Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 23, Issue 19, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911119
Keywords
umbelliferone; A; hydrophila; grass carp; antivirulence; transcriptome
Funding
- Double Plan of Sichuan Agricultural University [2221993246]
- Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province of China [2022NSFSC0070]
- Project of Provincial 14th Five Years' Animal Breeding of Sichuan Province [2021YFYZ0015]
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This study investigated the effects of umbelliferone on the virulence factors and quorum-sensing system of A. hydrophila, a pathogen that mainly harms aquatic animals. The results showed that umbelliferone could inhibit the virulence of A. hydrophila and reduce the bacterial load in infected grass carp. These findings suggest that umbelliferone has the potential to be used as a drug for treating A. hydrophila infection.
A. hydrophila is an important pathogen that mainly harms aquatic animals and has exhibited resistance to a variety of antibiotics. Here, to seek an effective alternative for antibiotics, the effects of umbelliferone (UM) at sub-MICs on A. hydrophila virulence factors and the quorum-sensing system were studied. Subsequently, RNA sequencing was employed to explore the potential mechanisms for the antivirulence activity of umbelliferone. Meanwhile, the protective effect of umbelliferone on grass carp infected with A. hydrophila was studied in vivo. Our results indicated that umbelliferone could significantly inhibit A. hydrophila virulence such as hemolysis, biofilm formation, swimming and swarming motility, and their quorum-sensing signals AHL and AI-2. Transcriptomic analysis showed that umbelliferone downregulated expression levels of genes related to exotoxin, the secretory system (T2SS and T6SS), iron uptake, etc. Animal studies demonstrated that umbelliferone could significantly improve the survival of grass carps infected with A. hydrophila, reduce the bacterial load in the various tissues, and ameliorate cardiac, splenic, and hepatopancreas injury. Collectively, umbelliferone can reduce the pathogenicity of A. hydrophila and is a potential drug for treating A. hydrophila infection.
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