N-3-hydroxybutyryl-L-Homoserine lactone is an N-acyl-homoserine lactone produced by the bacterium V. splendidus and has been found in sequencing batch biofilm reactors used in wastewater treatment.1,2 It is the racemic version of the V. harveyi autoinducer N-((R)-3-hydroxybutanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone.3 |1. Purohit, A.A., Johansen, J.A., Hansen, H., et al. Presence of acyl-homoserine lactones in 57 members of the Vibrionaceae family. J. Appl. Microbiol. 115(3), 835-847 (2013).|2. Feng, Z., Sun, Y., Li, T., et al. Operational pattern affects nitritation, microbial community and quorum sensing in nitrifying wastewater treatment systems. Sci. Total Environ. 677, 456-465 (2019).|3. Ke, X., Miller, L.C., and Bassler, B.L. Determinants governing ligand specificity of the Vibrio harveyi LuxN quorum-sensing receptor. Mol. Microbiol. 95(1), 127-142 (2015).
Cardanol triene is a phenol found in cashew nut shell liquid that reversibly inhibits tyrosinase with an IC50 value of 40.5 μM in vitro. A mixture of cardanol mono-, di-, and triene is used to synthesize cardanol-metal complexes that inhibit uropathogenic E. coli biofilm formation.
Quorum sensing is a regulatory system used by bacteria for controlling gene expression in response to increasing cell density. This regulatory process manifests itself with a variety of phenotypes including biofilm formation and virulence factor production. Coordinated gene expression is achieved by the production, release, and detection of small diffusible signal molecules called autoinducers. The N-acylated homoserine lactones (AHLs) comprise one such class of autoinducers, each of which generally consists of a fatty acid coupled with homoserine lactone (HSL). Regulation of bacterial quorum sensing signaling systems to inhibit pathogenesis represents a new approach to antimicrobial therapy in the treatment of infectious diseases. AHLs vary in acyl group length (C4-C18), in the substitution of C3 (hydrogen, hydroxyl, or oxo group), and in the presence or absence of one or more carbon-carbon double bonds in the fatty acid chain. These differences confer signal specificity through the affinity of transcriptional regulators of the LuxR family. C15-HSL is a product of Y. pseudituberculosis.
CAY10711 is a substituted diamine that produces rapid bactericidal activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and stationary-phase bacteria. It displays MIC99 values of 2.9, 11.5, 2.9, and 2.9 μM against S. aureus RN4220, P. aeruginosa PAO1, E. coli ANS1, and MRSA 10082B, respectively. CAY10711 reduces biofilm formation and promotes biofilm dispersal in P. aeruginosa. It is synergistic with kanamycin and has limited adverse effects against mammalian cells or C. elegans development, survival, or reproduction.
Quorum sensing is a regulatory process used by bacteria for controlling gene expression in response to increasing cell density. This regulatory process manifests itself with a variety of phenotypes including biofilm formation and virulence factor production. Coordinated gene expression is achieved by the production, release, and detection of small diffusible signal molecules called autoinducers. The N-acylated homoserine lactones (AHLs) comprise one such class of autoinducers, each of which generally consists of a fatty acid coupled with homoserine lactone (HSL). AHLs vary in acyl group length (C4-C18), in the substitution of C3 (hydrogen, hydroxyl, or oxo group) and in the presence or absence of one or more carbon-carbon double bonds in the fatty acid chain. These differences confer signal specificity through the affinity of transcriptional regulators of the LuxR family. C14:1-δ9-cis-(L)-HSL is a long-chain AHL that functions as a signaling molecule in the quorum sensing of A. vitis. Regulating bacterial quorum sensing signaling can be used to inhibit pathogenesis and thus, represents a new approach to antimicrobial therpy in the treatment of infectious diseases.
Boeravinone B, a novel efflux pump inhibitor, apart from inhibiting the MdeA mediated efflux, also significantly inhibit the biofilm formation of S. aureus, boeravinone B may be used in combination with mupirocin for further development. Boeravinone B exh