gram-positive bacteria. The results indicated that four compounds, Phenalinolactones A–D, BU–4664LMe, 4,5-dehydrogeldamycin, and Questinomycin A, potentially inhibit the agr quorum sensing system and hemolytic activity of S. aureus. On the other hand, Decatromicin A and B, Okilactomycin, Rishirilide A, Abyssomicin I, and Rebeccamycin selectively blocked the fsr quorum sensing system and the gelatinase production in E. faecalis at sub-lethal concentrations. Interestingly, Synerazol uniquely showed the capability to inhibit both fsr and agr quorum sensing systems. Further, in silico molecular docking studies were performed which provided closer insights into the mode of action of these compounds and proposed that the inhibitory activity of these compounds could be attributed to their potential ability to bind to the ATP-active site of S. aureus AgrA. Taken together, our study highlights the potential of actinomycetales secondary metabolites with diverse structures as anti-virulence quorum sensing inhibitors.
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- Said E. Desouky
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt;
- Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Division of Systems Bioengineering, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan; (B.Y.); (K.S.); (J.N.)
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy (Girls), Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11754, Egypt;
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Saudi Arabia;
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- Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Division of Systems Bioengineering, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan; (B.Y.); (K.S.); (J.N.)
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Department of Biotechnology, Toyama Prefectural University, 5180 Kurokawa, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan;
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 7111, Egypt;
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Najran University, Najran 1988, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physical Sport Science, College of Education, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia;
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- Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Division of Systems Bioengineering, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan; (B.Y.); (K.S.); (J.N.)
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- Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Division of Systems Bioengineering, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan; (B.Y.); (K.S.); (J.N.)
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Tung TT, Nguyen Quoc T. 2-Difluoromethylpyridine as a bioisosteric replacement of pyridine- N-oxide: the case of quorum sensing inhibitors. RSC Med Chem 2021; 12:2065-2070. [PMID: 35028565 PMCID: PMC8672814 DOI: 10.1039/d1md00245g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 10/24/2023] Open
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Herein, we demonstrate that 2-difluoromethylpyridine is a bioisosteric replacement of pyridine-N-oxide. Using the quorum sensing inhibitor 4NPO as a model compound, a library of 2-difluoromethylpyridine derivatives was designed, synthesized, and evaluated toward quorum sensing activity, biofilm formation, anti-violacein activity, and protease activity. As a result, compounds 1 (IC50 of 35 ± 1.12 μM), 5 (IC50 of 19 ± 1.01 μM), and 6 (IC50 of 27 ± 0.67 μM) showed a similar or better activity in comparison to 4NPO (IC50 of 33 ± 1.12 μM) in a quorum sensing system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In addition, compounds 1, 5, 6, and 4NPO showed good antibiofilm biomass of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and reduced violacein production in Chromobacterium violaceum. In terms of protease activity, compounds 1, 5, and 6 showed significant activity compared to 4NPO. Overall, the replacement of pyridine-N-oxide by 2-difluoromethylpyridine enhances the activity of the model compound, which could open a new path for bioisosteric replacement in drug discovery and development.
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- Truong Thanh Tung
- Faculty of Pharmacy, PHENIKAA University Hanoi 12116 Vietnam
- PHENIKAA Institute for Advanced Study (PIAS), PHENIKAA University Hanoi 12116 Vietnam
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Tung TT, Quoc TN. Discovery of novel β-turn mimetic-based peptides as novel quorum sensing inhibitors of gram-negative bacteria. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2021; 46:128170. [PMID: 34091042 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2021.128170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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To date, a very limited number of peptides reported as quorum sensing inhibitors. Herein, we report the synthesis and evaluation of a series of β-turn mimetic-based peptides as potent quorum sensing inhibitors and antibiofilm formation. In this series, peptides P1, P4, and P5 showed very promising anti-quorum sensing activity on lasB-gfp reporter strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa without affecting bacterial growth. Under our condition, these compounds also showed good anti-violacein production of Chromobacterium violaceum. In terms of antibiofilm formation, except P5, two β-turn mimetic-based peptides P1 and P4 showed maximum inhibition of 80% total biomass of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This report provides the first β-turn mimetic-based scaffold for future drug development.
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- Truong Thanh Tung
- Faculty of Pharmacy, PHENIKAA University, Hanoi 12116, Viet Nam; PHENIKAA Institute for Advanced Study (PIAS), PHENIKAA University, Hanoi 12116, Viet Nam.
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- Nuclear Medicine Unit, Vinmec International Hospital, Hanoi 10000, Viet Nam
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Chang HX, Noel ZA, Chilvers MI. A β-lactamase gene of Fusarium oxysporum alters the rhizosphere microbiota of soybean. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 106:1588-1604. [PMID: 33788336 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The rhizosphere is a multitrophic environment, and for soilborne pathogens such as Fusarium oxysporum, microbial competition in the rhizosphere is inevitable before reaching and infecting roots. This study established a tritrophic interaction among the plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Burkholderia ambifaria, F. oxysporum and Glycine max (soybean) to study the effects of F. oxysporum genes on shaping the soybean microbiota. Although B. ambifaria inhibited mycelial growth and increased bacterial propagation in the presence of F. oxysporum, F. oxysporum still managed to infect soybean in the presence of B. ambifaria. RNA-Seq identified a putative F. oxysporum secretory β-lactamase-coding gene, FOXG_18438 (abbreviated as Fo18438), that is upregulated during soybean infection in the presence of B. ambifaria. The ∆Fo18438 mutants displayed reduced mycelial growth towards B. ambifaria, and the complementation of full Fo18438 and the Fo18438 β-lactamase domain restored mycelial growth. Using the F. oxysporum wild type, ∆Fo18438 mutants and complemented strains with full Fo18438, Fo18438 β-lactamase domain or Fo18438 RTA1-like domain for soil inoculation, 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing revealed that the abundance of a Burkholderia operational taxonomic unit (OTU) was increased in the rhizosphere microbiota infested by the strains with Fo18438 β-lactamase domain. Non-metric multidimensional scaling and PICRUSt2 functional analysis revealed differential abundance for the bacterial β-lactam-related functions when contrasting the genotypes of F. oxysporum. These results indicated that the Fo18438 β-lactamase domain provides F. oxysporum with the advantage of growing into the soybean rhizosphere, where β-lactam antibiosis is involved in microbial competition. Accordingly, this study highlights the capability of an F. oxysporum gene for altering the soybean rhizosphere and taproot microbiota.
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- Hao-Xun Chang
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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Zhang Q, Yang F, Liao S, Wang B, Li R, Dong Y, Zhou M, Yang Y, Xu G. Synthesis, Antibacterial Activity, and Structure–Activity Relationship of Fusaric Acid Analogs. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.12230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Qing‐Yan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants & School of Pharmacy Guizhou Medical University Guian New District Guizhou 550025 China
- Engineering Research Center for the Development and Application of Ethnic Medicine and TCM Ministry of Education & Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutics Guiyang Guizhou 550004 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants & School of Pharmacy Guizhou Medical University Guian New District Guizhou 550025 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants & School of Pharmacy Guizhou Medical University Guian New District Guizhou 550025 China
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- School of Biology & Engineering Guizhou Medical University Guian New District Guizhou 550025 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants & School of Pharmacy Guizhou Medical University Guian New District Guizhou 550025 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants & School of Pharmacy Guizhou Medical University Guian New District Guizhou 550025 China
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- Engineering Research Center for the Development and Application of Ethnic Medicine and TCM Ministry of Education & Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutics Guiyang Guizhou 550004 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants & School of Pharmacy Guizhou Medical University Guian New District Guizhou 550025 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants & School of Pharmacy Guizhou Medical University Guian New District Guizhou 550025 China
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Production of antimicrobial metabolites against pathogenic bacteria and yeasts by Fusarium oxysporum in submerged culture processes. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2021; 44:1321-1332. [PMID: 33646354 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-021-02538-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The antimicrobial activity of the metabolites produced by Fusarium oxysporum PR-33 in submerged culture was evaluated against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and yeasts. Metabolites were determined by HPLC-DAD-MS/MS. An extract was obtained following the removal of mycelium by centrifugation and lyophilisation of the supernatant. The compounds in this extract demonstrated broad-spectrum antimicrobial action, with rates of inhibition between 60 and 80%, depending on the species and extract tested. The major compounds of the extracts were identified as fusarinolic acid and its isomer [56.9% flask extract (FE)] and 59.2% bioreactor extract (BE), dehydrofusaric acid (35.7% FE and 31.6% BE), and fusaric acid (6.5% FE and 1.1% BE). Fusaric acid has been shown to be responsible for antimicrobial activity. The cytotoxicity of the extracts was evaluated in culture of HEK-293 and SH-SY5Y animal cells and toxicity of these extracts was verified even in the lowest tested concentrations. Therefore, our results indicate that the compounds identified exhibit potential as antimicrobial agents.
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Silva AD, Ambrozin ARP, de Camargo AFS, Cruz FDPN, Ferreira LLG, Krogh R, Silva TL, Camargo ILBDC, Andricopulo AD, Vieira PC. Liquid Fungal Cocultivation as a Strategy to Access Bioactive Metabolites. PLANTA MEDICA 2021; 87:187-195. [PMID: 32645738 DOI: 10.1055/a-1200-2046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Fungi are a rich source of bioactive compounds. Fungal cocultivation is a method of potentiating chemical interactions and, consequently, increasing bioactive molecule production. In this study, we evaluated the bactericidal, antiprotozoal, and cathepsin V inhibition activities of extracts from axenic cultures of 6 fungi (Fusarium guttiforme, Pestalotiopsis diospyri, Phoma caricae-papayae, Colletotrichum horii, Phytophthora palmivora, and C. gloeosporioides) that infest tropical fruits and 57 extracts obtained by their cocultivation. Our results reveal that fungal cocultivation enhances the biological activity of the samples, since all extracts that were active on Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, Trypanosoma cruzi, and Leishmania infantum were obtained from cocultivation. Bacterial growth is either totally or partially inhibited by 46% of the extracts. Two extracts containing mainly fusaric and 9,10-dehydrofusaric acids were particularly active. The presence of the fungus F. guttiforme in co-cultures that give rise to extracts with the highest activities against L. infantum. An axenic culture gave rise to the most active extract for the inhibition of cathepsin V; however, other coculture extracts also exhibited activity toward this biological target. Therefore, the results of the biological activities indicate that fungal cocultivation increased the biological potential of samples, likely due to the hostile and competitive environment that pushes microorganisms to produce substances important for defense and allows access to metabolic routes then silenced in milder cultivation conditions.
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- Airton Damasceno Silva
- Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo (USP), São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, SP, Brazil
- Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Padhi S, Masi M, Chourasia R, Rajashekar Y, Rai AK, Evidente A. ADMET profile and virtual screening of plant and microbial natural metabolites as SARS-CoV-2 S1 glycoprotein receptor binding domain and main protease inhibitors. Eur J Pharmacol 2021; 890:173648. [PMID: 33069672 PMCID: PMC7561576 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In an attempt to search for selective inhibitors against the SARS-CoV-2 which caused devastating of lives and livelihoods across the globe, 415 natural metabolites isolated from several plants, fungi and bacteria, belonging to different classes, were investigated. The drug metabolism and safety profiles were computed in silico and the results showed seven compounds namely fusaric acid, jasmonic acid, jasmonic acid methyl ester, putaminoxin, putaminoxin B and D, and stagonolide K were predicted to having considerable absorption, metabolism, distribution and excretion parameters (ADME) and safety indices. Molecular docking against the receptor binding domain (RBD) of spike glycoprotein (S1) and the main protease (Mpro) exposed the compounds having better binding affinity to main protease as compared to the S1 receptor binding domain. The docking results were compared to an antiviral drug penciclovir reportedly of clinical significance in treating the SARS-CoV-2 infected patients. The results demonstrated the test compounds jasmonic acid, putaminoxins B and D bound to the HIS-CYS catalytic dyad as well as to other residues within the MPro active site with much greater affinity than penciclovir. The findings of the study suggest that these compounds could be explored as potential SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors, and could further be combined with the experimental investigations to develop effective therapeutics to deal with the present pandemic.
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- Srichandan Padhi
- Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Regional Centre, Gangtok, Sikkim 737102, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia 4, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Regional Centre, Gangtok, Sikkim 737102, India
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- Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Takeylpat, Manipur 795001, India
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- Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Regional Centre, Gangtok, Sikkim 737102, India.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia 4, 80126, Naples, Italy.
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Two metal complex derivatives of pyridine thiazole ligand: synthesis, characterization and biological activity. TRANSIT METAL CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11243-020-00442-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Tung TT, Xuan HL. “Left-hand strategy” for the design, synthesis and discovery of novel triazole–mercaptobenzothiazole hybrid compounds as potent quorum sensing inhibitors and anti-biofilm formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj04436b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Triazole–benzothiazole hybrids as potent quorum sensing inhibitors and antibiofilm formation of Gram-negative bacteria.
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- Truong Thanh Tung
- Faculty of Pharmacy, PHENIKAA University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam
- PHENIKAA Institute for Advanced Study (PIAS), PHENIKAA University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, PHENIKAA University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam
- PHENIKAA Institute for Advanced Study (PIAS), PHENIKAA University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam
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Thanh TT, Xuan HL, Quoc TN. Benzo[ d]thiazole-2-thiol bearing 2-oxo-2-substituted-phenylethan-1-yl as potent selective lasB quorum sensing inhibitors of Gram-negative bacteria. RSC Adv 2021; 11:28797-28808. [PMID: 35478568 PMCID: PMC9038142 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra03616e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2021] [Revised: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 08/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Quorum sensing is a well-known term for describing bacterial cell–cell communication. Bacteria use quorum sensing pathways to respond to external factors such as nutrient availability, defense mechanisms, and coordinate host toxic behaviors such as biofilm formation, virulence production, and other pathogenesis. Discovery of novel compounds which inhibit quorum sensing without being antibiotic are currently emerging fields. Herein, the library of fifteen benzo[d]thiazole/quinoline-2-thiol bearing 2-oxo-2-substituted-phenylethan-1-yl compounds was designed, synthesized and evaluated to find novel quorum sensing inhibitors. Firstly, compounds were evaluated for their growth inhibitory activities at high concentrations up to 1000 μg mL−1 toward Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Under our conditions, twelve compounds showed moderate growth inhibitory activities in the concentration tested. To our delight, three compounds 3, 6 and 7 do not affect the growth of the bacteria which were chosen for the evaluation of quorum sensing inhibitor activities. In the LasB system, our compounds 3, 6, 7 showed promising quorum-sensing inhibitors with IC50 of 115.2 μg mL−1, 182.2 μg mL−1 and 45.5 μg mL−1, respectively. In the PqsR system, no activity observed suggesting that the selectivity of the compound toward the LasB system. In addition, 7 showed the moderate anti-biofilm formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Docking studies revealed that 3, 6 and 7 binding to the active site of Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing LasR system with better affinity compared to reference compounds 4-NPO. Finally, computation calculations suggest that compounds are a good template for further drug development. Benzo[d]thiazole-2-thiol bearing 2-oxo-2-substituted-phenylethan-1-yl as potent selective lasB quorum sensing inhibitors and anti-biofilm formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.![]()
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- Tung Truong Thanh
- PHENIKAA University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam
- PHENIKAA Institute for Advanced Study (PIAS), PHENIKAA University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam
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- PHENIKAA University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam
- PHENIKAA Institute for Advanced Study (PIAS), PHENIKAA University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam
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- Nuclear Medicine Unit, Vinmec Healthcare System, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
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Grund ME, Choi SJ, McNitt DH, Barbier M, Hu G, LaSala PR, Cote CK, Berisio R, Lukomski S. Burkholderia collagen-like protein 8, Bucl8, is a unique outer membrane component of a putative tetrapartite efflux pump in Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0242593. [PMID: 33227031 PMCID: PMC7682875 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Bacterial efflux pumps are an important pathogenicity trait because they extrude a variety of xenobiotics. Our laboratory previously identified in silico Burkholderia collagen-like protein 8 (Bucl8) in the hazardous pathogens Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei. We hypothesize that Bucl8, which contains two predicted tandem outer membrane efflux pump domains, is a component of a putative efflux pump. Unique to Bucl8, as compared to other outer membrane proteins, is the presence of an extended extracellular region containing a collagen-like (CL) domain and a non-collagenous C-terminus (Ct). Molecular modeling and circular dichroism spectroscopy with a recombinant protein, corresponding to this extracellular CL-Ct portion of Bucl8, demonstrated that it adopts a collagen triple helix, whereas functional assays screening for Bucl8 ligands identified binding to fibrinogen. Bioinformatic analysis of the bucl8 gene locus revealed it resembles a classical efflux-pump operon. The bucl8 gene is co-localized with downstream fusCDE genes encoding fusaric acid (FA) resistance, and with an upstream gene, designated as fusR, encoding a LysR-type transcriptional regulator. Using reverse transcriptase (RT)-qPCR, we defined the boundaries and transcriptional organization of the fusR-bucl8-fusCDE operon. We found exogenous FA induced bucl8 transcription over 80-fold in B. pseudomallei, while deletion of the entire bucl8 locus decreased the minimum inhibitory concentration of FA 4-fold in its isogenic mutant. We furthermore showed that the putative Bucl8-associated pump expressed in the heterologous Escherichia coli host confers FA resistance. On the contrary, the Bucl8-associated pump did not confer resistance to a panel of clinically-relevant antimicrobials in Burkholderia and E. coli. We finally demonstrated that deletion of the bucl8-locus drastically affects the growth of the mutant in L-broth. We determined that Bucl8 is a component of a novel tetrapartite efflux pump, which confers FA resistance, fibrinogen binding, and optimal growth.
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- Megan E. Grund
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, School of
Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of
America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, School of
Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of
America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, School of
Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of
America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, School of
Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of
America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, School of
Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of
America
- Cancer Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of
America
- Bioinformatics Core, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United
States of America
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- Department of Pathology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United
States of America
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- Bacteriology Division, The United States Army Medical Research Institute
of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD, United States of
America
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- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, National Research Council,
Naples, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, School of
Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of
America
- Cancer Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of
America
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Smith EA, Newton ILG. Genomic Signatures of Honey Bee Association in an Acetic Acid Symbiont. Genome Biol Evol 2020; 12:1882-1894. [PMID: 32870981 PMCID: PMC7664317 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaa183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Recent declines in the health of the honey bee have startled researchers and lay people alike as honey bees are agriculture's most important pollinator. Honey bees are important pollinators of many major crops and add billions of dollars annually to the US economy through their services. One factor that may influence colony health is the microbial community. Indeed, the honey bee worker digestive tract harbors a characteristic community of bee-specific microbes, and the composition of this community is known to impact honey bee health. However, the honey bee is a superorganism, a colony of eusocial insects with overlapping generations where nestmates cooperate, building a hive, gathering and storing food, and raising brood. In contrast to what is known regarding the honey bee worker gut microbiome, less is known of the microbes associated with developing brood, with food stores, and with the rest of the built hive environment. More recently, the microbe Bombella apis was identified as associated with nectar, with developing larvae, and with honey bee queens. This bacterium is related to flower-associated microbes such as Saccharibacter floricola and other species in the genus Saccharibacter, and initial phylogenetic analyses placed it as sister to these environmental bacteria. Here, we used comparative genomics of multiple honey bee-associated strains and the nectar-associated Saccharibacter to identify genomic changes that may be associated with the ecological transition to honey bee association. We identified several genomic differences in the honey bee-associated strains, including a complete CRISPR/Cas system. Many of the changes we note here are predicted to confer upon Bombella the ability to survive in royal jelly and defend themselves against mobile elements, including phages. Our results are a first step toward identifying potential function of this microbe in the honey bee superorganism.
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- Eric A Smith
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington
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Huang BB, Liu YY, Zhu PF, Jiang YC, Ouyang MA. Concise Total Synthesis and Antifungal Activities of Fusaric Acid, a Natural Product. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25173859. [PMID: 32854261 PMCID: PMC7503603 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25173859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The total synthesis of a natural product alkaloid fusaric acid (FA), which exhibits herbicide, fungicide, insecticide and even diverse notable pharmacological activities, was accomplished in four steps using commercially available materials. The synthesis, based on a unified and flexible strategy using 6-bromonicotinaldehyde as a common intermediate, is concise, convergent, practical and can be carried out on a two-gram scale. This approach could be readily applicable to the synthesis of its analogues. In addition, FA had a wide range of inhibitory activities against 14 plant pathogenic fungi in this study, which demonstrated that as a leading compound, and it has great potential to be further developed as an agricultural fungicide.
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Fumero MV, Sulyok M, Ramirez ML, Leslie JF, Chulze SN. Effects of water activity and temperature on fusaric and fusarinolic acid production by Fusarium temperatum. Food Control 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Synthesis and antibiofilm evaluation of 3-hydroxy-2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-one derivatives against opportunistic pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii. Bioorg Med Chem 2020; 28:115606. [PMID: 32690261 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 06/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The emergence of multidrug resistant microorganisms has triggered the impending need for new aitimicrobial strategies. The antivirulence strategy with the benefite of alleviating the drug resistance becomes the focus of research. In this study, 22 quorum sensing inhibitors were synthesized by mimicking the structure of autoinducer and acinetobactin and up to 34% biofilm inhibition was observed with 5u. The biofilm inhibition effect was further demonstrated with extracellular polysaccharides inhibition and synergism with Gentamycin sulphate.
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Mohamed B, Abdel-Samii ZK, Abdel-Aal EH, Abbas HA, Shaldam MA, Ghanim AM. Synthesis of imidazolidine-2,4-dione and 2-thioxoimidazolidin-4-one derivatives as inhibitors of virulence factors production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2020; 353:e1900352. [PMID: 32134150 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.201900352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Revised: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In an attempt to counteract bacterial pathogenicity, a set of novel imidazolidine-2,4-dione and 2-thioxoimidazolidin-4-one derivatives was synthesized and evaluated as inhibitors of bacterial virulence. The new compounds were characterized and screened for their effects on the expression of virulence factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, including protease, hemolysin, and pyocyanin. Imidazolidine-2,4-diones 4c, 4j, and 12a showed complete inhibition of the protease enzyme, and they almost completely inhibited the production of hemolysin at 1/4 MIC (1/4 minimum inhibitory concentration; 1, 0.5, and 0.5 mg/ml, respectively). 2-Thioxoimidazolidin-4-one derivative 7a exhibited the best inhibitory activity (96.4%) against pyocyanin production at 1 mg/ml (1/4 MIC). A docking study was preformed to explore the potential binding interactions with quorum-sensing receptors (LasR and RhlR), which are responsible for the expression of virulence genes.
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- Basant Mohamed
- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Fusarium Secondary Metabolism Biosynthetic Pathways: So Close but So Far Away. REFERENCE SERIES IN PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96397-6_28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Biswas S, Bheemireddy NR, Bal M, Van Steijvoort BF, Maes BUW. Directed C–H Functionalization Reactions with a Picolinamide Directing Group: Ni-Catalyzed Cleavage and Byproduct Recycling. J Org Chem 2019; 84:13112-13123. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b02299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Sovan Biswas
- Organic Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Organic Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Organic Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Organic Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020, Antwerp, Belgium
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Mohanvel SK, Ravichandran V, Kamalanathan C, Satish AS, Ramesh S, Lee J, Rajasekharan SK. Molecular docking and biological evaluation of novel urea-tailed mannich base against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microb Pathog 2019; 130:104-111. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2019.02.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Palyzová A, Svobodová K, Sokolová L, Novák J, Novotný Č. Metabolic profiling of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans race 2 in dual cultures with biocontrol agents Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Trichoderma harzianum. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2019; 64:779-787. [PMID: 30746611 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-019-00690-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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There are increasing efforts to identify biocontrol-active microbial metabolites in order to improve strategies for biocontrol of phytopathogens. In this work, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans was confronted with three different biocontrol agents: Trichoderma harzianum, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in dual culture bioassays. Metabolites produced during the microbial interactions were screened by a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS). T. harzianum exhibited the strongest inhibition of growth of F. oxysporum resulting in overlay of the pathogen colony with its mycelium. Recorded metabolite profiles suggested a direct attack of F. oxysporum mycelium by T. harzianum and B. amyloliquefaciens by means of membrane-attacking peptaibols and a set of antimicrobial lipopeptides and siderophores, respectively. The direct mode of the biocontrol activity of T. harzianum and B. amyloliquefaciens corresponded to their ability to suppress F. oxysporum production of mycotoxin beauvericin suggesting that this ability is not specific only for Trichoderma species. In the case of P. aeruginosa, siderophores pyoverdine E/D and two rhamnolipids were produced as major bacterial metabolites; the rhamnolipid production was blocked by F. oxysporum. The results showed that this type of biocontrol activity was the least effective against F. oxysporum. The effective application of MALDI-MS profiling to the screening of nonvolatile microbial metabolites produced during the interaction of the phytopathogen and the biocontrol microorganisms was demonstrated.
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- Andrea Palyzová
- Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Prague 4, Czech Republic.
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Quorum Sensing Inhibitors from Marine Microorganisms and Their Synthetic Derivatives. Mar Drugs 2019; 17:md17020080. [PMID: 30696031 PMCID: PMC6409935 DOI: 10.3390/md17020080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2018] [Revised: 01/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Quorum sensing inhibitors (QSIs) present a promising alternative or potent adjuvants of conventional antibiotics for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains, since they could disrupt bacterial pathogenicity without imposing selective pressure involved in antibacterial treatments. This review covers a series of molecules showing quorum sensing (QS) inhibitory activity that are isolated from marine microorganisms, including bacteria, actinomycetes and fungi, and chemically synthesized based on QSIs derived from marine microorganisms. This is the first comprehensive overview of QSIs derived from marine microorganisms and their synthetic analogues with QS inhibitory activity.
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Haque S, Ahmad F, Dar SA, Jawed A, Mandal RK, Wahid M, Lohani M, Khan S, Singh V, Akhter N. Developments in strategies for Quorum Sensing virulence factor inhibition to combat bacterial drug resistance. Microb Pathog 2018; 121:293-302. [PMID: 29857121 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2018.05.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2018] [Revised: 05/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Quorum sensing (QS) is a complex bacterial intercellular communication system. It is mediated by molecules called auto-inducers (AIs) and allows coordinated responses to a variety of environmental signals by inducing alterations in gene expression. Communication through QS can tremendously stimulate the pathogenicity and virulence via multiple mechanisms in pathogenic bacteria. The present review explores the major types of multitudinous QS systems known in Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and their roles in bacterial pathogenesis and drug resistance. Because bacterial resistance to antibiotics is increasingly becoming a significant clinical challenge to human health; alternate strategies to combat drug resistance are warranted. Targeting bacterial pathogenicity by interruptions in QS using natural QS inhibitors and synthetic quorum-quenching analogs are being increasingly considered for development of next generation antimicrobials. The review highlights the recent advancements in discovery of promising new QS modulators and their efficiency in controlling infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens.
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- Shafiul Haque
- Research and Scientific Studies Unit, College of Nursing & Allied Health Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, 45142, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia
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- Research and Scientific Studies Unit, College of Nursing & Allied Health Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, 45142, Saudi Arabia
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- Research and Scientific Studies Unit, College of Nursing & Allied Health Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, 45142, Saudi Arabia
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- Research and Scientific Studies Unit, College of Nursing & Allied Health Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, 45142, Saudi Arabia
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- Research and Scientific Studies Unit, College of Nursing & Allied Health Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, 45142, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Emergency Medical Services, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, 45142, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Ha'il, Ha'il, 2440, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Engineering & Technology, Lucknow, 226021, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Albaha University, Albaha, 65431, Saudi Arabia
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Fructose furoic acid ester: An effective quorum sensing inhibitor against uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Bioorg Chem 2018; 79:310-318. [PMID: 29800818 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2018.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Revised: 05/05/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) are the most common cause of UTI, accounting for more than 90% infections in the normal and unobstructed urinary tracts. Multi-drug resistance (MDR) is an emerging threat to the mankind and hence, there is an urge to develop alternative therapies. Targeting quorum sensing (QS), a cell-cell communication process regulates various biofilm and virulence factors would be a most promising alternate which curbs the pathogenesis without killing the bacteria, unlike antibiotics. SdiA, a quorum regulator is well-known to control the behavioural changes of UPEC in establishing biofilm and virulence. Therefore, we have hypothesized that the SdiA-selective inhibitors derived from the plant, Melia dubia using the molecular docking would be a remarkable therapeutic candidate to down regulate the UPEC biofilm and virulence phenotypes. In this study, we have designed, synthesized and characterized the fructose-furoic acid ester by NMR and ESI-MS. In vitro studies revealed that the QSI-MD selectively inhibits UPEC adherence and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) analysis showed the effectiveness of QSI-MD to inhibit the UPEC biofilm. Genetic studies using qRT-PCR revealed the down-regulation of quorum sensing regulated genes (fimA, csgA, espA). Based on the findings, we could propose that the QSI-MD could possibly act through SdiA and show target-specific inhibition of biofilm and virulence. It is notable that more than 70 bacterial species execute their communication through the SdiA homologues (LuxIR system). Hence, the QSI-MD could be further developed as a broad-spectrum anti-infective drug.
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Blanchette KA, Wenke JC. Current therapies in treatment and prevention of fracture wound biofilms: why a multifaceted approach is essential for resolving persistent infections. J Bone Jt Infect 2018; 3:50-67. [PMID: 29761067 PMCID: PMC5949568 DOI: 10.7150/jbji.23423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Traumatic orthopedic injuries, particularly extremity wounds, are a significant cause of morbidity. Despite prophylactic antibiotic treatment and surgical intervention, persistent infectious complications can and do occur. Persistent bacterial infections are often caused by biofilms, communities of antibiotic tolerant bacteria encased within a matrix. The structural and metabolic differences in this mode of growth make treatment difficult. Herein, we describe both established and novel, experimental treatments targeted at various stages of wound healing that are specifically aimed at reducing and eliminating biofilm bacteria. Importantly, the highly tolerant nature of these bacterial communities suggests that most singular approaches could be circumvented and a multifaceted, combinatorial approach will be the most effective strategy for treating these complicated infections.
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- US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Ft Sam Houston, TX
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Ravensdale JT, Coorey R, Dykes GA. Integration of Emerging Biomedical Technologies in Meat Processing to Improve Meat Safety and Quality. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2018; 17:615-632. [PMID: 33350135 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2017] [Revised: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Modern-day processing of meat products involves a series of complex procedures designed to ensure the quality and safety of the meat for consumers. As the size of abattoirs increases, the logistical problems associated with large-capacity animal processing can affect the sanitation of the facility and the meat products, potentially increasing transmission of infectious diseases. Additionally, spoilage of food from improper processing and storage increases the global economic and ecological burden of meat production. Advances in biomedical and materials science have allowed for the development of innovative new antibacterial technologies that have broad applications in the medical industry. Additionally, new approaches in tissue engineering and nondestructive cooling of biological specimens could significantly improve organ transplantation and tissue grafting. These same strategies may be even more effective in the preservation and protection of meat as animal carcasses are easier to manipulate and do not have the same stringent requirements of care as living patients. This review presents potential applications of emerging biomedical technologies in the food industry to improve meat safety and quality. Future research directions investigating these new technologies and their usefulness in the meat processing chain along with regulatory, logistical, and consumer perception issues will also be discussed.
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- Joshua T Ravensdale
- School of Public Health, Curtin Univ., Kent Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6102, Australia.,Curtin Health Innovation Research Inst., Curtin Univ., Kent Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6102, Australia
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- School of Public Health, Curtin Univ., Kent Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6102, Australia.,Curtin Health Innovation Research Inst., Curtin Univ., Kent Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6102, Australia
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- School of Public Health, Curtin Univ., Kent Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6102, Australia.,Curtin Health Innovation Research Inst., Curtin Univ., Kent Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6102, Australia
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Li S, Chen S, Fan J, Cao Z, Ouyang W, Tong N, Hu X, Hu J, Li P, Feng Z, Huang X, Li Y, Xie M, He R, Jian J, Wu B, Xu C, Wu W, Guo J, Lin J, Sun P. Anti-biofilm effect of novel thiazole acid analogs against Pseudomonas aeruginosa through IQS pathways. Eur J Med Chem 2017; 145:64-73. [PMID: 29324344 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.12.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2017] [Revised: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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IQS has been proven to be a new quorum sensing (QS) system against bacterial biofilm formation, which is activated in the common phosphate-limiting environment of infected tissues taking over the central las system. Up to now, numerous biofilm inhibitors which function by affecting traditional QS system have been reported. However, no compound has been reported to exert anti-biofilm activity through IQS system. Herein, various novel IQS derivatives were synthesized by the reaction of thiazole-4-carboxylic acid with different linear alcohols (R-OH) or amines (R-NH2). IQS derivatives with four carbon chain length of R group were found to present the best biofilm inhibition activity. Compound B-11 as the model molecule was observed to inhibit biofilm formation only under phosphate-limiting condition, and increase in B-11 concentration significantly reduced the expression of rhlA-gfp and pqsA-gfp, but lasB-gfp. Moreover, B-11 reduced production of virulence factors of rhamnolipid and pyocyanin under phosphate limitation. These observations indicated that the synthesized compounds possessed the anti-biofilm activity through IQS pathways rather than traditional QS pathways, which pave a path for future molecular design against bacterial biofilm formation.
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- Shengrong Li
- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China.
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China.
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Tung TT, Christensen SB, Nielsen J. Difluoroacetic Acid as a New Reagent for Direct C−H Difluoromethylation of Heteroaromatic Compounds. Chemistry 2017; 23:18125-18128. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Truong Thanh Tung
- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology; University of Copenhagen; Universitetsparken 2 2100 Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology; University of Copenhagen; Universitetsparken 2 2100 Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology; University of Copenhagen; Universitetsparken 2 2100 Copenhagen Denmark
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Scheuermann-Poley C, Wagner C, Hoffmann J, Moter A, Willy C. Bedeutung des Biofilms für die Infektbehandlung in der Unfallchirurgie. Unfallchirurg 2017; 120:461-471. [DOI: 10.1007/s00113-017-0361-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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