Iobbi Valeria, Parisi Valentina, Bernabè Giulia, De Tommasi Nunziatina, Bisio Angela, Brun Paola
Department of Pharmacy, University of Genova, Viale Cembrano 4, 16148 Genova, Italy.
Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Salerno, Italy.
Plants (Basel). 2023 Oct 25;12(21):3679. doi: 10.3390/plants12213679.
The "Eretto Liguria" ecotype was studied as a source of valuable bioactive compounds. LC-MS analysis of the methanolic extract underlined the presence of diterpenoids, triterpenoids, polyphenolic acids, and flavonoids. The anti-virulence activity of carnosic acid along with the other most abundant compounds against methicillin-resistant (MRSA) was evaluated. Only carnosic acid induced a significant reduction in the expression of and genes, which encode the key components of quorum sensing (QS), an intracellular signaling mechanism controlling the virulence of MRSA. At a concentration of 0.05 mg/mL, carnosic acid inhibited biofilm formation by MRSA and the expression of genes involved in toxin production and made MRSA more susceptible to intracellular killing, with no toxic effects on eukaryotic cells. Carnosic acid did not affect biofilm formation by , a human pathogen that often coexists with MRSA in complex infections. The selected ecotype showed a carnosic acid content of 94.3 ± 4.3 mg/g. In silico analysis highlighted that carnosic acid potentially interacts with the AgrA response regulator. Our findings suggest that carnosic acid could be an anti-virulence agent against MRSA infections endowed with a species-specific activity useful in multi-microbial infections.
对“埃雷托利古里亚”生态型进行了研究,以寻找有价值的生物活性化合物来源。对甲醇提取物的液相色谱-质谱分析表明存在二萜类、三萜类、多酚酸和黄酮类化合物。评估了肌醇六磷酸以及其他含量最高的化合物对耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌(MRSA)的抗毒力活性。只有肌醇六磷酸能显著降低编码群体感应(QS)关键成分的基因的表达,群体感应是一种控制MRSA毒力的细胞内信号传导机制。在浓度为0.05mg/mL时,肌醇六磷酸抑制了MRSA的生物膜形成以及参与毒素产生的基因的表达,并使MRSA对细胞内杀伤更敏感,对真核细胞无毒性作用。肌醇六磷酸不影响 (一种在复杂感染中常与MRSA共存的人类病原体)的生物膜形成。所选生态型的肌醇六磷酸含量为94.3±4.3mg/g。计算机模拟分析表明,肌醇六磷酸可能与AgrA反应调节因子相互作用。我们的研究结果表明,肌醇六磷酸可能是一种针对MRSA感染的抗毒力剂,具有在多微生物感染中有用的物种特异性活性。
Plants (Basel). 2023-10-25
J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2022-2-28
Biotechnol Rep (Amst). 2025-6-24
Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2023
Antibiotics (Basel). 2023-1-28
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2023-2
Front Microbiol. 2022-10-10
Virulence. 2022-12