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Khadraoui N, Essid R, Damergi B, Fares N, Gharbi D, Forero AM, Rodríguez J, Abid G, Kerekes EB, Limam F, Jiménez C, Tabbene O. Myrtus communis leaf compounds as novel inhibitors of quorum sensing-regulated virulence factors and biofilm formation: In vitro and in silico investigations. Biofilm 2024; 8:100205. [PMID: 38988475 PMCID: PMC11231753 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioflm.2024.100205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 05/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024] Open
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Antibiotic resistance of the Gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its ability to form biofilm through the Quorum Sensing (QS) mechanism are important challenges in the control of infections caused by this pathogen. The extract of Myrtus communis (myrtle) showed strong anti-QS effect on C hromobacterium . violaceum 6267 by inhibiting 80 % of the production of violacein pigment at a sub-MIC concentration of 1/8 (31.25 μg/mL). In addition, the extract exhibited an inhibitory effect on virulence factors of P. aeruginosa PAO1 at half MIC (125 μg/mL), significantly reducing the formation of biofilms (72.02 %), the swarming activity (75 %), and the production of protease (61.83 %) and pyocyanin (97 %). The active fraction also downregulated the expression of selected regulatory genes involved in the biofilm formation and QS in the P. aeruginosa PAO1 strain. These genes included the autoinducer synthase genes (lasI and rhlI), the genes involved in the expression of their corresponding receptors (lasR and rhlR), and the pqsA genes. The analysis of the active fraction by HPLC/UV/MS and NMR allowed the identification of three phenolic compounds, 3,5-di-O-galloylquinic acid, myricetin 3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranoside (myricitrin), and myricetin 3-O-(2″-O-galloyl)-ß-d-galactopyranoside. In silico studies showed that 3,5-di-O-galloylquinic acid, with an affinity score of -9.20 kcal/mol, had the highest affinity to the active site of the CviR protein (3QP8), a QS receptor from C. violaceum. Additionally, myricetin 3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranoside (myricitrin) and myricetin 3-O-(2″-O-galloyl)-ß-d-galactopyranoside interact to a lesser extent with 3QP8. In conclusion, this study contributed significantly to the discovery of new QS inhibitors from M. communis leaves against resistant Gram-negative pathogens.
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- Nadine Khadraoui
- Laboratory of Bioactive Substances, Biotechnology Center of Borj Cedria, BP-901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Bioactive Substances, Biotechnology Center of Borj Cedria, BP-901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Bioactive Substances, Biotechnology Center of Borj Cedria, BP-901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Bioactive Substances, Biotechnology Center of Borj Cedria, BP-901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Bioactive Substances, Biotechnology Center of Borj Cedria, BP-901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia
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- CICA-Centro Interdisciplinar de Química e Bioloxía e Departamento de Química, Facultade de Ciencias. Universidade da Coruña, 15071, A Coruña, Spain
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- CICA-Centro Interdisciplinar de Química e Bioloxía e Departamento de Química, Facultade de Ciencias. Universidade da Coruña, 15071, A Coruña, Spain
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- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agrosystems, Centre de Biotechnology de Borj Cedria, BP-901, 2050, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Szeged, Közép fasor 52, Hungary
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- Laboratory of Bioactive Substances, Biotechnology Center of Borj Cedria, BP-901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia
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- CICA-Centro Interdisciplinar de Química e Bioloxía e Departamento de Química, Facultade de Ciencias. Universidade da Coruña, 15071, A Coruña, Spain
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- Laboratory of Bioactive Substances, Biotechnology Center of Borj Cedria, BP-901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia
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Ganesh PS. 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde causes attrition of biofilm formation and quorum sensing-associated virulence factors of Streptococcus mutans. Arch Oral Biol 2024; 163:105976. [PMID: 38640776 DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2024.105976] [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: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
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OBJECTIVE The present study investigated the effects of 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde (4-H-3-MB) against Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) using an in vitro cariogenic biofilm model. DESIGN The antimicrobial susceptibility of biofilm-forming S. mutans was evaluated by disc diffusion method. In vitro investigations were performed using crystal violet staining assay (biofilm assay), exopolysaccharide (EPS) assay, acid production, growth curve analysis, optical microscopic, and FE-SEM analyses to determine the antibiofilm activity of 4-H-3-MB. RESULTS S. mutans (SDC-05) was resistant to ampicillin, piperacillin/tazobactam and ceftriaxone, whereas the other strains of S. mutans (SDC-01, 02, 03 and SDC-04) were sensitive to all the antibiotics tested. 4-H-3-MB showed promising antibiofilm activity on S. mutans UA159 (79.81 %, 67.76 % and 56.31 %) and S. mutans SDC-05 (77.00 %, 59.48 % and 48.22 %) at the lowest concentration of 0.2, 0.1, 0.05 mg/ml. 4-H-3-MB did not inhibit bacterial growth even at concentrations 0.2 mg/ml. Similarly, 4-H-3-MB led to significant attrition in exopolysaccharide (EPS) and acid production by S. mutans UA159 and S. mutans (SDC-05) at the concentration of 0.2, 0.1 mg/ml, respectively. Optical microscopy and FE-SEM analysis 4-H-3-MB reduced the biofilm thickness of S. mutans UA159 and S. mutans SDC-05 relative to the untreated specimens. CONCLUSION 4-H-3-MB significantly inhibited biofilm formation by S. mutans in a dose-dependent manner. Hence, our findings indicate that the active principle of 4-H-3-MB could be used as a biofilm inhibiting agent against S. mutans.
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- Pitchaipillai Sankar Ganesh
- Department of Microbiology, Centre for Infectious Diseases, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University (Deemed to be University), Chennai 600 077, Tamilnadu, India.
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Mahendrarajan V, Lazarus H, Easwaran N. Quorum quenching mediated biofilm impediment in Chromobacterium violaceum and Staphylococcus aureus by leaf extracts of Delonix elata. Heliyon 2024; 10:e31898. [PMID: 38882294 PMCID: PMC11177153 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024] Open
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Biofilms are complex communities of microorganisms that cause systemic infections, resistance development and delay in healing wounds. Biofilms can form in various parts of the human body, such as the teeth, lungs, urinary tract, and wounds. Biofilm complicates the effects of antibiotics in treating infections. In search of a cure, a plant-based phyto component was selected for this investigation as an anti-quorum-mediated biofilm restricting agent in Gram-negative Chromobacterium violaceum and Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus. The bioactive components in Delonix elata (DE) ethyl acetate extract were identified using Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. The extract was examined for toxicity using 3T3 cell lines and brine shrimp and ascertained to be non-toxic. Violacein was inhibited up to 68.81 % in C. violaceum at 0.6 mg/ml concentration. Hemolysin synthesis impediments in C. violaceum and S. aureus were 80 % and 51.35 %, respectively, at 0.6 mg/ml of DE extract. At 0.6 mg/ml, EPS was abated by up to 49 % in C. violaceum and 35.26 % in S. aureus. DE extract prevented biofilm formation in C. violaceum and S. aureus up to 76.45 % and 58.15 %, respectively, while associated eDNA was suppressed up to 67.50 % and 53.47 % at the respective sub-MIC concentrations. Expression of genes such as cviI, cviR, vioA, vioB, and vioE were dramatically reduced in C. violaceum, while genes such as agrA, sarA, fnbA, and fnbB were significantly reduced in S. aureus. Docking demonstrates that two or more DE molecules bind efficiently to the QS receptors of C. violaceum and S. aureus. Thus, DE extract can be investigated for therapeutic purposes against pathogenic microorganisms by rendering them less virulent through quorum quenching mediated action.
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- Venkatramanan Mahendrarajan
- Department of Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tiruvalam Road, Katpadi, India
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- Department of Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tiruvalam Road, Katpadi, India
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- Department of Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tiruvalam Road, Katpadi, India
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Lazarus HPS, Easwaran N. Molecular insights into PGPR fluorescent Pseudomonads complex mediated intercellular and interkingdom signal transduction mechanisms in promoting plant's immunity. Res Microbiol 2024:104218. [PMID: 38879059 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2024.104218] [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: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/23/2024]
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The growth-promoting and immune modulatory properties of different strains of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) fluorescent Pseudomonads complex (PFPC) can be explored to combat food security challenges. These PFPC prime plants through induced systemic resistance, fortify plants to overcome future pathogen-mediated vulnerability by eliciting robust systemic acquired resistance through regulation by nonexpressor of pathogenesis-related genes 1. Moreover, outer membrane vesicles released from Pseudomonas fluorescens also elicit a broad spectrum of immune responses, presenting a rapid viable alternative to whole cells. Thus, PFPC can help the host to maintain an equilibrium between growth and immunity, ultimately leads to increased crop yield.
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- School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Shah SD, Patel H, Saiyad SM, Bajpai B. Effect of a phthalate derivative purified from Bacillus zhangzhouensis SK4 on quorum sensing regulated virulence factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microb Pathog 2024; 191:106664. [PMID: 38679245 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2024.106664] [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: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2024] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes life-threatening diseases and is resistant to almost all conventional antibiotics. The quorum sensing (QS) system of P. aeruginosa contributes to many pathogenic factors some of which are pigment production, motility, and biofilm. The disruption of quorum sensing system may be an impactful strategy to deal with infections. The present study investigates the anti-quorum sensing property of a bioactive molecule extracted from marine epibiotic bacteria present on the surface of seaweeds. Among all the isolates tested against monitor strain Chromobacterium violaceum (MTCC 2656), the one with the highest activity was identified as Bacillus zhangzhouensis SK4. The culture supernatant was extracted with chloroform which was then partially purified by TLC and column chromatography. The probable anti-QS compound was identified as 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, bis (2-methylpropyl ester) by GC-MS and NMR analysis. The treatment of P. aeruginosa MCC 3457 with the lead compound resulted in the reduced production of pyocyanin, rhamnolipids, exopolysaccharide, biofilm, and motility. The observations of light and scanning electron microscopy also supported the biofilm inhibition. The lead compound showed synergism with the meropenem antibiotic and significantly reduced MIC. The molecular docking and pharmacokinetics study predicted 1, 2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, bis (2-methylpropyl ester), a phthalate derivative as a good drug candidate. The molecular dynamics study was also performed to check the stability of the lead compound and LasR complex. Further, lead compounds did not exhibit any cytotoxicity when tested on human embryonic kidney cells. As per our knowledge, this is the first report on the anti-QS activity of B. zhangzhouensis SK4, indicating that epibiotic bacteria can be a possible source of novel compounds to deal with the multidrug resistance phenomenon.
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- Siddhi D Shah
- Ashok & Rita Patel Institute of Integrated Study and Research in Biotechnology and Allied Sciences (ARIBAS), The CVM University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, 388121, Gujarat, India.
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- Ashok & Rita Patel Institute of Integrated Study and Research in Biotechnology and Allied Sciences (ARIBAS), The CVM University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, 388121, Gujarat, India.
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- Ashok & Rita Patel Institute of Integrated Study and Research in Biotechnology and Allied Sciences (ARIBAS), The CVM University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, 388121, Gujarat, India.
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- Ashok & Rita Patel Institute of Integrated Study and Research in Biotechnology and Allied Sciences (ARIBAS), The CVM University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, 388121, Gujarat, India.
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Revanasiddappa PD, H. G. G, K. P. C, Natarajamurthy S, K. N, Pradeep S, Shivamallu C, Elossaily GM, Achar RR, Silina E, Stupin V, Manturova N, A. Shati A, Y. Alfaifi M, I. Elbehairi SE, Kestur Nagaraj A, Mahadevamurthy M, Kollur SP. Computational exploration of Picrasma quassioides compounds as CviR-mediated quorum sensing inhibitors against Chromobacterium violaceum. Front Chem 2024; 12:1286675. [PMID: 38867763 PMCID: PMC11167448 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2024.1286675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024] Open
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Chromobacterium violaceum an opportunistic human pathogenic bacterium, exhibits resistance to conventional antibiotics by exploiting its quorum sensing mechanism to regulate virulence factor expression. In light of this, disrupting the quorum sensing mechanism presents a promising avenue for treating infections caused by this pathogen. The study focused on using the cytoplasmic quorum sensing receptor CviR from C. violaceum as a model target to identify novel quorum sensing inhibitors from P. quassioides through in silico computational approaches. Molecular docking analyses unveiled that several phytochemicals derived from Picrasma quassioides exhibit the potential to inhibit quorum sensing by binding to CviR protein. Notably, the compounds such as Quassidine I (- 8.8 kcal/mol), Quassidine J (- 8.8 kcal/mol), Kumudine B (- 9.1 kcal/mol) and Picrasamide A (- 8.9 kcal/mol) exhibited high docking scores, indicating strong binding affinity to the CviR protein. The native ligand C6-HSL (N-hexanoyl-L-homoserine lactone) as a positive control/co-crystal inhibitor also demonstrated a significant binding energy of-7.7 kcal/mol. The molecular dynamics simulation for 200 ns showed the thermodynamic stability and binding affinity refinement of the top-ranked CviR inhibitor (Kumudine B) with its stable binding and minor fluctuations compared to positive control (C6-HSL). Pharmacokinetic predictions indicated that Kumudine B possesses favourable drug-like properties, which suggest its potential as a drug candidate. The study highlight Kumudine B as a potential agent for inhibiting the CviR protein in C. violaceum. The comprehensive evaluation of Kumudine B provides valuable insights into its pharmacological profiles, facilitating its assessment for diverse therapeutic applications and guiding future research activities, particularly as antibacterial agents for clinical drug development.
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- Department of Studies and Research in Food Science and Nutrition, Karnataka State Open University, Mysuru, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, India
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- Department of Studies in Botany, University of Mysore, Mysore, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, India
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, India
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- Department of Pathophysiology, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Hospital Surgery, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Hospital Surgery, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Biology Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- Biology Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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Dimitrova PD, Ivanova V, Trendafilova A, Paunova-Krasteva T. Anti-Biofilm and Anti-Quorum-Sensing Activity of Inula Extracts: A Strategy for Modulating Chromobacterium violaceum Virulence Factors. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2024; 17:573. [PMID: 38794143 PMCID: PMC11123807 DOI: 10.3390/ph17050573] [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: 03/28/2024] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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The formation of microbial biofilm is a self-organizing process among bacterial cells, regulated by quorum-sensing (QS) mechanisms, contributing to development of infections. These processes, either separately or in combination, significantly contribute to bacterial resistance to antibiotics and disinfectants. A novel approach to addressing the challenge of treating infections due to antibacterial resistance involves the use of plant metabolites. In recent years, there has been increasing recognition of different phytochemicals as potential modulators. In our study, we evaluated the synergistic effect of chloroform and methanol extracts from Inula species against key virulence factors, including biofilm formation, violacein production, and swarming motility. Each of the 11 examined plant extracts demonstrated the ability to reduce biofilms and pigment synthesis in C. violaceum. Two of the extracts from I. britannica exhibited significant anti-biofilm and anti-quorum-sensing effects with over 80% inhibition. Their inhibitory effect on violacein synthesis indicates their potential as anti-QS agents, likely attributed to their high concentration of terpenoids (triterpenoids, sesquiterpene lactones, and diterpenoids). Scanning electron microscopy revealed a notable reduction in biofilm biomass, along with changes in biofilm architecture and cell morphology. Additionally, fluorescence microscopy revealed the presence of metabolically inactive cells, indicating the potent activity of the extracts during treatment. These new findings underscore the effectiveness of the plant extracts from the genus Inula as potential anti-virulent agents against C. violaceum. They also propose a promising strategy for preventing or treating its biofilm formation.
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- Petya D. Dimitrova
- Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Akad. G. Bonchev Str. Bl. 26, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria;
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 9, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria; (V.I.); (A.T.)
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 9, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria; (V.I.); (A.T.)
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- Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Akad. G. Bonchev Str. Bl. 26, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria;
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Jha NK, Gopu V, Sivasankar C, Singh SR, Devi PB, Murali A, Shetty PH. In vitro and in silico assessment of anti-biofilm and anti-quorum sensing properties of 2,4-Di-tert butylphenol against Acinetobacter baumannii. J Med Microbiol 2024; 73. [PMID: 38506718 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.001813] [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] [Indexed: 03/21/2024] Open
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Introduction. Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen with a high potential to cause food-borne infections. It is designated as a critical pathogen by the World Health Organization due to its multi-drug resistance and mortalities reported. Biofilm governs major virulence factors, which promotes drug resistance in A. baumannii. Thus, a compound with minimum selection pressure on the pathogen can be helpful to breach biofilm-related virulence.Hypothesis/Gap Statement. To identify anti-biofilm and anti-virulent metabolites from extracts of wild Mangifera indica (mango) brine pickle bacteria that diminishes pathogenesis and resistance of A. baumannii.Aim. This study reports anti-biofilm and anti-quorum sensing (QS) efficacy of secondary metabolites from bacterial isolates of fermented food origin.Method. Cell-free supernatants (CFS) of 13 bacterial isolates from fermented mango brine pickles were screened for their efficiency in inhibiting biofilm formation and GC-MS was used to identify its metabolites. Anti-biofilm metabolite was tested on early and mature biofilms, pellicle formation, extra polymeric substances (EPS), cellular adherence, motility and resistance of A. baumannii. Gene expression and in silico studies were also carried out to validate the compounds efficacy.Results. CFS of TMP6b identified as Bacillus vallismortis, inhibited biofilm production (83.02 %). Of these, major compound was identified as 2,4-Di-tert-butyl phenol (2,4-DBP). At sub-lethal concentrations, 2,4-DBP disrupted both early and mature biofilm formation. Treatment with 2,4-DBP destructed in situ biofilm formed on glass and plastic. In addition, key virulence traits like pellicle (77.5 %), surfactant (95.3 %), EPS production (3-fold) and cell adherence (65.55 %) reduced significantly. A. baumannii cells treated with 2,4-DBP showed enhanced sensitivity towards antibiotics, oxide radicals and blood cells. Expression of biofilm-concomitant virulence genes like csuA/B, pgaC, pgaA, bap, bfmR, katE and ompA along with QS genes abaI, abaR significantly decreased. The in silico studies further validated the higher binding affinity of 2,4-DBP to the AbaR protein than the cognate ligand molecule.Conclusion. To our knowledge, this is the first report to demonstrate 2,4- DBP has anti-pathogenic potential alone and with antibiotics by in vitro, and in silico studies against A. baumannii. It also indicates its potential use in therapeutics and bio-preservatives.
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- Nisha Kumari Jha
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry-605014, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute of Medical Research Israel-Canada, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeonbuk National University, Iksan-54596, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry-605014, India
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry-605014, India
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry-605014, India
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Mohan A, Rajan PP, Kumar P, Jayakumar D, Mini M, Asha S, Vaikkathillam P. Theophylline as a quorum sensing and biofilm inhibitor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Chromobacterium violaceum. Int Microbiol 2024:10.1007/s10123-024-00487-w. [PMID: 38342794 DOI: 10.1007/s10123-024-00487-w] [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: 10/14/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
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Quorum sensing (QS) is pivotal in coordinating virulence factors and biofilm formation in various pathogenic bacteria, making it a prime target for disrupting bacterial communication. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a member of the "ESKAPE" group of bacterial pathogens known for their association with antimicrobial resistance and biofilm formation. The current antibiotic arsenal falls short of addressing biofilm-related infections effectively, highlighting the urgent need for novel therapeutic agents. In this study, we explored the anti-QS and anti-biofilm properties of theophylline against two significant pathogens, Chromobacterium violaceum and P. aeruginosa. The production of violacein, pyocyanin, rhamnolipid, and protease was carried out, along with the evaluation of biofilm formation through methods including crystal violet staining, triphenyl tetrazolium chloride assay, and fluorescence microscopy. Furthermore, computational analyses were conducted to predict the targets of theophylline in the QS pathways of P. aeruginosa and C. violaceum. Our study demonstrated that theophylline effectively inhibits QS activity and biofilm formation in C. violaceum and P. aeruginosa. In P. aeruginosa, theophylline inhibited the production of key virulence factors, including pyocyanin, rhamnolipid, protease, and biofilm formation. The computational analyses suggest that theophylline exhibits robust binding affinity to CviR in C. violaceum and RhlR in P. aeruginosa, key participants in the QS-mediated biofilm pathways. Furthermore, theophylline also displays promising interactions with LasR and QscR in P. aeruginosa. Our study highlights theophylline as a versatile anti-QS agent and offers a promising avenue for future research to develop novel therapeutic strategies against biofilm-associated infections.
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- Aparna Mohan
- Department of Zoology, Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, -695014, Kerala, India
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- Department of Zoology, Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, -695014, Kerala, India
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- Department of Zoology, Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, -695014, Kerala, India.
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- Department of Zoology, Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, -695014, Kerala, India
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- Department of Zoology, Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, -695014, Kerala, India
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- Department of Zoology, Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, -695014, Kerala, India
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- Department of Zoology, Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, -695014, Kerala, India
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Palaniyappan S, Sridhar A, Arumugam M, Ramasamy T. Bioactive Analysis of Antibacterial Efficacy and Antioxidant Potential of Aloe barbadensis Miller Leaf Extracts and Exploration of Secondary Metabolites Using GC-MS Profiling. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2024; 196:729-773. [PMID: 37184725 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-023-04565-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Aloe barbadensis Miller (ABM) is a traditional medicinal plant all over the world. Numerous studies were conducted to exhibit its medicinal properties and most of them were concentrated on its metabolites against human pathogens. The current research work evaluates the attributes of different polar-based extracts (ethanol, methanol, ethyl acetate, acetone, hexane, and petroleum ether) of dried Aloe barbadensis leaf (ABL) to investigate its phytochemical constituents, antioxidant potential (DPPH, ABTS), phenolic, tannin, flavonoid contents, identification of bioactive compounds, and functional groups by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) respectively, and comparing antibacterial efficacy against human pathogens, aquatic bacterial pathogens, and zoonotic bacteria associated with fish and human. The present results showed that the methanolic extract of ABL showed higher antioxidant activity (DPPH-59.73 ± 2.01%; ABTS-74.1 ± 1.29%), total phenolic (10.660 ± 1.242 mg GAE/g), tannin (7.158 ± 0.668 mg TAE/g), and flavonoid content (49.545 ± 1.928 µg QE/g) than that of other solvent extracts. Non-polar solvents hexane and petroleum ether exhibited lesser activity among the extracts. In the case of antibacterial activity, higher inhibition zone was recorded in methanol extract of ABL (25.00 ± 0.70 mm) against Aeromonas salmonicida. Variations in antibacterial activity were observed depending on solvents and extracts. In the current study, polar solvents revealed higher antibacterial activity when compared to the non-polar and the mid-polar solvents. Diverse crucial bioactive compounds were detected in GC-MS analysis. The vital compounds were hexadecanoic acid (30.69%) and 2-pentanone, 4-hydroxy-4-methyl (23.77%) which are responsible for higher antioxidant and antibacterial activity. Similar functional groups were identified in all the solvent extracts of ABL with slight variations in the FT-IR analysis. Polar-based solvent extraction influenced the elution of phytocompounds more than that of the other solvents used in this study. The obtained results suggested that the ABM could be an excellent source for antioxidant and antibacterial activities and can also serve as a potential source of effective bioactive compounds to combat human as well as aquatic pathogens.
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- Sivagaami Palaniyappan
- Laboratory of Aquabiotics/Nanoscience, Department of Animal Science, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Immunology-Vaccinology, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Aquabiotics/Nanoscience, Department of Animal Science, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Laboratory of Aquabiotics/Nanoscience, Department of Animal Science, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Venkatramanan M, Nalini E. Regulation of virulence in Chromobacterium violaceum and strategies to combat it. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1303595. [PMID: 38328423 PMCID: PMC10847564 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1303595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024] Open
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Chromobacterium is a rod-shaped, Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic bacteria with a cosmopolitan distribution. Just about 160 Chromobacterium violaceum incidents have been reported globally, but then once infected, it has the ability to cause deadly septicemia, and infections in the lungs, liver, brain, spleen, and lymphatic systems that might lead to death. C. violaceum produces and utilizes violacein to kill bacteria that compete with it in an ecological niche. Violacein is a hydrophobic bisindole that is delivered through an efficient transport route termed outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) through the aqueous environment. OMVs are small, spherical segments detached from the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. C. violaceum OMV secretions are controlled by a mechanism called the quorum sensing system CviI/CviR, which enables cell-to-cell communication between them and regulation of various virulence factors such as biofilm formation, and violacein biosynthesis. Another virulence factor bacterial type 3 secretion system (T3SS) is divided into two types: Cpi-1 and Cpi-2. Cpi-1's needle and rod effector proteins are perhaps recognized by NAIP receptors in humans and mice, activating the NLRC4 inflammasome cascade, effectively clearing spleen infections via pyroptosis, and cytotoxicity mediated by IL-18-driven Natural killer (NK) cells in the liver. In this paper, we attempt to interrelate quorum-controlled biofilm formation, violacein production, violacein delivery by OMVs and T3SS effector protein production and host mediated immunological effects against the Cpi1 of T3SS. We suggest a research path with natural bioactive molecule like palmitic acid that can act as an anti-quorum agent by reducing the expression of virulence factors as well as an immunomodulatory agent that can augment innate immune defense by hyperactivation of NLRC4 inflammasome hence dramatically purge C. violaceum infections.
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Ramírez-Trinidad Á, Martínez-Solano E, Tovar-Roman CE, García-Guerrero M, Rivera-Chávez JA, Hernández-Vázquez E. Synthesis, antibiofilm activity and molecular docking of N-acylhomoserine lactones containing cinammic moieties. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2024; 98:129592. [PMID: 38101651 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2023.129592] [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: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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We prepared a series of cinnamoyl-containing furanones by an affordable and short synthesis. The nineteen compounds hold a variety of substituents including electron-donating, electron-withdrawing, bulky and meta-substituted phenyls, as well as heterocyclic rings. Compounds showed antibiofilm activity in S. aureus, K. pneumoniae and, more pronounced, against P. aeruginosa. The disruption of quorum sensing (QS) was tested using the violacein test and molecular docking predicted the antagonism of LasR as a plausible mechanism of action. The trimethoxylated and diene derivatives showed the best antibiofilm and anti-QS properties, thus becoming candidates for further modifications.
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- Ángel Ramírez-Trinidad
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Institute, UNAM. Circuito exterior S.N., Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México, DF 04510, Mexico
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Institute, UNAM. Circuito exterior S.N., Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México, DF 04510, Mexico
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Institute, UNAM. Circuito exterior S.N., Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México, DF 04510, Mexico
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- Department of Natural Products, Chemistry Institute, UNAM. Circuito exterior S.N., Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México, DF 04510, Mexico
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- Department of Natural Products, Chemistry Institute, UNAM. Circuito exterior S.N., Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México, DF 04510, Mexico
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Institute, UNAM. Circuito exterior S.N., Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México, DF 04510, Mexico.
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Senthil R, Archunan G, Vithya D, Saravanan KM. Hexadecanoic acid analogs as potential CviR-mediated quorum sensing inhibitors in Chromobacterium violaceum: an in silico study. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2024:1-10. [PMID: 38165661 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2299945] [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: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/04/2024]
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Chromobacterium violaceum is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and opportunistic human pathogen. C. violaceum is resistant to various antibiotics due to the production of quorum sensing (QS)-controlled virulence factor and biofilm formation. Hence, we need to find alternative strategies to overcome the antimicrobial resistance and biofilm formation in Gram-negative bacteria. QS is a mechanism in which bacteria's ability to regulate the virulence factors and biofilm formations leads to disease progression. Previously, hexadecanoic acid was identified as a CviR-mediated quorum-sensing inhibitor. In this study, we aimed to discover potential analogs of hexadecanoic acid as a CviR-mediated quorum-sensing inhibitor against C. violaceum by using ADME/T prediction, density functional theory, molecular docking, molecular dynamics and free energy binding calculations. ADME/T properties predicted for analogs were acceptable for human oral absorption and feasibility. The highest occupied molecular orbitals and lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals gap energies predicted and found oleic acid with -0.3748 energies. Docosatrienoic acid exhibited the highest binding affinity -8.15 Kcal/mol and strong and stable interactions with the amino acid residues on the active site of the CviR protein. These compounds on MD simulations for 100 ns show strong hydrogen-bonding interactions with the protein and remain stable inside the active site. Our results suggest hexadecanoic acid analogs could serve as anti-QS and anti-biofilm molecules for treating C. violaceum infections. However, further validation and investigation of these inhibitors against CviR are needed to claim their candidacy for clinical trials.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Renganathan Senthil
- Department of Bioinformatics, School of Lifesciences, Vel's Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies, Pallavaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Lysine Biotech Private Limited, Taramani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Dean-Research, Maruthupandiyar College (Affiliated to Bharathidasan University), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Arts and Science for Women (Affiliated to Bharathidasan University), Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Khan MA, Shahid M, Celik I, Khan HM, Shahzad A, Husain FM, Adil M. Attenuation of quorum sensing regulated virulence functions and biofilm of pathogenic bacteria by medicinal plant Artemisia annua and its phytoconstituent 1, 8-cineole. Microsc Res Tech 2024; 87:133-148. [PMID: 37728140 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.24418] [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: 05/27/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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The emergence of multidrug resistance (MDR) in bacterial pathogens is a serious public health concern. A significant therapeutic target for MDR infections is the quorum sensing-regulated bacterial pathogenicity. Determining the anti-quorum sensing abilities of certain medicinal plants against bacterial pathogens as well as the in-silico interactions of particular bioactive phytocompounds with QS and biofilm-associated proteins were the objectives of the present study. In this study, 6 medicinal plants were selected based on their ethnopharmacological usage, screened for Anti-QS activity and Artemisia annua leaf extract (AALE) demonstrated pigment inhibitory activity against Chromobacterium violaceum CV12472. Further, the methanol active fraction significantly inhibited the virulence factors (pyocyanin, pyoverdine, rhamnolipid and swarming motility) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and Serratia marcescens MTCC 97 at respective sub-MICs. The inhibition of biofilm was determined using a microtiter plate test and scanning electron microscopy. Biofilm formation was impaired by 70%, 72% and 74% in P. aeruginosa, C. violaceum and S. marcescens, respectively at 0.5xMIC of the extract. The phytochemical content of the extract was studied using GC-MS and 1, 8-cineole was identified as major bioactive compound. Furthermore, 1, 8-cineole was docked with quorum sensing (QS) proteins (LasI, LasR, CviR, and rhlR) and biofilm proteins (PilY1 and PilT). In silico docking and dynamics simulations studies suggested interactions with QS-receptors CviR', LasI, LasR, and biofilm proteins PilY1, PilT for anti-QS activity. Further, 1, 8-cineole demonstrated 66% and 51% reduction in violacein production and biofilm formation, respectively to validate the findings of computational analysis. Findings of the present investigation suggests that 1, 8-cineole plays a crucial role in the QS and biofilm inhibitory activity demonstrated by Artemisia annua extract. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS: Artemisia annua leaf extract (AALE) methanol fraction demonstrated broad-spectrum QS and biofilm inhibition Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) confirmed biofilm inhibition Molecular docking and simulation studies suggested positive interactions of 1,8-cineol with QS-receptors and biofilm proteins.
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- Mo Ahamad Khan
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine and Medical Science, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Life Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Maha Swetha BR, Saravanan M, Piruthivraj P. Emerging trends in the inhibition of bacterial molecular communication: An overview. Microb Pathog 2024; 186:106495. [PMID: 38070626 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2023.106495] [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: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/02/2024]
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Quorum sensing (QS) is a molecular cell-cell communication utilized by several bacteria and some fungi. It involves cell density dependent gene expression that includes extra polymeric substance production, sporulation, antibiotic production, motility, competence, symbiosis and conjugation. These expressions were carried out by different signaling molecules like acyl homo-serine lactone (AHL) and auto-inducing peptides (AIPs) which was effluxed by gram negative and gram positive bacteria. Pathogenic bacteria and biofilms often exhibit high resistance to antibiotics, attributed to the presence of antibiotic efflux pumps, reduced membrane permeability, and enzymes that deactivate quorum sensing (QS) inhibitors. To counteract virulence and multi-drug resistance (MDR), novel strategies such as employing quorum sensing (QS) inhibitors and quorum quenchers are employed. It targets signaling molecules with synthesis and prevents the signal from binding to receptors. In this present review, the mechanisms of QS along with inhibitors from different sources are described. These strategies potentially interfere with QS and it can be applied in different fields, mainly in hospitals and marine environments where the pathogenic infections and biofilm formation are highly involved.
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- B R Maha Swetha
- Department of Biotechnoloy, Srimad Andavan Arts and Science College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Physics, University College of Engineering, Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus, Anna University, Tiruchirapalli, 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha Univerisy, Chennai, 600 077, Tamil Nadu, India; Department of Biotechnoloy, Srimad Andavan Arts and Science College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Samreen, Ahmad I, Siddiqui SA, Naseer A, Nazir A. Efflux Pump Inhibition-Based Screening and Anti-Infective Evaluation of Punica granatum Against Bacterial Pathogens. Curr Microbiol 2023; 81:51. [PMID: 38151670 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-023-03572-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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Drug efflux pumps contribute to bacterial multidrug resistance (MDR), reducing antibiotic effectiveness and causing treatment failures. Besides their role in MDR, efflux pumps also assist in the transportation of quorum sensing (QS) signal molecules and increased the tolerance of biofilms. Recently, the search for efflux pump inhibitors from natural sources, including anti-infective plants, has gained attention as a potential therapy against drug-resistant bacteria. In this study, 19 traditional Indian medicinal plants were screened for their efflux pump inhibitory activity against Escherichia coli TGI. The promising extract, i.e., Punica granatum was subsequently fractioned in the solvents of increasing polarity. Among them, at sub-MIC active EPI fraction was PGEF (P. granatum ethyl acetate fraction), further investigated for anti-infective potential against Chromobacterium violaceum 12,472, Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1, and Serratia marcescens MTCC 97. PGEF was also evaluated for in vivo efficacy in Caenorhabditis elegans model. Major phytocompounds were analyzed by mass spectroscopic techniques. At respective Sub-MIC, PGEF reduced violacein production by 71.14% in C. violaceum 12,472. Moreover, PGEF inhibited pyocyanin (64.72%), pyoverdine (48.17%), protease (51.35%), and swarming motility (44.82%) of P. aeruginosa PAO1. Furthermore, PGEF reduced the production of prodigiosin and exoprotease by 64.73% and 61.80%, respectively. Similarly, at sub-MIC, PGEF inhibited (≥ 50%) biofilm development in all test pathogens. The key phytocompounds detected in active fraction include 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, trans-p-coumaric acid 4- glucoside, (-)-Epicatechin 3'-O-glucuronide, and ellagic acid. Interestingly, PGEF also demonstrated anti-infective efficacy against the PAO1-infected C. elegans test model and highlighting its therapeutic potential as an anti-infective agent to combat drug-resistant problems.
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- Samreen
- Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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- Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
- Division of Toxicology & Experimental Medicine, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
- Division of Toxicology & Experimental Medicine, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, India
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Rathinam AJ, Santhaseelan H, Dahms HU, Dinakaran VT, Murugaiah SG. Bioprospecting of unexplored halophilic actinobacteria against human infectious pathogens. 3 Biotech 2023; 13:398. [PMID: 37974926 PMCID: PMC10645811 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-023-03812-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023] Open
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Human pathogenic diseases received much attention recently due to their uncontrolled spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) which causes several threads every year. Effective alternate antimicrobials are urgently required to combat those disease causing infectious microbes. Halophilic actinobacteria revealed huge potentials and unexplored cultivable/non-cultivable actinobacterial species producing enormous antimicrobials have been proved in several genomics approaches. Potential gene clusters, PKS and NRPKS from Nocardia, Salinospora, Rhodococcus, and Streptomyces have wide range coding genes of secondary metabolites. Biosynthetic pathways identification via various approaches like genome mining, In silico, OSMAC (one strain many compound) analysis provides better identification of knowing the active metabolites using several databases like AMP, APD and CRAMPR, etc. Genome constellations of actinobacteria particularly the prediction of BGCs (Biosynthetic Gene Clusters) to mine the bioactive molecules such as pigments, biosurfactants and few enzymes have been reported for antimicrobial activity. Saltpan, saltlake, lagoon and haloalkali environment exploring potential actinobacterial strains Micromonospora, Kocuria, Pseudonocardia, and Nocardiopsis revealed several acids and ester derivatives with antimicrobial potential. Marine sediments and marine macro organisms have been found as significant population holders of potential actinobacterial strains. Deadly infectious diseases (IDs) including tuberculosis, ventilator-associated pneumonia and Candidiasis, have been targeted by halo-actinobacterial metabolites with promising results. Methicillin resistant Staphylococus aureus and virus like Encephalitic alphaviruses were potentially targeted by halophilic actinobacterial metabolites by the compound Homoseongomycin from sponge associated antinobacterium. In this review, we discuss the potential antimicrobial properties of various biomolecules extracted from the unexplored halophilic actinobacterial strains specifically against human infectious pathogens along with prospective genomic constellations.
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- Arthur James Rathinam
- Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, 620 024 India
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- Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, 620 024 India
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708 Taiwan
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Kalia VC, Patel SKS, Lee JK. Bacterial biofilm inhibitors: An overview. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2023; 264:115389. [PMID: 37634478 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 08/05/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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Bacteria that cause infectious diseases adopt biofilms as one of their most prevalent lifestyles. Biofilms enable bacteria to tolerate environmental stress and evade antibacterial agents. This bacterial defense mechanism has rendered the use of antibiotics ineffective for the treatment of infectious diseases. However, many highly drug-resistant microbes have rapidly emerged owing to such treatments. Different signaling mechanisms regulate bacterial biofilm formation, including cyclic dinucleotide (c-di-GMP), small non-coding RNAs, and quorum sensing (QS). A cell density-dependent phenomenon, QS is associated with c-di-GMP (a global messenger), which regulates gene expression related to adhesion, extracellular matrix production, the transition from the planktonic to biofilm stage, stability, pathogenicity, virulence, and acquisition of nutrients. The article aims to provide information on inhibiting biofilm formation and disintegrating mature/preformed biofilms. This treatment enables antimicrobials to target the free-living/exposed bacterial cells at lower concentrations than those needed to treat bacteria within the biofilm. Therefore, a complementary action of antibiofilm and antimicrobial agents can be a robust strategic approach to dealing with infectious diseases. Taken together, these molecules have broad implications for human health.
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- Vipin Chandra Kalia
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.
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Murali M, Ahmed F, Gowtham HG, Aribisala JO, Abdulsalam RA, Shati AA, Alfaifi MY, Sayyed RZ, Sabiu S, Amruthesh KN. Exploration of CviR-mediated quorum sensing inhibitors from Cladosporium spp. against Chromobacterium violaceum through computational studies. Sci Rep 2023; 13:15505. [PMID: 37726386 PMCID: PMC10509224 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-42833-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
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An opportunistic human pathogenic bacterium, Chromobacterium violaceum resists the potency of most antibiotics by exploiting the quorum sensing system within their community to control virulence factor expression. Therefore, blocking the quorum sensing mechanism could help to treat several infectious caused by this organism. The quorum sensing receptor (CviR) of C. violaceum was used as a model target in the current investigation to identify potentially novel quorum sensing inhibitors from Cladosporium spp. through in silico computational approaches. The molecular docking results confirmed the anti-quorum sensing potential of bioactive compounds from Cladosporium spp. through binding to CviR with varying docking scores between - 5.2 and - 9.5 kcal/mol. Relative to the positive control [Azithromycin (- 7.4 kcal/mol)], the top six metabolites of Cladosporium spp. had higher docking scores and were generally greater than - 8.5 kcal/mol. The thermodynamic stability and binding affinity refinement of top-ranked CviR inhibitors were further studied through a 160 ns molecular dynamic (MD) simulation. The Post-MD simulation analysis confirmed the top-ranked compounds' affinity, stability, and biomolecular interactions with CviR at 50 ns, 100 ns, and 160 ns with Coniochaetone K of the Cladosporium spp. having the highest binding free energy (- 30.87 kcal/mol) and best interactions (two consistent hydrogen bond contact) following the 160 ns simulation. The predicted pharmacokinetics properties of top selected compounds point to their drug likeliness, potentiating their chance as a possible drug candidate. Overall, the top-ranked compounds from Cladosporium spp., especially Coniochaetone K, could be identified as potential C. violaceum CviR inhibitors. The development of these compounds as broad-spectrum antibacterial medicines is thus possible in the future following the completion of further preclinical and clinical research.
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- Mahadevamurthy Murali
- Applied Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Studies in Botany, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, 570006, India
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, College of Applied Health Sciences in Ar Rass, Qassim University, 51452, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa
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- Faculty of Science, Biology Department, King Khalid University, 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Science, Biology Department, King Khalid University, 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Microbiology, PSGVP Mandal's S I Patil Arts, G B Patel Science and STKV Sangh Commerce College, Shahada, 425409, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa.
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- Applied Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Studies in Botany, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, 570006, India.
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Chakraborty B, Shashiraj KN, Kumar RS, Bhat MP, Basavarajappa DS, Almansour AI, Perumal K, Nayaka S. Unveiling the Pharmacological Significance of Marine Streptomyces violaceusniger KS20: Isolation, Characterization, and Assessment of Its Biomedical Applications. Metabolites 2023; 13:1022. [PMID: 37755302 PMCID: PMC10536031 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13091022] [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: 08/13/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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Marine actinomycetes represent a highly favorable source of bioactive compounds and have been the mainstay of much research in recent years. Recent reports have shown that marine Streptomyces sp. can produce compounds with diverse and potent biological activities. Therefore, the key objective of the study was to isolate and screen a potential actinomycete from marine ecosystems of Devbagh and Tilmati beaches, Karwar. Streptomyces sp. KS20 was characterized and the ethyl acetate extract (EtOAc-Ex) was screened for biomedical applications. Streptomyces sp. KS20 produced grayish-white aerial and pale-yellow substrate mycelia and revealed an ancestral relationship with Streptomyces violaceusniger. Optimum growth of the organism was recorded at 30 °C and pH 7.0. The metabolite profiling of EtOAc-Ex expressed the existence of several bioactive metabolites, whereas the functional groups were indicated by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. A considerable antioxidant activity was shown for EtOAc-Ex with IC50 of 92.56 μg/mL. In addition to this, Streptomyces sp. KS20 exhibited significant antimicrobial properties, particularly against Escherichia coli, where a zone of inhibition measuring 36 ± 0.83 mm and a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 3.12 µg/mL were observed. The EtOAc-Ex even revealed significant antimycobacterial potency with IC50 of 6.25 μg/mL. Finally, the antiproliferative potentiality of EtOAc-Ex against A549 and PC-3 cell lines revealed a constant decline in cell viability while raising the concentration of EtOAc-Ex from 12.5 to 200 μg/mL. The IC50 values were determined as 94.73 μg/mL and 121.12 μg/mL for A549 and PC-3 cell lines, respectively. Overall, the exploration of secondary metabolites from marine Streptomyces sp. KS20 represents an exciting area of further research with the potential to discover novel bioactive compounds that could be developed into therapeutics for various medical applications.
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- Bidhayak Chakraborty
- P.G. Department of Studies in Botany, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580003, India; (B.C.); (K.N.S.); (M.P.B.); (D.S.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box. 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (R.S.K.); (A.I.A.)
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- P.G. Department of Studies in Botany, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580003, India; (B.C.); (K.N.S.); (M.P.B.); (D.S.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box. 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (R.S.K.); (A.I.A.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 151 W. Woodruff Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA;
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- P.G. Department of Studies in Botany, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580003, India; (B.C.); (K.N.S.); (M.P.B.); (D.S.B.)
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Talla RM, Tamfu AN, Wakeu BNK, Ceylan O, Mbazoa CD, Kapche GDWF, Lenta BN, Sewald N, Wandji J. Evaluation of anti-quorum sensing and antibiofilm effects of secondary metabolites from Gambeya lacourtiana (De Wild) Aubr. & Pellegr against selected pathogens. BMC Complement Med Ther 2023; 23:300. [PMID: 37620848 PMCID: PMC10464238 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-023-04115-4] [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: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Microbial infections cause serious health problems especially with the rising antibiotic resistance which accounts for about 700,000 human deaths annually. Antibiotics which target bacterial death encounter microbial resistance with time, hence, there is an urgent need for the search of antimicrobial substances which target disruption of virulence factors such as biofilm and quorum sensing (QS) with selective pressure on the pathogens so as to avoid resistance. METHODS Natural products are suitable leads for antimicrobial drugs that can inhibit bacterial biofilms and QS. Twenty compounds isolated from the medicinal plant Gambeya lacourtiana were evaluated for their antibiofilm and anti-quorum sensing effects against selected pathogenic bacteria. RESULTS Most of the compounds inhibited violacein production in Chromobacterium violaceum CV12472 and the most active compound, Epicatechin had 100% inhibition at MIC (Minimal Inhibitory Concentration) and was the only compound to inhibit violacein production at MIC/8 with percentage inhibition of 17.2 ± 0.9%. Since the bacteria C. violaceum produces violacein while growing, the inhibition of the production of this pigment reflects the inhibition of signal production. Equally, some compounds inhibited violacein production by C. violaceum CV026 in the midst of an externally supplied acylhomoserine lactone, indicating that they disrupted signal molecule reception. Most of the compounds exhibited biofilm inhibition on Staphyloccocus aureus, Escherichia coli and Candida albicans and it was observed that the Gram-positive bacteria biofilm was most susceptible. The triterpenoids bearing carboxylic acid group, the ceramide and epicatechin were the most active compounds compared to others. CONCLUSION Since some of the compounds disrupted QS mediated processes in bacteria, it indicates that this plant is a source of antibiotics drugs that can reduce microbial resistance.
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- Rostan Mangoua Talla
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Yaoundé 1, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Department of Chemistry, Higher Teacher Training C ollege, The University of Yaoundé 1, P.O. Box 47, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Industries, University of Ngaoundéré, P.O. Box 454, Ngaoundéré, Cameroon.
- Food Quality Control and Analysis Program, Ula Ali Kocman Vocational School, Mugla Sitki Koc-man University, Mugla, 48147, Turkey.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Yaoundé 1, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Food Quality Control and Analysis Program, Ula Ali Kocman Vocational School, Mugla Sitki Koc-man University, Mugla, 48147, Turkey
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Yaoundé 1, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Department of Chemistry, Higher Teacher Training C ollege, The University of Yaoundé 1, P.O. Box 47, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Chemistry Department, Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Bielefeld University, P.O. Box 100131, 33501, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Yaoundé 1, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Naga NG, El-Badan DE, Ghanem KM, Shaaban MI. It is the time for quorum sensing inhibition as alternative strategy of antimicrobial therapy. Cell Commun Signal 2023; 21:133. [PMID: 37316831 DOI: 10.1186/s12964-023-01154-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
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Multiple drug resistance poses a significant threat to public health worldwide, with a substantial increase in morbidity and mortality rates. Consequently, searching for novel strategies to control microbial pathogenicity is necessary. With the aid of auto-inducers (AIs), quorum sensing (QS) regulates bacterial virulence factors through cell-to-cell signaling networks. AIs are small signaling molecules produced during the stationary phase. When bacterial cultures reach a certain level of growth, these molecules regulate the expression of the bound genes by acting as mirrors that reflect the inoculum density.Gram-positive bacteria use the peptide derivatives of these signaling molecules, whereas Gram-negative bacteria use the fatty acid derivatives, and the majority of bacteria can use both types to modulate the expression of the target gene. Numerous natural and synthetic QS inhibitors (QSIs) have been developed to reduce microbial pathogenesis. Applications of QSI are vital to human health, as well as fisheries and aquaculture, agriculture, and water treatment. Video Abstract.
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- Nourhan G Naga
- Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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Hayet S, Ghrayeb M, Azulay DN, Shpilt Z, Tshuva EY, Chai L. Titanium complexes affect Bacillus subtilis biofilm formation. RSC Med Chem 2023; 14:983-991. [PMID: 37252093 PMCID: PMC10211322 DOI: 10.1039/d3md00075c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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Biofilms are surface or interface-associated communities of bacterial cells, embedded in a self-secreted extracellular matrix (ECM). Cells in biofilms are 100-1000 times more resistant to antibiotic treatment relative to planktonic cells due to various reasons, including the ECM acting as a diffusion barrier to antibiotic molecules, the presence of persister cells that divide slowly and are less susceptible to cell-wall targeting drugs, and the activation of efflux pumps in response to antibiotic stress. In this study we tested the effect of two titanium(iv) complexes that have been previously reported as potent and non-toxic anticancer chemotherapeutic agents on Bacillus subtilis cells in culture and in biofilm forming conditions. The Ti(iv) complexes tested, a hexacoordinate diaminobis(phenolato)-bis(alkoxo) complex (phenolaTi) and a bis(isopropoxo) complex of a diaminobis(phenolato) "salan"-type ligand (salanTi), did not affect the growth rate of cells in shaken cultures, however they did affect biofilm formation. Surprisingly, while phenolaTi inhibited biofilm formation, the presence of salanTi induced the formation of more mechanically robust biofilms. Optical microscopy images of biofilm samples in the absence and presence of Ti(iv) complexes suggest that Ti(iv) complexes affect cell-cell and/or cell-matrix adhesion, and that these are interfered with phenolaTi and enhanced by salanTi. Our results highlight the possible effect of Ti(iv) complexes on bacterial biofilms, which is gaining interest in light of the emerging relations between bacteria and cancerous tumors.
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- Shahar Hayet
- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J. Safra Campus Jerusalem 91904 Israel +972 2 5660425 +972 2 6586084 +972 2 6585303
- The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J. Safra Campus Jerusalem 91904 Israel +972 2 5660425 +972 2 6586084 +972 2 6585303
- The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J. Safra Campus Jerusalem 91904 Israel +972 2 5660425 +972 2 6586084 +972 2 6585303
- The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J. Safra Campus Jerusalem 91904 Israel +972 2 5660425 +972 2 6586084 +972 2 6585303
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J. Safra Campus Jerusalem 91904 Israel +972 2 5660425 +972 2 6586084 +972 2 6585303
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J. Safra Campus Jerusalem 91904 Israel +972 2 5660425 +972 2 6586084 +972 2 6585303
- The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel
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Cáceres M, Hidalgo W, Stashenko EE, Torres R, Ortiz C. Metabolomic Analysis of the Effect of Lippia origanoides Essential Oil on the Inhibition of Quorum Sensing in Chromobacterium violaceum. Antibiotics (Basel) 2023; 12:antibiotics12050814. [PMID: 37237719 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12050814] [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: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Bacteria can communicate through quorum sensing, allowing them to develop different survival or virulence traits that lead to increased bacterial resistance against conventional antibiotic therapy. Here, fifteen essential oils (EOs) were investigated for their antimicrobial and anti-quorum-sensing activities using Chromobacterium violaceum CV026 as a model. All EOs were isolated from plant material via hydrodistillation and analyzed using GC/MS. In vitro antimicrobial activity was determined using the microdilution technique. Subinhibitory concentrations were used to determine anti-quorum-sensing activity by inhibition of violacein production. Finally, a possible mechanism of action for most bioactive EOs was determined using a metabolomic approach. Among the EOs evaluated, the EO from Lippia origanoides exhibited antimicrobial and anti-quorum activities at 0.37 and 0.15 mg/mL, respectively. Based on the experimental results, the antibiofilm activity of EO can be attributed to the blockage of tryptophan metabolism in the metabolic pathway of violacein synthesis. The metabolomic analyses made it possible to see effects mainly at the levels of tryptophan metabolism, nucleotide biosynthesis, arginine metabolism and vitamin biosynthesis. This allows us to highlight the EO of L. origanoides as a promising candidate for further studies in the design of antimicrobial compounds against bacterial resistance.
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- Marlon Cáceres
- Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga 680002, Colombia
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- Escuela de Química, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga 680002, Colombia
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- Escuela de Química, Centro de Cromatografía y Espectrometría de Masas (CROM-MASS), Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga 680002, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Bioquímica y Microbiología, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga 680002, Colombia
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- Escuela de Microbiología y Bioanálisis, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga 680002, Colombia
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Sulieman AME, Alanaizy E, Alanaizy NA, Abdallah EM, Idriss H, Salih ZA, Ibrahim NA, Ali NA, Ibrahim SE, Abd El Hakeem BS. Unveiling Chemical, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Properties of Fagonia indica Grown in the Hail Mountains, Saudi Arabia. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:1354. [PMID: 36987042 PMCID: PMC10054747 DOI: 10.3390/plants12061354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The Aja and Salma mountains in the Hail region are home to a variety of indigenous wild plants, some of which are used in Bedouin folk medicine to treat various ailments. The purpose of the current study was to unveil the chemical, antioxidant and antibacterial properties of Fagonia indica (Showeka) grown widely in these mountains, as data on the biological activities of this plant in this remote area are scarce. XRF spectrometry indicated the presence of some essential elements, which were in the order of Ca > S > K > AL > CL > Si > P > Fe > Mg > Na > Ti > Sr > Zn > Mn. Qualitative chemical screening revealed the presence of saponins, terpenes, flavonoids, tannins, phenols and cardiac glycosides in the methanolic extract (80% v/v). GC-MS showed the presence of 2-chloropropanoic acid 18.5%, tetrahydro-2-methylfuran 20.1%, tridecanoic acid 12-methyl-, methyl ester 2.2%, hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester 8.6%, methyl 3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) propionate 13.4%, methyl linoleate 7.0%, petroselinic acid methyl ester 15%, erucylamide 6.7% and diosgenin 8.5%. Total phenols, total tannins, flavonoids, DPPH, reducing power, -carotene and ABTS IC50 (mg/mL) scavenging activity were used to measure the antioxidant capabilities of Fagonia indica, which exhibited prominent antioxidant properties at low concentrations when compared to ascorbic acid, butylate hydroxytoluene and beta-carotene. The antibacterial investigation revealed significant inhibitory effects against Bacillus subtilis MTCC121 and Pseudomona aeruginosa MTCC 741 with inhibition zones of 15.00 ± 1.5 and 12.0 ± 1.0 mm, respectively. The MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) and MBC (minimum bactericidal concentration) ranged between 125 to 500 μg/mL. The MBC/MIC ratio indicated possible bactericidal efficacy against Bacillus subtilis and bacteriostatic activity against Pseudomona aeruginosa. The study also showed that this plant has anti-biofilm formation activity.
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- Abdel Moneim E. Sulieman
- Department of Biology, College of Science, Hail University, Hail 2440, Saudi Arabia; (E.A.); (N.A.A.)
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Hail University, Hail 2440, Saudi Arabia; (E.A.); (N.A.A.)
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Hail University, Hail 2440, Saudi Arabia; (E.A.); (N.A.A.)
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- Department of Science Laboratories, College of Science and Arts, Qassim University, Ar Rass 51921, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Physics, College of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh 11623, Saudi Arabia;
- Deanship of Scientific Research, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh 11432, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Research and Training, Research and Training Station, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh 11432, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Home Economic, College of Home Economic, King Khalid University (KKU), Guraiger, Abha 62529, Saudi Arabia; (N.A.A.); (S.E.I.); (B.S.A.E.H.)
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- Department of Home Economic, College of Home Economic, King Khalid University (KKU), Guraiger, Abha 62529, Saudi Arabia; (N.A.A.); (S.E.I.); (B.S.A.E.H.)
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- Department of Home Economic, College of Home Economic, King Khalid University (KKU), Guraiger, Abha 62529, Saudi Arabia; (N.A.A.); (S.E.I.); (B.S.A.E.H.)
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Food-Grade Bacteria Combat Pathogens by Blocking AHL-Mediated Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Formation. Foods 2022; 12:foods12010090. [PMID: 36613306 PMCID: PMC9818890 DOI: 10.3390/foods12010090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Disrupting bacterial quorum sensing (QS) signaling is a promising strategy to combat pathogenic biofilms without the development of antibiotic resistance. Here, we report that food-associated bacteria can interfere with the biofilm formation of a Gram-negative pathogenic bacterium by targeting its AHL (acyl-homoserine lactone) QS system. This was demonstrated by screening metabolic end-products of different lactobacilli and propionibacteria using Gram-negative and biofilm-forming Chromobacterium violaceum as the QS reporter and our anti-QS microscale screening platform with necessary modifications. The method was optimized in terms of the inoculation technique and the concentrations of D-glucose and L-tryptophan, two key factors controlling the synthesis of violacein, a purple pigment indicating the activation of the QS system in C. violaceum. These improvements resulted in ca. 16-times higher violacein yields and enabled revealing anti-QS effects of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lentilactobacillus kefiri, Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus and Propionibacterium freudenreichii, including new cheese-associated strains. Our findings also suggest that acetate and propionate excreted by these species are the main factors that interrupt the QS-mediated signaling and subsequent biofilm growth without affecting the cell viability of the C. violaceum reporter. Thus, the present study reports a revised anti-QS screening method to accurately define new bacteria with an ability to combat pathogens in a safe and sustainable way.
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Wang X, Li J, Shang J, Bai J, Wu K, Liu J, Yang Z, Ou H, Shao L. Metabolites extracted from microorganisms as potential inhibitors of glycosidases (α-glucosidase and α-amylase): A review. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1050869. [PMID: 36466660 PMCID: PMC9712454 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1050869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 09/30/2023] Open
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α-Glucosidase and α-amylase are the two main glycosidases that participate in the metabolism of carbohydrates. Inhibitors of these two enzymes are considered an important medical treatment for carbohydrate uptake disorders, such as diabetes and obesity. Microbes are an important source of constituents that have the potential to inhibit glycosidases and can be used as sources of new drugs and dietary supplements. For example, the α-glucosidase inhibitor acarbose, isolated from Actinoplanes sp., has played an important role in adequately controlling type 2 diabetes, but this class of marketed drugs has many drawbacks, such as poor compliance with treatment and expense. This demonstrates the need for new microorganism-derived resources, as well as novel classes of drugs with better compliance, socioeconomic benefits, and safety. This review introduces the literature on microbial sources of α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibitors, with a focus on endophytes and marine microorganisms, over the most recent 5 years. This paper also reviews the application of glycosidase inhibitors as drugs and dietary supplements. These studies will contribute to the future development of new microorganism-derived glycosidase inhibitors.
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- Xiaojing Wang
- Affiliated Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Microbial Pharmacology Laboratory, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Microbial Pharmacology Laboratory, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Microbial Pharmacology Laboratory, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
- School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- School of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, China
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- Microbial Pharmacology Laboratory, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Microbial Pharmacology Laboratory, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
- School of Medical Technology, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Microbial Pharmacology Laboratory, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Microbial Pharmacology Laboratory, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Selvaraju N, Ganesh PS, Palrasu V, Venugopal G, Mariappan V. Evaluation of Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activity of Citrus medica Fruit Juice Based Carbon Dots against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:36227-36234. [PMID: 36278088 PMCID: PMC9583329 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c03465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is one of the common immortal pathogens that cause intense chronic infections in low-immunity patients, significantly evading the immune system and suppressing the respiratory system. This work reports on the synthesis of prominent members of the carbon family, carbon quantum dots (CQDs), from a natural carbon precursor, Citrus medica (C. medica) fruit, and their inhibiting property against P. aeruginosa. CQDs synthesized by the conventional hydrothermal method with an average particle size of 4.5 nm exhibit renowned antimicrobial properties. To enhance the properties of the CQDs, nitrogen was doped using ammonium hydroxide as a nitrogen source, and absorption and fluorescence studies and the elemental composition of CQDs were also reported. CQDs potentially inhibited the growth of bacteria at the lowest concentration level of 1.25% (v/v). Similarly, CQDs moderately inhibited biofilm formation at the concentration level of 0.07% (v/v) for both clinical and control strains of P. aeruginosa. A fluorescence microscopy study revealed that the treated strain shows a moderately reduced biofilm formation when compared to the control strain of P. aeruginosa PAO1.
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- Nithya Selvaraju
- Advanced
Nanomaterials and System Lab, Department of Materials Science, School
of Technology, Central University of Tamil
Nadu, Thiruvarur 610005, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department
of Microbiology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
(SIMATS), Velappanchavadi, PH Road, Chennai 600077, India
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- Department
of Electronics, Government Arts College, Kulithalai, Karur District, 639120, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Advanced
Nanomaterials and System Lab, Department of Materials Science, School
of Technology, Central University of Tamil
Nadu, Thiruvarur 610005, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Center
for Toxicology and Health Risk Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia
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Uddin Mahamud AGMS, Nahar S, Ashrafudoulla M, Park SH, Ha SD. Insights into antibiofilm mechanisms of phytochemicals: Prospects in the food industry. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2022; 64:1736-1763. [PMID: 36066482 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2022.2119201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The recalcitrance of microbial aggregation or biofilm in the food industry underpins the emerging antimicrobial resistance among foodborne pathogens, exacerbating the phenomena of food spoilage, processing and safety management failure, and the prevalence of foodborne illnesses. The challenges of growing tolerance to current chemical and disinfectant-based antibiofilm strategies have driven the urgency in finding a less vulnerable to bacterial resistance, effective alternative antibiofilm agent. To address these issues, various novel strategies are suggested in current days to combat bacterial biofilm. Among the innovative approaches, phytochemicals have already demonstrated their excellent performance in preventing biofilm formation and bactericidal actions against resident bacteria within biofilms. However, the diverse group of phytochemicals and their different modes of action become a barrier to applying them against specific pathogenic biofilm-formers. This phenomenon mandates the need to elucidate the multi-mechanistic actions of phytochemicals to design an effective novel antibiofilm strategy. Therefore, this review critically illustrates the structure - activity relationship, functional sites of actions, and target molecules of diverse phytochemicals regarding multiple major antibiofilm mechanisms and reversal mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance. The implementation of the in-depth knowledge will hopefully aid future studies for developing phytochemical-based next-generation antimicrobials.
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- A G M Sofi Uddin Mahamud
- School of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- School of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- School of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- School of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Quorum Sensing Orchestrates Antibiotic Drug Resistance, Biofilm Formation, and Motility in Escherichia coli and Quorum Quenching Activities of Plant-derived Natural Products: A Review. JOURNAL OF PURE AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.22207/jpam.16.3.52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Quorum sensing (QS) is a type of cell-to-cell communication that is influenced by an increase in signaling molecules known as autoinducers, which is correlated to the increase in the density of microbial communities. In this review, we aim to discuss and provide updates on the different signaling molecules used by Escherichia coli, such as acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL), autoinducer-2 (AI-2), and indole to influence key phenotypes such as antibiotic drug resistance, biofilm formation, and motility during quorum sensing. Based on the literature, E. coli signaling molecules have different functions during cell-to-cell communication such that the increase in AHL and indole was found to cause the modulation of antibiotic resistance and inhibition of biofilm formation and motility. Meanwhile, AI-2 is known to modulate biofilm formation, antibiotic resistance, and motility. On the other hand, in the existing literature, we found that various plants possess phytochemicals that can be used to alter QS and its downstream key phenotypes such as biofilm formation, swimming and swarming motility, and genes related to motility, curli and AI-2 production. However, the exact physiological and molecular mechanisms of these natural compounds are still understudied. Understanding the mechanisms of those phytochemicals during QS are therefore highly recommended to conduct as a necessary step for future scholars to develop drugs that target the actions of QS-signaling molecules and receptors linked to antibiotic resistance, biofilm formation, and motility without putting bacteria under stress, thereby preventing the development of drug resistance.
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Quorum Quenching Potential of Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles against Chromobacterium violaceum 4212. JOURNAL OF PURE AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.22207/jpam.16.3.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Chromobacterium violaceum is a gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacterium that is known to cause human infections in lungs, liver, brain, spleen lymph nodes and urinary tract. It has Acyl Homoserine Lactone (AHL) regulated virulence features like violacein pigment production, swarming motility, biofilm formation and haemolysis. Bacterial pathogens form biofilms in natural as well as medical implants due to a complex signalling – “Quorum Sensing” (QS). QS builds an interaction among the cells, which increases the proliferation and mechanisms necessary for invasion into the host. Instead of using only bactericidal agents for infection control, suppression of QS by Quorum Quenching agents (QQ) can overcome limitations of currently used antimicrobial substances. In the present study biogenic silver nanoparticles (BSNPs) synthesized from selected five plant extracts were screened against Chromobacterium violaceum MCC 4212 for QQ potential. Biofilm inhibition of 91.8% and dispersal of 81.33% was found to be exhibited by BSNPsmade from extracts of Garcinia and Trachyspermum. Swarming nature was inhibited by 66% while there was complete inhibition of haemolysis by BSNPs. Therefore, the BSNPs synthesized were found potential to control the pathogenicity of C. violaceum 4212 as an antibiofilm agent.
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Kapadia C, Kachhdia R, Singh S, Gandhi K, Poczai P, Alfarraj S, Ansari MJ, Gafur A, Sayyed RZ. Pseudomonas aeruginosa inhibits quorum-sensing mechanisms of soft rot pathogen Lelliottia amnigena RCE to regulate its virulence factors and biofilm formation. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:977669. [PMID: 36090086 PMCID: PMC9450810 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.977669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The quorum-sensing (QS) cascade is responsible for the colonization and phenotypic behavior of the pathogenic organism and the regulation of diverse signal molecules. The disruption of the quorum-sensing system is an effective strategy to overcome the possibility of antibiotic resistance development in the pathogen. The quorum quenching does not kill the microbes. Instead, it hinders the expression of pathogenic traits. In the present experiment, Pseudomonas aeruginosa RKC1 was used to extract the metabolites responsible for quorum-sensing inhibition in soft rot pathogen Lelliottia amnigena RCE. During the initial screening, P. aeruginosa RKC1 was found to be most promising and inhibits violacein of Chromobacterium violaceum MTCC2656 pyocyanin, swarming-swimming motility of P. aeruginosa MTCC2297. The characterization of metabolites produced by the microbes which are responsible for quorum-sensing inhibition through GC-MS is very scarce in scientific literature. The ethyl acetate extract of P. aeruginosa RKC1 inhibits biofilm formation of L. amnigena RCE while inhibiting growth at higher concentrations. The GC-MS analysis suggested that Cyclic dipeptides (CDPs) such as Cyclo (L-prolyl-L-valine), Cyclo (Pro-Leu), and Cyclo(D-phenylalanyl-L-prolyl) were predominantly found in the ethyl acetate extract of the P. aeruginosa RKC1 (93.72%). This diketopiperazine (DKPs) exhibited quorum-sensing inhibition against the pathogen in liquid media during the active growth phase and regulated diverse metabolites of the pathogen. Moreover, the metabolites data from the clear zone around wells showed a higher concentration of DKSs (9.66%) compared to other metabolites. So far, very few reports indicate the role of DKPs or CDPs in inhibiting the quorum-sensing system in plant pathogenic bacteria. This is one such report that exploits metabolites of P. aeruginosa RKC1. The present investigation provided evidence to use quorum-sensing inhibitor metabolites, to suppress microbes' pathogenesis and thus develop an innovative strategy to overcome antibiotic resistance.
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- Chintan Kapadia
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, ASPEE College of Horticulture and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, India
- *Correspondence: Chintan Kapadia
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, ASPEE College of Horticulture and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, India
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- Food Quality Testing Laboratory, N. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, India
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- Food Quality Testing Laboratory, N. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, India
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- Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Peter Poczai
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- Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany, Hindu College, Moradabad (Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Bareilly), Moradabad, India
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- Sinarmas Forestry Corporate Research and Development, Perawang, Indonesia
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- Department of Microbiology, PSGVP Mandals, S I Patil Arts, G B Patel Science and STKV Sangh Commerce College, Shahada, India
- R. Z. Sayyed
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Rather MA, Saha D, Bhuyan S, Jha AN, Mandal M. Quorum Quenching: A Drug Discovery Approach Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiol Res 2022; 264:127173. [PMID: 36037563 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2022.127173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a ubiquitous opportunistic and nosocomial biofilm-forming pathogen with complex, interconnected and hierarchical nature of QS systems (Las, Rhl, PQS, and IQS), is posing the biggest challenge to the healthcare sector and have made current chemotherapies incapable. Conventional antibiotics designed to intercept the biochemical or physiological processes precisely of planktonic microorganisms exert extreme selective pressure and develop resistance against them thereby emphasizing the development of alternative therapeutic approaches. Additionally, quorum sensing induced pathogenic microbial biofilms and production of virulence factors have intensified the pathogenicity, drug resistance, recurrence of infections, hospital visits, morbidity, and mortality many-folds. In this regard, QS could be a potential druggable target and the discovery of QS inhibiting agents as an anti-virulent measure could serve as an alternative therapeutic approach to conventional antibiotics. Quorum quenching (QQ) is a preferred strategy to combat microbial infections since it attenuates the pathogenicity of microbes and enhances the microbial biofilm susceptibility to antibiotics, thus qualifying as a suitable target for drug discovery. This review discusses the QS-induced pathogenicity of P. aeruginosa, the hierarchical QS systems, and QS inhibition as a drug discovery approach to complement classical antibiotic strategy.
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- Muzamil Ahmad Rather
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur 784028, Assam, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur 784028, Assam, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur 784028, Assam, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur 784028, Assam, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur 784028, Assam, India.
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Zeng YX, Liu JS, Wang YJ, Tang S, Wang DY, Deng SM, Jia AQ. Actinomycin D: a novel Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing inhibitor from the endophyte Streptomyces cyaneochromogenes RC1. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 38:170. [PMID: 35904625 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-022-03360-y] [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: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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The infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa are difficult to treat due to its multidrug resistance. A promising strategy for controlling P. aeruginosa infection is targeting the quorum sensing (QS) system. Actinomycin D isolated from the metabolite of endophyte Streptomyces cyaneochromogenes RC1 exhibited good anti-QS activity against P. aeruginosa PAO1. Actinomycin D (50, 100, and 200 μg/mL) significantly inhibited the motility as well as reduced the production of multiple virulence factors including pyocyanin, protease, rhamnolipid, and siderophores. The images of confocal laser scanning microscopy and scanning electron microscopy revealed that the treatment of actinomycin D resulted in a looser and flatter biofilm structure. Real-time quantitative PCR analysis showed that the expression of QS-related genes lasI, rhlI, rhlR, pqsR, pslA, and pilA were downregulated dramatically. The production of QS signaling molecules N-(3-oxododecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone and N-butanoyl-L-homoserine lactone were also decreased by actinomycin D. These findings suggest that actinomycin D, a potent in vitro anti-virulence agent, is a promising candidate to treat P. aeruginosa infection by interfering with the QS systems.
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- Yue-Xiang Zeng
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China.,State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China.,State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China.,State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China. .,State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China. .,One Health Institute, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China.
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Kachhadia R, Kapadia C, Singh S, Gandhi K, Jajda H, Alfarraj S, Ansari MJ, Danish S, Datta R. Quorum Sensing Inhibitory and Quenching Activity of Bacillus cereus RC1 Extracts on Soft Rot-Causing Bacteria Lelliottia amnigena. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:25291-25308. [PMID: 35910130 PMCID: PMC9330221 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c02202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The quorum sensing (QS) system of bacteria helps them to communicate with each other in a density-dependent manner and regulates pathogenicity. The concentrations of autoinducers, peptides, and signaling factors are required for determining the expression of virulence factors in many pathogens. The QS signals of the pathogen are regulated by the signal transduction pathway. The binding of signal molecules to its cognate receptor brings changes in the structure of the receptor, makes it more accessible to the DNA, and thus regulates diverse expression patterns, including virulence factors. Degrading the autoinducer molecules or disturbing the quorum sensing network could be exploited to control the virulence of the pathogen while avoiding multidrug-resistant phenotypes. The rhizosphere is a tremendous source of beneficial microbes that has not yet been explored properly for its anti-quorum sensing potential. Lelliottia amnigena causes soft rot diseases in onion, potato, and other species. The present investigation was carried out with the aim of isolating the anti-quorum sensing metabolites and elucidating their role in controlling the virulence factors of the pathogen by performing a maceration assay. The ethyl acetate extracts of various bacteria are promising for violacein inhibition assay using Chromobacterium violaceum MTCC2656 and pyocyanin inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa MTCC2297. Therefore, the extract was used to deduce its role in attenuation of soft rot in potato, carrot, and cucumber. The maximum reduction of macerated tissue in carrot, potato, and cucumber was given by Bacillus cereus RC1 at 91.22, 97.59, and 88.78%, respectively. The concentration-dependent inhibition of virulence traits was observed during the entire experiment. The quorum quenching potential of the bacterial extract was used to understand the regulatory metabolites. The data of the diffusible zone and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis showed that diketopiperazines, viz. Cyclo(d-phenylalanyl-l-prolyl), Cyclo Phe-Val, Cyclo(Pro-Ala), Cyclo(l-prolyl-l-valine), Cyclo (Leu-Leu), and Cyclo(-Leu-Pro), are prominent metabolites that could modulate the pathogenicity in L. amnigena RCE. The interaction of bacterial extracts regulates various metabolites of the pathogens during their growth in liquid culture compared to their control counterparts. This study might help in exploiting the metabolites from bacteria to control the pathogens, with concurrent reduction in the pathogenicity of the pathogens without developing antibiotic resistance.
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- Rinkal Kachhadia
- Department
of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, ASPEE College of Horticulture
and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat 396450, India
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- Department
of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, ASPEE College of Horticulture
and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat 396450, India
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- Food
Quality Testing Laboratory, N. M. College Of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat 396450, India
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- Food
Quality Testing Laboratory, N. M. College Of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat 396450, India
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- Gujarat
Agricultural Biotech Institute, Navsari
Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat 396450, India
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- Zoology
Department, College of Science, King Saud
University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad (Mahatma
Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Bareilly), 244001, India
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- Hainan
Key
Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College
of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Department
of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno 61300, Czech Republic
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A rare ω-8 fatty acid, cis-8,4,11-docosatrienoic acid rich microalgal strain isolated from a salt lake in Tibet Plateau. ALGAL RES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2022.102767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Awadelkareem AM, Al-Shammari E, Elkhalifa AO, Adnan M, Siddiqui AJ, Patel M, Khan MI, Mehmood K, Ashfaq F, Badraoui R, Ashraf SA. Biosynthesized Silver Nanoparticles from Eruca sativa Miller Leaf Extract Exhibits Antibacterial, Antioxidant, Anti-Quorum-Sensing, Antibiofilm, and Anti-Metastatic Activities. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:antibiotics11070853. [PMID: 35884107 PMCID: PMC9311509 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11070853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Worldwide, the primary problem today is the proliferation of cancer and secondary bacterial infections caused by biofilms, as they are the principal causes of death due to the lack of effective drugs. A great deal of biological activities of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have made them a brilliant choice for the development of new drugs in recent years. The present study was conducted to evaluate the anticancer, antibacterial, anti-QS, and antibiofilm effects of AgNPs synthesized from Eruca sativa (E. sativa) leaf extract. The ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis) spectra showed a peak of surface plasmon resonance at 424 nm λmax, which corresponded to AgNP formation. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) confirmed that biological moieties are involved for the development of AgNPs. Moreover, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analyses confirmed the spherical shape and uniform size (8.11 to 15 nm) of the AgNPs. In human lung cancer cells (A549), the anticancer potential of AgNPs was examined by the MTT [3-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] assay, scratch assay, and invasion assay. The results indicated that AgNPs inhibit the migration of A549 cells. The synthesized AgNPs showed MIC values of 12.5 µg/mL against Chromobacterium violaceum (C. violaceum) and 25 µg/mL against Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa), which demonstrated their antibacterial abilities. Biological compounds that disable the QS system are being investigated as potential strategies for preventing bacterial infections. Thus, we analyzed the potential effectiveness of synthesized AgNPs in inhibiting QS-regulated virulence factors and biofilm formation in both strains of bacteria. In C. violaceum, the synthesized AgNPs significantly inhibited both violacein (85.18% at 1/2 × MIC) and acyl homoserine lactone (78.76% at 1/2 × MIC). QS inhibitory activity was also demonstrated in P. aeruginosa at a sub-MIC concentration (1/2 × MIC) by a reduction in pyocyanin activity (68.83%), total protease (68.50%), LasA activity (63.91%), and LasB activity (56.40%). Additionally, the exopolysaccharide production was significantly reduced in both C. violaceum (65.79% at 1/2 × MIC) and P. aeruginosa (57.65% at 1/2 × MIC). The formation of biofilm was also significantly inhibited at 1/2 × MIC in C. violaceum (76.49%) and in P. aeruginosa (65.31%). Moreover, a GC–MS analysis confirmed the presence of different classes of bioactive phytochemical constituents present in the leaf extract of E. sativa. On the basis of our results, we conclude that biologically synthesized AgNPs showed numerous multifunctional properties and have the potential to be used against human cancer and bacterial biofilm-related infections.
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- Amir Mahgoub Awadelkareem
- Department of Clinical Nutrition, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Hail, Hail P.O. Box 2440, Saudi Arabia; (A.M.A.); (E.A.-S.); (A.O.E.)
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Hail, Hail P.O. Box 2440, Saudi Arabia; (A.M.A.); (E.A.-S.); (A.O.E.)
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Hail, Hail P.O. Box 2440, Saudi Arabia; (A.M.A.); (E.A.-S.); (A.O.E.)
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Hail, Hail P.O. Box 2440, Saudi Arabia; (M.A.); (A.J.S.); (R.B.)
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Hail, Hail P.O. Box 2440, Saudi Arabia; (M.A.); (A.J.S.); (R.B.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Parul Institute of Applied Sciences and Centre of Research for Development, Parul University, Vadodara 391760, Gujarat, India;
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, College of Applied Health Sciences in Arras, Qassim University, Buraydah 58883, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, Hail P.O. Box 2440, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Hail, Hail P.O. Box 2440, Saudi Arabia; (M.A.); (A.J.S.); (R.B.)
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Hail, Hail P.O. Box 2440, Saudi Arabia; (A.M.A.); (E.A.-S.); (A.O.E.)
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Competitive interaction of thymol with cviR inhibits quorum sensing and associated biofilm formation in Chromobacterium violaceum. Int Microbiol 2022; 25:629-638. [PMID: 35554762 DOI: 10.1007/s10123-022-00247-8] [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: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 04/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Biofilm formation associated with quorum sensing (QS) is a community behaviour displayed by many gram-negative pathogenic bacteria that provide survival advantages in hostile conditions. The inhibitors of QS interrupt bacterial communication and coordinated cell signalling for community aggregation in the biofilm. Thymol, a natural monoterpenoid, was tested against QS in Chromobacterium violaceum. As the first step, the interaction of thymol with cviR protein was investigated using in silico approach followed by validation using detailed in vitro experiments. The QS and biofilm studies were performed using the wild type of strain C. violaceum ATCC 12,472 and a mini-Tn5 mutant CV026. The MIC of thymol was established by the broth micro-dilution method, and IC50 value for violacein inhibition was quantified spectrophotometrically by extracting the violacein from the treated cells. Inhibitory effect of thymol on the biofilm was quantified by the crystal violet staining method, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was employed for biofilm visualization. The expression of biofilm associated genes (hmsH, hmsR, pilB, and pilT) was evaluated by qRT-PCR analysis. The in silico molecular interactions of thymol with cviR exhibited a G-score of - 5.847 kcal/mol, binding with TYR-80 and SER-155 by Pi-Pi stacking and H-bond, respectively. The MIC of thymol was 160 µg/mL, and the IC50 for violacein inhibition was estimated to be 28 µg/mL. The thymol treatment significantly reduced the biofilm viability and biomass by > 80% along with disruption of the well-organized biofilm architecture. QS inhibitory activity of thymol resulted in the reduction of exopolysaccharide production, swarming motility, and downregulation of biofilm-associated hmsH, hmsR, pilB, and pilT genes. This data establishes the QS inhibitory role of thymol in the biofilm formation in C. violaceum.
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Lactiplantibacillus plantarum-Derived Biosurfactant Attenuates Quorum Sensing-Mediated Virulence and Biofilm Formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Chromobacterium violaceum. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10051026. [PMID: 35630468 PMCID: PMC9145448 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10051026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Quorum sensing (QS) controls the expression of diverse biological traits in bacteria, including virulence factors. Any natural bioactive compound that disables the QS system is being considered as a potential strategy to prevent bacterial infection. Various biological activities of biosurfactants have been observed, including anti-QS effects. In the present study, we investigated the effectiveness of a biosurfactant derived from Lactiplantibacillus plantarum on QS-regulated virulence factors and biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Chromobacterium violaceum. The structural analogues of the crude biosurfactant were identified using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS). Moreover, the inhibitory prospects of identified structural analogues were assessed with QS-associated CviR, LasA, and LasI ligands via in silico molecular docking analysis. An L. plantarum-derived biosurfactant showed a promising dose-dependent interference with the production of both violacein and acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) in C. violaceum. In P. aeruginosa, at a sub-MIC concentration (2.5 mg/mL), QS inhibitory activity was also demonstrated by reduction in pyocyanin (66.63%), total protease (60.95%), LasA (56.62%), and LasB elastase (51.33%) activity. The swarming motility and exopolysaccharide production were also significantly reduced in both C. violaceum (61.13%) and P. aeruginosa (53.11%). When compared with control, biofilm formation was also considerably reduced in C. violaceum (68.12%) and P. aeruginosa (59.80%). A GC–MS analysis confirmed that the crude biosurfactant derived from L. plantarum was a glycolipid type. Among all, n-hexadecanoic acid, oleic acid, and 1H-indene,1-hexadecyl-2,3-dihydro had a high affinity for CviR, LasI, and LasA, respectively. Thus, our findings suggest that the crude biosurfactant of L. plantarum can be used as a new anti-QS/antibiofilm agent against biofilm-associated pathogenesis, which warrants further investigation to uncover its therapeutic efficacy.
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Ganesh P, Veena K, Senthil R, Iswamy K, Ponmalar EM, Mariappan V, Girija ASS, Vadivelu J, Nagarajan S, Challabathula D, Shankar EM. Biofilm-Associated Agr and Sar Quorum Sensing Systems of Staphylococcus aureus Are Inhibited by 3-Hydroxybenzoic Acid Derived from Illicium verum. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:14653-14665. [PMID: 35557687 PMCID: PMC9088959 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c07178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Biofilm-producing Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is less sensitive to conventional antibiotics than free-living planktonic cells. Here, we evaluated the antibiofilm activity of Illicium verum (I. verum) and one of its constituent compounds 3-hydroxybenzoic acid (3-HBA) against multi-drug-resistant S. aureus. We performed gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) to identify the major constituents in the methanolic extract of I. verum. Ligand-receptor interactions were studied by molecular docking, and in vitro investigations were performed using crystal violet assay, spreading assay, hemolysis, proteolytic activity, and growth curve analysis. The methanolic extract of I. verum inhibited S. aureus at 4.8 mg/mL, and GC-MS analysis revealed anethole, m-methoxybenzaldehyde, and 3-HBA as the major constituents. Molecular docking attributed the antibiofilm activity to an active ligand present in 3-HBA, which strongly interacted with the active site residues of AgrA and SarA of S. aureus. At a subinhibitory concentration of 2.4 mg/mL, the extract showed biofilm inhibition. Similarly, 3-HBA inhibited biofilm activity at 25 μg/mL (90.34%), 12.5 μg/mL (77.21%), and 6.25 μg/mL (62.69%) concentrations. Marked attrition in bacterial spreading was observed at 2.4 mg/mL (crude extract) and 25 μg/mL (3-HBA) concentrations. The methanol extract of I. verum and 3-HBA markedly inhibited β-hemolytic and proteolytic activities of S. aureus. At the lowest concentration, the I. verum extract (2.4 mg/mL) and 3-HBA (25 μg/mL) did not inhibit bacterial growth. Optical microscopy and SEM analysis confirmed that I. verum and 3-HBA significantly reduced biofilm dispersion without disturbing bacterial growth. Together, we found that the antibiofilm activity of I. verum and 3-HBA strongly targeted the Agr and Sar systems of S. aureus.
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- Pitchaipillai
Sankar Ganesh
- Department
of Microbiology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Velappanchavadi, PH Road, Chennai 600077, Tamilnadu, India
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- Infection
Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Central
University of Tamil Nadu, Neelakudi, Tiruvarur 610005, Tamilnadu, India
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- Department
of Bioinformatics, Marudupandiyar College, Vallam, Thanjavur 613403, Tamilnadu, India
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- Infection
Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Central
University of Tamil Nadu, Neelakudi, Tiruvarur 610005, Tamilnadu, India
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- Sri
Sairam Siddha Medical College and Research Centre, West Tambaram, Chennai 600044, Tamilnadu, India
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- Center
for Toxicology and Health Risk Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia
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- Department
of Microbiology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Velappanchavadi, PH Road, Chennai 600077, Tamilnadu, India
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- Department
of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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- Department
of Chemistry, Central University of Tamil
Nadu, Neelakudi, Tiruvarur 610005, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department
of Life Sciences, Central University of
Tamil Nadu, Neelakudi, Tiruvarur 610005, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Infection
Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Central
University of Tamil Nadu, Neelakudi, Tiruvarur 610005, Tamilnadu, India
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Repurposing α-Adrenoreceptor Blockers as Promising Anti-Virulence Agents in Gram-Negative Bacteria. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:antibiotics11020178. [PMID: 35203781 PMCID: PMC8868568 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11020178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2021] [Revised: 01/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Antimicrobial resistance is among the world’s most urgent public health problems. Diminishing of the virulence of bacteria is a promising approach to decrease the development of bacterial resistance. Quorum sensing (QS) systems orchestrate the bacterial virulence in inducer–receptors manner. Bacteria can spy on the cells of the host by sensing adrenergic hormones and other neurotransmitters, and in turn, these neurotransmitters can induce bacterial pathogenesis. In this direction, α-adrenergic blockers were proposed as an anti-virulence agents through inhibiting the bacterial espionage. The current study aimed to explore the α-blockers’ anti-QS activities. Within comprehensive in silico investigation, the binding affinities of seven α-adrenoreceptor blockers were evaluated towards structurally different QS receptors. From the best docked α-blockers into QS receptors, terazosin was nominated to be subjected for further in vivo and in vitro anti-QS and anti-virulence activities against Chromobacterium violaceum and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Terazosin showed a significant ability to diminish the QS-controlled pigment production in C. violaceum. Moreover, Terazosin decreased the P. aeruginosa biofilm formation and down-regulated its QS-encoding genes. Terazosin protected mice from the P. aeruginosa pathogenesis. In conclusion, α-adrenergic blockers are proposed as promising anti-virulence agents as they hinder QS receptors and inhibit bacterial espionage.
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Computational and Biological Evaluation of β-Adrenoreceptor Blockers as Promising Bacterial Anti-Virulence Agents. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:ph15020110. [PMID: 35215223 PMCID: PMC8877484 DOI: 10.3390/ph15020110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is an increasing public health threat as it has the potential to affect people at any stage of life, as well as veterinary. Various approaches have been proposed to counteract the bacterial resistance development. Tackling bacterial virulence is one of the most promising approaches that confer several merits. The bacterial virulence is mainly regulated by a communication system known as quorum sensing (QS) system. Meanwhile, bacteria can sense the adrenergic hormones and eavesdrops on the host cells to establish their infection, adrenergic hormones were shown to enhance the bacterial virulence. In this study, β-adrenoreceptor blockers were proposed not only to stop bacterial espionage on our cells but also as inhibitors to the bacterial QS systems. In this context, a detailed in silico study has been conducted to evaluate the affinities of twenty-two β-blockers to compete on different structural QS receptors. Among the best docked and thermodynamically stable β-blockers; atenolol, esmolol, and metoprolol were subjected to further in vitro and in vivo investigation to evaluate their anti-QS activities against Chromobacterium violaceum, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Salmonella typhimurium. The three tested β-blockers decreased the production of QS-controlled C. violaceum, and the formation of biofilm by P. aeruginosa and S. typhimurium. Additionally, the tested β-blockers down-regulated the P. aeruginosa QS-encoding genes and S. typhimurium sensor kinase encoding genes. Furthermore, metoprolol protected mice against P. aeruginosa and S. typhimurium. Conclusively, these investigated β-blockers are promising anti-virulence agents antagonizing adrenergic hormones induced virulence, preventing bacterial espionage, and blocking bacterial QS systems.
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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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Kim WJ, Soh Y, Heo SM. Recent Advances of Therapeutic Targets for the Treatment of Periodontal Disease. Biomol Ther (Seoul) 2021; 29:263-267. [PMID: 33731493 PMCID: PMC8094066 DOI: 10.4062/biomolther.2021.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Periodontal disease is primarily associated with bacterial infection such as dental plaque. Dental plaque, an oral biofilm harboring a complex microbial community, can cause various inflammatory reactions in periodontal tissue. In many cases, the local bacterial invasion and host-mediated immune responses lead to severe alveolar bone destruction. To date, plaque control, non-surgical, and surgical interventions have been the conventional periodontal treatment modalities. Although adjuvant therapies including antibiotics or supplements have accompanied these procedures, their usage has been limited by antibiotic resistance, as well as their partial effectiveness. Therefore, new strategies are needed to control local inflammation in the periodontium and host immune responses. In recent years, target molecules that modulate microbial signaling mechanisms, host inflammatory substances, and bone immune responses have received considerable attention by researchers. In this review, we introduce three approaches that suggest a way forward for the development of new treatments for periodontal disease; (1) quorum quenching using quorum sensing inhibitors, (2) inflammasome targeting, and (3) use of FDA-approved anabolic agents, including Teriparatide and sclerostin antibody.
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- Woo Jin Kim
- Department of Molecular Genetics, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy and Institute of New Drug Development, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea.,Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54907, Republic of Korea
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Ahmed B, Syed A, Ali K, Elgorban AM, Khan A, Lee J, Al-Shwaiman HA. Synthesis of gallotannin capped iron oxide nanoparticles and their broad spectrum biological applications. RSC Adv 2021; 11:9880-9893. [PMID: 35423492 PMCID: PMC8695504 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra00220a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Green synthesized nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted enormous attention for their clinical and non-clinical applications. A natural polyphenol, gallo-tannin (GT) was used to reduce and cap the Fe2O3-NPs. GT-Fe2O3-NPs were synthesized following co-precipitation of FeCl3 and FeSO4·7H2O with GT. Fe2O3-NPs absorbed light at 380 nm. Physicochemically, Fe2O3-NPs were spherical with slight aggregation and average diameter of 12.85 nm. X-ray diffraction confirmed crystallinity and EDX revealed the elemental percentage of iron and oxygen as 21.7% and 42.11%, respectively. FT-IR data confirmed the adsorption of gallo-tannin functional groups. Multiple drug-resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli (ESβL), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ESβL), and Staphylococcus aureus were found susceptible to 500-1000 μg GT-Fe2O3-NPs per ml. In synergy, Fe2O3-NPs enhanced the efficiency of some antibiotics. GT-Fe2O3 NPs showed significant (P ≤ 0.05) inhibition of growth and biofilm against MDR E. coli, P. aeruginosa, and S. aureus causing morphological and biofilm destruction. Violacein production (quorum sensing mediated) by C. violaceum was inhibited by GT-Fe2O3-NPs in a concentration-dependent manner with a maximum decrease of 3.1-fold. A decrease of 11-fold and 2.32-fold in fungal mycelial growth and human breast cancer (MCF-7) cell viability, respectively was evident. This study suggests a plausible role of gallo-tannin capped Fe2O3-NPs as an alternative antibacterial, antiquorum sensing, antibiofilm, antifungal, and anti-proliferative agent.
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- Bilal Ahmed
- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University Gyeongsan Republic of Korea
- Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh 202002 India
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University P.O. Box 2455 Riyadh 11451 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh 202002 India
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University P.O. Box 2455 Riyadh 11451 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh 202002 India
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University Gyeongsan Republic of Korea
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University P.O. Box 2455 Riyadh 11451 Saudi Arabia
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