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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
卷 80, 期 19, 页码 6204-6211出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01458-14
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- Program for New Century Excellent Talent Support Plan [NCET-13-0488]
- Twelve-Five Science and Technology Support Program [2012BAH30F03]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31101347]
- Science and Technology Development Plan Program of Shaanxi Province [2013KJXX-16]
Punicalagin, an essential component of pomegranate rind, has been demonstrated to possess antimicrobial activity against several food-borne pathogens, but its activity on the virulence of pathogens and its anti-quorum-sensing (anti-QS) potential have been rarely reported. This study investigated the efficacy of subinhibitory concentrations of punicalagin on Salmonella virulence factors and QS systems. A broth microdilution method was used to determine the MICs of punicalagin for 10 Salmonella strains. Motility assay and quantitative reverse transcription (RT)-PCR were performed to evaluate the effects of punicalagin on the virulence attributes and QS-related genes of Salmonella. The MICs of punicalagin for several Salmonella strains ranged from 250 to 1,000 mu g/ml. Motility assays showed that punicalagin, at 1/16 x MIC and 1/32 x MIC, significantly decreased bacterial swimming and swarming motility, which corresponded to downregulation of the motility-related genes (fliA, fliY, fljB, flhC, and fimD) in RT-PCR assays. RT-PCR also revealed that punicalagin downregulated the expression of most of the selected genes involved in Salmonella virulence. Moreover, a QS inhibition assay indicated that punicalagin dose dependently inhibited the production of violacein by Chromobacterium violaceum and repressed the expression of QS-related genes (sdiA and srgE) in Salmonella. In addition, punicalagin significantly reduced Salmonella invasion of colonic cells (P < 0.01) with no impact on adhesion. These findings suggest that punicalagin has the potential to be developed as an alternative or supplemental agent for prevention of Salmonella infection.
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