Abstract | BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Quorum sensing (QS) is a process of bacterial cell-cell communication that controls a large number of systems affecting pathogenicity. Interrupting this communication system can provide nonvirulent pathogenic bacteria. The aim of this study was to evaluate the anti-quorum sensing (anti-QS) potential of an anacardic acids mixture isolated from Amphipterygium adstringens, a medicinal plant known as "cuachalalate", to prevent the onset of bacterial infections as an alternate to antibiotics. METHODS: Initially we investigated the anti-QS activity of A. adstringens hexane extract (HE) by the inhibition of violacein production in Chromobacterium violaceum. From the active HE, an anacardic acid mixture (AAM) was obtained. The anti-quorum sensing activity of AAM was investigated by the rhamnolipid and pyocyanin production constraint as well as decrease of elastase activity, all being quorum sensing-controlled virulence factors expressed in the pathogenic bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa. RESULTS: HE induced a 91.6% of inhibition of the violecin production at 55 μg/mL concentration, whereas AAM showed 94% of inhibition at 166 μg/mL. In both cases, inhibition of violacein production did not affect the viability of the bacterium. AAM inhibited pyocyanin (86% at 200 μg/mL) and rhamnolipid (91% at 500 μg/mL) production in a dose/response form and decrease the elastase (75% at 500 μg/mL) activity in P. aeruginosa without affecting its development. CONCLUSIONS: Because an anacardic acids mixture isolated from A. adstringens demonstrated anti-QS, it could be further exploited for novel molecules to treat the emerging infections of antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens.
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Authors | Israel Castillo-Juárez, Rodolfo García-Contreras, Norma Velázquez-Guadarrama, Marcos Soto-Hernández, Mariano Martínez-Vázquez |
Journal | Archives of medical research
(Arch Med Res)
Vol. 44
Issue 7
Pg. 488-94
(Oct 2013)
ISSN: 1873-5487 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 24126126
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2013 IMSS. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
- Anacardic Acids
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Glycolipids
- Indoles
- Plant Extracts
- Virulence Factors
- rhamnolipid
- Pyocyanine
- violacein
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Topics |
- Anacardiaceae
(chemistry)
- Anacardic Acids
(isolation & purification, pharmacology)
- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
(pharmacology)
- Chromobacterium
(drug effects, growth & development, pathogenicity)
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Glycolipids
(antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
- Indoles
(antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Plant Extracts
(isolation & purification, pharmacology)
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(drug effects, growth & development, pathogenicity)
- Pyocyanine
(antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
- Quorum Sensing
(drug effects)
- Virulence Factors
(antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
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