Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 171-177Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2012.11.011
Keywords
1-Acetyl-beta-carboline; Marine bacterium; Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Pseudomonas sp UJ-6
Funding
- National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI
- Korea) [RF-2011-FS-002]
- Pukyong National University
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A multivalent approach to discover a novel antibiotic substance against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a marine bacterium, UJ-6, exhibiting an antibacterial activity against MASA was isolated from seawater. The isolated strain was identified to be Pseudomonas sp. by the morphology, biochemical, and genetical analyses. The ethyl acetate extract of Pseudomonas sp. 133-6 culture showed significant ant-MRSA activity. Bioassay-guided isolation of the extract using a growth inhibitory assay led to the isolation and identification of an active compound exhibiting anti-MRSA activity. Based on the analyses of the physicochemical and spectroscopic data including nuclear magnetic resonance and mass, the compound was identified to be 1-acetyl-beta-carboline. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the compound was determined to be in a range of 32-128 mu g/ml against MRSA strains. The MIC values against MRSA were superior or equal to those of other natural compounds such as catechins, suggesting that 1-acetyl-beta-carboline would be a good candidate in applications of the treatment of MRSA infection. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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