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Roy R, Paul P, Chakraborty P, Malik M, Das S, Chatterjee S, Maity A, Dasgupta M, Sarker RK, Sarkar S, Das Gupta A, Tribedi P. Cuminaldehyde and Tobramycin Forestall the Biofilm Threats of Staphylococcus aureus: A Combinatorial Strategy to Evade the Biofilm Challenges. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2024:10.1007/s12010-024-04914-6. [PMID: 38526664 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-024-04914-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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Staphylococcus aureus, an opportunistic Gram-positive pathogen, is known for causing various infections in humans, primarily by forming biofilms. The biofilm-induced antibiotic resistance has been considered a significant medical threat. Combinatorial therapy has been considered a reliable approach to combat antibiotic resistance by using multiple antimicrobial agents simultaneously, targeting bacteria through different mechanisms of action. To this end, we examined the effects of two molecules, cuminaldehyde (a natural compound) and tobramycin (an antibiotic), individually and in combination, against staphylococcal biofilm. Our experimental observations demonstrated that cuminaldehyde (20 μg/mL) in combination with tobramycin (0.05 μg/mL) exhibited efficient reduction in biofilm formation compared to their individual treatments (p < 0.01). Additionally, the combination showed an additive interaction (fractional inhibitory concentration value 0.66) against S. aureus. Further analysis revealed that the effective combination accelerated the buildup of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and increased the membrane permeability of the bacteria. Our findings also specified that the cuminaldehyde in combination with tobramycin efficiently reduced biofilm-associated pathogenicity factors of S. aureus, including fibrinogen clumping ability, hemolysis property, and staphyloxanthin production. The selected concentrations of tobramycin and cuminaldehyde demonstrated promising activity against the biofilm development of S. aureus on catheter models without exerting antimicrobial effects. In conclusion, the combination of tobramycin and cuminaldehyde presented a successful strategy for combating staphylococcal biofilm-related healthcare threats. This combinatorial approach holds the potential for controlling biofilm-associated infections caused by S. aureus.
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- Ritwik Roy
- Microbial Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, The Neotia University, Sarisha, West Bengal, 743368, India
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- Microbial Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, The Neotia University, Sarisha, West Bengal, 743368, India
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- Microbial Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, The Neotia University, Sarisha, West Bengal, 743368, India
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- Microbial Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, The Neotia University, Sarisha, West Bengal, 743368, India
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- Microbial Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, The Neotia University, Sarisha, West Bengal, 743368, India
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- Microbial Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, The Neotia University, Sarisha, West Bengal, 743368, India
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- Microbial Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, The Neotia University, Sarisha, West Bengal, 743368, India
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- Microbial Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, The Neotia University, Sarisha, West Bengal, 743368, India
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- Microbial Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, The Neotia University, Sarisha, West Bengal, 743368, India
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- Microbial Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, The Neotia University, Sarisha, West Bengal, 743368, India
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- Microbial Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, The Neotia University, Sarisha, West Bengal, 743368, India
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- Microbial Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, The Neotia University, Sarisha, West Bengal, 743368, India.
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Bhogal I, Pankaj V, Provaznik V, Roy S. In silico investigation of cholesterol-lowering drugs to find potential inhibitors of dehydrosqualene synthase in Staphylococcus aureus. 3 Biotech 2024; 14:39. [PMID: 38261920 PMCID: PMC10794677 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-023-03862-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus is a lethal pathogen that can cause various bacterial infections. This study targets the CrtM enzyme of S. aureus, which is crucial for synthesizing golden carotenoid pigment: staphyloxanthin, which provides anti-oxidant activity to this bacterium for combating antimicrobial resistance inside the host cell. The present investigation quests for human SQS inhibitors against the CrtM enzyme by employing structure-based drug design approaches including induced fit docking (IFD), molecular dynamic (MD) simulations, and binding free energy calculations. Depending upon the docking scores, two compounds, lapaquistat acetate and squalestatin analog 20, were identified as the lead molecules exhibit higher affinity toward the CrtM enzyme. These docked complexes were further subjected to 100 ns MD simulation and several thermodynamics parameters were analyzed. Further, the binding free energies (ΔG) were calculated for each simulated protein-ligand complex to study the stability of molecular contacts using the MM-GBSA approach. Pre-ADMET analysis was conducted for systematic evaluation of physicochemical and medicinal chemistry properties of these compounds. The above study suggested that lapaquistat acetate and squalestatin analog 20 can be selected as potential lead candidates with promising binding affinity for the S. aureus CrtM enzyme. This study might provide insights into the discovery of potential drug candidates for S. aureus with a high therapeutic index. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13205-023-03862-y.
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- Inderjeet Bhogal
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, Brno, 616 00 Czech Republic
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, Brno, 616 00 Czech Republic
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, Brno, 616 00 Czech Republic
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, Brno, 616 00 Czech Republic
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Chen T, Xu H, Yao X, Luo Z. Role of sodium pyruvate in maintaining the survival and cytotoxicity of Staphylococcus aureus under high glucose conditions. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1209358. [PMID: 37405167 PMCID: PMC10315490 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1209358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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Glucose is a crucial carbon source for the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, but an excess of glucose is detrimental and even leads to cell death. Pyruvate, the central metabolite of glycolysis, has been shown to have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. This study aimed to investigate the protective effect of pyruvate on S. aureus under high glucose conditions. Sodium pyruvate greatly increased the cytotoxicity of S. aureus strain BAA-1717 to human erythrocytes and neutrophils in vitro. However, the cytotoxicity and survival of S. aureus were significantly reduced by high glucose, which was restored to normal levels by the addition of sodium pyruvate. The expression of hlg and lukS in S. aureus was higher in the LB-GP cultures than that in LB-G cultures, but there was no significant difference in cytotoxicity between LB-GP and LB-G cultures. Furthermore, the hemolytic activity of S. aureus supernatants could be inhibited by the cell-free culture medium (CFCM) of LB-G cultures, suggesting that high levels of extracellular proteases were presence in the CFCM of LB-G cultures, resulting in degradation of the hemolytic factors. The expression of sarA, which negatively regulates extracellular protease secretion, was higher in LB-GP cultures than that in LB-G cultures. Additionally, sodium pyruvate increased acetate production in S. aureus, which helps maintain cell viability under acidic environment. In conclusion, pyruvate plays an important role in the survival and cytotoxicity of S. aureus under high glucose conditions. This finding may aid in the development of effective treatments for diabetic foot infections.
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- Ti Chen
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Medicine, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Knobling B, Franke G, Carlsen L, Belmar Campos C, Büttner H, Klupp EM, Maurer PM, Knobloch JK. Phenotypic Variation in Clinical S. aureus Isolates Did Not Affect Disinfection Efficacy Using Short-Term UV-C Radiation. Microorganisms 2023; 11:1332. [PMID: 37317306 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11051332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
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Pigmentation, catalase activity and biofilm formation are virulence factors that cause resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to environmental stress factors including disinfectants. In recent years, automatic UV-C room disinfection gained greater importance in enhanced disinfection procedures to improve disinfection success in hospitals. In this study, we evaluated the effect of naturally occurring variations in the expression of virulence factors in clinical S. aureus isolates on tolerance against UV-C radiation. Quantification of staphyloxanthin expression, catalase activity and biofilm formation for nine genetically different clinical S. aureus isolates as well as reference strain S. aureus ATCC 6538 were performed using methanol extraction, a visual approach assay and a biofilm assay, respectively. Log10 reduction values (LRV) were determined after irradiation of artificially contaminated ceramic tiles with 50 and 22 mJ/cm2 UV-C using a commercial UV-C disinfection robot. A wide variety of virulence factor expression was observed, indicating differential regulation of global regulatory networks. However, no direct correlation with the strength of expression with UV-C tolerance was observed for either staphyloxanthin expression, catalase activity or biofilm formation. All isolates were effectively reduced with LRVs of 4.75 to 5.94. UV-C disinfection seems therefore effective against a wide spectrum of S. aureus strains independent of occurring variations in the expression of the investigated virulence factors. Due to only minor differences, the results of frequently used reference strains seem to be representative also for clinical isolates in S. aureus.
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- Birte Knobling
- Department Infection Prevention and Control, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department Infection Prevention and Control, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department Infection Prevention and Control, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department Infection Prevention and Control, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department Infection Prevention and Control, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department Infection Prevention and Control, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department Infection Prevention and Control, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department Infection Prevention and Control, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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Le CY, Ye YJ, Xu J, Li L, Feng XQ, Chen NP, Zhu BQ, Ding ZS, Qian CD. Hinokitiol Selectively Enhances the Antibacterial Activity of Tetracyclines against Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0320522. [PMID: 36943047 PMCID: PMC10101018 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.03205-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023] Open
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The increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance causes an urgent need for alternative agents to combat drug-resistant bacterial pathogens. Plant-derived compounds are promising candidates for the treatment of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Hinokitiol (β-thujaplicin), a natural tropolone derivative found in the heartwood of cupressaceous plants, has been widely used in oral and skin care products as an antimicrobial agent. The aim of this work was to study the synergy potential of hinokitiol with antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus, which is an extremely successful opportunistic pathogen capable of causing nosocomial and community-acquired infections worldwide. The MIC was determined by the broth microdilution method, and the effect of combinations was evaluated through fractional inhibitory concentration indices (FICI). The mechanism behind this synergy was also investigated by using fluorescence spectroscopy and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The MICs of hinokitiol alone against most S. aureus strains were 32 μg/mL. Selectively synergistic activities (FICIs of ≤0.5) were observed for combinations of this phytochemical with tetracyclines against all tested strains of S. aureus. Importantly, hinokitiol at 1 μg/mL completely or partially reversed tetracycline resistance in staphylococcal isolates. The increased accumulation of tetracycline inside S. aureus in the presence of hinokitiol was observed. In addition, hinokitiol promoted the uptake of ethidium bromide (EB) in bacterial cells without membrane depolarization, suggesting that it may be an efflux pump inhibitor. IMPORTANCE The disease caused by S. aureus is a public health issue due to the continuing emergence of drug-resistant strains, particularly methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Tetracyclines, one of the old classes of antimicrobials, have been used for the treatment of infections caused by S. aureus. However, the increased resistance to tetracyclines together with their toxicity have limited their use in the clinic. Here, we demonstrated that the combination of hinokitiol and tetracyclines displayed synergistic antibacterial activity against S. aureus, including tetracycline-resistant strains and MRSA, offering a potential alternative approach for the treatment of infections caused by this bacterium.
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- Chun-Yan Le
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Third People’s Hospital of Hangzhou, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Medical Technology, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Medical Technology, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Life Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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Ibrahim ES, Ohlsen K. The Old Yellow Enzyme OfrA Fosters Staphylococcus aureus Survival via Affecting Thiol-Dependent Redox Homeostasis. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:888140. [PMID: 35656003 PMCID: PMC9152700 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.888140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Old yellow enzymes (OYEs) are widely found in the bacterial, fungal, and plant kingdoms but absent in humans and have been used as biocatalysts for decades. However, OYEs’ physiological function in bacterial stress response and infection situations remained enigmatic. As a pathogen, the Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus adapts to numerous stress conditions during pathogenesis. Here, we show that in S. aureus genome, two paralogous genes (ofrA and ofrB) encode for two OYEs. We conducted a bioinformatic analysis and found that ofrA is conserved among all publicly available representative staphylococcal genomes and some Firmicutes. Expression of ofrA is induced by electrophilic, oxidative, and hypochlorite stress in S. aureus. Furthermore, ofrA contributes to S. aureus survival against reactive electrophilic, oxygen, and chlorine species (RES, ROS, and RCS) via thiol-dependent redox homeostasis. At the host–pathogen interface, S. aureusΔofrA has defective survival in macrophages and whole human blood and decreased staphyloxanthin production. Overall, our results shed the light onto a novel stress response strategy in the important human pathogen S. aureus.
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- Eslam S Ibrahim
- Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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