Shang Dejing, Han Xue, Du Wanying, Kou Zhiru, Jiang Fengquan
School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China.
Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Drug Discovery, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China.
Front Microbiol. 2021 Feb 11;12:611009. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.611009. eCollection 2021.
uses quorum sensing (QS) to control virulence, biofilm formation and antibiotic efflux pump expression. The development of effective small molecules targeting the QS system and biofilm formation represents a novel attractive strategy. In this present study, the effects of a series of Trp-containing peptides on the QS-regulated virulence and biofilm development of multidrug-resistant , as well as their synergistic antibacterial activity with three classes of traditional chemical antibiotics were investigated. The results showed that Trp-containing peptides at low concentrations reduced the production of QS-regulated virulence factors by downregulating the gene expression of both the las and rhl systems in the strain MRPA0108. Biofilm formation was inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner, which was associated with extracellular polysaccharide production inhibition by downregulating , , and transcription. These changes correlated with alterations in the extracellular production of pseudomonal virulence factors and swarming motility. In addition, the combination of Trp-containing peptides at low concentration with the antibiotics ceftazidime and piperacillin provided synergistic effects. Notably, L11W and L12W showed the highest synergy with ceftazidime and piperacillin. A mechanistic study demonstrated that the Trp-containing peptides, especially L12W, significantly decreased β-lactamase activity and expression of efflux pump genes , , and , resulting in a reduction in antibiotic efflux from MRPA0108 cells and thus increasing the antibacterial activity of these antibiotics against MRPA0108.
利用群体感应(QS)来控制毒力、生物膜形成和抗生素外排泵的表达。开发针对QS系统和生物膜形成的有效小分子代表了一种新颖且有吸引力的策略。在本研究中,研究了一系列含色氨酸肽对多药耐药菌QS调控的毒力和生物膜形成的影响,以及它们与三类传统化学抗生素的协同抗菌活性。结果表明,低浓度的含色氨酸肽通过下调MRPA0108菌株中las和rhl系统的基因表达,降低了QS调控的毒力因子的产生。生物膜形成受到浓度依赖性抑制,这与通过下调、和转录抑制细胞外多糖产生有关。这些变化与铜绿假单胞菌毒力因子的细胞外产生和群体运动性的改变相关。此外,低浓度的含色氨酸肽与抗生素头孢他啶和哌拉西林联合使用具有协同作用。值得注意的是,L11W和L12W与头孢他啶和哌拉西林表现出最高的协同作用。机理研究表明,含色氨酸肽,尤其是L12W,显著降低了β-内酰胺酶活性以及外排泵基因、和的表达,导致MRPA0108细胞的抗生素外排减少,从而增加了这些抗生素对MRPA0108的抗菌活性。