Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura, India.
Department of Molecular Biology, National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
World J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2020 Aug 27;36(10):143. doi: 10.1007/s11274-020-02919-x.
Microbial infections have become a global threat to drug-tolerant phenomena due to their biofilm formatting capacity. In many cases, conventional antimicrobial drugs fail to combat the infection, thus necessitating the discovery of some alternative medicine. Over several decades, plant metabolites have played a critical role in treating a broad spectrum of microbial infections due to its low cytotoxicity. Andrograpanin, a secondary metabolite, is a diterpenoid present in the leaf of Andrographis paniculata. In this study, andrograpanin (0.15 mM) exhibited significant inhibition on biofilm production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the presence of gentamicin (0.0084 mM). The impaired production of extracellular polymeric substances and several virulence factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were investigated to understand the mechanism of action mediated by andrograpanin. The structural alteration of biofilm was evaluated by using fluorescence microscopy, atomic force microscopy and field emission scanning electron microscopy. The in silico molecular simulation studies predicted interaction of andrograpanin with quorum sensing proteins such as RhlI, LasI, LasR, and swarming motility protein BswR of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Overall the studies indicate that andrograpanin could be used as a therapeutic molecule against biofilm development by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
微生物感染因其形成生物膜的能力而成为耐药物现象的全球威胁。在许多情况下,传统的抗菌药物无法对抗感染,因此需要发现一些替代药物。几十年来,由于其低细胞毒性,植物代谢物在治疗广谱微生物感染方面发挥了关键作用。穿心莲内酯是一种存在于穿心莲叶中的二萜类次生代谢物。在这项研究中,穿心莲内酯(0.15 mM)在庆大霉素(0.0084 mM)存在的情况下显著抑制铜绿假单胞菌生物膜的产生。研究了铜绿假单胞菌胞外聚合物物质和几种毒力因子的产生受损情况,以了解穿心莲内酯介导的作用机制。通过荧光显微镜、原子力显微镜和场发射扫描电子显微镜评估生物膜的结构改变。计算机分子模拟研究预测了穿心莲内酯与铜绿假单胞菌的群体感应蛋白(如 RhlI、LasI、LasR 和 swarm 运动蛋白 BswR)的相互作用。总的来说,这些研究表明,穿心莲内酯可以作为一种治疗铜绿假单胞菌生物膜形成的治疗分子。