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Abstract Title:

Effects of chlorogenic acid on antimicrobial, antivirulence, and anti-quorum sensing of carbapenem-resistant.

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Front Microbiol. 2022 ;13:997310. Epub 2022 Dec 13. PMID: 36583040

Abstract Author(s):

Lingbo Wang, Yi Zhang, Yan Liu, Mengxin Xu, Zhuocheng Yao, Xiaodong Zhang, Yao Sun, Tieli Zhou, Mo Shen

Article Affiliation:

Lingbo Wang

Abstract:

The rise in infections caused by the hypervirulent carbapenem-resistant(hv-CRKP) is an emergent threat to public health. We assessed the effects of chlorogenic acid (CA), a natural phenolic compound, on antibacterial, antivirulence, and anti-quorum sensing (QS) of hv-CRKP. Five hv-CRKP were selected for antimicrobial susceptibility test and confirmed to carry virulence genes and carbapenem-resistant genes by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Subsequently, a series of time-kill assay, determinations of protease activity and capsule content, biofilm-related experiment, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM) observation,infection model, quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) of QS-related genes and biofilm formation genes, as well as AI-2 binding test were conduct to verify the effect of CA on hv-CRKP. Five CRKP strains showed varying degrees of resistance to antibacterial agents. All strains carried thegene, primarily carrying,, and. CA showed no effect on CRKP growth at the 1/2 minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), 1/4 MIC, and 1/8 MIC, CA could reduce the production of extracellular protease and capsular polysaccharides, and improve the survival rate of larvae in() infection model. By means of crystal violet staining and scanning electron microscopy experiments, we observed that CA can inhibit the formation of CRKP biofilm. On the quantitative real-time PCR analysis, the expression of the,andgenes in most CRKP strains appeared downregulated because of the CA treatment. Besides, CA significantly inhibited the effect of AI-2 activity of BB170. Our study suggests that CA can be an effective antimicrobial, antivirulent compound that can target QS in hv-CRKP infections, thus providing a new therapeutic direction for treating bacterial infections.

Study Type : In Vitro Study

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