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TROPICAL BIOMEDICINE
Volume 40, Issue 1, Pages 14-22Publisher
MALAYSIAN SOC PARASITOLOGY TROPICAL MEDICINE
DOI: 10.47665/tb.40.1.006
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Antimicrobial resistance; coculture; elicitation; probiotics; Salmonella infection
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Antimicrobial resistance is a global crisis. Probiotics, such as Lactobacillus species, can inhibit the growth of gut pathogens. Our study shows that Salmonella can enhance the antimicrobial activities of Lactobacillus species. These findings have potential applications in food processing and preservation strategies to control Salmonella contamination.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health crisis. Despite the drug discovery efforts, AMR is increasing, and discoveries are nearly nil. It is thus critical to design new strategies. Probiotics are tapped as alternatives to antibiotics for the treatment of gut-associated diseases. Lactobacillus species, common in food products, can inhibit the growth of gut pathogens. Here, we demonstrate the antimicrobial activities of Lactobacillus species - Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus casei, and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus are enhanced when cocultured with Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium. Cell-free culture supernatants (CFCS) from cocultures of Lactobacillus spp. and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium more potently inhibit pathogen growth than their monoculture counterparts. Interestingly, we discovered that Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium could enhance the production of antimicrobials from Lactobacillus spp., most evident in L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus. Also, L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus CFCS upregulates key Salmonella virulence genes, hilA and sipA. Whether this increases Salmonella's pathogenicity in vivo or reduces pathogen fitness and growth inhibition in vitro warrants further investigation. We propose that these probiotic isolates may be utilized for innovative natural food processing and preservation strategies to control Salmonella food contaminations. Importantly, our findings that Salmonella elicits an enhanced antimicrobial activity from Lactobacillus spp. provide evidence of a pathogen-mediated elicitation of antimicrobial production. Therefore, extending this phenomenon to other microbial interactions may help augment the strategies for drug discovery.
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