Cadiolide Analogues and their Precursors as New Inhibitors of Bacterial Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Formation

Author(s):  
Thais A. Moreira ◽  
Isabel V. Antolínez ◽  
Wagner O. Valença ◽  
Sweta Roy ◽  
Luiz C.A. Barbosa ◽  
...  
Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (17) ◽  
pp. 4027
Author(s):  
Ulrike Dapunt ◽  
Birgit Prior ◽  
Christopher Oelkrug ◽  
Jan Philippe Kretzer

Background: Implant-associated infections are still a major complication in the field of orthopedics. Bacteria can form biofilms on implant surfaces, making them more difficult to detect and treat. Since standard antibiotic therapy is often impaired in biofilm infections, particular interest is directed towards finding treatment alternatives. Biofilm-formation is a well-organized process during which bacteria communicate via quorum-sensing molecules (QSM). The aim of this study was to inhibit bacterial communication by directing avian IgY against specific QSM. Methods: Chicken were immunized against the following QSM: (1) AtlE, a member of the autolysin family which mediates attachment to a surface in Staphylococcus epidermidis; (2) GroEL, the bacterial heat shock protein; (3) PIA (polysaccharide intercellular adhesion), which is essential for cell–cell adhesion in biofilms. Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms were grown and inhibition of biofilm-formation by IgYs was evaluated. Additionally, human osteoblasts were cultivated and biocompatibility of IgYs was tested. Results: We were able to demonstrate that all IgYs reduced biofilm-formation, also without prior immunization. Therefore, the response was probably not specific with regard to the QSM. Osteoblasts were activated by all IgYs which was demonstrated by microscopy and an increased release of IL-8. Conclusions: In conclusion, avian IgY inhibits biofilm-formation, though the underlying mechanism is not yet clear. However, adverse effects on local tissue cells (osteoblasts) were also observed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (66) ◽  
pp. 9765-9768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Shepherd ◽  
Thomas Swift ◽  
Chien-Yi Chang ◽  
James R. Boyne ◽  
Stephen Rimmer ◽  
...  

Bacterial quorum sensing has been implicated in a number of pathogenic bacterial processes, such as biofilm formation, making it a crucial target for developing materials with a novel antibiotic mode of action.


2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (37) ◽  
pp. 12762-12763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grant D. Geske ◽  
Rachel J. Wezeman ◽  
Adam P. Siegel ◽  
Helen E. Blackwell

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (27) ◽  
pp. 5743-5755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shashidhar Nizalapur ◽  
Onder Kimyon ◽  
Eugene Yee ◽  
Mohan M. Bhadbhade ◽  
Mike Manefield ◽  
...  

Novel acyclic and cyclic glyoxamides that inhibited quorum sensing mechanism and biofilm formation in Gram-negative bacteria such as P. aeruginosa and E. coli.


Planta Medica ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 80 (04) ◽  
pp. 343-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chieu Ta ◽  
Marie Freundorfer ◽  
Thien-Fah Mah ◽  
Marco Otárola-Rojas ◽  
Mario Garcia ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ahmed Abu Saleh

No Abstract available Bangladesh J Med Microbiol 2014; 08 (01): 01


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Rahaf Issa ◽  
Steve T. Meikle ◽  
Stuart L. James ◽  
Ian R. Cooper

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is recognised as a major aetiological agent of nosocomial infections, which are associated with multiple-antibiotic resistance. Among many of its important virulence factors is its ability to form biofilms on the surfaces of implantable medical devices and to produce toxic metabolites, pyocyanin, via an intercellular cell density-dependent signalling system of communication. In this study, poly (ε-lysine) dendrons composed of increasingly branching generations were synthesised, characterised, and examined for their effects on virulence factor production in P. aeruginosa. The results show that these hyperbranched poly (ε-lysine) dendrons, in particular the 3rd generation, can increase the efficacy of a conventional antibiotic, ciprofloxacin, and reduce pyocyanin production, with marginal effects on the rate of bacterial replication, suggesting that the observed effects are not due to dendron toxicity. Furthermore, dendron and ciprofloxacin coadministration was identified as the most effective strategy which highlights the potential of peptide-based dendrons as quorum sensing inhibitors.


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