Journal
SENSORS
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages 4339-4351Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s120404339
Keywords
anti-quorum sensing; bioluminescence; lecA::lux; Malaysian plants; N-acyl-L-homoserine lactones (AHL); Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1; pyocyanin; virulence; swarming motility
Funding
- University of Malaya (UM-MOHE) [A-000001-50001]
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Quorum sensing regulates bacterial virulence determinants, therefore making it an interesting target to attenuate pathogens. In this work, we screened edible, endemic plants in Malaysia for anti-quorum sensing properties. Extracts from Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T. G. Hartley, a Malay garden salad, inhibited response of Chromobacterium violaceum CV026 to N-hexanoylhomoserine lactone, thus interfering with violacein production; reduced bioluminescence expression of E. coli [pSB401], disrupted pyocyanin synthesis, swarming motility and expression of lecA::lux of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Although the chemical nature of the anti-QS compounds from M. lunu-ankenda is currently unknown, this study proves that endemic Malaysian plants could serve as leads in the search for anti-quorum sensing compounds.
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