香芹酚通过抑制与群体感应相关的基因表达和降低细胞表面疏水性来抑制酿脓链球菌生物膜的形成。
Carvacrol inhibits Streptococcus pyogenes biofilms by suppressing the expression of genes associated with quorum-sensing and reducing cell surface hydrophobicity.
机构信息
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Export Agriculture, Uva Wellassa University, Badulla, Sri Lanka; Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS, Canada.
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; Department of Applied Oral Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Authority, and the Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada.
出版信息
Microb Pathog. 2022 Aug;169:105684. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2022.105684. Epub 2022 Jul 19.
Streptococcus pyogenes is a leading cause of chronic and acute infections, including streptococcus pharyngitis. Biofilm formation by S. pyogenes can cause tolerance against antibiotics. Although penicillin remains the first choice of antibiotic for S. pyogenes, alternative approaches have gained interest due to treatment failures and hypersensitive individuals. Carvacrol is a monoterpenoid from herbal plants with selective biocidal activity on S. pyogenes. Therefore, the present study reveals the efficacy of carvacrol in inhibiting and eradicating S. pyogenes biofilm. The antibiofilm activities were investigated using colorimetric assays, microscopy, cell surface hydrophobicity, gene expression analysis, and in-silico analysis. Carvacrol also showed a minimum biofilm inhibitory concentration (MBIC) against S. pyogenes of 125 μg/mL. The electron microscopic and confocal microscopic analyses revealed a dose-dependent suppression of biofilm formation and a reduction in the biofilm thickness by carvacrol. Carvacrol also inhibited the biofilm-associated virulence factors such as cell surface hydrophobicity. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis showed the downregulation of speB, srtB, luxS, covS, dltA, ciaH, and hasA genes involved in biofilm formation. The results suggested the therapeutic potential of carvacrol against biofilm-associated streptococcal infections.
化脓链球菌是慢性和急性感染的主要原因,包括链球菌性咽炎。化脓链球菌的生物膜形成可导致对抗生素的耐药性。尽管青霉素仍然是化脓链球菌的首选抗生素,但由于治疗失败和过敏个体的原因,替代方法引起了关注。香芹酚是一种来自草药的单萜烯,对化脓链球菌具有选择性杀菌活性。因此,本研究揭示了香芹酚抑制和根除化脓链球菌生物膜的功效。使用比色测定法、显微镜检查、细胞表面疏水性、基因表达分析和计算机分析研究了抗生物膜活性。香芹酚对化脓链球菌的最小生物膜抑制浓度(MBIC)为 125μg/mL。电子显微镜和共聚焦显微镜分析显示,香芹酚对生物膜形成的抑制作用呈剂量依赖性,并且生物膜厚度减少。香芹酚还抑制了生物膜相关的毒力因子,如细胞表面疏水性。实时定量聚合酶链反应分析显示,参与生物膜形成的 speB、srtB、luxS、covS、dltA、ciaH 和 hasA 基因下调。结果表明香芹酚具有治疗生物膜相关链球菌感染的潜力。