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Lami R, Urios L, Molmeret M, Grimaud R. Quorum sensing in biofilms: a key mechanism to target in ecotoxicological studies. Crit Rev Microbiol 2023; 49:786-804. [PMID: 36334083 DOI: 10.1080/1040841x.2022.2142089] [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: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Our environment is heavily contaminated by anthropogenic compounds, and this issue constitutes a significant threat to all life forms, including biofilm-forming microorganisms. Cell-cell interactions shape microbial community structures and functions, and pollutants that affect intercellular communications impact biofilm functions and ecological roles. There is a growing interest in environmental science fields for evaluating how anthropogenic pollutants impact cell-cell interactions. In this review, we synthesize existing literature that evaluates the impacts of quorum sensing (QS), which is a widespread density-dependent communication system occurring within many bacterial groups forming biofilms. First, we examine the perturbating effects of environmental contaminants on QS circuits; and our findings reveal that QS is an essential yet underexplored mechanism affected by pollutants. Second, our work highlights that QS is an unsuspected and key resistance mechanism that assists bacteria in dealing with environmental contamination (caused by metals or organic pollutants) and that favors bacterial growth in unfavourable environments. We emphasize the value of considering QS a critical mechanism for monitoring microbial responses in ecotoxicology. Ultimately, we determine that QS circuits constitute promising targets for innovative biotechnological approaches with major perspectives for applications in the field of environmental science.
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- Raphaël Lami
- Sorbonne Université, USR3579, LBBM, Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, USR 3579, LBBM, Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, IPREM, Pau, France
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- Université de Toulon, Laboratoire MAPIEM, EA4323, Avenue de l'université, BP 20132, La Garde Cedex, France
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- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, IPREM, Pau, France
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Deshamukhya C, Das BJ, Paul D, Dhar Chanda D, Bhattacharjee A. Imipenem and meropenem influence the Las/Rhl quorum-sensing systems in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Lett Appl Microbiol 2023; 76:ovad084. [PMID: 37496211 DOI: 10.1093/lambio/ovad084] [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: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
Abstract
The present study was conducted to study the influence of imipenem and meropenem at subinhibitory concentration on the transcriptional response of Las/Rhl quorum-sensing systems in isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In the present study, six representative carbapenem nonsusceptible clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa were obtained. The agar dilution method was used to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration against imipenem and meropenem. The bacterial isolates were then cultured up to the early log phase in fresh Luria Bertani (LB) broths at 37°C with and without 2 µg mL-1 imipenem and meropenem, respectively. mRNA was then isolated from the bacterial isolates and was immediately reverse-transcribed to cDNA. The relative quantity of the expression of the lasI, lasR, rhlI, and rhlR genes was assessed by quantitative real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) using the ΔΔCt method. The transcriptional response of the lasI and lasR genes was upregulated at subinhibitory concentration of meropenem. In contrast, the transcriptional response of the lasI, lasR, and rhlR genes was downregulated at subinhibitory concentration of imipenem as compared to the expression in untreated isolates. The data obtained in the current study showcased the ability of imipenem and meropenem to influence the response of the quorum-sensing genes at subinhibitory concentration.
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- Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar 788011, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar 788011, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Silchar 788014, India
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Jia J, Parmar D, Ellis JF, Cao T, Cutri AR, Shrout JD, Sweedler JV, Bohn PW. Effect of Micro-Patterned Mucin on Quinolone and Rhamnolipid Profiles of Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa under Antibiotic Stress. ACS Infect Dis 2023; 9:150-161. [PMID: 36538577 PMCID: PMC10116410 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.2c00519] [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] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is commonly implicated in hospital-acquired infections where its capacity to form biofilms on a variety of surfaces and the resulting enhanced antibiotic resistance seriously limit treatment choices. Because surface attachment sensitizes P. aeruginosa to quorum sensing (QS) and induces virulence through both chemical and mechanical cues, we investigate the effect of surface properties through spatially patterned mucin, combined with sub-inhibitory concentrations of tobramycin on QS and virulence factors in both mucoid and non-mucoid P. aeruginosa strains using multi-modal chemical imaging combining confocal Raman microscopy and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry. Samples comprise surface-adherent static biofilms at a solid-water interface, supernatant liquid, and pellicle biofilms at an air-water interface at various time points. Although the presence of a sub-inhibitory concentration of tobramycin in the supernatant retards growth and development of static biofilms independent of strain and surface mucin patterning, we observe clear differences in the behavior of mucoid and non-mucoid strains. Quinolone signals in a non-mucoid strain are induced earlier and are influenced by mucin surface patterning to a degree not exhibited in the mucoid strain. Additionally, phenazine virulence factors, such as pyocyanin, are observed in the pellicle biofilms of both mucoid and non-mucoid strains but are not detected in the static biofilms from either strain, highlighting the differences in stress response between pellicle and static biofilms. Differences between mucoid and non-mucoid strains are consistent with their strain-specific phenology, in which the mucoid strain develops highly protected biofilms.
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- Jin Jia
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States.,Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States.,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Yuan Y, Yang X, Zeng Q, Li H, Fu R, Du L, Liu W, Zhang Y, Zhou X, Chu Y, Zhang X, Zhao K. Repurposing Dimetridazole and Ribavirin to disarm Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence by targeting the quorum sensing system. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:978502. [PMID: 36046018 PMCID: PMC9421001 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.978502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa relies on its complex cellular regulatory network to produce a series of virulence factors and to cause various acute and chronic infections in a wide range of hosts. Compared with traditional antibiotics which frequently accompany with widespread antibiotic resistance, crippling the virulence system of bacteria is expected to be a promising anti-infective strategy. In this study, Dimetridazole and Ribavirin, which had poor antibacterial activities on P. aeruginosa reference isolate PAO1 in nutrient medium but significantly inhibited the growth of P. aeruginosa PAO1 in M9-adenosine, were selected from 40 marketed compounds with similar core structure (furan, benzofuran, or flavonoids) to the acyl-homoserine lactone signals of P. aeruginosa quorum sensing (QS) system. The production of QS-controlled proteases, pyocyanin, and biofilm formation of P. aeruginosa PAO1 and the clinical isolates were significantly decreased by the presence of Dimetridazole or Ribavirin. Correspondingly, the majority of QS-activated genes in P. aeruginosa, including the key regulatory genes lasR, rhlR, and pqsR and their downstream genes, were significantly inhibited by Ribavirin or Dimetridazole, as determined by RNA-sequencing and quantitative PCR. Furthermore, the susceptibilities of drug-resistant P. aeruginosa isolates to polymyxin B, meropenem, and kanamycin were remarkably promoted by the synergistic application of Dimetridazole or Ribavirin. Finally, the treatment of Ribavirin or Dimetridazole effectively protected Caenorhabditis elegans and mice from P. aeruginosa infection. In conclusion, this study reports the antivirulence potentials of Dimetridazole and Ribavirin on P. aeruginosa and provides structural basis and methodological reference for the development of anti-pseudomonal drugs.
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- Yang Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Antibiotics Research and Re-evaluation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital/Clinical College of Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Antibiotics Research and Re-evaluation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital/Clinical College of Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Antibiotics Research and Re-evaluation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital/Clinical College of Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Antibiotics Research and Re-evaluation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital/Clinical College of Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Antibiotics Research and Re-evaluation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital/Clinical College of Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Antibiotics Research and Re-evaluation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital/Clinical College of Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Antibiotics Research and Re-evaluation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital/Clinical College of Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Antibiotics Research and Re-evaluation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital/Clinical College of Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Xiuyue Zhang,
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- Antibiotics Research and Re-evaluation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital/Clinical College of Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- *Correspondence: Kelei Zhao,
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Nolan C, Behrends V. Sub-Inhibitory Antibiotic Exposure and Virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:antibiotics10111393. [PMID: 34827331 PMCID: PMC8615142 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10111393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Revised: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a prime opportunistic pathogen, one of the most important causes of hospital-acquired infections and the major cause of morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis lung infections. One reason for the bacterium's pathogenic success is the large array of virulence factors that it can employ. Another is its high degree of intrinsic and acquired resistance to antibiotics. In this review, we first summarise the current knowledge about the regulation of virulence factor expression and production. We then look at the impact of sub-MIC antibiotic exposure and find that the virulence-antibiotic interaction for P. aeruginosa is antibiotic-specific, multifaceted, and complex. Most studies undertaken to date have been in vitro assays in batch culture systems, involving short-term (<24 h) antibiotic exposure. Therefore, we discuss the importance of long-term, in vivo-mimicking models for future work, particularly highlighting the need to account for bacterial physiology, which by extension governs both virulence factor expression and antibiotic tolerance/resistance.
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Kumar L, Brenner N, Brice J, Klein-Seetharaman J, Sarkar SK. Cephalosporins Interfere With Quorum Sensing and Improve the Ability of Caenorhabditis elegans to Survive Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:598498. [PMID: 33584609 PMCID: PMC7876323 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.598498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa utilizes the quorum sensing (QS) system to strategically coordinate virulence and biofilm formation. Targeting QS pathways may be a potential anti-infective approach to treat P. aeruginosa infections. In the present study, we define cephalosporins' anti-QS activity using Chromobacterium violaceum CV026 for screening and QS-regulated mutants of P. aeruginosa for validation. We quantified the effects of three cephalosporins, cefepime, ceftazidime, and ceftriaxone, on (1) pyocyanin production using spectrophotometric assay, (2) bacterial motility using agar plate assay, and (3) biofilm formation using scanning electron microscopy. We also studied isogenic QS mutant strains of PAO1 (ΔlasR,ΔrhlR,ΔpqsA, and ΔpqsR) to compare and distinguish QS-mediated effects on the motility phenotypes and bacterial growth with and without sub-MIC concentrations of antibiotics. Results showed that cephalosporins have anti-QS activity and reduce bacterial motility, pyocyanin production, and biofilm formation for CV026 and PAO1. Also, sub-MICs of cefepime increased aminoglycosides' antimicrobial activity against P. aeruginosa PAO1, suggesting the advantage of combined anti-QS and antibacterial treatment. To correlate experimentally observed anti-QS effects with the interactions between cephalosporins and QS receptors, we performed molecular docking with ligand binding sites of quorum sensing receptors using Autodock Vina. Molecular docking predicted cephalosporins' binding affinities to the ligand-binding pocket of QS receptors (CviR, LasR, and PqsR). To validate our results using an infection model, we quantified the survival rate of Caenorhabditis elegans following P. aeruginosa PAO1 challenge at concentrations less than the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of antibiotics. C. elegans infected with PAO1 without antibiotics showed 0% survivability after 72 h. In contrast, PAO1-infected C. elegans showed 65 ± 5%, 58 ± 4%, and 49 ± 8% survivability after treatment with cefepime, ceftazidime, and ceftriaxone, respectively. We determined the survival rates of C. elegans infected by QS mutant strains ΔlasR (32 ± 11%), ΔrhlR (27 ± 8%), ΔpqsA (27 ± 10%), and ΔpqsR (37 ± 6%), which suggest essential role of QS system in virulence. In summary, cephalosporins at sub-MIC concentrations show anti-QS activity and enhance the antibacterial efficacy of aminoglycosides, a different class of antibiotics. Thus, cephalosporins at sub-MIC concentrations in combination with other antibiotics are potential candidates for developing therapies to combat infections caused by P. aeruginosa.
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- Lokender Kumar
- Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States
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- Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States
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- Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States
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- Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States
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- Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States
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Gautam LK, Sharma P, Capalash N. Attenuation of Acinetobacter baumannii virulence by inhibition of polyphosphate kinase 1 with repurposed drugs. Microbiol Res 2020; 242:126627. [PMID: 33131985 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2020.126627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Acinetobacter baumannii is clinically one of the most significant pathogens, especially in intensive care settings, because of its multidrug-resistance (MDR). Repurposing of high-affinity drugs is a faster and more plausible approach for combating the emergence of MDR and to tackle bacterial infections. This study was aimed to evaluate the approved drugs potentially inhibiting A. baumannii PPK1 (AbPPK1) mediated synthesis of polyphosphates (polyP). Based on virtual screening, molecular dynamic simulation, and CD spectroscopy for thermal stability, two stable ligands, etoposide and genistein, were found with promising contours for further investigation. Following in vitro inhibition of AbPPK1, the efficacy of selected drugs was further tested against virulence traits of A. baumannii. These drugs significantly reduced the biofilm formation, surface motility in A. baumannii and led to decreased survival under desiccation. In addition to inhibition of PPK1, both drugs increased the expression of polyP degrading enzyme, exopolyphosphatase (PPX), that might be responsible for the decrease in the total cellular polyP. Since polyP modulates the virulence factors in bacteria, destabilization of the polyP pool by these drugs seems particularly striking for their therapeutic applications against A. baumannii.
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- Lalit Kumar Gautam
- Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, BMS Block-I, Sector- 25, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, BMS Block-I, Sector- 25, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, BMS Block-I, Sector- 25, Chandigarh, 160014, India.
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Abdel-Rhman SH, Rizk DE, Abdelmegeed ES. Effect of Sub-Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations of Tyrosol and EDTA on Quorum Sensing and Virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Infect Drug Resist 2020; 13:3501-3511. [PMID: 33116669 PMCID: PMC7550211 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s264805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Introduction Pseudomonas aeruginosa is considered a dangerous pathogen, as it causes many human diseases, besides that it is resistant to almost all types of antibacterial agents. So, new strategies to overcome P. aeruginosa infection have evolved to attenuate its virulence factors and inhibit its quorum-sensing (QS) activity. Purpose This study investigated the effect of tyrosol and EDTA as anti-quorum-sensing and antivirulence agents against P. aeruginosa PAO1. Methods Anti-quorum activity of sub-minimum inhibitory concentrations (sub-MICs) of tyrosol and EDTA was tested using Chromobacterium violaceum (CV 12,472) biosensor bioassay. Miller assay was used to assess the inhibition of QS signal molecules by β-galactosidase activity determination. Also, their effects on the production of protease, lipase, lecithinase, and motility were tested. The inhibitory effects of these molecules on QS regulatory genes and exotoxins genes expression were evaluated by real-time PCR. Results Tyrosol and EDTA at sub-MICs inhibited the production of violacein pigment. Both compounds inhibited QS molecules production and their associated virulence factors (protease, lipase, lecithinase, and motility) (P≤ 0.05). Besides, the expression levels of QS regulatory genes (lasI, lasR, rhƖI, rhIR, pqsA, and pqsR) and exotoxins genes (exoS and exoY) were significantly reduced (P≤ 0.05). Conclusion Both tyrosol and EDTA can be used to fight P. aeruginosa infection as anti-quorum-sensing and antivirulence agents at their sub-MICs.
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- Shaymaa H Abdel-Rhman
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.,Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Taibah University, AlMadinah Al Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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Hemmati F, Salehi R, Ghotaslou R, Samadi Kafil H, Hasani A, Gholizadeh P, Nouri R, Ahangarzadeh Rezaee M. Quorum Quenching: A Potential Target for Antipseudomonal Therapy. Infect Drug Resist 2020; 13:2989-3005. [PMID: 32922047 PMCID: PMC7457774 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s263196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
There has been excessive rate of use of antibiotics to fight Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) infections worldwide, which has consequently caused the increased resistance to multiple antibiotics in this pathogen. Due to the widespread resistance and the current poor effect of antibiotics consumed to treat P. aeruginosa infections, finding some novel alternative therapeutic methods are necessary for the treatment of infections. The P. aeruginosa biofilms can cause severe infections leading to the increased antibiotic resistance and mortality rate among the patients. In this regard, there are no approaches that can efficiently manage these infections; therefore, novel and effective antimicrobial and antibiofilm agents are needed to control and treat these bacterial infections. Quorum sensing inhibitors (QSIs) or quorum quenchings (QQs) are now considered as potential therapeutic alternatives and/or adjuvants to the current failing antibiotics, which can control the virulence traits of the pathogens, so as a result, the host immune system can quickly eliminate bacteria. Thus, the aims of this review article were presenting a brief explanation of the research reports on the natural and synthetic QSIs of P. aeruginosa, and the assessment of the current understanding on the QS mechanisms and various QQ strategies in P. aeruginosa.
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- Fatemeh Hemmati
- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran.,Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Topa SH, Palombo EA, Kingshott P, Blackall LL. Activity of Cinnamaldehyde on Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Susceptibility to Antibiotics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8030455. [PMID: 32210139 PMCID: PMC7143970 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8030455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Quorum sensing (QS) plays an important role during infection for the opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Quorum sensing inhibition (QSI) can disrupt this initial event of infection without killing bacterial cells, and thus QS inhibitors have been suggested as novel approaches for anti-infective therapy. Cinnamaldehyde (CAD) is a P. aeruginosa biofilm inhibitor and disperser of preformed biofilms. In this study, the combined use of CAD and colistin (COL) revealed a synergistic activity, but this was not the case for CAD combined with carbenicillin, tobramycin (TOB), or erythromycin in checkerboard assays for P. aeruginosa. CAD demonstrated QSI activity by repression of the expression of lasB, rhlA and pqsA in GFP reporter assays. Approximately 70% reduction in GFP production was observed with the highest CAD concentration tested in all the QS reporter strains. TOB also showed strong QSI when combined with CAD in reporter assays. Combination treatments revealed an additive activity of CAD with COL and TOB in biofilm inhibition (75.2% and 83.9%, respectively) and preformed biofilm dispersion (~90% for both) when compared to the individual treatments. Therefore, a proposed method to mitigate P. aeruginosa infection is a combination therapy of CAD with COL or CAD with TOB as alternatives to current individual drug therapies.
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- Sanjida Halim Topa
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia; (E.A.P.); (P.K.); (L.L.B.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +61-426201626
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia; (E.A.P.); (P.K.); (L.L.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia; (E.A.P.); (P.K.); (L.L.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia; (E.A.P.); (P.K.); (L.L.B.)
- School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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Zhu K, Chen S, Sysoeva TA, You L. Universal antibiotic tolerance arising from antibiotic-triggered accumulation of pyocyanin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS Biol 2019; 17:e3000573. [PMID: 31841520 PMCID: PMC6936868 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Revised: 12/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that often infects open wounds or patients with cystic fibrosis. Once established, P. aeruginosa infections are notoriously difficult to eradicate. This difficulty is in part due to the ability of P. aeruginosa to tolerate antibiotic treatment at the individual-cell level or through collective behaviors. Here, we describe a new phenomenon by which P. aeruginosa tolerates antibiotic treatment. In particular, treatment of P. aeruginosa with sublethal concentrations of antibiotics covering all major classes promoted accumulation of the redox-sensitive phenazine pyocyanin (PYO). PYO in turn conferred general tolerance against diverse antibiotics for both P. aeruginosa and other gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. This property is shared by other redox-active phenazines produced by P. aeruginosa. Our discovery sheds new insights into the physiological functions of phenazines and has implications for designing effective antibiotic treatment protocols.
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- Kui Zhu
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Haidian, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Haidian, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Haghi F, Nezhad BB, Zeighami H. Effect of subinhibitory concentrations of imipenem and piperacillin on Pseudomonas aeruginosa toxA and exoS transcriptional expression. New Microbes New Infect 2019; 32:100608. [PMID: 31719997 PMCID: PMC6838800 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Dai L, Wu TQ, Xiong YS, Ni HB, Ding Y, Zhang WC, Chu SP, Ju SQ, Yu J. Ibuprofen-mediated potential inhibition of biofilm development and quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Life Sci 2019; 237:116947. [PMID: 31605708 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.116947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2019] [Revised: 09/28/2019] [Accepted: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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AIMS Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the leading causes of opportunistic and hospital-acquired infections worldwide, which is frequently linked with clinical treatment difficulties. Ibuprofen, a widely used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, has been previously reported to exert antimicrobial activity with the specific mechanism. We hypothesized that inhibition of P. aeruginosa with ibuprofen is involved in the quorum sensing (QS) systems. MAIN METHODS CFU was utilized to assessed the growth condition of P. aeruginosa. Crystal violent staining and acridine orange staining was used to evaluate the biofilm formation and adherence activity. The detection of QS virulence factors such as pyocyanin, elastase, protease, and rhamnolipids were applied to investigation the anti-QS activity of ibuprofen against P. aeruginosa. The production of 3-oxo-C12-HSL and C4-HSL was confirmed by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis. qRT-PCR was used to identify the QS-related gene expression. Furthermore, we explored the binding effects between ibuprofen and QS-associated proteins with molecular docking. KEY FINDINGS Ibuprofen inhibits P. aeruginosa biofilm formation and adherence activity. And the inhibitory effects of ibuprofen on C4-HSL levels were concentration-dependent (p < 0.05), while it has no effect on 3-oxo-C12-HSL. Moreover, ibuprofen attenuates the production of virulence factors in P. aeruginosa (p < 0.05). In addition, the genes of QS system were decreased after the ibuprofen treatment (p < 0.05). Of note, ibuprofen was binding with LuxR, LasR, LasI, and RhlR at high binding scores. SIGNIFICANCE The antibiofilm and anti-QS activity of ibuprofen suggest that it can be a candidate drug for the treatment of clinical infections with P. aeruginosa.
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- Lu Dai
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20 Xi Si Road, Nantong, 226001, PR China; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kunshan affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 189 Chao Yang Road, Kunshan, 215300, PR China
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- Glenelg Country School, 12793 Folly Quarter Rd, Ellicott City, MD, 21042, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chengdu Military General Hospital, 270 Tian Hui Road, Chengdu, 610000, PR China
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- Department of Business and External Cooperation, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20 Xi Si Road, Nantong, 226001, PR China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20 Xi Si Road, Nantong, 226001, PR China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Wuxi Children's Hospita, No. 299 at Qingyang Road, Wuxi, 214023, PR China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20 Xi Si Road, Nantong, 226001, PR China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20 Xi Si Road, Nantong, 226001, PR China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20 Xi Si Road, Nantong, 226001, PR China; Insitute of Public Health, Nantong University, 9 Se Yuan Road, Nantong, 226001, PR China.
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Massai F, Saleeb M, Doruk T, Elofsson M, Forsberg Å. Development, Optimization, and Validation of a High Throughput Screening Assay for Identification of Tat and Type II Secretion Inhibitors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2019; 9:250. [PMID: 31355152 PMCID: PMC6635566 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Antibiotics are becoming less effective in treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrobial therapies based on the inhibition of specific virulence-related traits, as opposed to growth inhibitors, constitute an innovative and appealing approach to tackle the threat of P. aeruginosa infections. The twin-arginine translocation (Tat) pathway plays an important role in the pathogenesis of P. aeruginosa, and constitutes a promising target for the development of anti-pseudomonal drugs. In this study we developed and optimized a whole-cell, one-well assay, based on native phospholipase C activity, to identify compounds active against the Tat system. Statistical robustness, sensitivity and consequently suitability for high-throughput screening (HTS) were confirmed by a dry run/pre-screening test scoring a Z′ of 0.82 and a signal-to-noise ratio of 49. Using this assay, we evaluated ca. 40,000 molecules and identified 59 initial hits as possible Tat inhibitors. Since phospholipase C is exported into the periplasm by Tat, and subsequently translocated across the outer membrane by the type II secretion system (T2SS), our assay could also identify T2SS inhibitors. To validate our hits and discriminate between compounds that inhibited either Tat or T2SS, two separate counter assays were developed and optimized. Finally, three Tat inhibitors and one T2SS inhibitor were confirmed by means of dose-response analysis and additional counter and confirming assays. Although none of the identified inhibitors was suitable as a lead compound for drug development, this study validates our assay as a simple, efficient, and HTS compatible method for the identification of Tat and T2SS inhibitors.
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- Francesco Massai
- Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Inchagova KS, Duskaev GK, Deryabin DG. Quorum Sensing Inhibition in Chromobacterium violaceum by Amikacin Combination with Activated Charcoal or Small Plant-Derived Molecules (Pyrogallol and Coumarin). Microbiology (Reading) 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261719010132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Bachu RD, Stepanski M, Alzhrani RM, Jung R, Boddu SHS. Development and Evaluation of a Novel Microemulsion of Dexamethasone and Tobramycin for Topical Ocular Administration. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther 2018; 34:312-324. [PMID: 29406793 DOI: 10.1089/jop.2017.0082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a novel dexamethasone- and tobramycin-loaded microemulsion for its potential for treating anterior segment eye infections. METHODS The microemulsion was evaluated for pH, particle size, zeta potential, light transmittance, morphology, and in vitro drug release. Sterility of the microemulsion was evaluated by direct as well as plate inoculation methods. Anti-inflammatory activity of dexamethasone, bactericidal activity of tobramycin, and cytotoxicity of the microemulsion were assessed and compared to that of the marketed eye drop suspension (Tobradex®). Histological evaluation was performed in bovine corneas to assess the safety of microemulsion in comparison to Tobradex suspension. In addition, the stability of the microemulsion was studied at 4°C, 25°C, and 40°C. RESULTS The pH of the microemulsion was close to the pH of tear fluid. The microemulsion displayed an average globule size under 20 nm, with light transmittance around 95%-100%. The aseptically prepared microemulsion remained sterile for up to 14 days. The cytotoxicity of the microemulsion in bovine corneal endothelial cells was comparable to that of the Tobradex suspension. The anti-inflammatory activity of dexamethasone and the antibacterial activity of tobramycin from the microemulsion were significantly higher than those of the Tobradex suspension (P < 0.05). Histological evaluation showed an intact corneal epithelium without any signs of toxicity, and the developed microemulsion was found to be stable at 4°C and 25°C for 3 months. CONCLUSION In conclusion, the developed microemulsion could be explored as a suitable alternative to the marketed suspension for treating anterior segment eye infections.
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- Rinda Devi Bachu
- Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Toledo Health Science Campus, The University of Toledo , Toledo, Ohio
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Toledo Health Science Campus, The University of Toledo , Toledo, Ohio
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Toledo Health Science Campus, The University of Toledo , Toledo, Ohio
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Toledo Health Science Campus, The University of Toledo , Toledo, Ohio
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Toledo Health Science Campus, The University of Toledo , Toledo, Ohio
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Alterations of growth rate and gene expression levels of UPEC by antibiotics at sub-MIC. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2018; 63:451-457. [PMID: 29327292 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-017-0582-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The host is the main environment for bacteria, and they also expose to many antibiotics during the treatment of infectious diseases in host body. In this study, it was aimed to investigate possible changes in growth rate and expression levels of three virulence genes (foc/foc, cnf1, and usp) in a uropathogenic E. coli standard strain within the presence of ciprofloxacin, nitrofurantoin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. The UPEC C7 strain was grown on tryptic soy broth-TSB (control), TSB + ciprofloxacin, TSB + nitrofurantoin, and TSB + trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for determination of both growth rate and gene expression level. Antibiotics were added according to their sub-minimal inhibition concentrations. E-test was used to determine MIC values of antibiotics. Growth changes were measured in absorbance 600 nm during 24-h period. Total RNA isolations were performed after incubation for 24 h at 37 °C. Gene expression levels were determined by quantitative PCR. Tukey's post hoc test was used for statistical analysis. According to absorbance values, it has been shown that only ciprofloxacin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole have lead significant decrease on growth rate. We also detected statistically significant differences in each gene expression levels for all antibiotics via relative quantification analysis. Fold changes in gene expression was found 0.65, 1.42, 0.23 for foc/foc gene; 0.01, 0.01, 2.84 for cnf1 gene; and 0.1, 0.01, 0.01 for usp gene in the presence of ciprofloxacin, nitrofurantoin, and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, respectively. This investigation has shown that antibiotics can play a role as an environmental factor which may determine the pathogenicity of bacteria in vivo.
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Deryabin DG, Inchagova KS. Inhibitory effect of aminoglycosides and tetracyclines on quorum sensing in Chromobacterium violaceum. Microbiology (Reading) 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s002626171801006x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Chatterjee M, D'Morris S, Paul V, Warrier S, Vasudevan AK, Vanuopadath M, Nair SS, Paul-Prasanth B, Mohan CG, Biswas R. Mechanistic understanding of Phenyllactic acid mediated inhibition of quorum sensing and biofilm development in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 101:8223-8236. [PMID: 28983655 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8546-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Revised: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa depends on its quorum sensing (QS) system for its virulence factors' production and biofilm formation. Biofilms of P. aeruginosa on the surface of indwelling catheters are often resistant to antibiotic therapy. Alternative approaches that employ QS inhibitors alone or in combination with antibiotics are being developed to tackle P. aeruginosa infections. Here, we have studied the mechanism of action of 3-Phenyllactic acid (PLA), a QS inhibitory compound produced by Lactobacillus species, against P. aeruginosa PAO1. Our study revealed that PLA inhibited the expression of virulence factors such as pyocyanin, protease, and rhamnolipids that are involved in the biofilm formation of P. aeruginosa PAO1. Swarming motility, another important criterion for biofilm formation of P. aeruginosa PAO1, was also inhibited by PLA. Gene expression, mass spectrometric, functional complementation assays, and in silico data indicated that the quorum quenching and biofilm inhibitory activities of PLA are attributed to its ability to interact with P. aeruginosa QS receptors. PLA antagonistically binds to QS receptors RhlR and PqsR with a higher affinity than its cognate ligands N-butyryl-L-homoserine lactone (C4-HSL) and 2-heptyl-3,4-dihydroxyquinoline (PQS; Pseudomonas quinolone signal). Using an in vivo intraperitoneal catheter-associated medaka fish infection model, we proved that PLA inhibited the initial attachment of P. aeruginosa PAO1 on implanted catheter tubes. Our in vitro and in vivo results revealed the potential of PLA as anti-biofilm compound against P. aeruginosa.
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- Maitrayee Chatterjee
- Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita University, Cochin, Kerala, 682041, India
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- Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita University, Cochin, Kerala, 682041, India
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- Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita University, Cochin, Kerala, 682041, India
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- Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita University, Cochin, Kerala, 682041, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita University, Cochin, Kerala, 682041, India
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- Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita University, Cochin, Kerala, 682041, India
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- Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita University, Cochin, Kerala, 682041, India
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- Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita University, Cochin, Kerala, 682041, India.
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Quorum quenching properties of Actinobacteria isolated from Malaysian tropical soils. Arch Microbiol 2017; 199:897-906. [PMID: 28364274 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-017-1371-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2016] [Revised: 02/25/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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In this study, a total of 147 soil actinobacterial strains were screened for their ability to inhibit response of Chromobacterium violaceum CV026 to short chain N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) which is a quorum sensing molecule. Of these, three actinobacterial strains showed positive for violacein inhibition. We further tested these strains for the inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 quorum sensing-regulated phenotypes, namely, swarming and pyocyanin production. The three strains were found to inhibit at least one of the quorum sensing-regulated phenotypes of PAO1. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that these strains belong to the genera Micromonospora, Rhodococcus and Streptomyces. This is the first report presenting quorum quenching activity by a species of the genus Micromonospora. Our data suggest that Actinobacteria may be a rich source of active compounds that can act against bacterial quorum sensing system.
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Husain FM, Ahmad I, Baig MH, Khan MS, Khan MS, Hassan I, Al-Shabib NA. Broad-spectrum inhibition of AHL-regulated virulence factors and biofilms by sub-inhibitory concentrations of ceftazidime. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra02704k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Quorum sensing in bacteria is a density dependent communication system that regulates the expression of genes. In this study we have shown the broad spectrum anti-quorum sensing and biofilm inhibiting activity of ceftazidime against 3 different bacterial pathogens.
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- Fohad Mabood Husain
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- College of Food and Agricultural Sciences
- King Saud University
- Riyadh-11541
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Agricultural Microbiology
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Aligarh-202002
- India
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- Department of Agricultural Microbiology
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Aligarh-202002
- India
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- Department of Biochemistry
- College of Science
- King Saud University
- Riyadh-11541
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Zoology
- College of Science
- King Saud University
- Riyadh-11541
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- College of Food and Agricultural Sciences
- King Saud University
- Riyadh-11541
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Subhadra B, Hwan Oh M, Hee Choi C. Quorum sensing in Acinetobacter: with special emphasis on antibiotic resistance, biofilm formation and quorum quenching. AIMS Microbiol 2016. [DOI: 10.3934/microbiol.2016.1.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Hossain MA, Lee SJ, Park JY, Reza MA, Kim TH, Lee KJ, Suh JW, Park SC. Modulation of quorum sensing-controlled virulence factors by Nymphaea tetragona (water lily) extract. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2015; 174:482-491. [PMID: 26325430 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.08.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Revised: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 08/27/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Nymphaea tetragona is a widely distributed ornamental species with ethnomedicinal uses in the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, eruptive fevers, and infections. The anti-infectious activities of this herb have already been assessed to clarify its traditional use as a medicine. AIM OF STUDY In this study, we aimed to verify the inhibitory effects of N. tetragona 50% methanol extract (NTME) on quorum sensing (QS)-controlled virulence factors of bacteria since QS and its virulence factors are novel targets for antimicrobial therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS The antibacterial activity of this extract was evaluated against Chromobacterium violaceum and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The inhibition of the violacein pigment of C. violaceum by NTME was determined qualitative and quantitative using standard methods. The effects of NTME on swarming motility, biofilm viability, pyocyanin production, and LasA protease activity were evaluated using P. aeruginosa. Finally, the in vitro and in vivo cytotoxicity of NTME were verified by MTT assay and oral administration to rats, respectively. RESULTS The extract had concentration-dependent antibacterial activity against gram-negative bacteria. NTME at 1/2× minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), 1× MIC and 2× MIC significantly lowered the levels of violacein of C. violaceum compared to that of the control. The swarming motility of P. aeruginosa was inhibited by ≥70% by treatment with 1/2× MIC of NTME. There were remarkable reductions in pyocyanin production and LasA protease activity in the overnight culture supernatant of P. aeruginosa supplemented with NTME when compared with that of the untreated control. The confocal micrographs of 24h biofilms of P. aeruginosa exposed to NTME exhibited a lower number of live cells than the control. No toxic effect was observed in in vitro and in vivo cytotoxicity assays of NTME. CONCLUSIONS NTME was demonstrated to have significant concentration-dependent inhibitory effects on quorum sensing-mediated virulence factors of bacteria with non-toxic properties, and could thus be a prospective quorum sensing inhibitor.
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- Md Akil Hossain
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, South Korea.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, South Korea.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, South Korea; Institute of Clean Bio, Daejeon 301-212, South Korea.
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- Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Patuakhali Science and Technology University (Outer Campus), Babugonj, Barisal 8210, Bangladesh.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, South Korea.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, South Korea.
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- Center for Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Materials, Division of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Science campus, Myongji University, San 38-2, Namdong, Cheoin-Gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi 449-728, South Korea.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, South Korea.
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Tobramycin-Treated Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 Enhances Streptococcus constellatus 7155 Biofilm Formation in a Cystic Fibrosis Model System. J Bacteriol 2015; 198:237-47. [PMID: 26483523 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00705-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a human genetic disorder which results in a lung environment that is highly conducive to chronic microbial infection. Over the past decade, deep-sequencing studies have demonstrated that the CF lung can harbor a highly diverse polymicrobial community. We expanded our existing in vitro model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation on CF-derived airway cells to include this broader set of CF airway colonizers to investigate their contributions to CF lung disease, particularly as they relate to the antibiotic response of the population. Using this system, we identified an interspecies interaction between P. aeruginosa, a bacterium associated with declining lung function and worsening disease, and Streptococcus constellatus, a bacterium correlated with the onset of pulmonary exacerbations in CF patients. The growth rate and cytotoxicity of S. constellatus 7155 and P. aeruginosa PA14 were unchanged when grown together as mixed biofilms in the absence of antibiotics. However, the addition of tobramycin, the frontline maintenance therapy antibiotic for individuals with CF, to a mixed biofilm of S. constellatus 7155 and P. aeruginosa PA14 resulted in enhanced S. constellatus biofilm formation. Through a candidate genetic approach, we showed that P. aeruginosa rhamnolipids were reduced upon tobramycin exposure, allowing for S. constellatus 7155 biofilm enhancement, and monorhamnolipids were sufficient to reduce S. constellatus 7155 biofilm viability in the absence of tobramycin. While the findings presented here are specific to a biofilm of S. constellatus 7155 and P. aeruginosa PA14, they highlight the potential of polymicrobial interactions to impact antibiotic tolerance in unanticipated ways. IMPORTANCE Deep-sequencing studies have demonstrated that the CF lung can harbor a diverse polymicrobial community. By recapitulating the polymicrobial communities observed in the CF lung and identifying mechanisms of interspecies interactions, we have the potential to select the best therapy for a given bacterial community and reveal potential opportunities for novel therapeutic interventions. Using an in vitro model of bacterial infection on CF airway cells, we tested how a particular polymicrobial community grows, damages human cells, and responds to antibiotics in single and mixed infections. We describe here the mechanism of an interspecies interaction between two pathogens in the CF lung, P. aeruginosa and S. constellatus, which is potentiated by a commonly prescribed antibiotic, tobramycin.
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Castillo-Juárez I, Maeda T, Mandujano-Tinoco EA, Tomás M, Pérez-Eretza B, García-Contreras SJ, Wood TK, García-Contreras R. Role of quorum sensing in bacterial infections. World J Clin Cases 2015; 3:575-598. [PMID: 26244150 PMCID: PMC4517333 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v3.i7.575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Revised: 11/30/2014] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Quorum sensing (QS) is cell communication that is widely used by bacterial pathogens to coordinate the expression of several collective traits, including the production of multiple virulence factors, biofilm formation, and swarming motility once a population threshold is reached. Several lines of evidence indicate that QS enhances virulence of bacterial pathogens in animal models as well as in human infections; however, its relative importance for bacterial pathogenesis is still incomplete. In this review, we discuss the present evidence from in vitro and in vivo experiments in animal models, as well as from clinical studies, that link QS systems with human infections. We focus on two major QS bacterial models, the opportunistic Gram negative bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the Gram positive Staphylococcus aureus, which are also two of the main agents responsible of nosocomial and wound infections. In addition, QS communication systems in other bacterial, eukaryotic pathogens, and even immune and cancer cells are also reviewed, and finally, the new approaches proposed to combat bacterial infections by the attenuation of their QS communication systems and virulence are also discussed.
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da Silva DP, Patel HK, González JF, Devescovi G, Meng X, Covaceuszach S, Lamba D, Subramoni S, Venturi V. Studies on synthetic LuxR solo hybrids. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2015; 5:52. [PMID: 26151032 PMCID: PMC4471428 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2015.00052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A sub-group of LuxR family of proteins that plays important roles in quorum sensing, a process of cell-cell communication, is widespread in proteobacteria. These proteins have a typical modular structure consisting of N-ter autoinducer binding and C-ter helix-turn-helix (HTH) DNA binding domains. The autoinducer binding domain recognizes signaling molecules which are most often N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) but could also be other novel and yet unidentified molecules. In this study we carried out a series of specific domain swapping and promoter activation experiments as a first step to engineer synthetic signaling modules, taking advantage of the modularity and the versatile/diverse signal specificities of LuxR proteins. In our experiments the N-ter domains from different LuxR homologs were either interchanged or placed in tandem followed by a C-ter domain. The rational design of the hybrid proteins was supported by a structure-based homology modeling studies of three members of the LuxR family (i.e., LasR, RhlR, and OryR being chosen for their unique ligand binding specificities) and of selected chimeras. Our results reveal that these LuxR homologs were able to activate promoter elements that were not their usual targets; we also show that hybrid LuxR proteins retained the ability to recognize the signal specific for their N- ter autoinducer binding domain. However, the activity of hybrid LuxR proteins containing two AHL binding domains in tandem appears to depend on the organization and nature of the introduced domains. This study represents advances in the understanding of the modularity of LuxR proteins and provides additional possibilities to use hybrid proteins in both basic and applied synthetic biology based research.
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- Daniel Passos da Silva
- Bacteriology and Plant Bacteriology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Trieste, Italy ; Centro de Ciencias da Saude, Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Bacteriology and Plant Bacteriology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Trieste, Italy
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- Bacteriology and Plant Bacteriology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Trieste, Italy
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- Bacteriology and Plant Bacteriology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Trieste, Italy
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- Bacteriology and Plant Bacteriology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Trieste, Italy
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- Istituto di Cristallografia, Unità Organizzativa di Supporto di Basovizza (Trieste), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Trieste, Italy
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- Istituto di Cristallografia, Unità Organizzativa di Supporto di Basovizza (Trieste), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Trieste, Italy
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- Bacteriology and Plant Bacteriology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Trieste, Italy
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- Bacteriology and Plant Bacteriology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Trieste, Italy
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Thiopeptide antibiotics stimulate biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:3086-91. [PMID: 25713360 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1414272112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bacteria have evolved the ability to produce a wide range of structurally complex natural products historically called "secondary" metabolites. Although some of these compounds have been identified as bacterial communication cues, more frequently natural products are scrutinized for antibiotic activities that are relevant to human health. However, there has been little regard for how these compounds might otherwise impact the physiology of neighboring microbes present in complex communities. Bacillus cereus secretes molecules that activate expression of biofilm genes in Bacillus subtilis. Here, we use imaging mass spectrometry to identify the thiocillins, a group of thiazolyl peptide antibiotics, as biofilm matrix-inducing compounds produced by B. cereus. We found that thiocillin increased the population of matrix-producing B. subtilis cells and that this activity could be abolished by multiple structural alterations. Importantly, a mutation that eliminated thiocillin's antibiotic activity did not affect its ability to induce biofilm gene expression in B. subtilis. We go on to show that biofilm induction appears to be a general phenomenon of multiple structurally diverse thiazolyl peptides and use this activity to confirm the presence of thiazolyl peptide gene clusters in other bacterial species. Our results indicate that the roles of secondary metabolites initially identified as antibiotics may have more complex effects--acting not only as killing agents, but also as specific modulators of microbial cellular phenotypes.
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Sarabhai S, Harjai K, Sharma P, Capalash N. Ellagic acid derivatives from Terminalia chebula Retz. increase the susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to stress by inhibiting polyphosphate kinase. J Appl Microbiol 2015; 118:817-25. [PMID: 25640983 DOI: 10.1111/jam.12733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2014] [Revised: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIM Polyphosphate kinase 1 (PPK1) plays an important role in virulence, antibiotic resistance and survival under stress conditions and, therefore, is an attractive therapeutic target to control infections caused by multiple drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This study explores the PPK1 inhibiting activity of ellagic acid derivatives (EADs) from Terminalia chebula Retz. that could increase the susceptibility of Ps. aeruginosa to in vitro stress conditions. METHODS AND RESULTS EADs reduced ppk1 gene expression by 93% (P < 0·05) and completely inhibited its activity (P < 0·01) at 0·5 mg ml(-1) . EADs-treated Ps. aeruginosa showed marked reduction in polyphosphate granules in cytosol. Expression of rpoS, the downstream master stress response regulator, was reduced by 94% (P < 0·05) and the sensitivity of Ps. aeruginosa increased many fold to desiccation, oxidative (H2 O2 ) and antibiotic (piperacillin) stresses. PPK-regulated swimming, swarming and twitching motilities and biofilm formation were also reduced significantly (P ≤ 0·05) in MPAO1 and the clinical strains of Ps. aeruginosa. CONCLUSION EADs from T. chebula inhibited PPK1 expression and its activity and increased the sensitivity of Ps. aeruginosa to desiccation and oxidative stress while reducing tolerance to piperacillin. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The study underlines the potential of EADs as therapeutic agent against Ps. aeruginosa.
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- S Sarabhai
- Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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Anti-virulence potential of eugenyl acetate against pathogenic bacteria of medical importance. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:703-10. [DOI: 10.1007/s10482-014-0364-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Avinash VS, Pundle AV, Ramasamy S, Suresh CG. Penicillin acylases revisited: importance beyond their industrial utility. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2014; 36:303-16. [PMID: 25430891 DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2014.960359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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It is of great importance to study the physiological roles of enzymes in nature; however, in some cases, it is not easily apparent. Penicillin acylases are pharmaceutically important enzymes that cleave the acyl side chains of penicillins, thus paving the way for production of newer semi-synthetic antibiotics. They are classified according to the type of penicillin (G or V) that they preferentially hydrolyze. Penicillin acylases are also used in the resolution of racemic mixtures and peptide synthesis. However, it is rather unfortunate that the focus on the use of penicillin acylases for industrial applications has stolen the spotlight from the study of the importance of these enzymes in natural metabolism. The penicillin acylases, so far characterized from different organisms, show differences in their structural nature and substrate spectrum. These enzymes are also closely related to the bacterial signalling phenomenon, quorum sensing, as detailed in this review. This review details studies on biochemical and structural characteristics of recently discovered penicillin acylases. We also attempt to organize the available insights into the possible in vivo role of penicillin acylases and related enzymes and emphasize the need to refocus research efforts in this direction.
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- Vellore Sunder Avinash
- a Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National , National Chemical Laboratory , Pune , India
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- a Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National , National Chemical Laboratory , Pune , India
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- a Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National , National Chemical Laboratory , Pune , India
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Mart’yanov SV, Zhurina MV, El’-Registan GI, Plakunov VK. Activation of formation of bacterial biofilms by azithromycin and prevention of this effect. Microbiology (Reading) 2014. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261714060113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Kozhevin PA, Vinogradova KA, Bulgakova VG. Natural functions of antibiotics as “informbiotics”. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.3103/s014768741403003x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kim S, Yun Z, Ha UH, Lee S, Park H, Kwon EE, Cho Y, Choung S, Oh J, Medriano CA, Chandran K. Transfer of antibiotic resistance plasmids in pure and activated sludge cultures in the presence of environmentally representative micro-contaminant concentrations. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2014; 468-469:813-820. [PMID: 24076502 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2013] [Revised: 08/29/2013] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The presence of antibiotics in the natural environment has been a growing issue. This presence could also account for the influence that affects microorganisms in such a way that they develop resistance against these antibiotics. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the antibiotic resistant gene (ARG) plasmid transfer can be facilitated by the impact of 1) environmentally representative micro-contaminant concentrations in ppb (part per billion) levels and 2) donor-recipient microbial complexity (pure vs. mixed). For this purpose, the multidrug resistant plasmid, pB10, and Escherichia coli DH5α were used as a model plasmid and a model donor, respectively. Based on conjugation experiments with pure (Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAKexoT) and mixed (activated sludge) cultures as recipients, increased relative plasmid transfer frequencies were observed at ppb (μg/L) levels of tetracycline and sulfamethoxazole micro-contaminant exposure. When sludge, a more complex community, was used as a recipient, the increases of the plasmid transfer rate were always statistically significant but not always in P. aeruginosa. The low concentration (10 ppb) of tetracycline exposure led to the pB10 transfer to enteric bacteria, which are clinically important pathogens.
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- Sungpyo Kim
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Korea University, Sejong 339-700, Republic of Korea.
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Wright EA, Fothergill JL, Paterson S, Brockhurst MA, Winstanley C. Sub-inhibitory concentrations of some antibiotics can drive diversification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations in artificial sputum medium. BMC Microbiol 2013; 13:170. [PMID: 23879797 PMCID: PMC3726342 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2013] [Accepted: 07/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations within the cystic fibrosis lung exhibit extensive phenotypic and genetic diversification. The resultant population diversity is thought to be crucial to the persistence of infection and may underpin the progression of disease. However, because cystic fibrosis lungs represent ecologically complex and hostile environments, the selective forces driving this diversification in vivo remain unclear. We took an experimental evolution approach to test the hypothesis that sub-inhibitory antibiotics can drive diversification of P. aeruginosa populations. Replicate populations of P. aeruginosa LESB58 were cultured for seven days in artificial sputum medium with and without sub-inhibitory concentrations of various clinically relevant antibiotics. We then characterised diversification with respect to 13 phenotypic and genotypic characteristics. RESULTS We observed that higher population diversity evolved in the presence of azithromycin, ceftazidime or colistin relative to antibiotic-free controls. Divergence occurred due to alterations in antimicrobial susceptibility profiles following exposure to azithromycin, ceftazidime and colistin. Alterations in colony morphology and pyocyanin production were observed following exposure to ceftazidime and colistin only. Diversification was not observed in the presence of meropenem. CONCLUSIONS Our study indicates that certain antibiotics can promote population diversification when present in sub-inhibitory concentrations. Hence, the choice of antibiotic may have previously unforeseen implications for the development of P. aeruginosa infections in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients.
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- Elli A Wright
- Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, The Ronald Ross Building, 8 West Derby Street, Liverpool, L69 7BE, UK
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- Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, The Ronald Ross Building, 8 West Derby Street, Liverpool, L69 7BE, UK
- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre in Microbial Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7BE, UK
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- Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, The Ronald Ross Building, 8 West Derby Street, Liverpool, L69 7BE, UK
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Wang B, Waters AL, Sims JW, Fullmer A, Ellison S, Hamann MT. Complex marine natural products as potential epigenetic and production regulators of antibiotics from a marine Pseudomonas aeruginosa. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2013; 65:1068-75. [PMID: 23563743 PMCID: PMC3650628 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0213-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 03/08/2013] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Marine microbes are capable of producing secondary metabolites for defense and competition. Factors exerting an impact on secondary metabolite production of microbial communities included bioactive natural products and co-culturing. These external influences may have practical applications such as increased yields or the generation of new metabolites from otherwise silent genes in addition to reducing or limiting the production of undesirable metabolites. In this paper, we discuss the metabolic profiles of a marine Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the presence of a number of potential chemical epigenetic regulators, adjusting carbon sources and co-culturing with other microbes to induce a competitive response. As a result of these stressors certain groups of antibiotics or antimalarial agents were increased most notably when treating P. aeruginosa with sceptrin and co-culturing with another Pseudomonas sp. An interesting cross-talking event between these two Pseudomonas species when cultured together and exposed to sceptrin was observed.
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- Bin Wang
- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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Obranić S, Babić F, Maravić-Vlahoviček G. Improvement of pBBR1MCS plasmids, a very useful series of broad-host-range cloning vectors. Plasmid 2013; 70:263-7. [PMID: 23583732 DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2013.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2012] [Revised: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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pBBR1MCS vectors are small in size, contain unique cloning sites within the lacZα gene, and are mobilizable and compatible with various plasmid incompatibility groups. We cloned four genes for aminoglycoside resistance methyltransferases from the Arm and Kam families into pBBR1MCS-3 and expressed them in Escherichia coli. The activity of two of these enzymes was impaired because of the fusion with the first 20 amino acids of the β-galactosidase α-peptide derived from the pBBR1MCS-3 vector. In order to overcome this problem, we introduced by site-directed mutagenesis a new NdeI restriction site into pBBR1MCS-3 to generate a start codon directly at the beginning of lacZα gene. We modified the pBBR1MCS-2, 4 and 5 plasmids in the same manner and obtained the enhanced pBBR1MCS_START vector series that retains all the useful features of the previous vectors, but eliminates the unknown effect of the fusion with the β-galactosidase α-peptide.
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- Sonja Obranić
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Ante Kovačića 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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The apparent quorum-sensing inhibitory activity of pyrogallol is a side effect of peroxide production. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013; 57:2870-3. [PMID: 23545532 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00401-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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There currently is more and more interest in the use of natural products, such as tea polyphenols, as therapeutic agents. The polyphenol compound pyrogallol has been reported before to inhibit quorum-sensing-regulated bioluminescence in Vibrio harveyi. Here, we report that the addition of 10 mg · liter(-1) pyrogallol protects both brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana) and giant river prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) larvae from pathogenic Vibrio harveyi, whereas the compound showed relatively low toxicity (therapeutic index of 10). We further demonstrate that the apparent quorum-sensing-disrupting activity is a side effect of the peroxide-producing activity of this compound rather than true quorum-sensing inhibition. Our results emphasize that verification of minor toxic effects by using sensitive methods and the use of appropriate controls are essential when characterizing compounds as being able to disrupt quorum sensing.
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Martins A, Hunyadi A, Amaral L. Mechanisms of resistance in bacteria: an evolutionary approach. Open Microbiol J 2013; 7:53-8. [PMID: 23560029 PMCID: PMC3613773 DOI: 10.2174/1874285801307010053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2012] [Revised: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 01/23/2013] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Acquisition of resistance is one of the major causes of failure in therapy of bacterial infections. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), thousands of deaths caused by Salmonella sp., Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus or Mycobacteria tuberculosis are due to failure in therapy caused by resistance to the chemotherapeutic agents. Understanding the mechanisms of resistance acquisition by the bacterial strains is therefore essential to prevent and overcome resistance. However, it is very difficult to extrapolate from in vitro studies, where the variables are far less and under constant control, as compared to what happens in vivo where the chosen chemotherapeutic, its effective dose, and the patient's immune system are variables that differ substantially case-by-case. The aim of this review is to provide a new perspective on the possible ways by which resistance is acquired by the bacterial strains within the patient, with a special emphasis on the adaptive response of the infecting bacteria to the administered antibiotic.
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- Ana Martins
- Unidade de Parasitologia e Microbiologia Médica, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Rua da Junqueira 100, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal ; Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Dóm Tér 10, 6720 Szeged, Hungary
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Liu Z, Wang W, Zhu Y, Gong Q, Yu W, Lu X. Antibiotics at subinhibitory concentrations improve the quorum sensing behavior ofChromobacterium violaceum. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2013; 341:37-44. [DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2012] [Revised: 12/28/2012] [Accepted: 01/16/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Doxycycline interferes with quorum sensing-mediated virulence factors and biofilm formation in gram-negative bacteria. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 29:949-57. [PMID: 23299903 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-013-1252-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2012] [Accepted: 01/02/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Inhibition of quorum sensing (QS)-regulated virulence factors including biofilm is a recognized anti-pathogenic drug target. The search for safe and effective anti-QS agents is expected to be useful to combat diseases caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria. In this study, effect of a commonly used antibiotic, doxycycline on QS was evaluated using sensor strains of Chromobacterium violaceum (ATCC 12472 and CVO26) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Sub-MICs of doxycycline reduced QS-controlled violacein production in C. violaceum to a significant degree (70 %) and showed a significant reduction of LasB elastase (67.2 %), pyocyanin (69.1 %), chitinase (69.8 %) and protease (65 %) production and swarming motility (74 %) in P. aeruginosa PAO1 over untreated controls. Similar results were also recorded against a clinical strain of P. aeruginosa (PAF-79). Interestingly, doxycycline at respective sub-MICs (4 and 32 μg ml(-1)) significantly reduced the biofilm-forming capability and exopolysaccharide production in both the strains of P. aeruginosa (PAO1 and PAF-79) over untreated controls. The results of this study highlight the multiple actions of doxycycline against QS-linked traits/virulence factors and its potential to attenuate virulence of P. aeruginosa.
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Sarabhai S, Sharma P, Capalash N. Ellagic acid derivatives from Terminalia chebula Retz. downregulate the expression of quorum sensing genes to attenuate Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 virulence. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53441. [PMID: 23320085 PMCID: PMC3539995 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2012] [Accepted: 11/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Burgeoning antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa has necessitated the development of anti pathogenic agents that can quench acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) mediated QS with least risk of resistance. This study explores the anti quorum sensing potential of T. chebula Retz. and identification of probable compounds(s) showing anti QS activity and the mechanism of attenuation of P. aeruginosa PAO1 virulence factors. Methods and Results Methanol extract of T. chebula Retz. fruit showed anti QS activity using Agrobacterium tumefaciens A136. Bioactive fraction (F7), obtained by fractionation of methanol extract using Sephadex LH20, showed significant reduction (p<0.001) in QS regulated production of extracellular virulence factors in P. aeruginosa PAO1. Biofilm formation and alginate were significantly (p<0.05) reduced with enhanced (20%) susceptibility to tobramycin. Real Time PCR of F7 treated P. aeruginosa showed down regulation of autoinducer synthase (lasI and rhlI) and their cognate receptor (lasR and rhlR) genes by 89, 90, 90 and 93%, respectively. Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry also showed 90 and 64% reduction in the production of 3-oxo-C12HSL and C4HSL after treatment. Decrease in AHLs as one of the mechanisms of quorum quenching by F7 was supported by the reversal of inhibited swarming motility in F7-treated P. aeruginosa PAO1 on addition of C4HSL. F7 also showed antagonistic activity against 3-oxo-C12HSL-dependent QS in E. coli bioreporter. C. elegans fed on F7-treated P. aeruginosa showed enhanced survival with LT50 increasing from 24 to 72 h. LC-ESI-MS of F7 revealed the presence of ellagic acid derivatives responsible for anti QS activity in T. chebula extract. Conclusions This is the first report on anti QS activity of T. chebula fruit linked to EADs which down regulate the expression of lasIR and rhlIR genes with concomitant decrease in AHLs in P. aeruginosa PAO1 causing attenuation of its virulence factors and enhanced sensitivity of its biofilm towards tobramycin.
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- Sajal Sarabhai
- Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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New life for an old drug: the anthelmintic drug niclosamide inhibits Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2012; 57:996-1005. [PMID: 23254430 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01952-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The need for novel antibacterial strategies and the awareness of the importance of quorum sensing (QS) in bacterial infections have stimulated research aimed at identifying QS inhibitors (QSIs). However, clinical application of QSIs identified so far is still distant, likely due to their unsuitability for use in humans. A promising way to overcome this problem is searching for anti-QS side activity among the thousands of drugs approved for clinical use in the treatment of different diseases. Here, we applied this strategy to the search for QSIs, by screening a library of FDA-approved compounds for their ability to inhibit the QS response in the Gram-negative pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We found that the anthelmintic drug niclosamide strongly inhibits the P. aeruginosa QS response and production of acyl-homoserine lactone QS signal molecules. Microarray analysis showed that niclosamide affects the transcription of about 250 genes, with a high degree of target specificity toward the QS-dependent regulon. Phenotypic assays demonstrated that niclosamide suppresses surface motility and production of the secreted virulence factors elastase, pyocyanin, and rhamnolipids, and it reduces biofilm formation. In accordance with the strong antivirulence activity disclosed in vitro, niclosamide prevented P. aeruginosa pathogenicity in an insect model of acute infection. Besides the finding that an FDA-approved drug has a promising antivirulence activity against one of the most antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens, this work provides a proof of concept that a lateral anti-QS activity can be detected among drugs already used in humans, validating a new approach to identify QSIs that could easily move into clinical applications.
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Efficacy of liposomal bismuth-ethanedithiol-loaded tobramycin after intratracheal administration in rats with pulmonary Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2012; 57:569-78. [PMID: 23147741 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01634-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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We sought to investigate alterations in quorum-sensing signal molecule N-acyl homoserine lactone secretion and in the release of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence factors, as well as the in vivo antimicrobial activity of bismuth-ethanedithiol incorporated into a liposome-loaded tobramycin formulation (LipoBiEDT-TOB) administered to rats chronically infected with P. aeruginosa. The quorum-sensing signal molecule N-acyl homoserine lactone was monitored by using a biosensor organism. P. aeruginosa virulence factors were assessed spectrophotometrically. An agar beads model of chronic Pseudomonas lung infection in rats was used to evaluate the efficacy of the liposomal formulation in the reduction of bacterial count. The levels of active tobramycin in the lungs and the kidneys were evaluated by microbiological assay. LipoBiEDT-TOB was effective in disrupting both quorum-sensing signal molecules N-3-oxo-dodeccanoylhomoserine lactone and N-butanoylhomoserine lactone, as well as significantly (P < 0.05) reducing lipase, chitinase, and protease production. At 24 h after 3 treatments, the CFU counts in lungs of animals treated with LipoBiEDT-TOB were of 3 log(10) CFU/lung, comparated to 7.4 and 4.7 log(10) CFU/lung, respectively, in untreated lungs and in lungs treated with free antibiotic. The antibiotic concentration after the last dose of LipoBiEDT-TOB was 25.1 μg/lung, while no tobramycin was detected in the kidneys. As for the free antibiotic, we found 6.5 μg/kidney but could not detect any tobramycin in the lungs. Taken together, LipoBiEDT-TOB reduced the production of quorum-sensing molecules and virulence factors and could highly improve the management of chronic pulmonary infection in cystic fibrosis patients.
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Effects of subinhibitory concentrations of menthol on adaptation, morphological, and gene expression changes in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:5361-7. [PMID: 22635999 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00894-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Menthol (C(10)H(20)O) possesses antibacterial activity; nevertheless, bacterial adaptation to this compound has never been studied. Here we report that precultivation of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) strains in increasing subinhibitory (SI) concentrations of menthol significantly elevates (4- to 16-fold) their resistance to menthol. Concomitant morphological alterations included the appearance of mucoid colonies and reduced biofilm production. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) examination revealed suppressed curli formation in menthol-adapted cells. Expression of the gene cpsB10 (encoding one of the enzymes responsible for colanic acid production) was elevated in response to SI concentrations of menthol in a laboratory E. coli strain, whereas expression in an rcsC null mutant was reduced, implicating a partial role for the Rcs phosphorelay system in mediating the menthol signal. Adaptation to menthol also reduced expression of the locus of enterocyte effacement-encoded regulator (Ler). This reduction, together with reduced curli and biofilm formation and elevated mucoidity, suggests a general reduction in bacterial virulence following adaptation to menthol. Our results thus suggest menthol as a potential lead in the recently emerging alternative strategy of targeting bacterial virulence factors to develop new types of anti-infective agents.
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Řezanka T, Čejková A, Masák J. Natural Products: Strategic Tools for Modulation of Biofilm Formation. BIOACTIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-59530-0.00010-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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O'May C, Ciobanu A, Lam H, Tufenkji N. Tannin derived materials can block swarming motility and enhance biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. BIOFOULING 2012; 28:1063-1076. [PMID: 23020753 DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2012.725130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Surface-associated swarming motility is implicated in enhanced bacterial spreading and virulence, hence it follows that anti-swarming effectors could have clinical benefits. When investigating potential applications of anti-swarming materials it is important to consider whether the lack of swarming corresponds with an enhanced sessile biofilm lifestyle and resistance to antibiotics. In this study, well-defined tannins present in multiple plant materials (tannic acid (TA) and epigallocathecin gallate (EGCG)) and undefined cranberry powder (CP) were found to block swarming motility and enhance biofilm formation and resistance to tobramycin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In contrast, gallic acid (GA) did not completely block swarming motility and did not affect biofilm formation or tobramycin resistance. These data support the theory that nutritional conditions can elicit an inverse relationship between swarming motility and biofilm formation capacities. Although anti-swarmers exhibit the potential to yield clinical benefits, it is important to be aware of possible implications regarding biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance.
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- Che O'May
- Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Wecke T, Mascher T. Antibiotic research in the age of omics: from expression profiles to interspecies communication. J Antimicrob Chemother 2011; 66:2689-704. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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- Diego Romero
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Bhargava N, Sharma P, Capalash N. Quorum sensing in Acinetobacter: an emerging pathogen. Crit Rev Microbiol 2010; 36:349-60. [PMID: 20846031 DOI: 10.3109/1040841x.2010.512269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Acinetobacter is emerging as one of the major nosocomial infectious pathogens, facilitated by tolerance to desiccation and multidrug resistance. Quorum sensing (autoinducer-receptor mechanism) plays role in biofilm formation in Acinetobacter, though its role in regulation of other virulence factors is yet to be established. Phylogenetic studies indicate that Acinetobacter baumannii is closely related to Burkholderia ambifaria but its quorum sensing genes (abaI and abaR) were acquired horizontally from Halothiobacillus neapolitanus. The prospects of quorum quenching to control the infections caused by Acinetobacter have also been discussed.
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- Nidhi Bhargava
- Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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