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Vazquez-Armenta FJ, Hernandez-Oñate MA, Martinez-Tellez MA, Lopez-Zavala AA, Gonzalez-Aguilar GA, Gutierrez-Pacheco MM, Ayala-Zavala JF. Quercetin repressed the stress response factor (sigB) and virulence genes (prfA, actA, inlA, and inlC), lower the adhesion, and biofilm development of L. monocytogenes. Food Microbiol 2019; 87:103377. [PMID: 31948618 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2019.103377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [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: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
The present study explored the effect of quercetin on the expression of virulence genes actA, inlA, inlC, and their regulatory components, sigB and prfA, in L. monocytogenes. Furthermore, the physicochemical changes on the surface, membrane permeability, and biofilm formation of quercetin-treated bacteria were evaluated. An inhibitory dose-dependent effect of quercetin (0.1-0.8 mM) was observed on the cell attachment on stainless steel at 2 and 6 h at 37 °C. Quercetin at 0.8 mM prevented the biofilm formation on stainless steel surfaces after 6 h of incubation at 37 °C, while the untreated bacteria formed biofilms with a cell density of 5.1 Log CFU/cm2. The microscopic analysis evidenced that quercetin at 0.2 mM decreased the biovolume and covered area of the attached micro-colonies. Also, sigB, prfA, inlA, inlC, and actA genes were downregulated by 7-29 times lower compared to untreated bacteria. In addition, quercetin decreased the superficial cell charge, increased the membrane permeability, and its surface hydrophobicity. These results demonstrated that quercetin prevented biofilm formation, repressed the genes of stress and virulence of L. monocytogenes and also altered the physicochemical cell properties.
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Affiliation(s)
- F J Vazquez-Armenta
- Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo, A.C. Carretera Gustavo Enrique Astiazarán Rosas, No. 46 Col. La Victoria, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83304, Mexico
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- CONACYT - Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo, A.C. Carretera Gustavo Enrique Astiazarán Rosas, No. 46 Col. La Victoria, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83304, Mexico
| | - M A Martinez-Tellez
- Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo, A.C. Carretera Gustavo Enrique Astiazarán Rosas, No. 46 Col. La Victoria, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83304, Mexico
| | - A A Lopez-Zavala
- Departamento de Ciencias Quimico Biologicas, Universidad de Sonora, Blvd. Rosales y Luis Encinas, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83000, Mexico
| | - G A Gonzalez-Aguilar
- Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo, A.C. Carretera Gustavo Enrique Astiazarán Rosas, No. 46 Col. La Victoria, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83304, Mexico
| | - M M Gutierrez-Pacheco
- Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo, A.C. Carretera Gustavo Enrique Astiazarán Rosas, No. 46 Col. La Victoria, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83304, Mexico
| | - J F Ayala-Zavala
- Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo, A.C. Carretera Gustavo Enrique Astiazarán Rosas, No. 46 Col. La Victoria, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83304, Mexico.
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