穿心莲提取物对铜绿假单胞菌群体感应、毒力和生物膜形成的抑制作用。

Attenuation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing, virulence and biofilm formation by extracts of Andrographis paniculata.

机构信息

Department of Microbiology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, WB, India; TCG Life Sciences Ltd., Bengal Intelligent Park, Tower-B, Block-EP & GP, Sector-5, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700091, India.

TCG Life Sciences Ltd., Bengal Intelligent Park, Tower-B, Block-EP & GP, Sector-5, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700091, India.

出版信息

Microb Pathog. 2017 Dec;113:85-93. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2017.10.023. Epub 2017 Oct 14.

Abstract

Quorum-sensing (QS) is known to play an essential role in regulation of virulence factors and toxins during Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection which may frequently cause antibiotic resistance and hostile outcomes of inflammatory injury. Therefore, it is an urgent need to search for a novel agent with low risk of resistance development that can target QS and inflammatory damage prevention as well. Andrographis paniculata, a herbaceous plant under the family Acanthaceae, native to Asian countries and also cultivated in Scandinavia and some parts of Europe, has a strong traditional usage with its known antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, antiviral and antioxidant properties. In this study, three different solvent extracts (viz., chloroform, methanol and aqueous) of A. paniculata were examined for their anti-QS and anti-inflammatory activities. Study was carried out to assess the effect on some selected QS-regulatory genes at transcriptional level using Real Time-PCR. In addition, ability to attenuate MAPK pathways upon P. aeruginosa infection was performed to check its potential anti-inflammatory activity. Chloroform and methanol extracts showed significant reduction (p < 0.05) of the QS-controlled extracellular virulence factors in P. aeruginosa including the expression of pyocyanin, elastase, total protease, rhamnolipid and hemolysin without affecting bacterial viability. They also significantly (p < 0.05) reduced swarming motility and biofilm formation of P. aeruginosa. The chloroform extract, which was found to be more effective, decreased expression of lasI, lasR, rhlI and rhlR by 61%, 75%, 41%, and 44%, respectively. Moreover, chloroform extract decreased activation of p-p38 and p-ERK1/2 expression levels in MAPK signal pathways in P. aeruginosa infected macrophage cells. As the present study demonstrates that A. paniculata extracts inhibit QS in P. aeruginosa and exhibit anti-inflammatory activities, therefore it represents itself as a prospective therapeutic agent against P. aeruginosa infection.

摘要

群体感应 (QS) 被认为在铜绿假单胞菌感染期间对毒力因子和毒素的调节中起着至关重要的作用,这可能经常导致抗生素耐药性和炎症损伤的不良后果。因此,迫切需要寻找一种新型药物,该药物具有低耐药风险,能够靶向 QS 和炎症损伤预防。穿心莲,一种属于爵床科的草本植物,原产于亚洲国家,也在斯堪的纳维亚和欧洲部分地区种植,具有很强的传统用途,具有已知的抗菌、抗炎、解热、抗病毒和抗氧化特性。在这项研究中,研究了穿心莲的三种不同溶剂提取物(即氯仿、甲醇和水)的抗 QS 和抗炎活性。使用实时 PCR 评估转录水平上对一些选定的 QS 调节基因的影响,以评估其对铜绿假单胞菌感染时 MAPK 途径的衰减作用,以检查其潜在的抗炎活性。氯仿和甲醇提取物显著降低了铜绿假单胞菌中 QS 控制的细胞外毒力因子的表达(p<0.05),包括绿脓菌素、弹性蛋白酶、总蛋白酶、鼠李糖脂和溶血素的表达,而不影响细菌活力。它们还显著(p<0.05)降低了铜绿假单胞菌的群集运动和生物膜形成。发现更有效的氯仿提取物使 lasI、lasR、rhlI 和 rhlR 的表达分别降低了 61%、75%、41%和 44%。此外,氯仿提取物降低了 MAPK 信号通路中感染铜绿假单胞菌的巨噬细胞中 p-p38 和 p-ERK1/2 表达水平的激活。由于本研究表明穿心莲提取物抑制铜绿假单胞菌中的 QS 并表现出抗炎活性,因此它本身就是一种针对铜绿假单胞菌感染的有前途的治疗剂。

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